The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-27
HER HUSBANDS ARE NOT GUILTY.

mare fhsr Sc Mrs. DauSIsssx house.
keeper az the place where t'se rnaraer was
committed. does aaE recall having seSA
airy j9wesry or Mrs q Rearke- 1nen
agar. hrs. OEulrssss purse was found
in her room wsfs SIS in Il. 10 Tar ire
weight % testimony tends 20 saox that
robbery Has fsoE the s1oStvs. tut u y
xssculd develop that she had SIX o. seFen
valuable riags ard a ga.d watch. differ
ent condition cx affairs wosI1 present ~
self.
A woman xha answers Nrx. q EatarAs
general appearance visited j pawnoroseK
few days ago With some i#@slTy ana
.rl.a 70 ssarroa s-s. n is rot known that
il vas ire dead Eon4n. bat L may rave
beer. and the doubt Will be cleared up
sodsv.
r. ia certain that there &as no valuable
tewefry In the room where Mrs. q kosarke :
body was found. II sic succeeded IN =. s-
ing the rmossey. psssunslHg thai u vas aeF
wno FRIED. thar a robbery Was committed.
II size had valuable Jewesry robbery
eaS committed All thAs, however usisnt
have been incident 10 rnureer fer re-
yenge Rsgengs and robbery aFe not hs'--
esxarily separated.
II T. afmoxs certain sha. the murder was
committed al about o'clock THURSDAY
afternoon. George and Nil8.ap 6aitss'
two BARRIERS, who have shop IN she sio-
ncnsaheia house. gay that they heaFo
cry and sonTsd a. os a falling body AZ
.ha tire mentioned They did not pay any
attention 70 the matter. and gaEe II no
further consideration ursil they read OF
the murder Their shop is on the ground
floor fronting on Cherry street, ana Inc
back wall OF the room is on line win
the north wall Of Mrs O'Ronrkes room
They did not locate the sound accurately
when tiIsy heard II.
Detective Meredith and Deputy Sherin
Lane went out TO Ballard again Yesterday
and talked With the men who were on the
same train with Mrs. O'Rourke. They
SAID. that she was not one OF their party.
and that no arrangements had been made
for ner TO 20 10 Alaska ai,n them. Ihey
were at Ballard Thursday afternoon. John
Groener aud Joseph Newman. two or the
men. went 10 tRutterworsh's morgue last
evening and identified the remains. They
sa,a that she had been out TO dinner on
two or three occasions with members OF
the party.
Coroner Yandeli intends TO hold an In
guest tomorrow afternoon. The autopsy
Was postponed yesterday to tomorrow
rscyning.
A msa who said his name was Thomp-
son, and residence at the Butler hotel,
called last evening II Butsetworth's and
viewed the remains. lie sad that he re-
mennbered seeing Mrs O'Rourke a few
days ago on the steamer Flyer with man
who Represented himself as her husband.
Mr. Thompson could not be found at the
Butler
Deputy Sheriff Lane gave cat the fol-
lowing late last night
81 learned from Joseph E. Newman. one
OF the men Detective Meredith and myself
talked with at Ballard. that Mrs.
o'Rourke told him last Sunday that she
had been the victim of an attempted
criminal assault She said she met a
man on the street who told fler that he
was a member OF company that was GO
Ing to Alaska e.d needed the services of
woman. He said that the company was
holding meeting at that moment in a
hotel. and IL she would accompany him
he would introduce her. She went with
him and 10 her surprise. she said she
found herself alone with he man In a
room OF a downtown hotel She did not
give its name. The man made improper
proposals. 10 her and they had quite n
sauabbie. Finally She said that she would
yell ard he let her go. She said that
there was a lot Of smart fellows In SCAT
tie. but she was too shrewd FOR them"