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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1916
Page
1
Police report the two sisters were killed by a murderer who bound them in a woodshed. An axe covered in blood and hair lay beside Mrs Swift’s body, while a hammer lay near Mrs Wheeler. A photograph was taken at police headquarters.
Police focus on a man seen from a second story window of a Westlake avenue house as investigators probe the brutal killings of Mrs. Carolina Wheeler and Mrs. Kate Swift at 508 Westlake Ave N. The sisters reportedly hid about $2,000 and feared robbery.
Neighbors recall a man peering at the window and a flashlight flashing on the sisters’ rooms on a separate night. Margarete Jorgensen saw a slim young man at midnight near the door five weeks earlier. A revolver found beside the younger sister’s body and an ax hidden in a rear closet are cited in police theory. The suspect allegedly stayed with his aunts, sleeping on a couch for safety fears.
The Puget Sound Navigation Co plans higher fares on the Seattle Tacoma run. One way 40 cents and round trip 65 cents. The company will argue fuel oil costs and higher wages justify the increase and may cite earnings from the lean travel period to support the petition.
Masked robbers held up the cashier at the First National Bank of Houston near Pittsburg Pennsylvania and escaped with 15000 dollars. Posses are on the trail.
The war office reports Zeppelins attacked England last night. Whitby iron works blast furnaces and military sites were destroyed. The Admiralty says three were killed in the raid, forty bombs dropped, and one Zeppelin bombed the northeast coast before anti-aircraft batteries forced its retreat.
H. Y. Blackwell and the Farmers Commission Co. of Portland file suit against Fulton seeking six thousand dollars in damages for alleged violation of an agreement to withdraw from the same line of business for a year. Fulton, formerly Seattle branch manager, sold his interest to Blackwell.
At a utilities committee meeting the council decided that the judiciary and finance committees will join with utilities to set conditions under which the city could bid for the Seattle Renton and Southern line when it is offered for sale by court order on May 1.
Howard King, 56, nephew of Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. Swift, describes the events at 508 Westlake Ave N after discovering the bodies. He says he stayed with the women for weeks, gave a revolver, and timed his afternoon around work and entertainment before returning to find the rear door open and both women dead. The neighbor Mrs. Murphy notified King's wife, and Earl King guided police to the scene.
Consul Garcia representing Gen. Carranza urged U S forces withdraw from Mexico saying their mission to crush Francisco Villa is complete and no further pursuit is needed. Army headquarters at Dublan reports a long stay may be required to trap Villa as Villistas bend toward the south.
El Paso April 6 Villa apparently has disappeared. Both Carranzista and American officials declare no soldiers of either government had seen him since he was reported wounded near Guerrero. The American pursuit is believed to have halted temporarily south of Guerrero due to danger of extending communications without adequate railroad facilities.
Reports say the American expedition may have achieved its aim by scattering the Villistas without capturing their leader, but no confirmation is available. The war and state departments would not discuss the rumor.
New York April 6 Col Roosevelt declares his hat in the ring and outlines the GOP program to win the nomination. He endorses a strong America First stance while stressing readiness to defend rights and people, though not seeking war. He urges preparedness in spirit and with armed forces to deter aggression.
The American bark Dirigo, sailing from Seattle with barley to Sweden on October 24, has been seized by a British man of war off the British Isles and is held in a prize court. Reports say the cargo was intended for Germany and the ship flew a large American flag on its bow at departure.
Today and Friday the water supply will be interrupted on Holgate street between 21st avenue south and Lake Washington in Mt. Baker park district and on Brabner place on 28th avenue south between Massachusetts and Holgate streets from 9 a.m. to p.m. Haucourt region sees German advances amid Verdun assault near the French sector.
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