The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-07-19

the agent OF the building; and then Sea.
man turned upon him With the violence
Of maniac and said, Eyes, you are the
id son-of-a-b-h that persuaded
my wife TO come up here" He made
other statements and used language
which Mrs. Seamsn would not repeat and
which eonld not he published, and then
grasping Bosdet by the hair, with his
left hand, he landed sledee-h hammer blows
on him with his right. Bosdet 10 much
the smaller man, and was at disadvan-
tage otherwise, and he struggled violently
under the punishment received, until
finally, fearing for his life and unable to
get awav, he pulled the trigger Of the re-
volvcr, which he had taken from Mrs.
Seaman, and the bail entered the abdo-
men Of his assailant. Still there was no
sign Of weakening on the part Of Seaman,
and again there was a click, a report, and
he fell back, staggering into the room and
falling onto the bed unconscious.
Although the battle began at the door
and just within the room, the final strug-
gle was in the hall, and when the reporter
arrived there, was marked by small pool
of blood and a lady's kid glove. Mrs.
Will Shearer, who was a witness Of the
tragedy, says at the time the first shot was
fred Bosdet was on the floor and Seaman
was putting his knee on him. Then they
raised up and the struggle continued. Mrs.
Seaman was of the opinion that the first
shot entered her husbands leg, and that
seemed to be the impression Of all present
until aftershe examination by the doctors.
Mrs. Her was witness of part Of the
trouble, but abont the time Of the shooting
she rushed down stairs and onto the street
10 give the alarm.
THE HERALD representative made an
effort later in the evening to find Mr..
Bosdet and get a statement from him,
but he had been taken TO the county jail
and admittance could not be obtained. II
is reported, however, that he says he does
not clearly understand how the gun went
off the first time, and that when Il was
discharged the second time he was strug-
Cling with Seaman for its possession and
that Seaman was pulling it towards him.
The inquest will be held to-day, prob
ably in the afternoon, as Coroner Taggsrd
has not yet summoned all Of the wit
nesses. which will include a number OF
the women residing in the building. One
witness will also be summoned who
claims that the deceased had procured q
large bottle Of whiskey, to which he dill
gently applied himself all afternoon In
order to nerve himself for the deed which
was to have ended his wife's life and
probably to have been followed by his
own, for evidently suicide as well as muir
der was intended.
The gun used, which was turned over to
Officer Norton by Mr.. Bosdet, is an auto.
matte Colt Of A calibre. 1t belonged to
Seaman, and he had often displayed it in a
threatening way in the presence Of his
wife. She says he had frequently abused
her, and on several occasions had gone so
far as to commit assault by striking and
beating her.
Mr. Bosdet feels the horror of the affair
very keenly, but cannot see how it could
have been avoided. He had no acquaint.
ance with Mrs Seaman further than to rent
her the room, although her husband in his
passion and jealousy asserted that he was
trying to part husband and wife and take
the woman from him. Mrs. Seaman also
stated to the reporter that she had never
pet Mr. Bosdet until she made application
to become tenant, and she looked upon his
action in the trouble as entirely creditable
and listifable. The affair is very unfortu-
nate, but if all that is told is true, Seaman
was nerved to desperation. and intended to
end his own life as well as that of the wo-
man who had already suffered much from
his passion and his brutality.