The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-12
/ BRUTAL 3UTCHERY
f~rry Cummings Fatally
Wounds His Wife.
sauEs TO KILL HIS DAUGHTER.
xx-street Commissioner Planned
! Doa6Ie Murder and suicide
His Nerve Failed Him.

:. s~exn-ey Mara last evening ABOUT $50
ss.-x 81 ISIS Broadway. IL vas his tE-
s1ssar 70 enc the well-planned double
1919 WITH suicide bat Ess nerve failed
- = ne last rnonent. asd ne ID row
..-sssc 10 the city jail narssag wounded
1xes
. s~sszl.ty that tne quiet aetxhlsorf0od
= = -~ssrn ii toox place was aroused 10 fierce
ssxxszisoa. and Detective SAN Corbets
., - .susa In harrytn- bis prisoner 10
= . order to avoid possible eomglscs-
ssus.
.x~s,a murder n his wheeled cart.
- tae horse tao blocks away. cut Of
800 az fae house. and then walked
.s~szs lots through bushes 10 the house,
~ssre MS rife and daughter have been
srsex. Mrs Cummings having separated
49, hsns SIX weeks age. He walked tn.o
I. kitchen where hrs. Cummings and her
knrnssr were eating. and wners GH old
-. Mrs Nancy. wag Gttsng. ard CON-
-errea TO utter fierce oatha AS he put
= hands In his coat pockets his daughter
q from TIE house. closely pursued by her
f.sssx. xho drew hlg gun and tired 10
eaeos her down Failing tn his aim hs re-
ssrned to the house and. cornerfng his
- ID 4 Bedroom he smashed in ahe top
4 1er head with a revolver. As ne beat
- 10 the floor. Thomas Nancy. who Owns
- house. tried to enter tire room. only
d - driven from the house AZ the point
Il TIE deadly revolver. Cummings then
.ssavns9 to rs hatchery and took TWO
s,>ts. perhaps three, AT his wsfe's head
!, ~ sat on the floor in the corner. COW
I'D tom head to foot with her LIES
fs.sn - - n
- right shoul9er and the other struck an
neh Or 50 from her head. Her face was
:sr-ssly burned BY the powder Thinking
- raman dead. Cummings thought %
fzAax himself. bat brute as he had shown
ksns<sf 70 be. he did not have the heart 10
ssrry his plan 20 a successful termination
II has admitted TO Detective Corbett
- Chief Of Police Reed ard Assistant
p1xsecnfsng Attorney Wiltshire that he
ffrnssed D cold hIoodad murder. and add
Z thsf ne did no, care what became OF
ID. ~ bis family vas broken Up. lie
ais his wife anil daughter names and
.eensss his daughter Maria and his son
sstn Of trying "a get his property from
In While the sould-be murderer broodg
sssf hls brutal nct in the confines of a
m closeIy watched for fear he viii XIII
A.nssH bis wife lies at Providence hos
zss ard death. A s4-eaIsber bullet was re-
zosed from her body last night BY Dr.
.asis and Or. Horton, and the top OF her
k1il .as raised and a mass OF blood
smcsed. The entire cap OF the head was
lxrally crushed IN, and even az the poor
ye4ture las on the tioor az her home. un-
ssnscious. she would attempt 20 run her
'aser down into the big hole In the mid
= Of her head. made b. the butt OF the
sasy revolver.
tn hts horrihse work Cummings used
70 guns. one % which IL in the posAAs-
on ef Chief Of Police Reed. and the 9TH
2 which was broken. from use. Is In
barge Of T. II. Dempsey.
Il + not generally known. bat the thing
Falsh FASTENED the attempted double
sardsr WAS a divorce suit. which Mrs.
winnings had RECENTLY commenced and
Aseh was set for trial in the superior
surs today. Mrs. Cummings alleged bru-
sslsy
CumminE~' Record.
Larry Cummings is an oia-timer ia this
sctson. and In the past he has been well
n0sn as a public man. especially IS
rect commissioner for several terms
rms. While he was street commission
. John LAWN. a lahorer. tried 20 nsur-
r hiTn, but inflicted only nesh wound.
FAsle It had not yet become common
sixhborhnod talk. Cummings had al
'stiy commenced 10 make things dlsa-
'seahle At home II things went wrong
ssn town ne vented his spite on his wife
Ben he returned home At that time
i family lived on Lake street. at the
'fner Of Mercer. The property on which
~ lived was owned BY them. AT pras-
i Il IL mortgagea Tor s. sa Things ran
ong IN this way until about two years
70 when an entirely unexpected affair
me 10 light.
Had keaten Her Before
Cummings had been drinking hard for
'rne tine. ard one ftght wens home ugly.
d Immediately started in 10 abuse Mrs.
INNINGS. Before Re had finished ne
aocked her down and kicked her antn
y presented a most pitlahie sight More
sz1 than alive she ran from the house.
= black hair aisheyatea her dress torn
p her hoiy mass 81 bruises Even a.
~ she wanted % avoid nafassegy and
feld rot have made ofT.r4Al complaint
nsy that ono Of heF women friends saw
r as insisted ghal she Mace the matter
fhe hsn1s of -. authorities. Jnsgscs
esaweli MS aroused from his siagabers.
sa A. fhe sk3ht Of Airs Cummings Ga-
sAnearfiv exefa afssi Ny cseg5 Narsan,
'sat hss iappeueHgf Mts CUMMINGS
- eer steyy sna "A warYant was snmeas-
sly ssSsssi Tor The wife~hsater He vas
FTsstes on t2k~ street Nv neteetixe Sam
eesetf ard takee "a ire city is8
tafaaasnEs said that - had seen City
cs Catcher Aet'lann4han faiAsns - ais
sc aa8 daughter ever see fenes. an8
esassa HIM e attempting 30 break %
= iAnsSy
Fsk.a
sselasiveIY hat Cummings bad 70 reai
sasea feF any feeling against Mel-san.
aaAa. Tae epsset ~ The affair was that
4sssnsnss T8t eat af gHa ssrape. as Mrs
-sasaiags a1 nbt want 20 ses hsn prose
gses
The separation.
After a whtge Cuu1nssrxs ana his FaFnliv
asses aaNe "a rs lllf.e TaneA or White
sef Atssal ear age the eldest asuEas-
{ MarEs saws sn Hxsms AZ hArae ard hAs
ss1sT3s3 herself ~ srkfax n shfs e1sy
= weeks sSa sfrs. Cummings separated
..en be- agsan# ans ssms ~ *ae elsy.
- ssaeafev Maria paid hev Board AZ
= s'eha's go Lake street Mess Ger
saa ast evening Jaaf her mother
g sssae seeaGsa Afr Cnnm .nEs fre-
-sffe asst aeF Est0 sstarsjuN sne vas
s1sfsn srem FAsgsaaas sra. After Mrs
s sesr. ar. ssaaaminss lad sTewesa
g II. sea t0an. GAe seff tha Aeasa. Al
- FssAoat ftetass. His sister saw Asm
7sk - Eet shoes
ssfs Eesfa-ataks sAea caHmess ncss an 49,
e far asagss atsewnv cruelty Mrs.
-sses fal& aer Slaughter sne 3sY fase
2 81 sot Exc sa ssag az tAe Hasn.s 49,
go W t'afTs03 snEa VAS g,aaftnasssy aata-
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