GAINI ES 5 Wallace C ®
Gaines, a white )\6-year-old mining engineer, was es most disreputa-
ble member of a respected and prominent Seattle, .' ‘ash,, family, A
chronic alcoholic,’ Gaines had slipped to the bottom of the ladder and
was abusive to his family and friends while drinking, He and his
fomily lived in a small cottage on Green Lake and subsisted largely
with the assistance of the more affluent members of the family, On
the night of June 16, 1926, after his daughter Sylvia who had just
graduated from Smith College and returned home had reprimanded him
for his drinking, he followed her into the woods surrounding the
lake and strangled her into unconsciousness before pludgeoning her
to death with a large rock, His attack was so furious that he com=
pletely obliterated her facial features with the robk and he then
ripped the clothes from her body to make it appear that the crime
had been committed by a sexual criminal, Gaines, who had always
boasted that he would kill any member of his Panay tried °
correct his drinking habits, was suspected almost from the ae
and he was taken into custody when several persons who had seen him
in the vicinity of the crime about the time that Lt happened 1 identi=
fied him. Tried and convicted, he was hanged at the ashingt on
State Prison on Aug. 31, 1928.
GAINES, lace ©,
Gaines, a white )\8-year-old mining qin ee was the as disreputa-
ble member of a respected and prominent Seattle, W ami
chronic alcoholic, Gaines had slipped to the bottom of ie ladder and
was abusive to his family and friends while drinking. He and his
family lived in a small cottage on Green Lake and subsisted largely
with the assistance of the more affluent members of the family, On
the night of June 16, 1926, after his daughter Sylvia who had just
graduated from Smith College and returned home had reprimanded him
for his drinking, he followed her into the woods surrounding the
lake and strangled her into unconsciousness before bludgeoning her
to death with a large rock. His attack was so furious that he com-
pletely obliterated her facial features with the robk and he then
ripped the clothes from her body to make it appear that the crime
had been committed by a sexual criminal. Gaines, who had always
that he would kill any member of his family who tried to
correct his drinking habits, was suspected almost from the begi inning
aS ue cen into custody when several pers He alae had seen 1
7 of the crime about the time
Tried and convicted, he was hanged
Aug. 31, 1928.
ning engineer, was the nost disrepute
peo aS ae Seattle, Mashe,
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