The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-21
CUMMINGS In COURT.
fhs Uxoricide Arraigned for
Murder in the First Degree.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
- Condemnation ProceedinGn for tn
eision By Judge Osborn.

xawrsncs Cummings. the wife murderer.
wns brought into Judge Eumss court yes
fersay afternoon at z.B o. clock for the par-
s1s. OF being arrzigned- lie was brought
ssto court between two deputy sherifrs.
anz manifested the same ssoIid. pnieg-
zafis derneSDor whfca has characterized
Ain ever since his arrest L. c. Gilman
ana W. II. Moore represented him The
latter said that he appeared simply on be-
kx.f Of his absent partner. James HaniI-
tan Lewis. who the prisoner had stated.
hs desired TO retain for his defense. Mr..
Gilman was rot prepared TO state whether
n not Col. Lewis would sccep. q retainer
81 the case. and without formally moving
20 that effect, asked that The arrangement
might be postponed until Monday next
The prosecuting attorney objected. and
the court declined TO postpone.
Cummings then stood up. ard Prosecut-
ing Attorney HASTE read the information
70 him. as follows:
I'm the superior court OF the STATE Of
Washington for King county.
'sThe state OF Washington. plaintiff. W
Lawrence Cummings, defendant. No.
LIZ. Information
sIAwrenes Cummings is accused h. Ad-
olson ". HASTE. prosecuting attorney IN
ard for King county, state OF Washing
tor By this Information OF the crime OK
murder In the nrst degree. committed a.
follows:
He. the said Lawrencs Cummings. IN
tas county Of King ard state OF Washing
ton. or the 18th day o. June, A. ID. 1856.
purposeiy ard Of his deliberate and pre-
neditated malice, killed Elizabeth Cum
mings. By then and there pDrsosay and Of
his deliberate and premeditatsd malice.
shooting. striking and beating. thereby
morfzlly wounding the said Elizabeth
ire <Utf efa nj Uh t~h
he. the said Lawrence Cummings. then
and there had and held In bis hand. OF
which said mortal wounds the said Eliza
beth Cummings thereafter. IN said county
Of King and state Of Washington, on the
18th day OF June. fses. died.
Contrary 20 the form Of the statute IN
such cases made and provided and agalns.
the peace and dignity OF the state OF
Washington.
dated at Seattle. IA the county and
state aforesaid. this 10Th day OF June. A.
D. 1906. ADDISON W. HASTE.
prosecuting Attorney in and for King
County, State OF Washington.
THE stats of Washington, county OF
King SIS. Addison w. HASTE. being first
culy sworn. says that he II the prosecut-
INK attorney in and for King county. state
OF washington: that he has read the
foregoing information. knows the con-
tents thereof and that the came Is true.
ADDISON ". HASTE.
subscribed and sworn to bsfore me this
18th day OF June, A. ID. fsss.
''T. W. GORDON.
Clerk OF the Superior Court.
Seal by r. %. HUGHES Deputy"
witnesses for thu state were Endorsed
on the Information. as follows: o. p.
Askam, George NJ. Horton. r. NJ. Davis.
H Korns, Maria Cummings, Thomas
Nancy, Samuel @. Corbett. Charles g.
Reed, Thomas IT. Dempsey. r. A Wing.
Aubrey c. Nelson.
This constituted the formal ar
rAignment A certified copy OF the In
formation was then handed TO Cummings
By the clerk and he passed II over to Mr..
Gilman.
Judge Hames announced that the prison
or would be given until Tuesday morning
10 plead. and that the case would be set
down fer trial on June .. The prisoner
was then taken hack 10 jail and the
crowd which had assembled IN the court
room slowly dispersed