The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-12-05
THEY ARE A HARD LOT.
The sammersille Nurderers En-
Route to Seattle.
story of Their cspture-s msxes-
cp set-Their Prsneae.s
to Sin.

constable Martha ef Ia Gvarde. Un5on
to1nty ,s1reseis- v "a AZ Prosecuting Attorney
t-Snsidss honse sandsy ntxht r5ts soma
pfsSSy interesting facts relative 10 the cap
ture Of the samnerxiEie murderer. .ad
aeeesseszses- He Is here with = warrant for
= . kiess. the islhsr Of MEstie Elder ana
Agnes Holloway. Tor ho-ss sssaItnx
I -Aeria BoHfes Is expected here a. snv sszv
II charge OF the two woman. kvz~s FE,i.
'o~sy i now Agnes Haze. having welded
90 iiisefsat photographer last October.
fnis Kicks fatally i q curious 1nesElev Of
IN. tne Old nan, G. Kicks, VITO SAYS be
VAS rsaei general aud his swc sons, t,h-1s
@ed Shsriey, stole horss Tor living AZ
- f5faEde u sens snd xere what are
commonly known as k4rd men. Whea
Clarke k4Ser and bis bride Matte Eider-
formerly @amneryflle. nee Rscks ara
wearing Eezes ~ more aliases skipped
Ir0fa -eAii3c i vas generally supposed
sLe. t1s5 woaIa 60 y wherever the father
aEd brothers of Azfkie AID Der sister Agile
were located They were tracked 70 IA
SFans,e. aud IN Ufae Constable Martin ar
rested them Their, and they were brought
before justice
Matte Elder practically made : couses-
she said Oh aaa Ssfa rservilie
had always been in the habit
81 taxing Hosfetter's bitters, pouring
the LIQUID from a bottle into a tea cup. on
the tstal night Of Deeenf@r 3, last year.
ia seattle. sue pus morphine into the esp
snd when TIE old msn unwittingiy drank
u, he soon began The sleep OF death. she
said 10 The justice II don't care damn for
ihaf charge. ! was acquitted Of that charge
10 seattle by the eofoQeT's jury"
The authorities had 10 lei the women go
In La Gfaude. for under the Oregon law
II a prisoner is rot ex1Fsdited within few
days be mEst be liberated. They obtained
heir liberty 81 o. n. aud that evening
they rode fifteen miles to catch q
trsin for Boise City. Now, to
sad nti'e more to the com
piexity Of the relations OF these
strange people. Il must be known tha.
( Clark and Matte Elder were no longer
living together ark Elder was In
waiis Waila and Matte was visiting her
sister Agnes Hale ia La Grande. As soon
es the constable heard Of the hasfy hight
OF the women he supposed rightly that
, they took the train for Boise City. aud he
telegraphed sheriff BawIes 10 thai effect.
The sheriff caught them at Boise City.
and was bringing them TO walla Wal!a.
when they were taken sick upon the train
! and had 20 be taken 10 hotel ut Union.
! Agnes Hale, although only two months
married, Was seven mouths eneeinfe and
was prematurely confined on the train,
while Matte Elder was down with a
serious fever. Matte recovered in a few
4 days, and the sheriff came on with her,
I leaving Agnes Hale there.
The capture of the two brothers, Chris
/ aud Charley Kicks. was cieyerly done.
/ They had gore over into Cemas prairie
! from La Gra1de and stolen some horses
Z from their faiher-iu-law, man
named Howard, and the borses they traded
Of In an adjoining county. Charley.
the younger brother. was easily caught In
the mountains. but nobody could hnd
Chris. The constable thought OF a happy
/ scheme. He KIN " that the two women II
any body, would know of his whereabouts,
! 50 ne Swallowed them. He observed, that
every afternoon Que or the other would
ride out about o'clock. Agnes rode out
most Of the time, and always
carrying some food. The constable
( followed her. About daylight he came in
sight OF 4 little cabin on the side of a
mountain. When within about 40 feet of
/ the cabin, Chris. who had been sleeping
between two mattresses, jumped up ready
( for fight The constable brought his
Remington down on him and Chris yielded
Asked where his father was. Chris re-
piled. "0h. don't know. The old man
( Is afraid of law. lie is always running
( away from law. He once shot fellow by
( the name Of Beatty IN California. aud the
/ law got after him aud be ran for three
I months"
The constable expects the old man will
. AufU up mere NEtI HHQEAteFA tElNS
with sheriff Bowles, SO he has come pre-
pared for him with a warrant.
RESUME or THE CRIME.
/ When the SnmmerFiilc ease comes UP be-
I fore the grand jury next February. great
many interesting things heretofore uu-
kn0@r W. ae developed. summerville
was Uid working man who once haI
considerable money. Mrs. Summeryiile or
IA she Is now known, Matte Elder g. a
bright. gay blonde Of about -.
aud she was not satisfied with
Summerville's attentions and means.
Clark Elder passed as her brother aud vas
Z living with Mr.. aud Mrs. Snmmervlile.
. Neigh bofs thought these people were
highly respectable when SumDerYile
died Clark Elder and the seemingly sor-
( rswiul widow attended the funeral
. But soon CLARK forgot he was her
brother. as be had assumed. and he and
the widow were married and went over to
Henderson's hay TO live. 1; was this that
aroused suspicion.
They left here when they discovered II
( was getting ton hot fer them, aud they
seemed safe until one dAy. in answer 10 a
, sheriff s Telegram. Prosecuting Attorney
/ Ronald responded with the teFse dispatch.
[ Rag them"
1 Both women are very pretty, and Agnes
Is brunette about 20 years Of age.