The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-17

,~srox. So. Fsh. is.-Sot until this
-~-~srz. when Ae arose AFTER hiE&t
- res ard saw tae gaiiows Upon
- = AS 10 sfe did Arthur Duestro~,
s.vssrnne8 81 Louis murderer. show
- .sg.s a. realization c. his fate Fer
g. ffrse ssnce t4ze crirne was CON-
- threa years ag0. he shed tears
=. - azay al ernalance q insanity
- ~~esnaS - know I've got - ote.
49, - vie ard calfd. out Il vas not
= s.ss.t garaefalnx with4n me made me
Se I vas nos myself These words
~~zs repeated again ard agaln. tears
eawtnx fast aud aobs occasionally check
NJ als uftsfanefss
r. condemned man rad called ..imgsf
a. pYswsenburz - the United States
go ard this morning be wrote The fol-
$50 rnessaEe o. hts attorney. Gov.
s.esrtss p johnson, Of 81 Louis. j am
= preEirzment InfeTcede with Cos.
sssnssns for me Immediately. J now need
yosr advice. / was insane but z DID 10
goo. have nothing left 5ut the hope OF
ssrrsx.ness" He signed Il a. ". r.
rvaa.enburz. and the sheriff took the
r,sasase. bug did NOT forward IL.
IN q sh0ft time th@ condemned man re-
xzsned cofnposure and talked with Visit
- ara smiled A small dose OF whisky
=
his courage ~. and be was much graft
ssd puastropg has not been visited b.
aay spiritual advisor. having announced
ks would die without such consolation.
Al 10 sheriff Puchta entered the Jail
- read the deafh warrant - DBestrow.
rse crowd a. about WAS 40 dense Il was
s.rnass Impossible 20 get near the place.
A rope fenced of q space about twenty
fsss side and fifty feet long. and here
txsnly-ave deputies patrolied, keeping
hack the crowd
When the newspaper men attempted 70
ssfsr The )aii they were denied admission.
The sheriff had promised they might Re
rrsssnt Gf the reading of The death war
rant but changed his mind az the last mo-
raenf. Tee reporters we're even denied Ad-
mission within the ropes.
The condemned man marched 20 the gal
loss without a trsmor or shade OF fear
passing over his face. He went 10 death
quietly and brayssy. bidding last fare
WEI 70 the man VINO bad fought TO save
bis Hse
On The scanold Duestrow said he was
Gee. BrsnGenburg. aot Duestrow. and that
he dif not XIII AifH. puestrow and was dy-
ing Illegally he died Of StrangulaGion
t3snty minutes after he had dropped.
81. LOUIS $40. Feb 1.-THE crime for
whlch Arthur Deustrow met death on the
seaffed today was committed on the after
neon Of February -. ls4f a. his residence,
lsA South campton avenue. this city. on
ihat day he had been drinking heavily.
During the forenoon be had called at
AgsFy stable and ordered a sleigh for the
afternoon stating that ne intended taking
bis wife aud 2-year-eid son Louis sleigh
riding
A few minutes before { o'clock Deustrow
arrived home aHd found the sleigh await
ing him. The generally accepted version
OF the crime ~ the testimony given by
Katie Hahn. a domestic Ia the Deustrow
household. She said she met peustrow at
the door and asked him II be vas going 20
take his wife riding. This question an
gersd DeuStrow and he ran up stairs 10
his wife's room. and after some words
slapped her face.
MIS-. Deusirow uphraided him for his
eoniuct. which seems 10 have worked the
murderer az TO the point az which he could
no longer restrain his demoniacal passion.
The Hahn girl says she heard Mrs. Deu-
eiroE cry. Don't shoot. Arthur. don't
shoot" Three shots followed In rapid sue
cssslou. The servant rushed up stairs and
found Deustrow standing over his wife's
body revolver fn hand. crying: Good
By, TiHy Arc you deaf?' At this point
the maa's fury seemed 20 be diverted TO
bis child. Grabbing it Up IN his arms. he
he'd i agatns; the wall and snptied the
ether two chambers Of the revolver into
b. head. Il died instantly. DeustTow then
vert 70 the police station. with the revolt
yer In his hard. and surrendered. lie was
soebing Historically. Il have killed my
vife," ke cried. but 80 was 81 accident.
suppose they viii say I'm murderer: but
] am not. lt was an accident" He tried
10 explain thst the revolver vas dis
ehsfsed while he was handling the
weapon
On February u the doctors removed the
two bullets from Mrs. peustrow's head.
and Z vas Thought she might recover but
Or February L she died. having never re-
gained consciousness.
Ueu3fraw. hy the terms OF his fathers
viz would 3r8w s.. 1886 year as long as
hs Lived Deustrows father. Louis peu-
wroN. died few years prior 20 tae mur-
der. leaving 8a estate OF s2.oo0.Oo0