The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-06-22

The trunk murder mystery Is
mystery no longer II o. the Old
old story ~ a man and a woman.
both inherently wrong ~ heart
eventually coming 20 a justice thai
has IN it evidence u divime wrath.
webb war untrue 10 his wife and 10
his friend. Mrs KcTsh wuF untrue
70 her husband and her friend. Win
wicked cunning they concealed their
relations. They plotted. planned.
vent 10 trouble aud expense. but
all 10 no purpose a pool u blood
on depot floor showed them 10
al the world. In all their wickedness
ana sin-paramourH and nurderers
He Violated Home.
Webb was ever towering about
the line that divided The honest and
tire criminal man. In all his little
petty dealings there was the element
~ decci, and cunning, and he never
prospercd Accepted as n friend In
the Kersh home. he had no COM
Function about violating the sancti-
IS ~ the home. he made his wife
aud his mistress friends until his
wife looked upon her almost as
daughter. For his own daughters
be had no more affection or respect
They. too. were taught to look upon
his mistress as friend and COM
panion
And wife and daughters today. IN
spite ~ hiH confessions. ln spite Of
the admissions % his mistress. these
women believe that Jesse Webb IL
the soul Of honor and that Mrs
Kernh h. an honest woman. They
take their refuge IN the oft-uscd
sanctuary Of stubbornly loving
women---I, must all be some terri
bic mistake"
But IL IL no mistake: II Is all
brutally real johnson. poor fool. is
dead, webb viii likely hang for
murder. and Mrs. Korsh is likely 10
spend the remainder OF her days be-
hind prison bars.
Suffered in Silence.
And Kersh. the husband Of the
false woman. has suffered in silence
He has known all along what Mrs.
Webb did not know--that his wife
and her husband were travelling
around the country together. When
Kersh and his wife quarrcled over
her conduct Mrs webb. in her in
nocence. sided with the wife, the
wife who was pulling down her own
household. leading her husband
along the path to the gallows. Mrs.
webb would not listen; neither
would her daughters Webb was
clever. Mrs Kersh was clever.
They had that half-frankncss which
is best for conccaling truth.
Even when they left Seattle on
the same day. after Mrs. Kcrsh had
stolen her son. Mrs, Webb was un-
suspicious. webb always wrote To
his wife. so did Mrs Kersh write
90 Mrs. webb. when Mrs. Kcrsh
was living with webb In Spokane
she had her letters 20 Mrs Webb
mailed from San Francisco. and
Mrs Webb shows these letters to
prove that It must an be some ter
rihle mistake; that webb and Mrs
kersh were not In Spokane together,
with pathetic tenaeity she cllngs
To this transparent subterfuge TO
prove her convictions that her hus-
band Is true she has lived with
him for % years, and never knew
him 10 do a dishonest act Webb
thought he was clever decoivlng
simple. loving woman. No doubt he
and Mrs Kersh had many an Illicit
laugh over their success, but they
are laughing no longer: an their
mean and contemplate trickery has
failed them at last. They are con-
fronted by n grim, hideous truth
now; they must pay the penalty
Now they are both in jail hys.
terlcally lying. making foolish loops
to hang themselves. while the police
are methodically gathering the
facts that will convict them.
Plotted to Rob.
Webb and Mrs. kersh plotted to
rob Johnson. That will be proven.
Mrs. Kersh lured Johnson Ia Port.
land; Webb's joining them on the
train was part of the plot. Webb
In his efforts to get Johnson's
money, killed him. aud then. ap-
palled at the unexpected serious