The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-05-28


| HERE'S MORE ABOUT
| LOST BRIDE |
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siRncd giving Mahoney power of at.
torncy over his wifo'a property. had
told him that on the occasion when
theae papers were signed an. Ma
honey had come 20 his office alone
ATTEMPT TO SIZE
Mrs. JOHNSON FUTILE
Attempts 90 see Mrs. Dolores John.
son. sister OF Mahoney. az the New
Baker. Saturday. wcr. futile. She
WINS sick. n WIS nnid. suffering from
n nervous breakdown Her mother
refused To talk.
Capt remnant and Deputy Prosccu.
tor r. ". Patterson visited tho scene
of diving operations on tho lake Sat.
urday. giving instructions az 10
where they believed tho mystery
trunk 10 most probably located.
That the wealthy, aged bride Of
Mahoney had ercouted two Wills. a
first one. having him all her prop
~rty. and two days later a second one
leaving her property 10 her neiccs.
Mrs Kate Stewart. OF Vancouver. u.
/ c.. and Mrs Carrie Hewitt. OF Seat
tie. became known late yesterday.
MADE MUTUAL WILLS
SOON AFTER MARRIAGE
on February 20. two weeks aft~r
they were married here. Mr.. and
Mrs. MAhoncy went 10 the office Of
w. ID Iambuth. attorney in the
Lyon building. and made mutual
wills.
Mrs. Mahoney lsf, her, $500 coo
estate. In this her firrt will. TO
James y. Mahoney. Mahoney left
"aii Of his property" 20 his wife.
whichever died FIRST WINS 10 leave his
estate 20 the other.
Two days later. according 20 At
torncy fAmbuih. Mrs. Mahoney re
turned 20 his office alone and made
out her second viii
What happened 10 the first Ia
unknown. but fambuth faid he he.
lirves Mrs. Msboney pa, the second
In her safe deposit box.
MARRIED FIRST WIFE
IN 1914: SHES MISSING
A careful check 81 Mahoney's
frs, marriage shows that on oc,o.
her 10. 1914. he welded Irene q.
Ford IN ~, Paul ON January :.
1915. she gave him power of atior.
ney over her property. and on No.
vember .. 1919. she sued him for
divorce In this county. but II de-
cree was granted u "a misnins from
the records. The first Mrs. Ma.
honey'H present Whereabouts II un.
known
Mrs. Kate stewart. yisce OF the
second Mrr. Aahonry. who came 10
Seattle from Vancouver. n. C., 20
aid tho police search for her aunt.
says she believes the aged woman
has been murdered.
The letter signed Mrs. J. r. Ma.
honey which was written 10 Mr..
Stewart Somewhere IN Montana.
dated April 10. 1891. while the couple
were supposedly on their honeymoon
10 st. Paul. Mrs. Stswar, ssyr h. a
paipahls forgery. tho tho letter says
Jimmie Is writing for me"
Tho signature. Mrs. Stewart save.
is no, the handwriting Of her wealthy
old aunt In proof Of this statement
che has produced a specimen Of Mrs.
Mahon~y's handwriting for the 20.
hc~
Mrs. Stewart was stopping a, she
E.fh~iton hotel ber~. hut vanish I'd
from ther- and In being kept IA a
secret place by police order.
Prosecutor Douglas late yesterday
decided 10 supplement the dragging
Of Lake Union by divers. Tho firm
% Henry Finch a son. were EN-.
ployed and their equipment made
ready last night for an early start
this morning
KEPT GREAT QUANTITY
OF JEWELS IN TRUNK
Itvas learned today that Mrs Ma.
honey waH In tho habit OF Keeping a
hfFNkt IH&ilAlAfs l~HHNtiF All. OF nff
Jewels In n compartment OF her
trunk. A few days after her mar.
rlaec she was scon. II WINS learned.
packing her trunk nv II for long
journey. In n tray were thousands
OF doflarx worth OF Jewels.
In the letter which Mrs Stewart
received from Somewhere In Mon.
tglna" IL a reference 10 a Mrs. Akin
son and her son. Mrs Atkinson IL
described AZ a good travelling com.
panion.- haiiing from Honolulu. en-
route home TO London by way OF
Cuba Tho letter states. I'VE might
so 20 Cuba with her
Careful watch II being made OF the
Irving hotel. New York city. where
Lee Johnston. Mahoncy's attorney
here. rays he sent n telegram for
Mrs. Mahoncy, whom he expected 10
stop NJ tho Irving early in June.
Irving hotel employees. according 10
dispatches, say no telegram has been
received for her. nor has she made
reservation there. They say they
never heard OF her until newspaper.
men began bombardlng the hotel.
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