The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-20
TROUBLE FOR SNFTNhIER.
MRS. WILLIAM GATES IN SEATTLE
ON 4 SECRET MISSION.
says Her klondfke HusbsnA Threat
sned Her Lsfe-Refnse~ to Tell
Why She HAS Cone From San

4Aef@ u more wee 20 rome 20 the house
OF Gates the Swistwaser Bsls Of kson.ike
tame, the man w1ose .nu+taza6sn1ss loves
nave nsats him one % RE n1t1rious char
afFers az the country. Mr. Saltwater
Bill once Grace lie Mere. 3se sass@x of
oassfs AM Nellie. the vaudeville artists
who fascinated pawssnlses Is IN town
from san Francisco. awaiting Inc arrival
o. hsf William
Mrs. Gates. for sine maintains that she -
Siaa Mrs Gates and that no divorce has
been granted is a. tns Hotel Busisr. SIZE
mas cofue 20 rsssa II untss Mr. Gates reach
81 here srofn L0ndeg which. she says. will
De within few days. Esls has been away
since last December, visiting Ia Nsw York
And London, where Il IS said. ne was aid
Ing Alexander Mcdonald in Heating k.oa-
dixie mining companies on the London MAJ
Ass- She usrs nat knew Just what day
ts viii arrive, but declares tfsAg ne wil
DC here very seon
Mrs. Gates VIII not tel why she has
cone There - an air of secrecy and
mystery profound about her mission SEE
hiais al many things that may happsfi bat
Moe.s Eses give tire details OK Der purposes
o. der desires. fsu: s1e has cone Il
seems, 10 nosd her husband 20 an agTe-e-
Haeht Haaie Iasf summer before he went
20 pa.san AZ the time they parted there
wss an arrangement as 10 what Bill should
90 IN financial matters Il seems that
ne has ncs fulfilled his end Of the con
tract, 2na AFs. Gatss : here 20 meet him
.
same difficulty last winter. II will be re-
meiIn~fsd that sae spent day here JUS.
before Christmas and then departed for
But Mrs. Gates. WHO Is a bright. pretty
iisfse hion5e. wi. not make any statement
o. her iHssntioas. she w!ll not discuss The
agreement that was made. nor say taa. she
= here 20 force is fuitilment
on I'm afraid thai hg viii kin me-"
she said last night In an interview. II
don't want to meet aifa s5r / haze him
and I ara afraid Of him He frIea 10 Kid
nap me when ! WAS here last winter. ana
De Grew revolver ard threatened 10 kin
me-.
Why % you come here to see him"
on. can't tell thai she replied. with
. stadaer Il must see him on business.
/. nave not come - b. reConciiea 10 him
! ~Gon't want him. ! won't live with him
Ter he'd sill ne. as be sas3 ne would a
him She has been after his money for a
,ons time and she can have him. for al
Why. ran away from here on the
sieck train ne morning TO keep nm from
Killing me. He had taken ME avay cut
IN the woods Al o'clock in the morning.
s aa a ~ e., threatening e XII me- left me
The seenHd nighl that | was here last
December ae asked me 10 so 10 restau-
rant TO supper. had not lived with him
mere arc nc was trying 10 make UP with
me. during our supper We got 10 talking
over aur troubles. and he begged nae 10
GENE back to him. but | refused Then
ne said that he was going To punish ms;
that he wanted me Ia suffer for having
run away from him In San Francisco.
lie pulled cat pistol and. placing it
against ny breast. sad that he had a
mind To pun the trigger. was awfully
afraid that he would kill me then and
there but didn't dare scream. for |
Thought he might become more excited
ard then he would Kill me. He choked
me unus ] almost tainted and could not
move from my chsatT FOR almost an hour.
-1@a al sat+
IN the restaurant heard HIN.
Finally. when recovered. he made me
take a street car ride with him away down
Ia the end Of the Grant street iIne. II
WAS then about | o'clock In the morning,
bat he made ne walk into the woods ever
so far Then he began % abuse me again
ard he pulled gut MS gun, SAYING that ne
had brought me a'it there 20 kill me II
was dark and cold and vet. and did not
aga.n and struck me- with his fist. /
begged him Ia let me GO horne, but ne
wouldn't do It He said that he WAS going
te make rrse suffer as | had made him
suffer by running away from him.
Yea have made HE want te kill every
woman who smiles at me-, he said. I hate
all ~ them. and YOU hav. done II. I'll
never forgive you for running away; you
have got 10 suffer
''ne continued this untn after o'clock
In the morning, until Il Was almost day
light. then he ran away. taking my UNI
hfel1a ard leaving fae there alone IN the
rain. wandered back hsdragsied and
wei ana GtfSE 70 tf*. ROAD ana n sumo
place down there founs, a hack and came
hack To the Butler at o'clock IN the
morning There he was. standing IN the
entrance 81 The hotel. and he laughed and
asked me hcvs liked T.
~ was 80 frightened that I went up
stairs packed my goods and took the
O'Clock train fer California. believed
thar was the oniy way 10 save my isfr.
I should never have come up here again
10 him unless | had ia ca business"
But Mrs Gates does not seem to be in
need ~ money. She has the best the
hotel affords. and she has gowns and hats
that have taxed the art ard ingenuity Of
the afes<maksfs and m.il.ners ~ San
Francisco Her 4 nmouds are plentiful
and costly, BETTING the wife 81 Il famous
man Ike Mr. Saltwater BIZ Gates.