The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-30
THEYDIED TOGETHER
A Jealous Lover Stays His
Mistress and Himself.
HE TELLS THE REASON HIMSELF.
The Old Log House On Msdison Street
the Scene Of . Doables IFagedy-
The woman . Hich t'fs.ssr.

ne f1tk0 log mouse el0S sE4uo8 among
fruit trees in the large blocs nearly oppo-
site the Madison street po;ser house was
the scene of a terrible TRAGEDY yesterday
morning. Mrs. Mary Jensen, commonly
called johnson, . woman aged 81 years,
and worth in the neigh borlofd OF 500 900.
was murdered by \. A Sandborn, her
paramour of eight years. vic then put
revolver to his head and blew ont his
brains. Letters were founi IN Sanborn's
person addressed to the pubic, in which
he gives q graphic account Of his troubles
and names yonng Nan Esmed Mckin.
ley as the person who supplsnted him IN
Mrs. Jensen's affections. Ths man men
TONED left for San Diego FfiAay afternoon
on the steamer City If TSiebla and does
not know that his intended IS dead. Mrs.
Jensen lay crosswise CT the 5sd with bull
let in her brain from behsad the left ear,
while Sandborn sat on sofa, his head
leaning against the wall and in his right
hand was clinched a cheap halldog 3S-cali-
Der revolver.
Mrs. Mary Jensen will be remembered
by old-timers as the " ife ca Gus Jensen or
Johnson. the proprietor Oh .!ensen's addi-
ton on Madison street. Her husband was
on him. Mrs. Jensen was heavy, thick
set woman who would weigh over 200
pounds and her features iyere not classic
by any means. Ia 1885 she met n. A.
Sandborn, a tall, slender yo',ng man, who
came to live with her in the log house.
Since that time. with the exception of
brief intervals after family quarrel, he
has made her house his, home and has
been known in the community ~ the man
who worked for Mrs. Jensen. They in
tended to get married, bat the ceremony
was put off from tine to sine, and about
last Christmas Ms Jensen met Frank
Mckinley, . dashing fsllDw, who was
stopping at Henry Bsar's, near the
Madison street trestie. Mrs. Bahr
bought butter. eggs snd milk from
Mrs. Jensen, but as she was UNI
we'll. Mckinney frequently volunteered to
assist her by going after these necessaries
or life. His pompadour IVES faultless and
his manner winning. The result soon
became apparent, and :Ssndborn found
things in the house becoming disagree
able. He at once recognised in Mckinley
his rival for Mrs. Jensen's love or money,
and took to drink. Then hs concluded to
get out of the count-y, bat said that Mrs.
Jensen would not give him money to go.
She, on the contrary, frea nsntly told Mrs.
Bahr that she could not ses rid of Sand
born, who was bound to marry her. She
also complained that when he came home
under the influence Of lioGor he beat her.
Matters resolved th.msei Y 80 irto q sort Of
general war. with tire Bshrs sympathizing
with Mrs. Jensen and fayoring McKin-
ley, while on the other hand Sandborn
enlisted the favor OF Mrs. Annie Hofmeis-
ter, who thought he vas being treated
wrongfully by her aun., and laid the
blame OF the affair 20 the Rahrs.
In the mean time Sandhocn became moro
and more respondent and commenced to
threaten his own life. Two weeks ago he
told Mrs. c. L. Peterson. n neighbor. that
he intended to commit suicide, but she
thought he Was talking nonsense. He was
not, however, and at that time wrote a
letter explaining certain things to the "be-
loved public" April rs Mrs. Jensen spent
the evening with Mrs. Eshr and Mckinley
at the formers house. Mrs. Bahr admits
that there was a sort of love affair between
her portly visitor and tue dashing, good
looking, amisble ooardsr. That evening
Mrs. Jensen said.
AHihA 10 q SpleUulu
man, don't your"
Before going home Ms. Jensen asked
Mrs. Bahr to visit her lest Friday. but ow-
ing to househ old duties the visit was not
made. Sandborn knes all about Mrs.
Jensen's visit. and he aas so mad over it
that he started ont to d@own his grief and
anger in the howiag b: vi. Friday after
noon he was down toan and went int
Gill & ellis. on Front atreet, where he set
up the drinks, ard before going homo
bought large bottle of brandy.
Yesterday morning same of the neigh
bors, who get milk from Mrs. Jensen,
found it rs usual in its; rlace. but did not
see any one around the house. This did
not cause special commiut and the neigh
berhood was spared ths' xcitement of the
denouement until 3o*,lock IN the after
noou, when Mrs. Sol,s,s Bahr came to
the house 10 maze a :e!erred cali. She
raped at the front :.cor. but got no
answer. A note. srit;g<l on white paper
was stuck under the auor and. conciud-
ing that Mrs. Jen:ea had sick
head ache. she A. golrss away when she
happened to glance in ;sle window on the
east side Of the house. stretched on her
back crosswise OF 4 sii;ee bed. near the
window. was NJ :. Jeiten. The position
struck Mrs. Bahr as Peculiar, and she felt
sinking sensation. After recovering
she went To the aearesi. grocery and tele-
phoned to her austtct. Henry Bahr.
who came in and troke, IL The front door.
The sight that mes his :yes caused him to
exclaim; My cod. they're both stone
dead"
I he door wss INN ;iiately closed and
the cor oner notified. 2l-fore lie arrived
however. the new had spread like wilifire
through the neg iboT.fi3d, and the house
was surrounded With Knots OF men and
women discussing s;3e awful tragedy.
They did not havr TO ~ .nto the house TO
see The dead b.dies. because through
either Of mo w5n1ows .,-uld he seen Mrs
Jensen stretched IN ti.s, oed and Saniborn
sitting on a solS wItl& ais head thrown
back against the W. and revolver
clUtched IN his hands - his lap. The ar
rival % TIE coroner sfd the dead wagon
sent oAllj ttraU ia IL; erowd. and when
Coroner HortcV cnte..1 Tie sitting room
where death he i possession there was no
rush io- reserved seats;
Coroner Uortou fou himself in a room
lexis, With 4 beG ia sc corner ami a soft,
on the other. at ~. vieAt OF the en-
trance. which faced 'e.Uth. Was = table
ami on II ha.i- led >.it.e Of brandy. 4
thick glass sax AGAR ~ aaat.t one i3urer
of liquor in t:It bo.t.,:.. Things in rba
room were IN T,ace. . y ae .;oo- WAS clear,
and neat, and at q H ras. window were
several pants. The e.; upaa hlch Mrs
Jensen lay WAS :. AIDE 1f tat slgLtlv tum-
b Ell. and on the be-. Hrcai was 4 mark -