The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-09

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that he, Martin, her husband,
must be put away-that is killed
and / must do it to marry her.
] replied that l would as soon rs
possible and convenient"
Tried to Catch Wife.
1.-The next meeting was Thurs
day, the 29th of April, 1909, at
the Davenport hotel at about 2:30
p. m. until a p. m. We got a
room together there. She said her
husband was getting on to her re-
lations with me and that he was
getting home earlier at nights and
tried to catch her. That he would
try to get in before she could and
question her about where she had
BEEN"
s'Sooner the Better"
"The next and last meeting was
Friday, the 14th of May, at the
Davenport hotel, from about
1890 p. m. to 3 p. m. 1t was
at this meeting that she wanted
me to hurry and kill him and she
told me he was getting hot on the
trail, and I said / was ready 70
kill him at any time that was
agreeable to her. She said. the
sooner the better I asked her If
she wanted it done before the
next Thursday and she thought ii
would be better to wait until
Thursday when she went to the
theater with him, and when they
came home / was to be in the
woods, about two blocks from the
house, and do the job, that is
kill him.
Met at Dance.
"Just about that time she spoke
OF a dance at Thirty-eighth and
Yakima, which they were going
TO attend. She said he told her
he would take her under these
conditions: that she wouldn Z
dance with me- I met her at tho
dance and talked with her and
she said I would have to kill him
right away, and not to wait until
Thursday, the goth of May. She
said he had no gun. At that time
II was about Il o'clock at night
May the 14th, 1909. left the
hall, went home and changed my
clothes, got the gun I had bought
came back to Thirty-eighth and
Yakima and took the last Puyal-
lup car downtown, transferred to
the cable and from there to Elev-
enth street car; got of at Twelfth
street and Puget Sound avenue.
walked about $50 yards down the
path and waited for the next car
that she and her husband were
to come on.
Waited For Victim.
I'VE had planed while at the
dance that was to be in the
path some place. I waited until
the car came on, stopped, and then
] advanced towards Twelfth
street. As they came in sight nc
stepped to the corner of the
brush, she kept walking on.
walked on about 100 yards. In
the meantime / passed her, and as
came along beside her she stop
ped and said: Give it to him.
II paid no attention to what
she said, but kept on going to-
ward Kvalshaug. At that time his
back was towards me. He turn
ed around and Just as he did
hit hi mwith my right fist in the
side o fthe Jaw. I had the load
ed gun in my left hand, out In
the open. He fell from the blow
and got up and jumped on me and
we clinched and rolled around
there In the bushes.
when I struck him, and before
he got up, I had changed the gun
IN my right hand. We were
down on the ground and I had
my gun in my right hand aud
pulled the trigger and shot him.
Woman Fired Twice.
He then sort of Jumped ND
and fell over / got up and shot
HIM again. He was then per
haps four feet from me. Then she
came running up and said to me,
Give IL to him again j told
her I would not. He was lying
on the ground wriggling around
After / had shot him the second
time had thrown down my gun
and she picked II up from where
II was beside him Cher husband)
and fired II at him twice. sha
was very close to him. He waa
lying on the ground. She shot
him in the face.
81 started towards town and
saw her standing over the body
I then went down Twelfth street
and met three men IN a buggy and
they asked me where the shooting