Monday, September 2, 1912

Mrs. Lillie WALCH, wife of Samuel WALCH, foreman of the Index mill, died at her home in Index, and will be buried in G. A. R. cemetery in Snohomish, tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Short services will be held at the grave.

Tuesday, September 3, 1912

Tragedy Marks Labor Day at Lake Goodwin. Special to Daily Herald. East Stanwood, Sept. 3rd - Labor day closed with a tragedy on Lake Goodwin, when Victor LARSON, a packer at the Lake Goodwin Shingle company's mill, was drowned when a canoe in which he and Fred FRANK, engineer at the mill, were riding, capsized.

               The mill was closed yesterday, and after supper FRANK and LARSON went out on the lake in a small canoe.  When about a mile from the mill a stiff breeze sprang up and they headed for shore.  When about 300 feet from land the boat overturned.

               Both the men clung to the boat for a time.  LARSON's grip failed and he sank, just as help was arriving.  Men nearby rushed out with another boat, getting to the overturned craft in time to save FRANK, who was nearly exhausted.

               Search for the body was begun at once, but up to this afternoon it had not been recovered.  LARSON went down in about forty feet of water.  He was unmarried, about 23 years of age, and of steady, reliable habits.  One brother works at the Lake Goodwin mill.  His parents and several other brothers and sisters reside near Silvana.  The father and brothers are at the lake assisting in the search for the body.

Domestic Troubles End in Double Tragedy - W. H. MILLER Shoots and Kills His Wife and then Kills Himself - Wife, Few Days Ago, Had Figured in Court Proceedings - Crime Was Clearly Premeditated.  Sending the little sister of his wife to the grocery store, on a pretext of purchasing some provisions, W. H. MILLER, a mill worker, 26 years of age, this afternoon shot and killed his wife, Nellie MILLER, 18 years old, and then took his own life.  The murder and suicide were plainly premeditated, and are believed to be the climax of serious trouble between the two which last week found its way into the courts.

               The double tragedy took place in a small bedroom in the home of the couple at 2531 Twenty-fifth street.  MILLER fired four shots at his wife, two passing through her body, one through her head, and the other going wild.  All the cartridges, from a .38 caliber revolver, were found on the floor within five inches of each other.  Mrs. MILLER’s body was lying near the door leading out of the tiny room, and it is believed that she made an effort to escape before her husband fired the shots.

               After killing his wife, MILLER lay down on the bed, his head on a pillow, his feet crossed, and fired one shot into the center of his forehead, death being, it is evident, instantaneous.  There was no evidence of struggle, or movement of a muscle on the part of MILLER, who was lying quiet as if he had laid down to rest.

               None Hears Shots—No one in the neighborhood appears to have heard the sound of the shots, for the tragedy was not discovered until the little ANDERSON girl returned from the grocery store.

               On the table beside the bed stood a lamp, a box of cigarettes and a new box of cartridges, five of which had been removed.

               Mr. and Mrs. MILLER were married in 1910 when the girl was 16 years old.  They have a baby of eighteen months, who was being cared for at the home of Mrs. MILLER’s mother.  Mrs. ANDERSON arrived shortly after the shooting, and appeared to be broken hearted over the affair.

               The police decided that the shooting was plainly a case of murder and suicide, and proceeded to remove the bodies to the morgue without awaiting the arrival of the coroner.

               In Court Last Week—Mrs. MILLER last week figured in court circles when she pleaded guilty to a serious charge preferred by her husband in which J. B. FEATHERSTONE was connected.  Owing to her youth, she was given a suspended sentence by Judge BELL, pending her good behavior.  Tuesday she and her husband, accompanied by Mrs. MILLER’s young sister, fourteen years old, Lillie ANDERSON, were at the court house in conference with Probation Officer RANDALL, and the three left together, apparently in good spirits.

               This afternoon, Mr. RANDALL sent Lillie ANDERSON, the 14-year-old sister of Mrs. MILLER, who had been here to testify in the case, back to the training school at Chehalis, without an attendant, relying upon her honor.  She had departed before the murder took place.

               In making the run to the scene of the tragedy, a back tire on the police patrol was punctured, and it was with some difficulty that the remainder of the trip was made.

The September 5 Herald has a long article about two years of problems with the law and the reaction of Mr. FEATHERSTONE upon hearing of the death of Nellie MILLER.

Thursday, September 5, 1912

Mrs. John FRANCIS died Tuesday morning at her home in Monroe.  Mrs. FRANCIS was a resident of Snohomish for many years, having moved to Monroe two years ago.  The funeral was held today at 2:30 o’clock.

A stepson of J. P. JOOS, of Monroe, was drowned Monday six miles from that city when a rotten plank on which he stepped broke, letting him drop into a river slough from which he was digging a drainage ditch.  The lad was 13 years old.  The body was recovered yesterday.

Friday, September 6, 1912

Harold, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John IRELAND, died at the family residence at 2205 Colby avenue last night at 11 o’clock.  Funeral services were conducted at 4:30 o’clock this afternoon at the grave at Evergreen cemetery.

Saturday, September 7, 1912

Funeral of Nellie MILLER—The funeral service for Nellie M. MILLER, wife of W. H. MILLER, will be held tomorrow afternoon at JERREAD’s undertaking parlors.  Rev. O. H. KING, of the Central Church of Christ, will conduct the service.  Interment will be at Evergreen cemetery.  Arrangements for the funeral of MILLER have not yet been made.

Monday, September 9, 1912

Thrown By Tree Into Stream—Alex McDONALD Falls into Canyon Creek—Body Goes Over Falls.  Special to Daily Herald.  Granite Falls, Sept. 9.  Alex McDONALD, 28 years of age, was drowned yesterday morning at 10 o’clock in Canyon Creek, and the last his companions saw of him his body shot over the falls into the rock-strewn pool twenty feet below.  The body had not been recovered this afternoon and possibly will not be found for two or three days.

               McDONALD was an employe of the Chappell Shingle company.  His companions say he was attempting to cut a tree that hung over the stream.  When the tree came down it brushed him into the water.

               Alex McDONALD was unmarried.

Tuesday, September 10, 1912

W. H. BLACK Dies—William H. BLACK, who has been postmaster at Lowell for a number of years, died this morning at 2:30.  The end came at the BLACK home, where the postmaster has been suffering for several weeks.

               Membership was held by William H. BLACK in the Elks’ lodge, and he was a Grand Army veteran.  He is survived by a widow and one son, W. C. BLACK.  No arrangements had been made late this afternoon for the funeral.  The deceased was 67 years of age.

Wednesday, September 11, 1912

Body of One Time Leader of Gay Set Unclaimed in Morgue for a Week—Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 11—August POWERS, once chief clerk in the office of minister of justice at Ottawa who frequently acted as minister of justice, was choked to death in a restaurant here last week and the body lay unclaimed at the morgue until today, when it was identified by a policeman who went to take a picture of the body.  POWERS was once socially prominent in Ottawa and a leader of the gay set among government officials.

The funeral of William J. LYNCH will be held tomorrow morning at the Riverside Catholic church at 9 o’clock.  A special car will be provided for friends.  Interment in the Evergreen cemetery.

Ellef C. IVERSON, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. IVERSON, 1707 Broadway, died last evening at 9:30.  Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the family residence.  Interment will take place at the G. A. R. cemetery in Snohomish.

Ida DUMAS, aged 34 years, died this morning at the Providence hospital at 10:30.  The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock from the Bayside Catholic church.  Interment in Mount Carmel cemetery.

Logger Is Killed.  Tacoma, Sept. 11—While talking with a friend, E. W. OTTO, employed in the camp of the Electric Logging company, was killed yesterday afternoon about four miles east of Parkland by being struck on the head by a log.  The logging crew was loading flat cars with block and pulley, and a log which was being righted in the air struck OTTO while his head was turned.  He was instantly killed, the skull being crushed behind the right ear.

Thursday, September 12, 1912

Harley BALLARD died last evening at the residence of Arthur DOBBS, 3312 Colby avenue, aged 28 years.  He and his wife recently moved to this city from English, Wash.  The deceased was a member of the local Brotherhood of American Yeomen, also a member of the Masonic lodge at Black Hawk, Col.  Mrs. BALLARD is a member of the Eastern Star, at Center City, Col.  The funeral will be held from MAULSBY’s chapel at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon, a funeral car will be in waiting at the corner of Colby and Wall.  Interment will take place in Evergreen cemetery..

Miss Ida DUMAS, aged 34, who died at Providence hospital, will be buried tomorrow from the Bayside Catholic church at 10:30 a.m.  The interment will occur in Mt. Carmel cemetery.

Friday, September 13, 1912

Mrs. A. L. MANNING Dies Suddenly.  Well Known Everett Woman Succumbs to Stroke of Paralysis.  Mrs. A. L. MANNING, one of Everett’s best known women, died suddenly this morning at Providence hospital, whither she was hurried yesterday shortly after being stricken with paralysis at her late home, 2601 Wetmore avenue.  Mrs. MANNING’s death comes as a great shock to her sons, Purton A. MANNING and Roger MANNING, also to her many friends, for until yesterday she had been in the best of health and spirits.

               At 9 o’clock yesterday morning Mrs. MANNING was caring for her household duties and singing over her task.  Presently the song ceased, and two telephone men who were wiring the house heard a cry for assistance.  They entered the apartment where Mrs. MANNING had been employing herself and found her lying on the couch.  The men assisted her to a couch, where she soon became unconscious.

               Members of the family were informed immediately, and Mrs. MANNING was taken to the hospital.  Dr. B. L. BAKER, Roger MANNING’s father-in-law, was summoned from Seattle, and he conferred with two local physicians.  The consultation failed to extend a ray of hope to the bereaved family.  This morning at 9 o’clock Mrs. MANNING died.  She did not regain consciousness.

               Everybody who knew Mrs. MANNING enjoyed the friendship, and her circle of friends, gathered about her during a residence of eleven years in Everett, was large.  Before coming to this city Mrs. MANNING was prominent in musical circles in Tacoma.  Here in Everett she had been a member of the Women’s Book club for years and was a prominent factor in musical circles.

               Two weeks ago Mrs. MANNING returned from a long visit with relatives in Chattanooga, Tenn., a visit she had been looking forward to for several months.  Since her return she has been, so far as she or her family knew, in splendid health, and only yesterday morning made an engagement to visit the industrial exposition with a friend.

               Funeral services will be held at the residence of B. A. MANNING, 2107 Rucker avenue, 11 a.m. Monday.

Saturday, September 14, 1912

Mrs. Anna BLANK, wife of Henry BLANK, died this morning at an early hour, after several months’ illness, aged 47.  Besides her husband, she leaves one daughter, Anna.  Mrs. BLANK was a member of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen.  The body lies in the parlors of MAULSBY & Sons, where the funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon, Rev. WEISE officiating.  A funeral car will be provided for all who wish to attend the services at Evergreen cemetery.

Monday, September 16, 1912

The funeral services for Mrs. Anna BLANK will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at MAULSBY’s chapel.  Mrs. BLANK is a member of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen, and it is expected that many of that order will attend the service.

While Fishing in Lee’s Lake, Asa HODGINS Drowns—Little Body of Water Near Silver Lake is Scene of Sunday Tragedy—HODGINS Sinks While Companion Gets Ashore—Both Are Thrown From Boat When Unfortunate Man Tries to Hook Fish.

               A fishing trip was turned into tragedy early yesterday afternoon when Asa HODGINS, aged 30, drowned in Lee’s lake, a short distance south of Silver lake, while angling for trout in company with Frank M. SMITH, of the Independent Laundry company.

               The two men secured a canvas canoe and paddled out toward the center of the small body of water.  As recounted by SMITH, he was sitting in the stern of the canoe while HODGINS stood upright in the bow casting his line.  Apparently the unfortunate fisherman had a strike, for SMITH says HODGINS made a quick jerk on his rod that caused him to lose his balance, falling into the water and sending SMITH into the lake as well.

               SMITH says he, being a swimmer of only moderate ability and understanding his companion to be an accomplished swimmer, turned toward shore and managed to reach the bank in safety.  SMITH says he looked about for HODGINS, but he was not in sight.

               Asa HODGINS’ body was recovered an hour after the fatal accident.  The dead man was a brother of Mrs. Arthur BAILY and Mrs. John F. BIRNEY.

               The funeral service, strictly private, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 from JERREAD’s chapel.

Tuesday, September 17, 1912

A report on some deceased Snohomish County residents who never show up in obituaries:

Conditions at Pest House Are Said to Be Bad - President of Humane Society Complains to State Health Board—Indigents Buried in Shallow Graves—In Some Cases Lie Two in a Grave—Cow Splinters Top of Coffin.

               That human bodies are being buried within a foot of the surface of the ground at the county pesthouse on the road from Everett to Lake Stevens, almost directly east of Everett, was learned by an investigation made last week by R. J. FAUSETT, president of the Snohomish County Humane society, following complaints made to him as such that the conditions at the pesthouse were not conducive to the sanitary welfare of that institution.  Following the investigation, the humane society president wrote to the state board of health at Seattle detailing the conditions found at the pesthouse, and asking that body to take steps to bring about a betterment of conditions there.

               The county pesthouse is located south of the road leading east from Cavalero’s corner, and is hidden from the road by a growth of trees.  A little used road extends from the main thoroughfare southward, turning west through the woods, then through a gate, at the entrance to the pesthouse grounds.  The building itself is set upon a little slope in a clearing, the ground declining from the door of the house to a tiny swale through which flows a little stream fed by a spring, and across the stream the ground again rises in a gentle slope.  Between the house and the stream is located the well from which water is taken for the use of the pesthouse, which now is unoccupied except for a man who sleeps there and “keeps batch.”

               Door-yard Cemetery—Not more than 125 feet from the door of the pesthouse is a row of graves—the final resting places of indigents.  About a dozen of these are there, the burial spots being about 50 feet from the little stream, across the little swale from the location of the well, which is about nine feet deep, the water therein standing at the level of the water in the creek.  Only a few of these graves retain the little wooden board upon which was written the name and date of burial.

               The bodies there, particularly in those graves showing recent burial, are buried two in one grave.  One of these double graves, the most recent, apparently, had not been marked with any board when the investigation was made last Wednesday.  In this grave were found a coffin and plain pine box, side by side, and separated by only a few inches with the dirt piled in loosely between them.  The tops of the coffin and of the box were not more than eight inches below the level of the earth at the place the excavation was made.  At the bottom of a hole where evidently a cow had planted a vigorous foot through the loosely piled earth over the boxes, the lid of the coffin had been shut.

               Coffins Close to Surface—Adjoining this double grave was another containing two boxes, and at the head of this burial place were two boards, stating that George JOHNSON and James McNEIL were buried there on March 21, 1892.  There was nothing to indicate the date of death in either case.  These boxes were about 10 inches beneath the surface of the earth at that place.

               Another grave, apparently containing only one body, bore on its board marker: “Robert ANDERSON, May 16, 1912.”  Another double grave was marked: “Louis STRAHM and Earl TARBEL,” the date being indecipherable because of weather wear.  Another double grave was marked “J. P. ELWELL” and “Unknown,” and dated April 19, 1911.

               Health Officer’s Statement—County Health Officer Dr. J. E. STAUFFER this afternoon stated that he had never visited the burial ground at the pesthouse and was not at all acquainted with the conditions existing there.  He stated the caretaker at the pesthouse was not a sexton there, and that undertakers having burials there looked after the digging of the graves.  Whether bodies were buried a foot underground, two feet or ten feet he did not know.

               “I don’t think Mr. FAUSSETT knows anything about the conditions out there,” said Dr. STAUFFER.  “I don’t think he’s ever been out there and knows anything about conditions existing there.  How does he know bodies are buried less than a foot deep?  He doesn’t know it.  Anyway, I think the conditions there are quite as good as in an old cemetery in this city where there are relatives of some of our prominent citizens buried and whose graves are neglected and the cattle graze all over the place and trample upon the graves.  If you want to stir up this matter of the cemetery at the pesthouse I’ll start stirring up some things about the conditions out in this city cemetery.  If there is no complaint about the neglected graves there, where relatives of some of our prominent citizens are buried, I don’t think there’s any room for complaint about the conditions at the pesthouse.

               “The grounds at the pesthouse are fenced in.  It is true that people living near there open the gates and let their cattle in and they trample upon the graves, but the condition is no worse than at this other cemetery where those buried have surviving relatives living in this city.  The man who looks after the pesthouse is a good, clean, conscientious man and he has complained to me that bodies were not being buried deep enough and I told him to go ahead and see that they were.”

               Dr. STAUFFER up to this afternoon has heard nothing from the state board of health.  It was expected that the board would refer the complaints filed with the humane society officer and forwarded to the state board would be referred to the county health officer here.

               The county health officer under the law has “supervision over all matters pertaining to the preservation of life and health of the people of his jurisdiction subject to supervision and control of the state board of health.”

Woman Badly Burned, While Babe Is Dead—Her baby dead from burns received near Lake Stevens Saturday night, Mrs. Andrew ECKMAN lies in a ward at the Everett hospital suffering acute agony from serious wounds received from the fire while she fought to save her infant’s life.  Her recovery is probable, though the woman’s condition is attended with doubt.

               The ECKMAN children secured sulphur Saturday and began playing with it.  The baby, a 2-year-old boy, managed to smear himself with the sulphur, igniting it when he came in contact with a soldering iron the children were using.  Immediately the little fellow was wrapped in flames.  His mother tried to save him, but he was burned to a crisp before her eyes, while she herself received a number of painful burns.

               The family is poor, and John F. JERREAD has promised to attend to the baby’s funeral.  The Everett hospital has taken upon itself the charitable work of caring for Mrs. ECKMAN.

Stranger Who Was Hurt Dies From His Injuries—A man named McCULLOCH was brought from Maltby at 11 o’clock this morning on the Northern Pacific train, suffering from what proved to be a fatal injury to his head, sustained when a block of wood struck him while working in a mill.  The back of his head was crushed in and he died shortly after being taken to the Snohomish General Hospital.  Further than the fact that he was a knot sawyer no particulars could be ascertained regarding his identity.

Wednesday, September 18, 1912

No More Indigents Will Be Buried at County Pest House—Commissioners Inspect Premises and Come to That Decision—Bodies There May Be Moved Elsewhere—County May Buy Burial Plot in Some More Suitable Location.  That there will be no further burials of indigents at the county pesthouse two and a half miles east of Everett, was the emphatic declaration of County Commissioners James McCULLOCH and T. C. FLEMING, who visited that place yesterday afternoon immediately upon learning that complaints had been made concerning the conditions existing there.  They made no investigation of the depth underground at which bodies are buried, but they decided that the situation must be relieved of some of its features, at least, and it is not entirely improbable that orders may be issued directing the removal of the bodies buried there, about thirty-five in all.

               Not until yesterday did the commissioners know that the grounds around the pesthouse were being used as a cemetery for county indigents.  No complaints had ever come to them concerning conditions there, and so there had been no investigation of conditions by them.  Both the commissioners asserted they had never granted anybody permission or authority to use the pesthouse plot for a burial ground, and both were in office at the time the burial of indigents at the old city cemetery was abandoned.

               Commissioner FLEMING remembers the purchase of the pesthouse and the six or seven acres upon which it stands, the county paying $600 for the property.  That was several years ago, and while the house is not in bad condition, it needs painting badly.  The county, stated Commissioner McCULLOCH, pays a man $50 a month to live there and look after the property and act as caretaker should the house be used as an isolation place for contagious diseases.

               Since the abandonment of burial of county indigents at the old city cemetery a few years ago it has been generally understood by the commissioners that undertakers were making their own arrangements for a burial place, and it was news to them that these bodies had been buried on county property at all.

               Stop It at Once—“You can say for the commissioners,” said Mr. McCULLOCH, Mr. FLEMING concurring, “that there will be no more burials at the pesthouse.  The last one has taken place that will take place there.  I don’t know whether we ought to order the removal of those bodies or not, but we’ll get right into this thing and find out who’s responsible and stop it at once.”

               This morning’s mail brought to R. J. FAUSETT who, as president of the county humane society, forwarded to the state board of health at Seattle the complaints made to him concerning conditions at the pesthouse, a letter from the board in reference to the law, or lack of it, governing the disposal of bodies.  The letter from the head of the health board to the humane society head states that there is no law, nor rule of the board of health, governing the depth underground at which bodies must be buried.  Nearly all states have legislation regulating the depth of graves.

               That the ground at the pesthouse is entirely unsuited for burial purposes was learned today.  The little stream of water through the cleared space establishes a water level, between two and three feet below the surface.  Four feet down is a hard pan most difficult of excavation.  In the water seeps into excavations from the stream faster than it can be bailed out.

               To Secure Burial Plot—One result of the developments is that the county commissioners probably will purchase for the county somewhere adjacent to Everett probably two acres to be fenced and used officially as a burial place for indigents.  This plan has occurred to the commissioners and will be given consideration at once.

               Upon examining the records this afternoon Chairman McCULLOCH, of the county board, found that the county owns land in the vicinity of the pest house, that is located on a hillside and well adapted to cemetery purposes.  Steps will be taken to convert this site into a county cemetery, moving bodies now at the pest house to the new location.

               No Deaths There—Speaking of the matter, Dr. STAUFFER, county health officer, said this morning:

               “To correct any misapprehension in regard to the pest house, I wish to say that there never has been a death there since it was established, notwithstanding the large number of cases of smallpox that have been treated there.  The water supply is piped from a spring on the hillside and has no connection with the well on the premises.  The house is equipped with porcelain bath tub, and is supplied with hot and cold water.  With reference to the criticism that has been directed against the pest house and surroundings, this is all that comes under my jurisdiction.”

Seeking Relatives—The body of Joseph McCAULEY is being held at BAKEMAN & PURDY’s morgue while an effort is being made to locate McCAULEY’s relatives.  The man worked at GRAY’s mill at Maltby but a few days but it is thought he had been at Eatonville, Thurston county, prior to coming to Maltby; and that his old home is in Kentucky.  An attempt will be made to locate his relatives, if any survive him, by communicating with Kentucky authorities.

Friday, September 20, 1912

Lillian, aged 14, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. TWOHY, 3711 Wetmore avenue, died yesterday afternoon at 3:30 at the Providence hospital, of tuberculosis of the liver.  The body was shipped this afternoon by MAULSBY & Sons to Olympia, where the funeral will be held Saturday morning.

Saturday, September 21, 1912

Wants Regulation for Burial of Poor—Humane Society Acts Upon Question of Burial by the County.  Following a meeting of the Snohomish County Humane society in this city, copies of resolutions adopted by that society were filed today with the county commissioners, these resolutions containing suggestions of regulations deemed advisable by the society in the disposition of indigent dead under the direction of the county authorities.

               The society last night heard a report of the conditions found to exist at the county pesthouse two and a half miles east of Everett, and reports from the state board of health stating that these conditions constituted no violation of the state law or of the rules of that board.

               After discussion of these matters the society adopted a resolution asking the county commissioners to make and enforce a rule that in the future the graves in which indigents are buried must be at least six feet in depth, and that proof of this may be required in the case of each county burial before the bill for the service would be allowed.

               The report to the county commissioners also asked that that body request from the county health officer the name of the physician who attended the cases of those isolated under quarantine at the pesthouse.  The county physician disclaimed knowledge of conditions there, and the society assumed that if the physician had not been there to note the conditions some other than he must have attended pesthouse patients or that they got along without medical attendance.

               The county pays $17 for each burial of an indigent.  In King county the rate is $15.  Until a few years ago the rate in Snohomish county was $12.  At that time a change was made necessary and it was no longer possible to make burials in the old city cemetery here.  When the rate was raised the county commissioners believed this increase would cover the coast of burial place, and until the revelations of last week these officials supposed that undertakers were providing a place of burial in such cases, and did not know that indigent burials were being made on county property.

               It is probably that Monday the full board of county commissioners will consider these matters and formally arrange for a special plot of ground in which indigents shall be buried and also provide for the removal of those bodies now buried at the pesthouse.

Well Dressed Man Found Dead By Side of Track—Sultan, Sept. 21—A dead man, possibly killed by a train, possibly murdered, was found near the railroad a quarter of a mile below Sultan junction by the night crew of a Great Northern train.

               The name “Bert CAMPBELL” was sewed in the inside of his coat pocket, showing that the clothing had been made to order.  Apparently the man was 22 years of age, possibly a year or two older.

               Death apparently resulted from a blow on the forehead, too high up, some people suggest, to have been caused by a train.  The young man had apparently been dead twelve hours when found lying by the side of the track.  His clothing was well made and he bore appearance of being something besides a hoboe.

               John F. JERREAD this afternoon said he knew nothing about the case reported from Sultan.

Monday, September 23, 1912

Mrs. Loamy MILLS died at her home near Maltby Saturday, at the advanced age of 74 years.  She was a native of Ontario, but had resided many years on a farm near Maltby, with her husband, Henry MILLS.  The funeral was held from the family residence at 2 o’clock this afternoon.

Tuesday, September 24, 1912

Lakewood--The funeral of Mr. KERN held Sunday at Marysville was attended by many friends and neighbors.  Mr. KERN fell from the hayloft of his barn eighteen feet to the ground a short time ago, and survived his injuries only a few days.  He was 62 years of age, and had been blind fifteen years, this affliction having been caused by injuries received in a fall.  Mrs. KERN and a son, Frank, with whom they made their home, survive him.  Mr. and Mrs. KERN were members of the Seventh Day Adventist denomination.

Friday, September 27, 1912

Some Light Cast on Death of John ERWIN—Police Begin Investigation But Postpone Inquiry Until Monday—Companions Tell How They Discovered the Wounded Man.  Special to Daily Herald.  Everett, Sept. 27.  First steps in investigating the manner in which John ERWIN, aged 23, of Snohomish, met death last evening near Monroe were taken today when officials empanelled a jury at the direction of coroner William D. SMITH of Everett.  After the jury viewed the ground where ERWIN received the gunshot wound in his stomach, the physicians had examined the body and reported upon [conditions?] existing, further inquiry will be postponed until next Monday at 10 o’clock, in this city.  Leslie MONTROSS and A. EMPFIELD, who found ERWIN’s body last evening, [illegible] to go this afternoon, having been held as witnesses by the jury today.  They will [illegible].

               MONTROSS is a brother of Charles [illegible] was tried in superior court on charge of shooting to kill a drunken man at his saloon [illegible] acquitted.  EMPFIELD is a [illegible] of the telephone girl who [illegible] principal witness for the [illegible] the trial of MONTROSS.  ERWIN has resided in Snohomish until recently, when they went to [illegible].

               [illegible] was caused by a [illegible] wound in the stomach [illegible] either a revolver or a [illegible] probe for the bullet had [illegible] until this afternoon, and caliber of the weapon from which [illegible] will not be determined until physicians recover the leaden [illegible].

               [illegible] story, told by MONTROSS and [illegible], and it is believed by the [illegible], is that they and ERWIN had been traveling together from camp to camp seeking work, and had separated at Snohomish a day or two ago when ERWIN started to a camp near [illegible] seeking employment.  Yesterday they followed him, and when on [illegible] leading to the camp, came upon him wounded and on the point of death.  They asked him: “Did you shoot yourself or did somebody shoot you?”  and ERWIN answered [illegible].  He was too weak to explain [illegible] side of the double-barreled [illegible] his acquaintances asked the [illegible] was intended to reply.

               County Prosecutor Ralph C. BELL, Coroner William D. SMITH and Deputy Sheriff J. H. SMITH are here looking into all the phases of the case which is shrouded with mystery.

Injuries of Railroad Worker Are Fatal—News reached Everett last evening that John HANSON, a railroad employe, was run over and killed by a construction train at Sedro-Woolley last Saturday night.  A railroad workman coming from that place and bound to Seattle gave the information as he met an acquaintance of HANSON here.  He was injured in a dynamite accident during the construction of the Monte Cristo line, a companion being blown to atoms while HANSON lost one eye and one arm.  A son, Conrad S. HANSON, resides in Spokane.

James MORGAN, 55 years of age, died at his late home, 2401 Rockefeller avenue, September 25, after a short illness.  Mr. MORGAN leaves a wife and several children.  Funeral services will be held from CHALLACOMBE’s chapel Sunday afternoon at 2:30.  Interment in Evergreen cemetery.

Miss Tillie OLSON died this morning at her late home in Mukilteo.  Miss OLSON had been ill for several weeks.  Funeral services will be held in Mukilteo, the time to be announced later.

Saturday, September 28, 1912

Autopsy Fails to Reveal Bullet—The autopsy upon the body of John ERWIN, who was found dying near Monroe a day or two ago, last night failed to locate the bullet that had entered his abdomen and caused his death.  Today X-ray photographs were being made at Monroe in an effort to locate the bullet.  Recovery of the leaden pellet is about the only means of getting any definite clue to the probable cause of ERWIN’s death.

               The inquest will be conducted at Monroe Monday morning at 10 o’clock, and Leslie MONTROSS, brother of the man shot and killed at Snohomish about eighteen months ago, and A. EMPFIELD, brother of one of the principal witnesses for the defense in the trial growing out of that slaying, who found ERWIN wounded and dying, will testify before the coroner’s jury.  Tom CUNNINGHAM, the Sultan bartender who fired three shots at three men who held him up and robbed the saloon till, saw ERWIN’s body yesterday at Monroe, and declared he was not one of the trio of holdups.

Olaf HAGEN, of 1917 Lombard avenue, died yesterday afternoon, of heart disease and cancer of the stomach.  Funeral services held tomorrow at JERREAD’s chapel, 2:30 p.m.

Monday, September 30, 1912

Victim of Target Practice, Probably—Target and Empty Shell Found Near Place Where the Tragedy Occurred.  Coroner W. D. SMITH, accompanied by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney [illegible] and Mrs. C. C. THORNTON, court photographer, returned from Monroe [illegible] afternoon, bringing with them the re- [illegible] of the coroner’s jury verdict in the death of John ERVINE, who was [illegible] late last week dying in the [illegible] not far from Monroe with a [illegible] hole through his stomach.

               Following is the verdict prepared and read by H. D. MATTHEWS, foreman of the jury:

               “That the deceased came to his death from a gunshot wound fired by an unknown hand, and that the same was accidental.”

                Probably the circumstances surrounding ERVINE’s death will never be known.  There is every reason, says Coroner SMITH, to believe the shooting was accidental.  Investigation revealed the fact that unknown men or boys had been engaged in target practice with a .22 caliber rifle a short distance from where ERVINE’s body was found by Henry EMPFIELD and Lester MONTROSS, two of ERVINE’s intimate friends.  Target and [illegible] shells were found on the ground not far off the road.

               Those who served on the jury were H. D. MATTHEWS, Axel NORD- [illegible], W. J. HAMILTON, S. A. BUCK, [illegible] BEBEAU and William SAWYER.  Witnesses examined during the investigation were: Henry EMPFIELD, Lester MONTROSS, Dr. H. K. STOCKWELL and Dr. C. H. SOLL.

               The bullet that is supposed to have ended ERVINE’s life could not be found, although Coroner SMITH took X-ray photographs of the body.  Another reason the man is supposed to have been accidentally killed by a .22 caliber rifle ball, is that a cartridge of that caliber would enter [illegible] puncture through the man’s [illegible], while a .32 caliber bullet would not pass through.

               John ERVINE’s two brothers attended the hearing from their home in [Lathrop?], Wash.  It is expected that he will be buried at Monroe.

W. A. STEVENS and daughter, Mrs. Pearl LEWIS, arrived from Palouse Saturday, after being quarantined for three weeks, due to an epidemic of which Mr. LEWIS died.

Henry C. MORHINGWAY died Sunday, September 29, at the family residence, 1812 Wetmore avenue.  Services will be held at the family residence, Tuesday, October 1, at 2:30 p.m.  Interment will take place in Evergreen cemetery.