File:Policeman pulling trunk with murder victim's body out of Lake Union, Seattle, August 8, 1921 (MOHAI 2218).jpg

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English: Policeman pulling trunk with murder victim's body out of Lake Union, Seattle, August 8, 1921   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Policeman pulling trunk with murder victim's body out of Lake Union, Seattle, August 8, 1921
Description
English:

One of the state's most notorious crimes, the "Mahoney Trunk Murder" occurred in Seattle in 1921. The victim was Kate Mooers, 72, an eccentric and wealthy woman who married for the third time to James E. Mahoney, 38, a convicted robber. When Kate went missing, Mahoney claimed she had disappeared in St. Paul, Minnesota, but the Seattle police detectives decided to search the waters of Lake Union where Mahoney had rented a skiff. On August 8, a trunk containing Mooers' body bobbed to the surface and three days later Mahoney was indicted for murder. He was convicted and executed for the crime.

Note from MOHAI records: Body in trunk. Handwritten on sleeve: Mahoney trunk, tug Audrey. Source for caption: WASHINGTON, THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS, 1889-1989, by Don Duncan.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Police--Washington (State)--Seattle; Bathing suits--Washington (State)--Seattle; Crowds--Washington (State)--Seattle; Criminal investigations--Washington (State)--Seattle
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date Taken on 8 August 1921
Medium
English: 1 glass negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 5 in (12.7 cm); width: 7 in (17.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,7U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
2218
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Credit Line
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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