The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-28
1cGES GAYLOTHARIO
, Deerepid Old Lunatic sentt to
the Insane Asylum.
..sep NUMEROUS JEALOUSY
.o the Attempted Murder and
Two Wives ssfven Dr.
xorces, q Third Asks One.

.-oe combination OF ctrcun-
r-enk ] Tlgges. who shot his
a.. aays ago out Of jealousy. and
~ srov.,rou,. upon whom Tigges places
=. 80 oart Of the blame for his trou-
CT So,,sed together in the county
~ s.rsax AFTERNOON. This morning old
h5s..s..,,ou, gdII be taken 10 the Insane
"a :. sfeflscoo while the prosscut-
ss...--gv will Dc considering what kind
- 1870 he Is going TO place against
- wffe-slayer. Another strange
~ s,y,s,t he case IS that, while Tigzss
tsss. a,..ss N For-rom, the later is labor
80, the delus!on that Mrs. Tsgges Is
- - with a scheme 70 poison him,
oassrh DIR. A. p. Mitten is the mead
80 months the old man has been
80 worse. and al present ne believes
~. N his relatives and nesgnoors arc
$50 20 kill him He has threatened 10
80 suicide so his son "Ai, VINO Is
-. a. OBJECT OF suspicion In the eyes OF
- raj him brought before Judge
fssrIey for an examination as 70 MS san
TIA news that the disturber OF the
f,n,ly was 10 be ia court spread
l* 50 ats az the courthouse, but did NOT
Vs. me ears Of Judge Langley or the ex-
.~srg nhysiclans, DR.. Burns and DR..
go gaIin Jim Mason got excited
= 80 prospects OF seeing a gay Lothario,
- .,aos al the door waiting with expec-
-, written or every spear OF hair ON
ss.@ssaa Pretty soon In walked Deputy
s-s.1eT Hawkss with an old Gecrepat man.
s.'lIr Mason put his war eye on the
, - fslIaa. and then turned away in silent
y. az he thought how rudely his IL
son had been dispelled-
n For~trona. the son. is about 3 or 30
.s.rs old. strong and good natureo. He
go the court that he came To Seattle
s-.m The Columbia river two months ago
- ven, 10 see bis father at his home,
rxsfth avenue south and Canal street.
-. old man seemed glad TO see him, but
as a atty changed He would sit and
teIrt and was afraid 10 touch food After
! While he confidsd 10 him that Dr. a. +.
ultsn his daughter, Mrs. u. Raunzahn,
"a her husband were poisoning him.
Ms Raunzahn had moved to Snohomish.
= he went up TO see her about the way his
s.ther was acting. Mrs. Raunzahn said
Eat abe had been afraid that her father
gas going insane and that he had better
-,iurn to Seattle and take care of him.
altsr he returned his father became sus-
ririous that he was In the plot TO poison
iir and hy degrees the idea was being ex-
tspdsd TO include all the neighbors.
IN an interview young Forstrom said
cat Il was true that Mrs. Tigges had been
tTensly with his father in fact, she had
eare work for him. but was paid for IT.
Il Els father was IN, she had come over
10 the house and cooked some food for
kir. Then hts father told him he had bet
.sr 70 over and chop some wood for Mrs.
Tlgges About two weeks ago he did so,
nd two or three mornings afterward went
ersr again 70 finish. there being a fraction
4 cord left. While he was working
fgges suddenly showed up like a mad
t1s and ySlled:
Get out Of here. you Swede -"
When he put his hand into his pocket,
rparently for a gun. Forstrom lost no
sae In moving,
elForstrom Is G. years old. n native OF
sTsden, but camo here twenty years ago
ron California. Officer John Brennan,
vso has known him ten years. said he was
Etisfei Forstrom was insane. The ply
ssisns were under the impression that the
Z pfent night recover sufficiently TO be re-
Fssed after while from the asylum. but
GjheY Gid not seem 10 look for a permanent
eare