The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-05-30
Detective sure
BODY in TRUNK
TAKEN TO Lake
I'VE Owe It to Public to Bring Him to
Trial" He Says; Mrs. Barnes
Found in Los Angeles


, not be verified. Capt Tennant mid
no such report had been made 70
him.
He likewise denied = pubnshed
report that Mrs Mahoney's brown
wig had been found by the diver II
Lake Union Anything he finds
he'll report to me-" said Tennant
DIR. w. s. Courtney. dentist, 371o
Fourth ave-. and his wife. declared
that there were no suspicious
sounds In the Mahoney apartment
on the night Of April ls.
Their kitchen opens into . mar
row alley back OF the gofi4
apartments. MB. Mahoneys0
kitchen was directly opposite. on
the second floor.
We were home every night dur
Ing April" DIR. Courtney said I'VE
keep dogs. and either or ny
wife stays with them at an uUeR
One Of us is always in the h0uDo.
We sleep with the kitchen window
open. and know that II there
had been any disturbance In tn
Mahoncys apartment on the night
Of April Is or any other night
we would have heard IL"
SAW MRS. MAHONEY
ON APRIL 16
II saw Mrs. Mahoncy on April
is." Mrs. Courtney stated. Il went
to pay our rent She told me she
was going TO ST. Paul with Nj.
Mahoney. / don't think she could
read or write. for Mahoney always
made out the bills for rental ana
all she did was TO sign them. Ho
made out the one the month beforu
they were married. too. l remember.~
Tho last time ! saw Mahoney.
said rr. Courtney. was the Sunday
morning before he was arrested.
He was cleaning his auto on Fourth
ave-. just in front of the houso
here. He told me he was going
East in time TO see the Dempsey.
Carpenter fight in New York. and
that he was going TO meet his wife
there"
Mrs. Courtney said that Mrs. Ma
honey was always very proud OF
her husband. Naturally there was
gossip about a young man marry
ing an old woman" Mrs. Courtney
said. ''and Mrs. Mahoney seemed
to want to offset this by showing
everybody how well they got along
together"
NO SOUNDS OF
VIOLENCE HEARD
That there were no sounds oe
violence and no screams from The
Mahoney apartments at any timo
during April was declared by Mra
John kush. who lives at 971o
Fourth ave. In the next house to
DR.. Courtney.
This also was the testimony Of
Mrs. +. Mathews. who lives on the
same floor Of the Sofia apartments
as the Mahoneys did. and who was
intimately acquainted with them
both.
THE last I saw Of either Of the
Mahoneys was the evening OF April
16," Mrs. Mathew said. II paid
our rent, and later In the evening.
about z o'clock. was in their apart
ment again. ! talked with Mr.. Ma
honey for few minutes. and he
said. Well. this Is the last suppee
I'll eat here for a while
IT asked what he meant. and he
said that he and his wife were
going East for six months or so.
Mrs. Mahoney called from the next
room. Yes, you will. 1t will be ONE
month";"
Mrs. Mathews said the Mahoneyo :
promised TO bid them goodbye on
Monday. but did not show up.
Tennant said he did not place =
great deal OF confidence in tho 70
port made by Frank Morris that he
had overheard discussion of a plot
to do away with Mrs. Mahoney, hut
every point in Morris story has been
carefully checked. Who. besides Ma
honey, was implicated in the "plots
could not be learned.
Mahoney's first wife, for a time
believed to be missing. has been
located in Chattanooga. Tenn. liv.
ing with her father. a retired bust
ness man. She never completed
her divorce here and says. II Mr.
honey married again. he is a big
amist. She left him when. she
says. she found out he was smug-
Cling opium and ho tried 10 KIN
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