The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-02
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CHARGED wsTM BnGTAI4 ASSAULT
ON A WOMAN AT TOLr.
Murder Was Almost Co9sffteds "
Mrs. Fraserss Testimony In Trae-
Wftnessea Say AssaffaDt 0s1
made Threats OF yiolenes.

The trial 81 Albert 3sisart~oa- tbs log
Ter who ASA ulted and brufxlly be2x MrH
A II. Fraser AZ Tolf, last ossoo~r. Va.
commenced In Jucse JsGoirs department.
of fhe ssytssysoY court YESTERDAY. lie
states evidence 6eyeiopec the Tact tnat
the crime narrowly missed being msfoss
and not naxre asxauis with latent 20 do
bodily harm. the charge upon which Gil
keFfs0r Ia beng tried.
fsaberisorl's a.sena4 tbs tsdicssionz are.
viii be along the Line Of ltsmposary ir-
sanity. he VIII admit ting assault. but viii
claim, Il is Understood, that he Vas uasn~
tally Irresponsible. and thar the Injuries
s...fersd by Mrs. Fraser were not 80
sever as the state has proved. Tbs
wonsan's attending physician testified that
sfa will never fully recover from the Ia
juYies she sustained at GsEb4rtsor's hands
There was hstis In the testimony yss-
terd&y 10 shn9 what the relations De-
tween Ciibeysson and hts victim had been.
jealousy is alleged 10 have nesn the IN
DERIVING motive.
Mr.. Frazer was the principal witness
for the state. Her relation OF her stFusgie
w.t. her aSSaliant vas graphic She te@-
tilted that SIZE rad known the defendant
Gsiberfson since JHns. 1887. and had eozaksd
always treated her kindly. In no wise diff
fersnr from the other meK. The only dis
agreement she had ever had with him
was when n July of last year h. Proposed
~ Ter 10 ieaga her bs1Sssand and become
has wife In ALI Dut Law. When she refused
he hecarne angry and size left his employ
and never saw him again until Rhe was
confronted by him at Teis on October o.
Mrs Frazer then told with minute at
tsnsien 70 detail ell that occurred In the
gsrdsn ~ Ars. Ida farsen's residence
where she ard her husband we're tenn
rofarily residing. Giissertson, she said
eakeo her ~hat she was dong and be-
f0fe shs had a. opportunity 70 reply or
ia escape struck Der Tn the face with his
fist. .Ehe ran ard he followed her. draw
fnR his l8stci 20 frighteu Away Mrs Lar
sen. who bad tntegssrsd. Dvertaksug her
be raised bis pistol and fred. the bsll
Just missing her head ard inftlefing q flesh
wound In her hand Then he beat her
over the head with the WEAPON knocked
her down. revived her with foul epithets
stamped upan her body. kicked her and
struck her repeatedly with his fists He
told her, she testified, that he wanted 10
torture Der and would iea-e her for The,
hogs to dsvour. When SHE finally escaped
he fired ore more shot at Der
Her testimony In the main was cor
roborated.
Tho highest penalty fer the crime
ehsrged against giibertsan is two years
" the penitentsasy and sns Of g. go
a.tbsr or both. In tho discretion OF the.
court Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Hart
eA1a hat In cases where the victim In a
woman the penalty should include the
whipping post. He SAYS the case 10 one
OF the most revolving he has ever prose
.Giiherfson is defended by Attorneys ]
NJ GiasEqw End Tfhbe.;s. Nearly the
whole population OF Tols is In attendance
AZ the trial.