Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-02-21
STATE NEWS.

John Herbert Prentice, 81 years old
was mysteriously shot and killed while
in bed at his home q short distance
west of Pullman. He had recently in.
herited $4,000. left by his mother.
Charles I. Grant, one of the best
known members of the Seattle police
force, died there Sunday, from spinal
meningitis. He was q member of Sc.
attic Aerie No. l. Fraternal Order oil
Eagles.
George w. Frazer, for 20 years q
Waterman in the Tacoma mill, com.
mitted suicide, Tuesday night, by tax.
ing carbolic acid. He was So years
old and leaves a widow, q son and two
daughters.
Edith Cutan, beautiful 15-year-old
girl, who had been employed in q Sc.
attic restaurant rs waitress, com.
mitted suicide in that city Sunday
night. by taking carbolic acid. Des-
pondency was the cause. Edith Cur
ran was the daughter of w. H. Curan,
prominent resident of Enderly, B. C.
H. C. Wilmington, travelling sales.
man for the Spool Cotton Company,
Of San Francisco, was found dead in
his room at hotel at Garfield, Tues.
day morning. He had disrobed and
was apparently preparing to retire
when he pitched forward dead. Both
hands were beneath the body and not
muscle had moved after he fell.
Mrs. Sallie Cohn, a descendant OF
the famous Vallejo family OF Califor.
ris, and formerly one of the bellies OF
the little city of Monterey, com mitted
suicide Sunday night in a lodging
house in Seattle. She swallowed car.
bolic acid. Mrs. Cohn nearly a year
ago attempted her own life. She had
been q resident of Seattle for two
years.
James Perritt, an employee OF the
Puget Sound Reduction Company, at
Everett, was instantly killed by an
explosion of molten metal, into which
water had been accidentally spilled.
A brick was hurled through his head.
Perritt had been married only six
months. He was q member of the
Catholic Poresters, with an insurance
on his life OF $4,000.
Louise Linde, who has been missing
from her home in San Francisco since
December Is, was found by Detective
Lee Barbee, Tuesday night, after q
search through the entire lower dis
trict Of Seattle. With the fact that
the girl had been seen in q disorderly
house in that city and brief descrip.
ton 40 his only clews, the detective,
after doOr.tO-door investigation, To-
Gated her. She returned to San Fran
cisco with her brother.
A Chinaman named Fong Gee was
arrested at Seattle, Saturday night. on
the charge OF garro,ing and attempt
ing to murder Dellie Jones. Tuesday
the Jones woman was threatened by a
number of Chinese, who stated that
il she did not stop the prosecution Of
their countryman that she would
suffer. The prisoner is we'll known to
the Chinese colony. He claims that
he was in the room with the woman
and that she tried to rob him. He
does not try to explain the knotted
cord and the marks of violence on the
weman's throat and body.
Jack Shea, . convict in the State
penitentiary at Walla Walla. from
King county. hanged himself in his
cell Monday morning. at an early hour.
while Gov. Mcbride and the Board of
Control were on visit to that city,
and the dead body was awaiting in.
terment when the institution was in.
spected Monday. yet the Governor left
the city ignorant Of the tragedy. The
facts leaked out Tuesday. II 10 said
that Shea has been showing signs Of
insanity for weeks. In his cell he
provided . towel and handkerchief as
the weapons Of death. The towel was
tied to the bars OF his cell and the
handkerchief about his neck. Then
tho two were tied together and the
body drew them tight. Death, caused
by strangulation, occurred with the
feet and legs to the knees touching
the cell floor. Shea had but four
months 10 serve.
Sent to the penitentisry for wreck
ing . bank, Benton ID. Thatcher man.
aged to win the affections Of the
Warden's wife and recently married
her in Seattle. He is now in Portland
with his bride, from whom her former
husband was divorced because Of
Thatcher's conduct while prisoner in
his keeping. Thatcher Was Cashier in
the Northwestern National Bank OF
Great Falls, Mont. During his EN-.
ployment in the institution he man
aged to embezzle from $4,000 to
$3.50, 900 of its funds. He WAS finally
detected and Was convicted of larceny
and embezzlsment. He WAS sentenced
TO five years in the Montana State
Penitentiary. As bookkeeper he had
the freedom OF the prison and utilized
his opportunity by making love TO the
Warden's wife. The other day That.
cher and Mrs. Connolly stood before =
Seattle preacher and we're united IS
man and wife. They are now believed
tn be in Portland. Thatcher is not
without funds. 1t is stated that he
managed to make his stay in prison
profitable financially ~ we'll - other.
wise. OF the amount embezzled the