| Show WOMAN IN TRUNK WAS STRANGLED Body Found on Beach Near Se Seattle Seattle Seattle attle Identified as That of Mrs Agnes Covington HUSBAND NOT TO BE FOUND VICTIM WAS ONLY 17 YEARS OF AGE Seattle Wash Yash S pt IThe The police pollee have positively Identified the body of ot the dead woman found stuffed stutt 1 In a trunk cast upon the beach beadi at South AWl yesterday morning as a of Mrs Agnes Agne True Trueman Trueman man roan McCombs Covington 17 years ears old The woman had been bet strangled to death She lie was the wife of ot Frank Covington for several months employed as aa a salesman by the Liquor company company 1116 1115 First avenue Seattle Covington Is miss missing missIng missing ing and the police ohice are looking for him Acquaintances Acquaintance say sa IA they have haye not seen him for tor a week The bedy In the trunk had been dead at least a week Mrs ton was the daughter of Trueman McCombs who lives JIves near Ver Vernon Vernon Vernon non N C Her Mer grandmother gran Mrs Eliza Elizabeth Elizabeth beth Robinson her hr aunt Miss Jennie Robinson arid her uncle George Robin Ion ison on all live at m Way Yay Seattle where the dead womans grandmother runs a lodging house houle ovington Covington is about 23 2 years ears old aid Ho is paid eald to have hare come como to Seattle two years ears ago from tram Louisville Ky K KLetter Letter Found In Ip Trunk A letter from St Paul Pau under date of oC April 11 ii liO 90 apparently written by Cov Coy Bister aItor Edith t was wag found in the trunk with the body The Utter letter was addressed to Frank Covington COTI and the th publication of ot excerpts from the letter In the morning papers led to o the woman s positive identification today by b lier lf uncle George Robinson Miss Jennie Robinson an aunt was ot so certain of oC the identification The police poll e are working on th the theory that ie It the murderer Tie Th only plausible motive so far ad for tor the crime Is IB that the murder f I Wt a violent quarrel Quarrels Were Frequent Mrs Mor M L Pulmer of ot 10 Fifth avenue WJ v o a lodging house at 91 avenue said today that Covington end 11 itis wife lived there several months During that time they fought and d almost every day da Their disturb arces anees became so annoying that Mrs Irs Pul Ful m r a month ago was compelled on com corn complaint complaint plaint of other roomers room rs to order them irom the house From that point they K mi to a rooming house at Ninth avenue and Pearl street They left leCt there also about tn days ago and arni the police pollee have lost track of them Information however that appears to come as aM a reliable r is that after aCter leaving the house h use at Ninth and Stewart the Coving tons went to South Alki and lived Hyed In a tent The police pollee are now trying to de determine termine If it that is 15 true If it be found that they did live at South Ahki the po Ice are confident that the murder was commuted In the tent there and In order to attempt to cover up the crime the body was stuffed In the trunk and deposited in the bay The trunk is an ined round top receptacle The Coving tons had that particular kind of a trunk they lived at Fifth Firth and Madison streets |
