The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-10
FACES HER
new TRIAL
CONFIDENT
Woman Charged With Kin
ing Husband No Longer
Fears Insanity

MAdEe Anna sawyer. whoee new
trial for the fatal shooting OF her
husband her~. last June. begins In
superior court next Monday. told The
Star today that . woman witness for
tho state in the former trial last July
had met her recently on the street.
and admitted her sesfimcuy wAs. In
part. False.
THE woman" Mrs sawyer said
was one OF those who thought II su
peculiar that didn't leave my hus-
band when he began boating me. Be
fore his brutality l~d 10 the tragedy
MAKES OsfER TO
HELP HER
-She came - szsr on The street and
caught my arm. Ny drar. she sid;
I've wanted 10. tell yvu hcw tssrsbie
I feel about the testimony I raw
AGainst you II wasn't true Is there
ANYTHING IN ~ we<sd J On do n
help your
Il told h>r nhe csuld - with ma
10 my lawyer and trif him what she
hed just told me. Hut she weutdny
- 10 my i~wyur. ablke was nfra1
do you ~ this long black and
blue mark on my arm she asked
me.
Il could - n thru her thin ssesve.
I asked her how she got such IN
ugly bsuise.
-sMy husband dsd it.' sbe told M.
He has started beating me-
why don't you leave him.
asked. h<fore there N a traxvdyT
could re she was suffering what
had often suffered uryseH.
CHILDREN RAR To
HER IEsfvING HUSBAND
but have two children. she an
swercd You had none. Hesstsss. ]
think he'll stop II. after while
That's what I thcught--thaf he
would stop Il. after whiLc.' remind
ed her. But. tell you. they don't
stop II. X becomes n habit. And
each time the beatings become nors
brutal and more frequent
-She said she knew her husband.
just as I had said I knew mine. She
said she would 20 10 sec Prosecutor
Patterson and tell him about her t~s.
timony. I don't know how II win
come out: We won't know until she
gets on the witness stand again.
= LOVED HIM; I AN
NOT A NURDERESS"
II loved Harry Sawyer. I am not
murderess. killed him. but didn't
mean 10. II was a mistake: the bui-
let didn't go where I thought II
would
After Mrs savycr's conviction OF
second.degree murder. she disap-
pcared for a time. She said today
she had gone at once after the trial
10 the home of her attorney. Ed c.
Hyde.
She remained with. the Hyde-.
for several weeks. then went on a
camping trip to Wilderness lake
Her mind. still dazed. began 10
clarity in the mountain air. She
came back to the city. certain for
the first time sinc~ the shooting.
she said. that she was not losing
her mind.
Returning TO Seattle. she lived
for a time In the home Of some
people on Capitol Hiil. She dis.
missed her attorney.
HE set to work Immediately. -
she said, ''to tie up my husbands
estate. didn't have much money
left. just 81. when he garnishced
the estate so I couldn't get a dollar.
had 10 leave the place on Capitol
Hill and find cheaper ausrters.-
LIVES IN BOAT
ON LAKE UNION
Mrs. Sawyer arranged that she
might live In 3o-foot boat moorcd
at the north end of Lake Union.
With her remaining 81 she bought
groceries. She became a beach
comber. gathering her own fire
wood. cutting and splitting It her
self. She put up some shelves
in the boat. and set a small stove
in the end opposite her bunk.
ITO do my cooking, she said.
'T had to crawl over the engine.
the place was 30 small. I lived
there all the rest Of the summer
and during the rough weather iast
fall and this winter until threc
weeks ago. Many times the water
was no rough II washed overheard.
The floor was always wet. The
boat leaked little"
Three weeks ago Mrs. Sawyer
moved TO the Holland hotel, across
the street from the county-city
building. where her new trial will
be held next week. Her new law
yer. George Rummens. arranged
for her board and room.
CONQUERs FEAR or
GOING INSANE