The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-04
RBk KILLS HIMSELF.
rs Suicide N TINE ROON OF
seoGISG HOUSE kEEPER.
~~.as the Woman First, bui Vet
n.eslly. SD Turns the WeaDon
- memseif, With BETTER Results
m.n Been DRINKING Heavily.

1., rawmtch To the Poss-fnteiiigencer.
SrNoNA. March atom Trask. q -
!. sssreoer. committed suicide in the bed
-. a Mrs. Lou Evans this morning
Srvely before o'clock.
- art known OF TrAsk's death this
- vas when Mrs. Evans, who runs
ss.Hvinw house over a saloon on Pacific
.,...ss ran 10 the lower faoor In her night
Ss11an9 70 tell OF IL. She was covered
49, hIcod when she told OF the occur
- and the impression Was that she
~ ara the snoi that killed Trask.
= q KNOWN that at between 5 and
$3.50 this morning Trask, who up TO .
~ Aars ago. had owned the Pabst ga
s. 3 the Olympic block, came to Nra.
4 - room In drunken condition and
S1rn 70 abuse the woman. The quar-
n Tween the two ended in Traak get
- hojd Of a small z2-caliber revolver
sSSnefns TO the woman. which he used
- 1neet her In the head. Then he "a
- svsepen against his own head. with
80 rseults.
AMER m alarm was given and the police
- q hand. II was the impression that
- Evans had killed Trask. Her state
20 wss that Trask had hit her I'm the
800 with something, and later had shot
t1pslf The woman did not seem To know
- had been shot. and the police. who ar
rmfsI her early today, were equally ig-
anaaf Of the nature OF the injury until
~. uhen the wound was examined. The
~ NAT her revolver had been used and
81 4fssk was dead lead TO the office n
16fnking Il wac her hand that leveied the
Svoapon.
1fser Mrs. Evans had been taken to po-
- beadQuartefs II was found. upon ex-
amtnsft0n by a physician. that she had
- shot In the head. The bullet had
n1uck her above the ear and had nat
80 like a button against her skull. She
- removed TO her room by the attend
r. phJaicizn that the wound might be
p30sky cared for. There the bullet was
1n11acted. and II was made plain that the
iIoW the woman believed Trask had given
~ vas In fact shot which hfs her In
~ head Her injury is not dangerous.
~ barring Inflammation. viii lead 10 no
uoeioue consequences
IYask left his wife and adopted daugh-
- sosbc three months ago. and had since
Inn ultimate with Mrs. Evans. What
~ 70 the family trouble aside from drink,
QnoOt be learned from Mrs. Trask. who
= gessrated AZ result Of her husbands
r = known that early this morning Mrs.
1snGk. In sparch Of her husband, went to
~ hedging house OF Mr.. Dvans. where
- vas roughly treated. and from which
- was driven home In . public convey
No..
3Ae remains of Trask are nov In charge
r the coroner. and u IL likely forma.
inquiry may be made. Hut for the luck
h QestlnG the weapon TO q spot In the
h1nA where the skull Is thin. the doctors
~ The ANAL bullet of the weapon used
uepA aot have ended Traak's life
U 70 xis.un the past year, when Trask
Weoe TO Olympic block he Was known as
- exsmpaary husband and . wei behaved
-. He was hnytteome strongly bu.ff
IN ana up - a few months prior 10 his
1eath was particularly noted among sa-
I'm men for hts good behavior and HIS
aaAtety TO avoid the exact course which
sems to have led To hts death.
ffssk was q native Of Maine, and had
Nm IN Tacoma several years. After work.
" ~ bsrkeeper the greater portion Of
the Tine he began business for himself