The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-07-21
too FAST FOR
MAN BENT ON
Staying HER
Victims Divorce Case
Waits in Court Until His
Lawyer Learns He Is
Corpse at Morgue.

WI poe at NAOI que.
Robert Emmett Macsherry. gam
bier. confidence man and all around
criminal. was shot and Instantly
killed ia the hallway NJ his apart
mcuts. Pine Court. 1915 Eighth av..
By his mistress. Mrs Mildred
Rogers, AZ o'clock last night Only
a few hours before he met HIS death
MncSberry told the woman at the
corner n Second av. and Madison
81, Il am through with you. But
! arm going 10 get you before I am
through with you"
DiHinieresicd persons heard the
conversation, and the woman left
Macsherry there and went 10 a
pawushop and bought a 30 callber
revolver. with which 10 defend her
self against Macsherry MacSher-
~ since be has been living with
the woman, has beaten her frequent
49, After purchasing the revolver
tho woman stayed away from the
apartments delaying her return in
the hope that MacSherry would have
taken his goods from the apartment
and left.
Nearly Missed Him.
The woman came near succeed
INK IN avoiding MacSherry. When
she reached the house entrance Of
the apartments an express wagon al
ready was drawing away from tho
curb. loaded with MacSherrys goods.
A. the woman entered the hall
way MacShorry approached her on
the way out. In his hand he carried
"A 80 caliber revolver frame The
woman drew the revolver from her
handbag MacSherrz- dropped his
suit case and took aim az the wo-
man. but before he could pull the
trigger the woman had fired.
MacSherry fell iifeiess 20 the floor,
with a bullet wound IN his heart.
His revolver dropped from his hand.
and was picked up by the police at
his side
When searched az the police sta
ton the woman had In her possess
sion some dozen pills Of opium. She
admitted that she was a drug fiend.
but told the police that MacSherry
had induced her to use the drug
MacSherry himself was a drug
ficnd
The woman told the police that
she came from Danville. H.. hut II
is believed she Is from San Bernar-
dino. Cal She said she had a fam
ily that was respectable and refused
to tell anything about herself She
did, however. say that she was mar
ricd. and that MacSherry had In
duced her 20 leave her husband and
take up with him.
Divorce Case Called.
This morning IN the superior
court the case 0f Robert Emmett
MacSherry against Ethel Mabel
MacSherry. a divorce suit, delayed
the courts proceedings for an hour
because OF the non-appearance OF
the plaintiff Deputy Prosecuting
Attorney Lundcn. who was present
60 represent the state. as the case
was uncontested. and John w. Hoar
the attorney for the plaintiff. had
not heard OF the murder Finally.
tired Of waiting FOR MacSherry TO
appear. Hoar telephoned 70 the land
lived. inquiring why MacSherry had
not come to the court house He
was informed that MacSherry was
a corpse in the morgue.
The divorce suit which viii never
be tried because Of MacSherry's
death. was commenced May 1a,
1910
Wife Left Him.
In his complaint. MacSherry set
out that he had married the woman
from whom he sought the divorce
December rs. 1907. in Sacramento,
Cal He lived with her up TO Feb
ruary, 1910. and. according to the
complaint, furnished her "a good
home and always bought her the
best of everything, and did all in
his power to make her happy" In
February of this year. the divorce
complaint charges that she took
up an immoral life In San Fran
cisco.
The woman who killed Mac
Sherry is 80 years old She re-
fused 10 discuss the shooting fur
Their than 20 say that she shot in
NtA htitnNt- 1 ne MNHiAU NlOiN
OF maltreatment and assault at the
hands of MacSherry is borne out
by the testimony of unprejudiced
witnesses.
Was Well Known.
MacSherry, the dead man, was
well known In Seattle. He was 30
years old. Frequently during the
last five years he has been in Sc
attic working with gangs of pick
pockets and confidence men. His
brother. Frank MacSherry. also
well known here. is now serving a
year in the penitentiary at San
Quentin for the pool room conf
dence games worked in san Fran
cisco several months ago Police
Inspector Flannery, of San Fran
cisco. WAS tried for having fur
nishod MacSherry protection for
share in his earnings. The police
official was acquitted upon trial.
MacSherry and the woman who
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