The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-09-30
POLICE BELIEVE MAN FIRST SHOT WOMAN
AND THEN PUT A BULLET INTO
HIS OWN BRAIN

After apparently carrying ont the
grim terms Of suicide pact, the
bodies Of man aud woman. each
with a bullet IN the brain. were
found IN room ~ Of the Frisco
hotel. Firat ay and Cedar a.. short
" after O'Clock this morning.
The victims Of the double trag-
edy are Mr. and Mrs. George Fos.
Ter. Of Ellcnsburg. this state. just
what led up 70 the affair Is ahroud.
ca Ia mystery. The man Is about
~ years old. and the woman net
more than Is years old
Nothing IL known ~ the couple
~ the hotel. They appeared there
yesterday afternoon shortly after
o'clock and asked 20 be shown
a room The couple neglected 20
place their names on the hotel reg
lister shortly after O'Clock Fps.
ter notified Charles Anderson.
proprietor " the hotel that he and
The yuang woman were going 70 a
restaurant
Left Call for Morning.
AZ about 72o Foster and the
woman returned 10 tile hotel and
Immediately went 20 room - Fos
ter ieft word AZ the hotel office
that he and his wife were 20 be
awakened ~ Z O'Clock this mora.
Ink
The Young woman explained 70
Anderson that they bad lust ar.
rived in Seattle. and theg wished
60 arrange iof light housekeeping
rooms Andefsoa was - have con
eludea arrangements with the
couple this morning af 10 o'clock
A fcw minutes before Z O'Clock
this morning Anderson Knocked on
the door % room IS. but received
nn response He repeated his
knock. but still there was no re.
Aponse. He tried 10 open the door,
but found Il to be locked Climb
iHg up and peering through tho
tFananm, Anderson met sight
which nearly caused him 70 col
lapse sprawied out In the nwk-
ward attitude 81 death. with star
ing eyes and gaping mouth. lay
the woman. The LETT temple was
shattered. and from the vide
wound blood had spatteFed over the
floor
Husband Also Dead on Floor.
Crumpled np beside her lay Eos.
ter. with a bullet hole through bis
right temple. lie was lying on his
back. with his revolver under his
shoulders.
After partially recovering from
the horror % tho deed. Anderson
communicated with police head.
quarters. and City Detective Adams
was detailed 10 investigate. Cor
oner r. NJ. Carroll personally made
an examination Of the bodies.
When City Detective Adams en-.
tered. the pungent fumes Of carbolic
acid filled the room. An empty
two-ounoe bottle which had contain
ed the acid was found on the wash
stand.
It was first thought that the mau
aud woman had taken carbolic acid
and then resorted 20 the revolver
to make death certain. but Corpnel
Carroll asceriained that neither
had swallowed the deadly LIQUID.
carbolie Acid Spilled.
II Is thought that the man and
woman had agreed 10 die by taking
carbolic acid The stuff had been
spilled on the floor.
The position OF the bodies and the
fact that the revolver was found
under the mans body leads Cily
Detective Adams 10 believe that the
woman was killed first
When Adams entered the room
the woman was lying ON her stom
ach Stretched cut on his back Al
the womans feet lay the man. BE
fore ending their lives Foster had
removed his coat aud vest and hat
The woman had also removed hen
skirt
When they reached the hotel the
man was clad IN a neat fitting tailor
made suit OF brown. Foster wAs
dark complexloned and well built
The woman was dressed In a white
waist and blue skirt Her hat
black. with green feathers, was
hanging on q nail, as was the mans
coat. hat and vest
Coroner Arrives.
AS soon as Coroner Carroll ar
rived on the scene an examination
of the bodies was made The
weapon, a 3S-calibef Of the liver
johnson make. was not found until
the body was lifted from the floor
and this circumstance led a few
oxcitahle persons 70 believe that
both man and woman had been muir
dcrod.
An examination of the weapon
showed that Foster had pulled the
trigger twice before the first shot
was fired. Two of the cartridges
show that the hammer had snapped
before Foster sent bah crashing
through the woman's skull
Just under the upper portion Of
the womans left arm were discov
cred several powder burng Il Is