The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-23
TIE SEATTLE PosT-NTnLIGENCER FRIDAY. JUNE g. 1888

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a e1eass aaa tia 1ea3ae ~ % nass any
srouh3s vm 70 inset him on sAs sezest aad en-
sags him in eeavssssfsoa- II b wousd not
sessis win ne vas - ssap him Il the faes ana
sAeA cali upoa soszs eeafssnan . peosoa ne
aad say that d. nas hsd i1suseed ma newer
I'D tAis, ana. although weat to sp7kane, / did
not start the house. aaksd several men
fn< nosey and got souns from sewers, Of them
lAia sos start . house far several rsoscra
was esdessd ~ Nj. Boyd 70 eoms home aad I
did / vent 70 the Grand hotel for enc rsxhs
al the u OF Decsnsee
'sNox. Mrs Boyd. 90 ahead and tell the
jury in Jour own words everything that
happened on that day." vas the request Of
Mr.. Piles.
Mr. Boyd cane 10 eeatfle about noon that DAY,
think ON tie xcssnomah. when he came 70
the house vas last rising fron the lunch table
ana vas about % 60 into Mrs.. Rssd's room when
isaw Mr.. Boyd coming mp the steps. went to
meet him He kissed ms and returned hss
kiA Then We went into our room He said
be was very tired AID wan.ed % sAks some rest
eesseye went cus % get him consulting
to eat I came back into the room and lay
down By his sf3e. About IN hour afsefvard.
when vas getting up from the bed. looked
over as the picture OF the baby which
I spoke OF . little while aga He asked
me what was looking 1t and
told him / was looking as the beby's
picture thought It Was % pretty. and said
fhas I thought that Vas Just like our baby
would look He said: ''Ous baby! II IL don't
look Just like rns win disovu it Twill get
all o; it, good Qualities from me. anyway.
II Is 10 girl IL viii b . who're
tust like yon have been"
told him I was much hurt about what he
said and did NOT say anything for several sec-
- -
me to get him . clean shisf and some under
clothes 80 he could 90 down town and get
something to eat changed his ahiYt buttons
into clean shirt and sat dosn 70 mend some
hcles IN them He was still on the bed roadiug
doctor book that Nrn Kennedy had
loaned ms and making comments on the
pictures. Finally be said to me Kitten. did
you ever darn anybody else's socks' I said per-
haps have He said. ''Oh. you have have you"
Isaid, "Yes, I hare" Then he began using some
very abusive language and said I would never
do anything for him that be wanted me to do.
Then he said to me, Shave you written those
letters yet" said. "Nc. have not, and don't
propose TO- either. Idon't have to-" Then he
said to me: "wsIi, don't say anything moro
about IT," and picked up . paper. He asksd me
then to 70 out to dinner with him.
told him had hole In
my shos. and that - Il Was vet, and I was not
very strong, would not 60 He told me to get
ready, and when he came back no would go to
the theaier and that could wear my rubbera
about O'Clock just before dinner he
said something that upset me.
He said: "You 80 out and got your dinner.
and bring IL In hsra ! want to talk 70 you
While you eat
brought my dinner in or MIRA Kennedy did,
and sat down TO read . paper. l ha1 some
fish and ~ be sat BY me carsssing mo asked
and fed him little bits OF It He said to me:
did you ever feed Ashton like this." Isaid: II
never fed any man above earth like this"
Then he started to talking about the letters
again. said: "Tom, you ought not 10 ask me
to do this thing. I beg OF you not to say any.
thing more about 1t: il 10 not right" He few
into passion and cried out: 81 want you 70 write
every one OF those letters tonight so that can
mali them this very night don't want any
more fooliug. Iwant you to 80 over to Tacoma
tomorrow and thrash Col. visscher. Then l
want you to 60 up to. his house and
toll his vile that you have lived With him and
that he wanted to take you to Kentucky with
him." was near the washstand and rose up,
saying: ~ am not going TO do It."
He ieapsd at my throat. turned away
from him and he struck me In tho back OF the
neck. throwing me over against the wall aud
mating my nose bleed and nearly upsettiug the
wsshstand. He then threw me to the door, put
his knee on my breast and cried out:
"i'H make you write thoss letters. you
lite devil. damn you" Come one Knocked ON
the door sud he let me UP with my hair and
clothing In disorder. He went ont about
O'Clock. was expecting him to come back and
take me 10 the theater. He did not come and
got very anxious and borrowed Mrs Ksnnedy's
ulster to wear while I went out and found
him.
Mrs. Boyd here related the search for
Boyd in the same way as the other Wit
esses. She continued:
When Mr.. Boyd got into the carriage ct the
Occidental hotel he WAS very much intoxicated.
The first thing no said when he had shut the
door was: 'Whas in h-l do you mean BY com.
ing down town after yns?' ! said: "Tom
l was nervous about you. l was afraid you
would get to drinking aid spend all your
money
That was the way he was. When he got mad
at me or any one else he would 70 down and
begin drinking and spend all his money.
NO matter II he needed IL all to meet
= debt the next day. The next thing he
said was You must think have got lots of
money TO be throwing IL away on carriage rides
Who In hi IL going TO pay for this cab, any.
way" said. "You are, OF course"
He made q fuss about tho money,
but told him IL did not make
much difference He said: IL want You 70
write those letters tonight ana 60 over to Ia.
coma tomorrow and get old Visscher Or some OF
your lovers 70 give you some money TO nay for
your hack rides. damn you"
We got out OF the cab At the gate ana went
into the hall There he said to me- "Sow are
you going to write those le,tera;" said. II
wish you would not ask me TO do what don's
wish TO do, Tom"
We went into the room He slammed the
door behind us and walked over to the bureau
TO take OF my wraps. lie stsppod up
behind ne, ierked me into the
middle OF tho room aud said: damn you.
Write those letters, and write them at ouce!" |
walked over 10 his trunk ana sat down. s.id,
"Tom, don't ask me to do this
lie cried out, ''t,es out your paper and pens
and write those letsers!" Irose TO my feet and
said. "Iom. Is there IL q God above. will
not" lie Missed ont: "Ihen, by God. | will
blow your brains out.'
He spiang Tor . revolver lying on the bureau
and tried 10 get IL too. Wescuftlsd around tina
room few seconds and then the pis,ol was dis
charged in ihs air twice. l go, IL away from
him and started 70 run. He WAS crowdtng nc
against the wall
lie wss coming for me and I raised the pistol
and cred He turned hal. around and rushed
by him. lie camc for me again aud think
shot At him again. I am not sure / don't
remember anything more until when I woke
up the next morning in the Jail.
The defendant then came down from
the stand and showed the respective posi-
tons of the trunks, beds. table. etc
After this Prosecuting Attorney Miller
examined the witness, but when
court adjourned had only go, her story
from the time she was an infant until
she came TO Mrs. Kennedy's. Some OF
the questions he pa, to her were
oniv to be answered by her confesslng that
she had been a prostitute Mr. Pile. nh.