The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-28
4 FOUL MURDER.
An Ohio Physieian Slain
and Robbed
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tDx from hls home On Walnut htllM This
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had ~ fneltna&5cn b military life and hna
kepe tS up by holding connection With tne
QAao Aaftnuol 6uara sewing foe lin
0oversor Fcssker. Who 10 wss ~ his nsIss ,r -,
appotnted hin : memhef u his sta6 o.
s4rkeOa geucsal. He had heen octxvo ia
pnol1c adh1ss, serving often On the muni-
e4pAl council and had be1edoa held several
o0cea under aPpoint1eut fsun che gen
81 kovsF1nesk He vas pcshaps hestsr
1en.
Dr. Jones seis TIE house 1t i:so o'cloek
Thursday afternocn wcerlug Cn1eo6 states
eca1 With his fees In slippers. ana went
u the dtsection Of me sable. That vaa
the last nfeu of him alive. The family did
hen proescufed ifs search quietly until
Yesterday. when notice wAs Risen 10 the
TaAfl on $1,000
MAS discovered oppoefse the doctors
stable, and. being followed. was traced 90
squares 10 the Junction a csrrsss sssess
and Francis laIe uhere on the erAS Was
quite p0el Of blcot. II was here. in s
UonhOle 0f the sewer that the bof1y was
found this morning. II was wrapped
u : fcsse blaaAes. Of rather
sssa drawn e.s IS s. mean. q sa:s p. = s..~sss
about It By man Who hsd been Lowered
Tor that purpose. The body had been
doubled up compactIy Is u tor ceuveu-
ience In carrying. and 4 q apparent thai
the trali of blood Wze that Witch trfckietl
him 70 the place where he thought 10 con-
cxai forever the traces Of his crime. for he
hoped that the water would carry the body
into the river.
RosnERY rmE norsvK.
II vas found that the doctors gold watch
and his moncy were gone. This must
have been the motive for the murder. as
the &c ucc.sr s,, had not an enemy la The vosh
among them being Charles Blish. . coloFed
hosilor who hes been with Colonel J0nea
nbous two months.
BLIGn coSrxssEs THg nrRpER
Bligh WAS arrested this evening 1T Madi-
sonsille ana brought To the police station.
He has confessed the murder.
ARRRsTxp SUSPECTS RELEAsED.
Andrew Madison. coiored, who had for
mer worked for Colonel Jones, and Rich
Hd Ian, colorrd, also Z former employe.
straightforward stories that the p0lieo re-
leased them. Frank Buf0fd, . hriehlsyos in
whose house nitgh aud his wife boarded,
Gas examined by She police, and y Atesf
that Hitgh treated him 10 the drinks lasf
sasnxxs .Isns - tn hn , III i,a Pa Az. s nss'
nitt<d the murdcr - the result of 3 quar-
rcl.
BLtGR's CONFESSION.
h leh said that Tuesdsy afternoon ne
Was working In the gsrtea near the
stable. when Mr.. ion ea,ne out and
Scoldcsi him for not working faster. Some
words passed befwecn them. and the doctor
struck Rligh with light stick. He then,
BliRh alleges. cursed him and said he
wanted work done. Hltgh became angry
ana as the doctor passed by him picked
up an oak silk and ssruek the doctor on
speeehless. hut not dead. Biigh worried
on in the garden until go, when he got .
sack In the barn that had been uaed
and put Jones' hn1y into H. The uufOFfu
pate man waA still breathins. Bligh dou-
bled up the legs, pushed the body into the
then went into the house 10 supper. The
folks askcd him II he had
seen the doctor. and he told
them he lad not. After supper
they sent himto The house al the DOCTORS
son-in-law TO see II be was there, and he
been thsre About 10 o'clock at nieht he
tsok the saek on bis shoulder. carried Il
down Ferk avenue. and showed 1t into .
man hole.
Friday be worked a. usual, answering
many questions about the doctor. Last
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