The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-10
DID HE POISON HER !?
Nevada Bailey's Suspicious
Death at Tacoma
WILLIAM MASON ARRESTED.
He Threatened Her With . Revolver in
Seattle, and When Arrested said
lis Had TAKEN Poison
WILLIAM MASON ARRESTED.

Tacoma. Sept. especial. Nevada Pa.
ley. a coIossG girl. - years cd. commit
I'D suicide ta4s morning shortly sfter md
BsgaL ~ taxing h large e-oss cf mors 1las.
Z 40 4TuR = as purchased 81 L5s sIEl N
seattle. where Sue went "a company WITH
hsg lover. William Aasoa. a cciorsa walt
er. formerly employed IA - sote. n tais
city. The girls acs vas re result Of
quarrel she lad yesterday Hllh her lover.
sfho threatened 20 isaSe her. he also told
ner re had takan gossoa 10 end MS lie.
This inseiiis En1e. coGpsed wtth tae iiAs4!-
hood % his ieaggJg Der, - sad 10 nave
caused tAe glra 10 "a se .-er lie.
AAsoa and tae Bailey g.gi went 70 So
&tus yesterday. They quarreled on me
return ard taa cir. told hsr mother. wac
ives at 10. az E1f;eenra street, that Ma
noa attempted 70 shoot her. she gave 8er
mother a revolver which she claimed hs
Used IL the attempt. Later In the day
TIE quaTrsl vas patched up and The couple
seen a. ~ a@ons Ecorn. No 1878 faIs-
read street. The quarrel was resumed al
the room and Mason left after tesLins
the girl he had taken laudanum. few
minutes after midnight. the Bailey giri
tod others n the house tBAt she nAa Ia
ken morphine A physician vas sum-
m0ued bat before ne arrived the girl SAs
beyond help. She died "a about an hour.
and AZ O. clock Coroner Parks was called
10 take charge OF ths case.
MAson's connection with the girls death
has aroused suspicion 10 the minds Of her
friends and tomorrow an inquest Will be
held. Mason Was arrested al an early
hour this morning, much the worse Tor
wa4sky. or something Else. lie claims he
tc0k poison. lie eas very Imp when an
officer found hlm, but his condition might
have oeen caused % 700 nuca bad wills
ny. He Is confined in the city iai! oead1ns
Tho inquest.
Nevada Bailey was well known In Seat
tie. She lived here al different times, the
last time at a disorderiy house on Wash
lngton street Many OF her friends we're
much wrought up yesterday az the news
OF her death. and did not hesitate 10 say
that they hoped a careful Investigation
would De made IN the case.
Nevada Bailey came TO Seattle last
week from Tacoma, following row with
Mason. Mason came 20 Seattle also and
their differences were apparently patched
up. One night the giri was going 10 she
Orpheum with Rsta Mahoney. and after
she got ready Mason peremptorlly ordered
her TO remain al home. This was attTib-
uted 10 Mason's dislike for Reta. Reta was
cutting "A watermelon. when Mason 10 said
TO have threatened to strike her. Reta
turned around with the knife and inform
cd Mason that IL would be the last time he
struck anyone.
The special Incident talked about ye.ter
day was Mason's attempt to shoot his
mistress II appears that Reta Mason,
Nevada Bailey and man whose name Is
not known. had been out 10 Green lake.
On their return Mason asked his mistress
to step into Reta's room. She did SO. and
short time later Rata says she heard
racket. She tried 10 get into her room,
but discovered that Mason had the Bailey
girl pressed against the door She heard
angry words In which the word "klil''
was spoken. She finally got into the room.
az there was no lock the door. and
found that Mason had been choking his
mistress.
You are not going 20 kill her IN my
room" said Resa.
The Bailey girl had a revolver which she
gave 20 Ella Redneld. asking her TO take
care OF &C. She told Miss Redfeld that
Mason had showed the muzzle Of the re-
volver down her throat, bat that when he
pulled the trigger Il failed 10 explode the
cartridge The Bailey girl said before she
went back 70 Tacoma that she did not
care whether she lived or de.
Smoke" tbs co'ored boxer Is a brother
OF the dead woman