The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-25
rRAzED By GOODNESS
rsr0e Tells What Drove Him to
His Desperate Deed.
.oaeEp or HIS WIFE'S LOVE.
q. SAYS Her Affection Had Been Won
rror, Him, Though He Faith
fully Supported Her.
,ossEp or HIS wlFE's LOVE.

a. ,he Providence hospital yesterday.
ss. resting easily In bed, Frank J.
sees who attempted 10 XIII his wife ard
1900 last Monday morning, told a Post
--1sf4reaeer reporter the story Of the real
. s-saeinary wrongs that led 10 the act.
.sTra came here last March," he said,
..,s Il was my intention 10 invest the
.sr.4v we had received by the sale OF our
- A. the East IN a small ranch in The
.~.r,ry. but my wife refused TO live out OF
-. rity. Two months after coming here
- uovssi into the house at the corner Of
~s.th avenue south and Charles street.
va rs on top Of the Hill an old Swede
,.med Fostrom lived with his son, who is
. r,an bout 30 years old. ! had work in a
sslngle mill on Lake Washington at first,
al afterwards was employed in the
.na.e Cristo mines. my work keeping me
suay from home most OF the time. The
s,sf trouble had was when came home
a. visit In July. when my wife accused
-rs AZ having stolen some money from her.
-h,eh vas A lie. as she afterwards found
!, We had words. and as was natural /
e.gisd her some hard names. While I was
~ he mines, several weeks later, letter
rsr5a from her saying she did not want TO
as me any more, as she mad some one TO
fske care OF her now.
II thought IL a Joke, and being taken
sek returned home in August. For four
veeks was sick in the house. and during
rat time my wife aid not come near me
except when compelled 10 do so. and then
treated me with coldness. During all that
tine the old Swede. Fostrom, and his son,
WHO lived near US. had access to the house
and we're coming and going all times Of
The aay. The neighbors told me that while
-. Ia, qrrr.I ia F4.ot s4.a
sAfter getting well ] went 10 Tacoma,
s.d on my return in September lived In
various lodging houses In the city. for my
wife would not let me stay with her. and
when called TO see the children acted az
though she hated me. She wouldn't even
i; me split wood for her, but had that old
sRede do it.
about a week ago she had divorce pa
nsrs served on me, and her statements
were all untrue. Her claim that do not
support her Is false. Last July she had
.sl from me, and just recently gave her
go. beside the things / was always buying
for her and the children. All this time the
neghb0rs told me OF how my wife was
carrying on with the Fostroms, who acted
as they owned the place. She was either
81 their house or thew at mine all the time.
ION Monday when l went 10 the house,
ry VIE Nohl1 not look AT me- anu just
felt desperate and crazy. / tried to shoot
Ter because could stand II no longer. and
wished to end my own life because 1t
would not be worth living without her.
Yes, am sorry now"
T.gges claims that he Is not a drinking
nan, and had not taken. drink for three
days previous TO the shooting. To see his
ntle boy seemed to be his most constant
thought. for he alluded to him several
tines His head was not painlng him
much. but ne complained of a strange feel
tax IN The stomach.
Mrs. Tigges was getting along well yes
terday though as the injury is TO her
spine she may take a turn for the worse
u the next three or four days.