The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-15

s,>cfAercn. ~ MAYNARD avenue, early yes
aa1day uofutng, 10 shr0uded Ia much mys-
teri. In = statement made Immediately
aftnf tie shooting Mrs.. Clark aSowed inst
che dta The shooting herseif. eat 1857.
whsu told by the attending physic-ans tn&s
sho was dying. ahs accussd her husean9
Of shooting her, aad gsss > ereoh'a 90
scslption Of how II occurred
The HUSBAND. Who was tabo tqeo -
toay by the police. derHes absolutely that
he shot his wife. and says she attempted
e : late hour last night Mrs.. CLARK was
stiil ajtsa. and was rsp0Sted - resting
moro easily than at any time during the
day. Her recovery. however. 10 not be-
lieysd To be possible. Her greatest danger.
alsncst, seems to b q fear that hss hus-
band win return and nnish the work
which she says he commenced.
Mrs Clark'e oecOunt Of the shooting ana
the things that occurred mueAlsteiy pre-
cedlng q, toid q tima wh1n she expected
20 do. II that her husband II IN the habit
Of treating h0r With cruetfy. etrlfirg nef
ana remaining out 70 unseaeoaaose HOWL.
Wednesday, night about midnight she went
pioysd, and insisted zhae hs come home.
Altar much pariey ne sAvs he onaiav pro-
s ~ de-. re: sss sns ss is ris' ne
s sn asb s ssd vent nss y ia sSs Go
m ,o e .sdrs. snd = :as sse e e
out OF her dress and lad u on = tet3e q
the head Of the bed< A she undrnsed
che commenced upbraiding her husband,
nissliy threstensd to leave lin.
Dared Hin e. sheet.
"If you leave" shs says hs exclaimed.
'.I'Ii SEQ that no other man gets you. ia
- leave shoot you ~ not"
"DhoOs msfr she exclaimed. Il dare yUu
70 shoot me-" and she stood at tho foot
OF the bed facing him In an attitude Of
Withou ssyang . word. Ma Clark sAys
her husband rose up. reached for the Gun
and nred point blank ~ her. She fell, and
a,o nv n Ss. out q sd ssa vent S.ss
Mn J. Decker. the isndlady Of the house,
and she rtm!1sd into the Clark apartments
WHATS the matserr' she demanded Of
ThsTsss pothins the usAtser." replied
sWsli. I know something 10 wrong from
nv wen sh Mr. f ssh !. .e Rssssr na,y as.
had better see what you can do"
Mrs. Daqker vent into the room where
seriousty wounded dispatched Ciark sor
bis wifes mother. MIRA Frank Smith. who
lives only q few doors away. ahs also sene
70 the physician MIA ciars stated tina,
she shot herself. ies mother wMA noe at.
isAed with this statement. however, ard.
sn a NOV gss "a srs ss ,s Inn
her dau<hter replied:
81. ni;n .nnn IN, did IT. bat save him; don't
by fkis tine Detective william Meredith
and Jatier John corbctt had arrived ON the
scene. They ssrssted ClaFss- Then tbs
physician. who had discovered that tho wo-
Sas s s sas sA ws ssn , ssro ana y e:
before she died she had better tell the
truth Then u was that shc gave her YER
sion u the shooting.
4 Diasrent story.
GarR tells en- entirely difyarens story.
He Eays that the woman. IL whom h
claims he " not married. was insancly
Jealous of him and although shc has but
recently recovered from an attack Of tr-
phosd fever. and had been forbidden 10
leave the house under any circumstance
bah been COMING down 70 the saloon before
his quitting time ard insisting shat he 20
home. She dh this on the night OF tho
shooting. and finally he went homo with
her in hack When thsy gos houss he
Was undressing they guarreiek she COM
piained utterly to him about hsg lot IN
life. and wound mp hy shooting herssjf
He 81 once ran 70 her mothers house for
Clark had brutae over his Iefe eye and
his ehins were skinned when no waa ar
rested. He explains this by saying that
he Slipped and fell on tho sidewalk while
going 90 his wife's mothers house. THO
police say Clark had evidently been drink
Ing on the night OF the shooting
The bullet. which entered Mira Clarks
shoulder after pisrcinS her lung. LODGED
near the surface OF tho skin IN her b9s,k.
and the physician removed Il with his IN
gers.
Tharp seems to be . variance Of opsn.aa
afnenR those who know Clark ana his
wife as 20 whether or not they really were
married Dsiecsiye Auk efsw-rs who
knows Mrs Clark we'll. says sss told him
cniy a few Jays ago that they w~re legally
married Detective Mike Powers wao
says he has been living With the worsa n
werc married.
Mrs Clark II tho adopted daughter oe
Frank Smith. the weii-known Eio,,.i,ksr
She lived with Smith for q nusnber al
years near Auburn. prior 10 his yAax Ia
Alaska, and Is well known In the White