The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-22


eharsss cossd NOS throw any light On The
subjsex The ooupis came 70 the boat
house Ss c:l5 O'Clock IN the aStesnoon and
took hsat No. a.. . d0uble-sndsr. They
started directly scross the lake, which
direcsisn. II not changed. would land
Ga IN 4 short distance south Of Fair
veathes, bay point He remembered
having sssn the younx woman once BE-
fore, bss could NOS ssil whether Is vas ~
the boSshouss or not When she vent
ous he paid soms attention 20 her from
the fsct that she rssembled Nei-
lie Hoi2ate. Who created such . ssnsa-
ton ncs long ago. Her dren was Of some
dark ssaserial, plainly mads bat fitted
well. SIN her head she wore dark straw
hat. s<s jauntaiy on the back Of her head
Her ccmpIsxion Vas between brunette
and blonde and her hair was blssehed.
Instsals Of wearing il cut short. A. Nellie
Holgasa did. she had it done mp In some
style h.r hat partly concealed.
The tsan Vas Of medium height, well
built. dark eompIexionsd. with dark eyes
Of goo- material and In color between
black and gray.
The s.niy article carried besides the um-
brelia - . little packags which Barnes
though. contained . lunch. Possibly il
might havs contained couple Of bottles
OF beer The search Vas carried 10 the
lawn 10 frunt OF the Madison street hotel.
where r couple answering the description
given By Barnes vas seen. They walked
cus Of she gate leading toward the lake
front AEad doubtiessly ct that time were
going ss,s the boat. All clues TO their iden-
= G~Sf ~A h~~~ f<~~ r. h~in
The eause Of the tragedy and the exact
mannes ia which the young woman went
into tho water can only be Judged from
what was seen. The generally accepted
theory II those Who were near ut the time
Of the occurrence 10 that the man Was at
tempting . criminal assault on his COM
panion when she called for help. By
threats he kept her from asking aid OF
those gn the steamer. and when II had
gone as tried to make her agree to say
nothing about what had happened. She
probably refused to comply with his de-
mands. whsreupon the quarrel broke out
anew. and he. in his anger. threw her
overheard. The awfulness OF his deed
breaking IN on his mind. coupled with the
fact that hc could not escape capture and
punisk ment. left only one alternative
open. That vas suicide. He saw the
boat approaching from Madison street,
and, saurred on by guilty conscience.
took tt,s fatal plunge.
The closest search for . clue to the iden-
tity OF the missing couple revealed nothing
until after midnight, when It was
learned that Harry o. Ahlers, who
has keen employed with several en-.
cheering firms In this city. Was miss
ing from his room at the Abbott house.
and that Mrs. Emma Macdonald was also
missing from her home 1t the corner Of
Seventh and Pike streets Then IL was
learned that they had gone ont to tho lake
together for . row. Following this the
story Of their connection came out and
enough Was learned TO warrant the as
sumption that they were the parties to the
tSagesy.
Ah:srs met Mrs. Macdonald by appoint
ment Thursday afternoon, and they quar-.
relied over some private difference, sup
posed to have been about some man of
whom Alters was jealous. They parted
with ahe agreement to meet yesterday AZ
terncasn and take row on the lake When
Ahless reached the Abbott house he was
In had humor aud commenced to drink
heavily. Only few days ago he received
500 from his mother and with part of
this hs poured the liquor down his gullet
until he was 30 drunk that he did not
know anything. He was just like q log
aud when he was carried to bed
by four men he knew nothing
OF waat was going on. At 8 o'clock in the
morning when his room mate, Edward
Corsisau. got up, Ahlers was still dead to
the ORD" but a. near ~ can be learned
got Up about II o'clock to meet Mrs. Mac
Donald. Their absence was not noticed
until last evening, when Mira MacDon.
AIDS son, aged about Is years. came down
to tia Abbott house to see Ii his mother
was there.
incidentally It had been mentioned that
she was to meet some friend last night, to
whom she wrote that she would see him
IN the evening after returning from
. trap to Lake Washington with Harry
Ahisrs. When the little boy
causs to the hotel with the information
thns his mother Was missing. this man,
wht:sver he may be, teiephoned to Capt.
Nick Hanna At the police station to know
II he had heard Of anything going wrong
ut she lake. Capt. Hanna thought the
masser over and came to the conclusion
tina. tho mysterious tragedy At Lake
Washington and the sudden disap-
pcasance Of Mrs. Macdonald dovetaiied
together. He Immediately went to the
Abbott house. and found out that Ahlers
haf not been in his room or been seen
during the evening. The proposed trip
to the lake. the unkcpt appointment and
the absence Of both Ahiers and Mrs.
Macdonald furnished complete
chain. and Capt. Hanna felt satisfied
that the identity Of the mysterious couple
has been solved. At the time OF going 10
press this morning the three children, two
bo. aud girl, knew nothing Of the fate
thai Is supposed to have befallen their
mssiher.
ssarry c. Ahlers was about - years old
ana . native Of Dubuque. Ia. He came 10
Seattle In 1880. aud worked on and of as a
surveyor for the Great Northern railroad
and afterwards for Thomson h White. He
stepped At the Bellevue hotel when in the
city until about = year ago, when
he moved down town. Since then
he has stopped frequently at the
Abbott house. on Pike street.
IL came back to tho city the last time
July Is and since then has been drinking
heavily. He first met Mrs. Macdonald
wien abe was living in tho BELL apartment
house In North Seattle and became in
fs:yisted with her. He was extremely
ieslous of other peoples asten-
sitsns Ia her and has been
kno~n TO make threats against her.
Al.lers was considered crazy by several of
his acquaintance and his actions OF late
,essded in srca; measure to confirm the
heaief. The night clerk At the Abbott house
ea1 last niglt that even ChsiA aoher