The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-01
KILLED FOR HIS GOLD
New Light Thrown on the
Lavaigue Mystery.
4 STRONG CLUE TO HIS SLAYER
Elaeksmish lapsnfonee whs was VITA
Him ON sisa xs9hs o. IIis Disappear
1nee Has FIoun fhs csantry.

The body az Lake Layaigue. the man
whose BODY vas fomna IN the harhor on
Friday morning. and whom i Is supposed
was murdered f0E hssTnoney, lies at Boaney
& 8tea=rs's undertaking rooms. Burial
wonid have taken place yesterday bit for
the FACT that Il was deemed best 10 await
the arrival Of l.avasgue : friend. Mayou. and
3 man whose name could nos be learned,
FROM o,Erisn station.
LAsAIerE's rs1Kxps.
They came In yesterday afternoon and
in eompany with Mr. e. Chnmpoux. Of the
81 Johns saIsson, visited the undertaking
rooms. ThSy NJ once recognized The body
as that Of LavAgue. and their covroborA-
tive evidence puts the Identification beyond
al possibility Of doubt.
IKE SUSPECTED MrRDKxKa-
As was stated In the Poss-IsTELLIGEnCEB
yesterday, suspicion points 20 cersain
man who was with Layaigue on the night
os his disappearance. This man Is black
smith. Apontonee by naEae, who Is known
In Seattle o. q thoroughly worthless char
aeier. He is 3 FrenehmAn and came from
Bay City. Mich. where the two had known
each CHER.
GROUNDS FOB SUSPICIOUS.
The last night Layaigue was ever seen in
life. he ard Apontonee left Champoux'
saloon together. and where they went, no
enc knows Later in the evening. the
blacksmith returned alone. He was in
soxicated. and when asked by I4avaigue's
friends WHARF, he was. answered them that
be had not seen him. The friends were very
much alarmed. and started 70 hunt for
Layaigue. That same evening while they
AxeFe out. the blacksmith disappeared
aud has not been seen since.
II wat thought then by Mayou that La
vaigue might have started Eass- The too
friends hunted around Seattle. and finally
left the city for OBsien station, going 10
the farm Of ex-sherif Cochrane for whom
they worked sIace then they knew moth
ing further sbout the matter until In
formed OF the finding Of Lavaigue's body
In the haFbor.
WHAT Bf1L cocHRANE KNEW
Ex-sheriff Cochrane stated yesterday
that he had thought ever since be was
FIRST informed Of Lavaigua's mysterious
Disappearance that the man had been MUIR
defed. He said that az the time he
informed the authorities here about the
case. aud supposed that they we're working
upon il He reported the matter 70 the
sheriff aad sent a messenger to him with
one Of f.ayaigue's shirts. similar 10 the one
be had on when found This. he thought,
might be used az q means OF identification.
fhe shenffss officers learned nothing of the
man until they read Of the discovery OF MS
body.
THE ALLEeEr arnDEagR N VICTORIA.
Chief Mitchell was eeen last night. lie
had not very much to say. but limited that
the police department was in possession Of
several yefy important facts that might
lead 70 gessd results. II has bean ascer-
tanned that ApontoI1ee was recently seen
ia Victoria, r. c. Just where be wentfrom
there Is not exactly known.
woMAN IN TuK cARE.
It was learned yesterday that Apontonee
lived some az the time with French pros
titlte in WhitechapeI. The woman could
rot be found and It IS possible that she has
left the city, fearing unpleasant results.
rHERx wfrA BIZ 40 INQUEST.
I.ayaigue viii be buried today ia the Ma
soniG cemetery. the funeral taking place At
Bonney a Stewards, at II O'Clock. No in
ny,esf will INC held