The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-09

tributed another tragedy in low life 10
the already long list credited to that
quarter during the past six months. Al
an early hour yesterday morning Pe'e
Peterson. known to the police as worth
less character. shot and perhaps fatal
ly wounded his mistress, Annie King, a
woman of the town. and put three bull
lets into his body. He is dead.
That the suicide and wou,d-be murderer
did not also claim as victim Police
Officer Freeman is due solely to the fact
that the woman whom he attempted to
kill grappled with aim and prevented
him from turning his pistol upon the OF
ficer when he attempted to gain an en-
trance through a transom to the room
in which the tragedy occurred. Before
Freeman and Police officer Trip could
force the door four reports from Peter
sons revolver. followed by screams of
terror from the woman. announced that
the would-be murderer had wellnigh ac-
complished his bloody purpose.
Shortly after $3.50 o'clock yesterday
morning a telephone call at police head
quarters summoned assistance to quel
a disturbance was brewing in the Yakima
house, a Japanese resort located at 3l6h
jackson street Officers Freeman and
Trip responded and were informed. up
on their arrival. that Peterson had been
threatening all evening to kill Annie King.
with whom he lived Both officers went
to the door of the room occupied by the
couple and demanded that 1t be opened.
No response came from within. and Free
man mounted the shoulders Of his COM
panion and looked through the transom.
He saw Peterson lying on the bed In his
night clothes and the woman pacing ner-
vously to and fro about the room.
When Freeman put his head through the
transom Peterson. who held a revolver in
his hand Immediately leveled the weapon
at Freeman's head. but the King woman.
realizing the danger her rescuer was In,
grappled with Peterson and succeeded in
forcing him to abandon his purpose.
Peterson. after some parleying with the
officers, agreed to open the door as soon
as he had dressed himself He arose
from the bed and set about the task.
Freeman. who In the meantime had de-
seconded from the transom. concluded after
a consultation with Officer Trip. that
he would make a final demand that they
be given access to the apartment before
gaining forcible entrance. and raped up
on the door. As response Peterson
fred four shots from his revolver. the
first of which was followed by a piercing
scream from the woman.
The door gave way with a crash under
the combined weight of the officers, who
are both powerful men, and they entered
the room.
Peterson lay at full length on the floor
dead, with two bullet wounds in his
bosom. The woman met the officers
with her garments torn from her breast,
revealing an ugly wound in the left side.
The ball had passed entirely through her
body.
She was Immediately conveyed to tire
hospital and the coroners office WAS no.
titled to take charge OF TIE remains OF
Peterson. which were sent 10 Bonney 4
Stewards morgue. A physician who was
summoned to the woman's bedside. after
an examination, stated that the bullet,
which was OF IS caliber, had pierced the
left lung. He stated that the wound
would not necessarily prove fatal. Peter
son shot himself twice in the breast auS
once In the groin. Either of the two frs.
named wounds would have proved se.al.
The dead man was native of Sweden.
He has been known to the police for
about a year as "A disreputable character.
and was known to live OF OF the earn
ings of tho woman whom he attempted to
murder.
Annie King has been an inmate OF va
rious low resorts since coming TO this
city, twelve months ago. She stated while
she was being taken to the hospital that
Peterson was her uncle. and had forced
her to lead a life of shame since she
was Is years old.