The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-13
FOUGHT FOR THEIR LIVES.
William Daxias Attempts TO Murder
His Wife and Bozrder mt
Her Hnn~~


Jealous husband entered a r-pttv f.
tls cottage tAat had oaes seez hls homs
az TIE shore o. Lake wzshln<+o. yes.s--
day afte~noon Re opeusd Ire aos~ mo
TIE Hale front r.om ara tasrs saw nan
z tie pace waLca Re oaee occupied By
ais SIDE stood me woznan-nls wife.
TIE man was armed WIKI reviewer ani
rngrder7az bgteAer knife Brute lzs.acs
eentroiled als Vii As .se gan flashed il
ar ae sad 70 his rival,
John. I've got you now." az3 ars3
TIE sAoz missed IS marx ard fhe- soI-
lowed = desperate struggle. sae Ike u
which Is noz CT rscerd- Al three soaEht
for Possession % ire weapons. and wnsa
i vas ended the woala-se murderer aaa
ESCAPED wlsh a whale hide. vale ne ran
and WOMAN were badly cut, eat not 20 "a
% endaage- their lives
The wo9l1-0e nan killer vas william
nAvids. 4 raneaer ard painter. The NO
mar was his wife ard the osher mar vas
Joan Johannes wick. The woman had
been the widow OF John CariszLarsoa. ne
diver wao died as result % as work in
the wreck q the Mystic IN Seattle barber.
July ?. ISL she married Davids. who
then owned ranch IN jefferson county.
about two years after ChrisiiAasoa.s
death
With her second husband Ms Davids
lived happily until September. 1885 Then
they guarded. and the following Novsn-
ber they separated Sire kept the cottage
On the shore % Lake Washington. a. tha
foot % Jackson street. where she lived
with her first husband. In June, ISL.
Johannes Wick. who was a brother 81
John Christensen. despite the disslmilar-
ity OF their names. came 70 board With
her. He purchased the ship ways left by
his brother from his former widow After
that he worked az different places at Ms
business 0; boat building. making his
home az the cottage OF Mrs. Davids, to-
zether Win his nephew. z. o. Wick.
Dayids visited the house frequently and
as often threatened 10 kill his wife Il she
did not return 70 him- To the neighbors
he said that John Wick had supplanted
him
The denouement OF all this came yester-
day afternoon between 4 and O'Clock
Dayids entered the house. armed for
trouble. As he shot al Wick. the latter
rose from the table where he had been
sitting working az some plans for a
launch. just in time 10 dodge the bullet
Then followed a struggle for life. Wick
grabbed the hand Of the would-be assas-
sin, while the woman came 10 his assist
ance. He tried TO turn the weapon
against Davids. but. falling this. tore it
loose from Davids' grasp and flung it on
the floor.
Davids drew his knife and again the
men cl;nched. They struggled out into
the kitchen. and there Davids slashed
wicks head until the blood spurted out
in a crimson column nearly to the low
ceiling Of the room. Believing that he
was MORALLY wounded. Wick fed.
Dayids was not satisfied. He returned
into the other room and told his wife
he would kin her. With marvellous
strength she battled Tor her lie. With
her hand on the revolver she succeeded
in keeping 1t pointed away from her.
Twice Davlds threw the woman TO the
floor and with his fist beat her in the
face and breast. She fed outside the
house screaming. Again he threw her
down and tried 70 shoot her. As her
strength vas leaving her. two neighbors
came and Davids fed. He has not yet
been apprehended. although the police are
looking after HIM.
wick's wounds were dressed and last
night he was able 10 give a good descrlp-
ton Of the hight which almost cost him
his life. Mrs. Davids was cared for by
a neighbor.
The knife and gun are at police head
quarters Three chambers in the revolt
YER are empty.