The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-18
WAS NOT MISS PERKINS.
SUPPOSED VICTIM OF 4 NTRDER
TTRyS Up ALL RIGHT.
she and Her Lover. the Latter Ac-
ers~a of the Crime. Drop iafa
Afddlehero. With No ExHiann-

g-DcLEEoR0. Mss, Sept i--T1a
xz-y3se1 victim G. taa 8-*1ssae--v Ca-c-.
zE<&e-. Mss Ezraa gs=aee Perkins. 2r-
rssa1 ~ 1er AoGae ta-s asseEEoez - iAs
hssr at 1ezltz. . tas grsz. .1r q re
family ard TIE u-bss9rs1z9 2sso-ss2s-ss1. 90
TIE eztI-e community. Her latter -4s css
n .own as sae .1-.s .. RS 2a9s@.-er's az
rival, Is &c wzs CT RS way hack sr11.
Bridgeport With rs1s g-zfez11aa remains
~a4ca L. rad Identified al t.ese % fs-Ace,
ard for wa4cl fEs-sYal arrangement IL
Gliding RE digging % tEz grave 1z1 H.
ready oe@1 completed Mss PsrksE= czE2e
fran Prav23e-.ce, r /. AMI was @Scera pa
r3et by her aver. Charles E97rre- AZ -
1sg4- I. xas stated t1a1 the couple aaa
been married TITS vas Afterwards ds1.ed
By young SoE--='s 4DGss- SC unexpected
was ,ae coming 81 Kiss Perkins and yoazg
Brine that oa;z52e CT Er. Thompson and
ore OF fwo frieEGs who rad heen previously
.otESad. ssSye were very E@E a. tEs raj
way station wgez the tra-a came H.
Tre young lazy. however. ~as immediate
II recognized BY the 5yst2a1ers az the sta
tscn and the rews spread around the tcEn
win Incredible rzpld4cy. Tlsre wzs a large
crGwi AZ he gate, IS t1s young lady
stepped from ing carriage ard ran 1EzEo t1e
house. Just across TIA street fg2E1 Inc
Pe-As-s house - A.tls cer13et@rT aza taiE
tbs u.o-nIng. II response 10 TIE request g
he Uncle 81 MAzS Perkins, grave had
been dug by the sexton = t2e family lot
ard s1e neg sartl thrown up beside IL
could ~ plainly seen fro-a .he 19uSe. Half
an hour ate. Miss Perkins arrival 1oE-e
4 local undertaken . wagca drove. Up 20 ne
house ana ii II was tss c5d5a which had
beea ordered by the family. TIE funeral
arrangements had gone 50 far that he
family minister hal heeE Notified al4 asked
10 conduct the se-v.~e-
At TIE Perkins home tonight an uncle
CT the young woman. il the absence %
her father. gave Oh. The following state
ment:
we mink that Grace and Charles
Bourne have bee. marTle1. a. they have
been Of On frequent trips dnag The past
,wo or three months. Grace x iIg nothing
OF tie sensation Untl yesterday morning,
when she read og Is n paper. She s=1.
letter 70 her mother only ten days age,
buE the latter never received it,
Later In the evening Miss Perkins her
SELF. after many opportunities. consented
70 speak. bu, all she said was: Il am giai
70 oe here alive. truly alive, and it Is truly
me"
Mr.. Perkins arrived from Taunton abou.
10 O'Clock and drove 20 the Perkins house.
The meeting between father and daughter
was affecting. Late tonight Il was report
Ell that Mr.. Perkins was very Ill.
Bridgeport Increduloux at First.
BRIDGEPORT. Sept. 1.-THE news that
Miss Perkins had returned To her home IN
MiGdleboro was received with iTcredElity
a. first, so sure was everybody that the
body had been identified. The death Ger
'idcate has been fie! and everything off,
cial in conaectIon with the death az Grace
Marian Perkins has been complied with.
Superintendent OF Police Birmingham said
tonight:
II was satisfied that the dead woman
was not the original OF the photograph ex-
Hio!te1 by Mr. Perkins and there were
otAEr discrepancies. a great many OF t!2exn.
Il Was sad caliousitieg were found on the
DEAD Woman's hands when Perkins sug-
gested that his daughters hands were cal
ioused, but beyond doubt the dead worrl-
ans hands Were soft aGT smooth I have
been actively working on the case, but am
obliged TO say that thus far I nave not
warrant an arrest. have evidence which
/ cannot 9iyulge that Will play It's part
when the time comes"
He would not say anything about DR.
GuilfoTd. whose name has been used n
connection with the case. IN the opinion
OF Superintendent Birmingham the wc.xlaa
died or was murdered last Sunday To-
night he has sent out a description 43f tAa
murdered woman. Il s. presumed the bad,
VIII be gent back TO this city without d.
lay and buried by the town authorities