The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-27
lId his Wife N SLEEP.
nwrxC RESULT OF A TACOMA
MANS NIGHTMARE.
That HE Wife Was Pur-
~~>A by q Man with = Dagger, He
SA~t n Revolver, which He
Geasped and Killed Hts Wife.

snecisi Dispatch TO the Post-inteliisencer.
RA(0NA. March B-Cnarles X. Corey.
loesi druggist, doing business at the
..rner of Eleventh and G. streets. this
-~rninr at about & O'Clock shot and killed
- vffe presumably while asleep and un
- the influence of a dream The hlgh
stsndfng Of the family and the remarkable
eirruu,sfances surrounding the affair make
4 "a extraordinary interest. The violent
1eafh OF Mrs. Corey Is one OF the most
~ and strange In the history OF the city.
Hrteay explained. the husband shot his
~4se while dreaming and while he tnag
fned she was being chased by tail man
Ansrinx q knife In his hand, and that he
shot the man in tho head to defend her.
10 one who knows the family expresses
IL fafntest doubt Of the truth OF Mr..
Cefsy's statement, and officers also be-
nsVe the killing to have been one OF those
horrible unlocked for tragedies In which
- blame can be attached to the slayer
TIE shot or shots which ended the life
II Mrs Corey while she lay asleep were
ard BY her husband early this morning
q their home at 20 South Tacoma ave-
nue.. where both were sleeping In the
anue bed. Mr.. Corey had reached home
from his place OF business far from well.
and WAS 50 feyerish and Ill that his wife
Insisted upon his occupying her bed.
IsHge one, instead Of retiring. an was Gus
t0mary. on a cot. Mr.. Corey after some
opposition consented. and took the large.
I'D. the wife going to sleep on the cor.
Later. because she could not keep warm.
she moved to the larger he'd with her
husband. and both fell asleep. The next
known by Mr.. Corey was when he was
awakened by shot from his own revoi-
YER and found he had killed his wife.
Tho anatr u particularly distressing
one and the husband Ii frantic with grief
The moment he learned Of the horrible
outcome Of his dream he took steps 10 no.
tify the sheriff and ne!ghboring friends.
and shortly afterward the coroner took
charge OF the case. A warm friend OF Mr.
Corey was deputized by Sheriff Mills to
keep guard over him, AS II is feared he
may In his reusorse make an end to his
own life.
When Post-Tnteilgeneer reporter called
at the home today he found friends Of the
family In charge Of affairs. all anxious that
- little publicity as possible be given TO
tho story or the killing. Mr.. Corey was
found almost Frustrated with grief To the
reporter he made the following statement:
Corey's story 81 the kilIing.
''AiI that I know about this awful &C.
currence In that last nigh. when came
home from my store was not so we'll as
usual. being feverish and dizzy. Mrs Corey
soon noticed this. and as was SO unusual
for me TO be I'll. IL alarmed her. When we
retired she urged me To take her bed IL
being larger ard softer. I told her IL made
no difference to me where I slept. but she
Insisted. and accepted, taking the bed
and she the cot
II slept very little during the night and
only few minutes at time. until To-
ward morning. when my wife came into
tho bed. saying she was cold. We both
were soon asleep. She put Tot of extra
clothing on the bed.
II then dreamed that very tail man