The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-23

| sater :hs Art Sigh her bresshing was re
! riar. Her bearing was quiet, compose<
/ end sadyiiks. and there vss no sign d
/ anxisty In the frank. steady gaze sht
/ turned 90 the court. She spoke in . ios
| bat dsssinet tons. and her voice sas sofl
| and rot unmusicsl Her answers wers
| ready and direct. and her language "a,
devo.1 Of exssgeration. and, II as times
| she kesitased and east down her eyes. II
VAS chen. apparently. casting about for Z
mild FORD With which TO expsess boYrid
de:aits- Her coo.ness and lack Of emotion
was astonishing, though as times she
quietly uept while Mr.. Pies read some 81
fcctiny passages in the correspondence.
She stated that she MAS . years Of age
ard had first met Boyd in January, ISL.
They oessn living together in the latter
pa-f q February ~ Portland. and after
wards removed to Tacom,. They came
20 Seattle In July. 1891. and stopped At the
AibersarIe house one month. She vas
msrr.:sd 10 Boyd BY . written contract.
Whefs the contract now was she did not
know bat Il WAS In her trunk on the night
Of December and she has not seen il
since. Besides this she had another con-
tract, also in writing, in the back of .
Bible. ION the blank page reserved for the
recorrs OF marriages, and so headed. 1t
was written in ink BY Bovd while they
were living In the Seattle block, February
10. isss
Mr.. Piles offered the Bible in evidence,
bat Ms. Miller objected, stating that there
Was Nd testimony that the pair had been
married according 10 the laws Of Wash
ingto's.
Judge Humes said that this was not .
matte, relating TO descent and distribu-
ton.
On the page headed Register Of Mar
riages.," was the following IN Boyd's hand
writing:
wash.. by contract. Thomas Henderson Boyd to
CrsuIaJ. Uusug. THOMAS II. BOYD.
The page was covered with soiled and
bloody spots, which. was later explained
BY Attorney Martin Is follows: The
couple; had been having one Of their usual
rows, $nd he had beaten her head on the
floor and bruised and broken her lips and
b.oodissd her nose, and after they had
made mp again, while repentans, Boyd
had eyne out, bought the Bible and wit.
covered with the kisses of her bloody lips.
later IN Mrs. kennedy's house, bu. had
been dated back TO February H.
Mss Boyd continued. saying Boyd
afterwards sent her to Vancouver. b. c.,
10 maize some money, and she lived IN
house 3f ii!-fame. She sent him all the
money she could get She pawned her
jewelry and clothing and sent the pro-
ceeds 20 Boyd, amounting TO several hun.
dred dollars. He told her to make ali the
money! she could. to take everything in
sight and no. in sight. He wanted her to
take Everything Of value, including
watches. pins. studs, canes. umbrellas.
etc. She didn't do it. and he reproached
her fos not doing it.
She then went to Fairhaven and from
there 10 Seattle. and stopped at the Occi-
dental three or four days and brought
Boyd $3.50. She returned to Fairhaven
and lived in . house of ili-iame. and in
the same kind Of . house in Whatcom,
and afterwards went TO Tacoma and
Olympia She gave all she earned to
Bovd.
Boys went to Fairhaven one time when
she IVES there. He sent note asking her
to corse to see him at tho hotel, but
didn't sign any name and she didn't paw
attention to il. He then came down to
the house where she was stopping.
knocked at her door and came in. She
continued:
He - very much intoxicated and in great
rsea beSsuss had not gone to the hotel at his
biddinssor answered his note He tore IN nv
clothing smashed the furniture. broke up my
TRUNK A;,d toilet Set. took all the money had.
threw ise on the bed. choked me and tried TO
30. -. -gy1
tie whsle house up and the landlady came up
AMI threatened to have Boyd arrested. The
affair Vas written in tho Newspaper BY Col
VisscheS the next morning.
At aAother time he sent the following
telegram:
PoRr TowxsENp. Aug II, 1891.
Sra Trssin j. Henderson: Telegraph $50
Had ngss with stevens on boat. Under arrest,
sead seattle. T.
The witness explained that she had
passed under the name of Gypsy Ashton
and UFsula J. Henderson. the latter at the
requesi Of Boyd. because he didn't wan.
her to .usc the first name. He himself
usually signed himself r., Tom, T. II. or
Elvira. kilograms were usually signed
E,vira:
Ate: his drunk at Fairhaven, she pro.
ceeded Boyd sent her the following teie-
grant,
SEATTLE, Aug Is. 1901.
H'a tfsna j. Hsndersoa: Forgive yesterday;
am ashamed SEND twenty. quick. Answer.
T.
Witness didn't have the money at the
time. la, later sent him telegram asking
him II ehe still wanted the money. II he
did. silt, would send i, to him. He replied
that h, was going 10 Stevens county.
"a
spondei every day ut first and later nearly
every cay. Mr.. Piles. after having witness
identify each of lot of letters, offered
them "a evidence. one by one. and they
were ssrni;ted over Mr. Miller's objection.
Mr.. PIses said that rs he did no. have time
tn sort Them out. he would offer them at
randoii.
Before introducing the frs. letter wit
ness explained tha. Boyd started the
OismrEsa in October. lssa She contrib
uted as the money che could raise 10 help
him. sier icwelry was awned in Tacoma
BY Boyd She gave him 500 cash q, one
sime s:id 81 500 at odd times afterwards,
lie told her one time he got $40 on her
lewelrg and nj another time x7n He sen,
her ons 10 other towns so earn money to
pay h'e debts snd keep up his life insur.
ance Payable 10 his father for $1,000
The Hrst letter was written on editorial
copy Taper and was as follows;
iscs- :afss Cir; Nee, mo a, Henry's ice cream
sss@en. siae sioeA and half above tire Ais-e-
marie. asee tide OF tie street, at II o cieek 10
net iist .roia, the. sor will 20, to sbIe In sAs
yea ossrEwtsr. Hou shag, the iand.sayp 7
rv4y os:soa 20 hx nssiesa Fresy body tells mo
'o@A ~ though had passed through ,hrsaa.
ma nashsse taa you forgive me. Uesses Be
isve EH. tsv. arr ~. - ashamed of nv cssy-
duct sFrotnsse you. yer wiu never knew no