The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-09-23
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sseprsrs him who might think he ~as
breaking his raroi~
rot q letter from him sfter that In /
about q week more or less
The letter was placed In evidence ~
s'st Franes. uetel 81 Paul saturday.
a-es.si. Dear old pal. Jtmi Well,
rnAde the trip fine and dandy. The
ereskers here are issuins rrescrirsiens
for spirits fsumsntL Your cid friend. /
James Mshcnes."
The pestmark showed the letter was
nailed In 81 Paul April "a, at fsse , M
The note referred TO by Tracy as hav-
lrx been left at his place by Naheney
was written on the back Of a card Of
the Washington Fertilizer Company. with
cffiess IN the Hogs building. The note
read;
want 10 you. Jim Mshoney"
On eress-saamins,iea Tracy simitted
George Tracy
u am q brother Of the previous Wit
r<as have known Nahoney ~ years.
] saw him during the var In isif In ss-
nttis and again last April when he and
my brother came Go my apartment
drive . for-hire car Mahenss and I
rode around tn the car that esening and
I took him to the station. My brother
vas there We talked awhile. Mahones
had . suitcase and possibly Erte. tie
went Into the station. That was the last
I sAv Of him"
Attorney Johnston was expected
soon 10 ask Judge ]. r Ronald 20
stop the murder trial forthwith by
directing the jury to bring In YER
dict Of mot guilty
Johnston was expected 10 base
such a motion on the testimony OF
the states own witnesses.
Al no time since his arrest for the
aileEcd murder OF his aged bride was
Mahoney so jubslant as at the close
Of court wednesday.
He kissed his mother and sister
and i,.yoar niece. He laughed
aloud.
witnesses called by the state late
wednesday testified that Mrs. Ma
honey was alive an hour after the
truck which the state contends car.
Red tho trunk containing her dead
body to Lake Union had been sum.
moned TO the Mahoncy apartment
They testified as fofows:
Mrs. Adeline Matthews
4 nv. At sss Denny way. IN. same
apartment house whore the Mahcneys
ltvsd We used their bathroom. On
Aprii 10 l sAw Mra. Mshoney At a. m
and again az s;se .. m she said abe
vas turning the place over 90 her sister
ln-tAv she said she WAS xosnx on
aa1 Haiisiujah- know she said Halle
lo1ah because I asked her. a. T.so
vent m 10 scrub the bAthsub for my hus-
bead's bath Mahensy said they wsrs
sssss East. 70 ;. gone = n,essh. M.
~ sess . meath. or maybe . longer
sat 1850 ,. m. saw trunk standing
= end In the hall near the door Of the
- II was an old trunk with new trim
mings- ! heard some hammerirx going
- n the living room The living room
vao open about . foot Mr. husband
ses,hs he -. "a. '. .ss 'r ,sa, IN r ".
1ane sest<nes stricken from the rec
ed ! have never seen the trunk again.
Fred Matthews
IN the HUSBAND Of the preceding W.T..
49, while was In the bath ! heard
n. and Mira N2honey taking in their
nteehsu- smeiied meat frying. she
esmpiaiaed that the meat vs tough.
uhe vas explaining TO Jimmy how TO pick
o~e Sod meat. He said. 4 buy meat
Hike ! would buy popcorn she said.
Yea you just 90 In and grab . bag.
(1eshsnsy laughed aieud.)
80, back .: M se.ss"sns ut, ana
vns medium stssd- ~asnt real old or
roa1 NV. II had . rouad top Strip Of
veod ran lensthvtss With TN h~tvesn
y wss reped- II looked like ordinary
lrunk rope. nearly haif-tneh. The trunk
eeesd - end II vas about three-snd-a
hn1f fsss htsh-
~ASsut is:se o. II sav the trunk
~ Mshoney's dcsr vas atas. hoard
- II the building for fsvs misusss and
Uhea I came hack the trunk was stiii
thess. I think I saw that same trunk
- tho Mahousy apartment Afterwards
~ the dinins room against the partition
u8ne the living room told Patterson
an1 Dssgias about Il. and the officers.
'1se. I eeuidnt swear positively u vas
~ sane trunk. but II was similar. I've
80 others like u many times"
r. c. Pfeil
IN dispatcher for the seattle Trans
~ c.. Tho night Of April 10 there vas
: eaIi Absvs ! p. m for . truck to come
. 80 Denny way. II vas . mans voice
- the phsns. said he wanted . trunk
unosed- About o'clock. remember be-
onGDs ! looked up ~ the clock he called
aonin and asked when the truck vas
01uN0Bs ! n4i0s WIZ NJ svttS
vao very pleasant remember that
noA given the order 10 Emit JorserSon.
: 8suek driver. Here are the way bills
AZ the one signed ~ Jorgsnsen. bill
~. 1ieS. order No. -"
e. X. Boyd
Il Ar1vs truck ard clerk In the Buck
Dan Hardware store. half . block from
~ Denny way. April - Mahon~y came
- aad I sold him 80 feet Of rope and
lSvs pounds Of unsiaksf lime. He asked
- Ma Noo~vs. that's what re always
sailed Mrs Mahoney. she had dealt
With ~ right along and always had
1hiBeB charged TO her account. No. be
ltAn't sAy what the lime vas for"
Mrs. Madeline Kleete
Il iivs adjoining the Nahonsy apart
msst. ] saw Mrs Mahoney about s:So
. m. April is She said they we're
going 70 81 PAUL Jim vas going to
ny her some new clothes there. At
aboux $50 I saw her from my back
perch. She vas IN her Kitchen. lie was
patttng her on the shoulder. Between
o.3e and .. m I was crochsting. Some
Thing frightened me My husband was
away. got up and vent out 10 the
nack perch. saw that the Mshopey
window shades were down. That was
something Mrs. MAhsney never did-puii
down the shades l never saw her alive
again after that Yes. she had on two
solitaire diamonds on her left hand when
I saw her first that Day"
Grace A. Renton
..Dursng April I resided at iHs r..
Nosthiaks ave. on Lake Union In . double
mart lll1 North