Domestic Abuse in the Kinnear Block
An arrest follows a brutal domestic assault in a prominent downtown building.
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A. J. Stead, formerly floor manager in the New Zealand dance hall, was arrested this morning for beating his mistress, Victoria McGilvrey, in the Kinnear block. She claims that he came into her room and accused her of stealing his money. She told him that she had no reason to steal from him when she was his support. Then he jumped on her, kicked her and beat her head until it looked like a football. Both were released on bail. Stead was arrested once before on the same charge. It is said he is here under an assumed name.
“She told him that she had no reason to steal from him when she was his support.”
Domestic violence was frequently relegated to brief, unsympathetic police reports in 19th-century Seattle. The Kinnear Block, a hub of the city's early commercial and residential life, stands as a reminder of the private struggles occurring behind the facades of the city's burgeoning downtown.
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