The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-24
WIFE-MURDER

crai miles TO the point at which Il
was found
All Austin. undertaken Ia tho hon
Watson establishment. aconts
the tdea that Mrs Covingfon had
been dead over five or ak days
before her body was found.
undsrsaker Ridieules story.
4 have handled many fioatprl
and ! would take my oath that Mrs
CovinEtnu had been dead not to ex
coed five o. SIX days when tht
body was brought "a az. he said
u Is impossible that she wai
Killed on the night Of Sept 8. a.
her body would have been farthel
advanced Ia the stages Of decompo
ailiou had aha bern dead thai
length Of time
However. Austin has had no pre-
viuua experience with bodies placed
IN a trunk aad wrapped IN eiothinF
AZ the time of death. The body
had been protected IN a great Do
gree frum the action 81 water and
air and entirely protected FROM the
action of the sun which has much
% do with the condition of many
fiuatsra which are found. Ths
fact that the woman vas probably
druGEcd eith liquor AZ The time ol
her death might also have some
thing 20 Do With IT'S good conditior
when found. the alcohol having .
tendency 10 arrest decomposition.
Sacrifices 20 Brutality.
That Mrs. CoviuEton vas & aacri
flee 10 the brutality of Coylngtor
and probably ~ his friend. BuriiEon
~ plainly shown By her life AZ tbs
Keawick Mrs. Mackay. the land
LADY. dcscribes her a. a sweet IA
tie woman and wns greatly shocked
when told Of her horrible death.
Poor little thiug. poor httis
thing. ste said
Il cannot hsliepe that Covluxinf
mmrdsrcd her. would rathel
think that the other man did Il.
Had a Hard Life.
Mrs. Covington had a hard ne
here but We Haw little Of her shs
told ua when she came that Ahe wAs
tie niece ~ Bnrliaon but u Eol
around the house that she was
only cooking FOR the tive men and
bore uo relation 60 either. We
knew nothing ~ course and saw
little Of her as tho door II hei
rooms was always locked and shs
seldom came ont
But we heard a great deal
There was freqHent quarrciing IA
the ROOMS which became frightful
at times The last row happened
on the Sunday night preceding theii
disappearance but there vas anoth
er bad one before that Followiur
the former quarrel during which
Mrs. CovinRton Was heard running
about and screaming. va neither
snw nor heard 81 her for n week
We feared then that she had beer
killed but C0vlugt0u went bach
and forth and the room was locked
400 the time AZ the end Of ths
week Mrs CownEton was seem with
no marks on her 80 We did not in
vcafieafe whom she failed - ap
pear after the last quarrel and did
not think anything wrong when
they disappeared
= seldom tried 10 get into their
rooms becaase " was almost im
possible 20 10 go Usually thog
would pay no attention 10 knockl
at the door and never opened II un
IA after they had sourried around
in the room for some time Then
they would open only a crack iu
the door The only time my hus
band aud ! we're ln the rooms dur
lug their occupancy was when ht
was called Ia 10 fix the gas range
There vas a great deal ~ whla
ty drunk IN the rooms. COvlngi0r
frequently threw oui empty sample
bottles and Mrs Covlngtnn had the
appearance Whenever We saw hci
Of the effects Of liquor or some
drug We felt sorry for her bat
did not know what 10 do"
No Camp Found.
An exhaustive and painsiakinp
search Of all the camps between
Andefnona place, where the trunk
with The young wife'g body was
found. and ARR point. waa com