The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-13
NEW NDOFBURGLAR
An Angry Husband Has a Hard
Fight With Him.
THE WIFE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE,
Prepared for a Burglar, West Seat
tie Man Finds Nautical Io-
thario and ThrasieS Him.

George A Ballard. night watchr1sr a,
the Novelty mill. West Seattle. has beer
| having rather more than his share Of ex.
cl'enaent during the past week. First n.
sAot burglar at the mill and then las,
tuesday morning went horne n round III
burglar that was not burglar Afte,
an exciting fight, in which the irate nus
band gave the intruder a severe beating
the latter made his escape. To make
things more interesting. Mrs. Ballard az.
tempted suicide with laudanum aud car.
boiic acid. leaving a note TO the eject tina;
Things were not as bad as they appeared
Inc cause OF this sensation was John Tay.
lor, the first mate OF the British shlr
Drumrock, which sailed yesterday for Ia.
coma
Ballard is on duty all night, and conse.
ouentiy his wife and little boy Archie. ageo
about ) years. are alone at home The
house in which the family reside is abou,
twenty-five rods south OF the mill and ii.
rectly back OF the wheat elevator. II is q
pretty little house, with both a front ana
back door
IL was about o'clock Tuesday morning
that Night Miller Edward Lindoerg hap
pened 10 look out Of a window at the
Novelty mill and see a man sneaking
along the walk toward Billiards. house.
In view OF the recent burglary at the mill
giary in sight, and told Ballard that ne
thought a man was trying 70 get into his
house. Ballard and Lindherg walked
down the track to the house. and Lind
berg remained outside with a revolver,
while Ballard went inside. In moment
there was a wild commotion which SAVIOR
ed of the regular old-fashioned rough
and-tumble fight, and moment later a
large man with sandy mustache, but no
n IN h4p ha CT n
and made his way down the railroad
trestle as IL he was glad to shake the dust
of West Seattle from his feet. Mr.. Bal
lard came out a few moments later, and
from the blood on his sleeve IL was plain
that he had spilled the blood of the de-
spoiler OF his home.
On the way to the mill Ballard was ST.
lent, but soon he returned 10 his home to
see what was going on. Imagine his sur
prise on returning to find that his wife
had taken their child TO one of the neigh
bors and then returned 10 her home
where she drank the contents of a bottle
of laudanum and also tried 20 drink some
carbolic acid She was apparently at
deaths door and her mouth was terribly
burned inside and out. A note was found
in which she spoke about caring for her
child, and asked her husband not to blame
her too much.
The distracted husband summoned help,
and a dose of lard was forced down Mrs.
Billiards. throat in hopes that II would
counterfeit the poison. This did not bring
the hoped for results. so a messenger was
sent to the city for Or. Wotherspoon. who
arrived at West Seattle by the first ferry.
When he reached the house Mrs. Ballard
was unconscious, but after few hours
work she was brought around, and IL is
thought she will recover entirely. Last
night her mother arrived from Oregon in
response TO a telegram, and is now looking
after the house.
First Mate Taylor evidently made his
way across the railroad trestle TO Seattle
and then took train for Tacoma. where
he knew the Drumrock was going yester-
day.
MIR, Ballard is not working at present
and declines to discuss the occurrences oil
Tuesday morning. He was considerably
put out however. at the report that Tay-
Tor got the best of the fight and said
do I show any signs OF beating?" On
his shirt sleeve was the blood Taylor left
in his hurried flight.