The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-01
ONE FAMILY's DISSOLUTION
William Dzvfds and His Wife Decide
TO Separate and Make = Division
of the Household Goods.

There has been division In the house
hold OF William Davids. and this is what
Dayids got out OF II: A box stove, a rake.
d saw. a few dishes and 4 ducks foot OF
knivss and forks.
Davtds says That Mrs. DsyIds viii not
Live with him, and that It is John this
and John that" According TO Dayids,
John refers 70 John Wick.
Airs. DaEsds informed Patrolman Brown
yesterday afternoon, when Davids was
collecting together the box stove and saw
and rake, that she could never live with
Mr.. Davids after the way he had abused
her. Davids did not make q denial OF the
allegation about abuse. but IL Is presumed
that he was so busy with the stove and
rake that he did not catch the drift OF
the conversat! ton
Patroluian Brown would not have been
In the deal Al all. but Mr.. payids, feeling
that he might have trouble about the
stove and the rake ard saw, went UP to
police headquarters and gave al abbre-
Waited account OF the cloud that removed
happiness from his household In Jefferson
ccInty and wrecked Ii on the inhospitable
shore OF Lake Washington
IL is a complicated story and dates back
to the day WHEEL Diser Christensen was
alive. Christensen lived in 8 iittle cot
tags out on Lake Washington south from
this fesier way power house. Two or
three years ago be was working under
water in tne bay attempting tn raise a
trg5oat, when he was overcome. There
was some trouble with the air supply.
lie was taken home. and although very
large and strong man ne slowly wasted
away and died.
After mourning for sufficiently long
time. Mrs. Christiansan again took a
chance in the matrimonial lottery. She IS
a good-iooking woman and also a good
houseAeeper. and perhaps that Will ex-
plain why William Dayids asked her 10
walk al bis side through life, for better
or worse. snow or rain. As Davids was
going out TO his once happy home yester-
day afternoon. surrounded by the inspir-
Ing influence or q strong arm OF the
Law in the person OF Patroiman Brown,
he dFifted into a reminiscent mood, and
told how TIE owned nice home over in
Jefferson county Mrs. Davids lived there
with him. he said. but last September she
came back 10 Seattle. About two weeks
ago he came over to the city to see how
sac was getting along. He said that he
found her keeping house for her son, who
IS a young man, and John Wick. As
Brown understood Dsvids, Wick is bro
Their OF Mrs. Davids' former husband.
There was trouble between Mr.. and Mrs.
Dayids. Dayids was also sorely disturbed
at what he calls the preference shown by
Mrs. Davids for Wick. Davids told Brown
that II was John. john all the tinaA--and
pavids was not in H.
Finally. Mrs. Davtds declared that she
would not live with Mr. Davids any long
er, and Davids came to the conclusion IL
was time TO separate. Last evening this
important event took place under the pro-
tecting wing OF Officer Brown Mrs. Da-
vids told Brown that she would not live
with Dayids, and denied certain things
that Dayfds had said about her. II was
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point OF view. AT last accounts Mr.. Da-
vids was getting ready 70 return TO JEFF
ferson county with his box stove and saw
and rake.