The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09
NEWCOMB LAYS BARE PLOT
WHICH ENDED in DEATH
OF MARTIN KVALSHAUG

was. told them 1t was on thu
corner of Puget Sound ant
Twelfth street."
CHARLES F. NEWCOMB,
Subscribed and sworn to befof'
me the 18th day of May, 1909
JOHN M. ARNTSON,
Notary Public in and for Pierce
Counyt, Washington. Residing
at Tacoma, in said county.
THhe defendants placed Will
lam ]. Newiomb, father of the
defendant, on the stand this after.
noon as their first witness.
He began by reciting the early
life of the defendant, telling Of
his peculiarities and when they
were first noticed. Expert wit.
nesses will be called late this af
ternoon. No night session will
be held tonight.
Mrs. Kvalshaug on Stand.
At 9 O'Clock last evening, Mrs
Kvalshaug, who is Newcomb's CO
defendant in the trial for the muir.
der of the woman's husband, was
led to the witness stand by dep.
uty sheriff. She sat with bowed
head and talked without emotion
but clearly and emphatically.
She was told by Judge Chap
man that she had the privilege OF
refusing to answer any questions
that would tend to incriminate
her.
Repudiates Confession.
She told plain story of the
murder, repudiating her confes-
sion that she had plotted with
Newcomb. and declaring that the
crime was entirely the outcome
of Newcomb's rage because Kval-
shaug had become aware of her
meetings with him. She admitted
having met Newcomb at the DAY.
export hotel on many occasions
and corroborated his statement as
to improper relations, as given In
his confession. When asked
whether she had given Newcomb
$40 with which to buy the revolt
yer to kill her husband, Mrs.
Kvalshaug refused to answer and
was sustained by the court.
Story of Murder.
Her story as to the killing Is n
substance as follows:
''My husban dand I left the
dance hall at a little after IL
o'clock. We took the car and go-
off at Puget Sound avenue and
Twelfth street. When we started
along the road through the WOODS
my husband stopped and when
asked him If / should wait, he sal
to 60 on. When / had walked
only few steps, I heard a sorf
of a thud and several shots.
could not tell how many. !,
screamed and ran back to wher,
1 had left Martin. He was lyin.
on the ground and a man wa
lstanding over him. As the mai
ra nout toward Twelfth street,
saw that 1t was Charles Newcomb
'9Then 1 picked up Martins ha
and laid It on his breast and raj
rome as fast as ! could"
Plot Hfnted At.
Several witnesses on the stan,
yesterday afternoon told of New
combs confession made in the of
flee of Chief of Police Duley Of
the morning following the muir
der. The only contradiction be
tween the woman's statement an,
that Of Newcomb is that the latte
charges her with having original
ed the plot and that she fired tw,
of the shots into the prostrat
body of her husband. She de
clared that when Newcomb swor
that he would kill her HUSBAND
she cautioned him not to talk tina
way. On teh other hand, New
comb stated that the woman ha,
declared that something must b
done to get her husband out o
the way.
The attorneys for the defendau
offered little objection to the ques
lions put to the woman and onl
asked a very few questions fl
cross-axa min afion