The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-22
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door. II read.
"'iIave missed you twice. Hope
beat win be whore left IT,
buys 20 FEET OF
ROPE AND LIME
Tho boat that tho defendant had
rented had been seen tied TO n corner
OF the houscboat on Friday night
Saturday morning. the defendant
went to nuclSman'a Hardware store
and bought 30 feet OF rope and five
pounds OF lime
"on Friday night there had been
meeting at the New Baker House on
First ave. Mahoney and Kate were
there. talking To his sister. Mrs.
Dolores Johnston. and his mother.
Mrs. Nora Mahoney. and Kate exhib.
ited the travellers checks and spoke
OF their plans for going East.
ION Saturday night April is. about
ESQ or s. ncighhors living at the end
OF the hall at 400 Denny way. went
into the bathroom. They had TO 20
thru the Mahoney's kitchen.
Mrs Fred Mathewa went In and
prepared tina. tub for her husband.
She saw Kate and the defendant pre-
pairing dinner.
Matthews went In TO take his bath
and saw them.
Mrs. kiect. another neishhor.
looked out her hack window and saw
Mahoney and his wife standing on
the porch. lie had his hand on her
shoulders In an affccuonate manner.
About .. m. Mrs Kieet looked
In Mahoney's window and saw a
light.
later Mr.. and Mrs Matthews
saw . trunk rcpcd and standing
nj the head Of the stairs near tho
Mahoney apartment The door
was sjsr. They heard hammer.
ing
There was q phone call 10
the Seattle Transfer company
that night. ordering . truck TO
come 10 100 Denny way.
alvin JorEcnsou. an express
man. went 10 that address and
found q man and a trunk NJ tho
head Of the stairs lie carried
the trunk down and put u on
tho truck. The man carried =
suitcase.
They proceeded 10 the hounsboat
at 1917 r. Northlake. En- route they
had a conversation.
Tho man spoke Of having rented
the place. He said he wanted tho
trunk put In boat lie said he and
his partner were going TO do some
fishing.
PUT IT IN SAME BOAT
DEFENDANT RENTED
'Jorgcnson carried the trunk and
put II In the boat That boat IL the
same that the defendant rented from
Howard.
The state win prove that the
other man on the truck was the
defendant. Jams Mahaney.
AFTER that Saturday all was quie,
In the Mahoney apartment. Sunday.
Monday. Tuesday. and none OF the
neishbcrs has ever seen Mrs. Kate
Mahoncy since.
-On or about Monday. August
3. police werc dragging and div.
ing In the lake when . small
tug. the Audrey. passed. whcss
chief engineer. Cameron. was ON
the deck and aaw something
floating.
Tie discovered II was . round
topped trunk. tied with . rope
and having . terrible odor.
This was about CO. Yard
from where the trunk had been
placed In the skiff.-
Aahoney was nervousty picking at
his teeth with a match.
"The trunk was opened and cloth.
Ing and the body OF q woman OK.
posed.
The trunk IL In the morxue. The
state viii prove that II contained
rags. blankets and other articles OF
apparel belonging to Mrs. Kate Ma,
honey.
In the bottom OF the trunk was
found the nude body OF a woman
curicd up"
Mshoney was ssfn cleaning his
nails with the match
There was hole In the temple.
the size Of an egg" said Douglas. "a
quantity OF lime was on the face. II
had eaten tho features tiil they were
no longer recognizable"
Douglas said he would prove by
several methods that the body was
Mrs. Mahoney's. lie said the con-