Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-05-12
NEWS OF THE STATE.
Items Of Interest Gathered Here. There and
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fell, sent bullet through his brain.
Saturday. When the body was found
the clothing had burned off, and the
remains were horribly burned. Cusick
is we'll known in Stevens county.
1t is believed that body was placed
in box half filled with quicklime and
thrown into the Sound near VashOn
Island about six weeks ago. The box
when found last week showed the form
OF human outlined in the sand which
it contained. The box was found
by Postmas ter Charles Erickson al
Aquaim. The Coroner is investigat.
ing. 1t is believed murder was com.
mitted.
The steamship Minnesota, just after
leaving the Sound for the Orient, dam.
aged a high-pressure piston engine so
as to necessitate her return to Port
Townsend for repairs, on the Sd inst.
The accident occurred off Clallam
Bay, where the steamer lost a seven.
ton anchor and u thirty.fathom chain,
while making an investigation of the
damage. An effort will be made to
recover them.
At Spokane, Sunday afternoon, Mel
lie Maud Bell, pretty young artist OF
%, was horsewhipped in front Of the
First Baptist Church by Mrs. James
S. Mitchell. Miss Bells assailant,
who is little French brunette, was
furious over the attentions which she
believed that the artist was receiving
from Mr.. Mitchell. Miss Bell is an
unusually attractive girl, with slen.
der, well-rounded figure, dark eyes and
a pouting mouth, and would attract
attention anywhere.
Construction work on the Crema-
torium, at Mount Pleasant, in King
county, is progressing favorably. About
20 men have been employed on the
concrete foundation and basement
just completed. A contract has been
awarded q San Francisco firm for the
retorts which will cost $3.50. Work
on the superstructure will Immediately
begin. and it will be ready for opera.
ton by July 18th. The cost com.
pleted will be about $50, 900, including
the residence Of the Superintendent.
Mrs. Nels E. Nelson, the wife OF q
Cottage lake, King county, farmer,
last week attacked her S.year-old son
with an axe and fatally wounded the
child. Several days before a neigh.
boris house burned and the inmates
narrowly escaped death. The incident
preyed on the mind of Mrs. Nelson.
Finally she became insane and 60
ing to the wood shed, secured an
axe and struck her son without warm
ing. IL wanted to save my child
from fire." she sobbed explaining her
action.
H. w. Bonner was arrested at the
county poorhouse Of Walla Walla, by
Constable Peterson, 6 few days ago, on
complaint OF Mrs. X. Crabtree, who
accuses Bonner OF beating her out OF a
board bill for $3.50, contracted in June
OF last year. In court Bonner testi.
fled that he had gone to Alaska, where
he had suffered the loss of two toes
through freezing, and was now about
to lose other toes from the same cause.
Owing to the mans unfortunate con-
dition, Justice Huffman decided to
leave Bonner in the poorhouse instead
of sending him to Jail.
A Snohomish dispatch alleges that
Emma Stanley, presumably resident
of Seattle, is suing Isaac Cathcart,
rugged old pioneer of Snohomish
county. for 5000 damages for alleged
assault. The woman says she went to
work on March q for Cathcart as
housekeeper, for $50 per month. On
the 2Sth of March, the second day, she
was in his employ, it is charged, Cath
cart assaulted her. The woman al
leges that for II days thereafter she
was kept prisoner by means of force
and threats, and that on April 10 she
made her escape, this being her first
opportunity to get away. Isaac Cath
cart is o man of considerable wealth,
and owns a large farm at Cathcart
and much valuable raal estate in Sno.
homish.
A wild man who crawls on his hands
and knees and barks like dog is said
to have terrorized the residents of the
north end OF Tacoma. He was seen
by several children and Mrs. Semple,
who at once notified the police and
detectives were sent out to capture
the man. The Semples' home is near
the gulch at the end of Water street.
Several times children who were play
ing about the place reported to Mrs.
Semple that there was man in the
gulch who crawled on the ground and
barked at them like dog. In telling
of it, Mrs. Semple said: "As I went
down into the gulch conld hear what
believed was dog barking and sud-
denly, only a short distance ahead Of
me, man raised up. on his knees ap'
parently, though could see only his
head and part OF his body, on account