The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-21
nv David Williams Killed HE
Wife and Himself.
<roay OF THE DOUBLE CRIME.
- sE,verdaIe Murderer and Suicide
Gas Despsnae.t Over Loss Of =
c1aaa I'm Alaska-Every Evidence
~ Deliberate Planning I'm Excess
RIood Was Hot I'm His yeias.

ssrc be or not 30 BE- This gran1sst
.ssloauy In the English tongue was gone
.s.~ and oyer to a sad and tragic terrnin-
zion, in the gray dawn OF Tuesday by
S,s~Ia Williams, of Ssiverdals, KI,sap
~esssy. Thai he killed the wife he lov-
q snd then took his own life. was told
!. The pssrt-inseIlsgsncer ~ yesterday.
sh<ys were no eye-witnesses Of the shock
~ event. hut from the words OF the
arashar Of the wife who was murdered.
q. who VAS early on the scene. the
rauln9 phases Of this murder mystery can
q traced step by step
Yosn Mitchell. this brother. stood on the
Ssv wharf yesterday afternoon. ready TO
sss,,rr on the Mary r. Periey to Silver
Ale. He was accompanied by two pretty
sstsry haif-breeds. ike himself. attired
: hastfiy aonned mourning for the sister
~sose thread Of life had been hastily
1nax.oea Near them was a short. stock
sv.saxgt. somewhat soid!ersy-icokfng man.
-i.h a white ngnstaehe and a cape coat.
mis- was Theodore O. Williams. well
tnewn agure on the eity's streets. tho
szfAer Of tire murderer and suicide, whose
.<ls musiated body he WAS going 10 gaze
anon for the last time.
David waS his only soD. and was loved
Sr hi. father ae the David Of old. The
ala pioneer left New York September y.
no To seek his fortunes In fhesgoid fields
= California. He made the long passage
srcsara the Horn, delved for gold for
: ZINE. and tn iss5 came north and located
near what is now called Madison
Roth We're Hsif-Breeds.
There were few women In the country
Ia those days" said the old man yester-
aav. s.and I ala the same "a other pion-
ceyx. tonk an Indian woman. But
married her. legally md for fair Wa
had two children. little girl who died as
i baby, and this boy.
.whatever could have led him To do IL
,woss off the old man with dry eye.
M, 4 culver Of the white Hiugsache and
unaer In, 'liod on.y knows. Tie Was al
xays good son. and ] think everybody
IN tell yoa that he waE q good man.
IL neYsr drank ar smoked In his HE. and
waa Always straight
Il cannot imagine there was any trou-
bie bstween him and his wife. There
resef had been any TO my know'edge.
Ee vas haif-breed also. l married
then myself when I was justice OF the
paee at Port Orchard. ard for all that
sDvrsry That vas seventeen years ago.
he would be- now ferty-two years OF age,
aaa she about tiiirty-foar. They never
named Rube Lowe
what manner az man was David VIII
fans the wife murderer and suicide was
Asssilv told IN the poss-fnfelligen Of
ysssrrsav Although q haff-hresd he was
hirly well educated had refined tastes
cat Of tho common. and stood well In the
tammunity Ills father had been Justice
81 the peace. sheriff and county auditor.
He himself had held the Office Of county
bureyor.
Cause Of His Rnshne.s.
His Wife had tastes in common and
their married life ran smoothly for seven
teen long years The husband Joined the
rnh "a Alaska IN she search for gold.
n sEs SIR 4~.<a rt.sc.,x
asd returned last August. Since then.
Mw- was received that American creek
proved on development IN be very rich.
Later on news came that his claim had
uimateiy despair. He felt he should go
back 10 Alaska 20 defend his right hat
he rnf II OF and or until II was too
bate. He stiil Rad n haif-.nteress IN a
cain on Mission creek YES" he said,
y have If there IL any Honesty eft
Whether ta bear tho slings and arrows
81 such outrageous fortune or. In a mo-
naent, emf them. became an absorbing
question with him: took complete POSSES
son OF him. Tits faithful wife noticed his
sees melancholy his unusual demeanor
ssHd peculiar actions. Ho was more the less
iosins
night IN sod and racksf by the one alb
eeyAtng thought To ~ or not fe he -
fss arose In fhe morning ana as was hts
habit started to build the household IRE
Fss match vent out. Wha, sas the good
~ lighting the fire. What was the use
81 doing anything WHY not end ite
Ard n the ending ~ ~ he showed the
sif fierce In his character Never was
such JiiFsffl deed So deliberately and SO
Systematically gene about nor such res
eteneSs Shown tc It's final accomplish
nent
His sleeping Wife First.
He soush, HE Winchester shotgun. then
$50 cartridges. anc for her ono Gar t,u
r. make assurance dcvbly sure 20 ~oight
rs large hunting knife ,sps s,ssa H. f,Iaresi
y where II w0l,lt he handy TTeen p,yn
s, - gsn 81 bis hand he tipsoed 20 the hai
rs VIE lav scoring. her face from him
sc faacssd the gun at her hack ana
faiie4 The trigger II VAS all nver In an
= smoke '''A
Then BE- sai] down the gun. turned ire
sac eessS over on lts back ana iayfngf,
$500 IRE twn hands on the breast "a
II aeSa are placed for burial. Halt az
IS acFftaie task Was fone
fse tsoS the gun aN again 90 css,1p1sre
- fsFnass, ite pAarei its nsuxzie axalnxt
- Heft breast arr exploded the cartridge
80 hiS foot Then hr hastily sravslsf
g. W ihe bsa 20 aie ny the ss4s ~ ht<
las s'ath Gas MT come far him ~ a..
- tofs5e d}nrk na5ssh lie era WED s,,,f
a. fes fae knife Then h~thonght hl.s ~
'ae Two cartridges ~ heavy ssugs. swollen