The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-25

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- aceoup15sh her ends She 3anin
tAzx her nanH i not Woodward. bzl
Williams. and says thai she 1
native of England which
from her accent appears 10 b
frzze- SEE Is said By scrse 70 be [
Maori. has this il hardly possible Shs
has swo children IN Port
land. whorn she SAYS shs
goes 10 Portland every few weeks u
ySsif. The cAadrer are aged S and
respectively.
The wonan admitted that she had
brea In Portland IN December. 1857 a
the time OF the murder. ard said IA n
she had come 70 Seattle in August q
last yesr.
JOHNSON ~ CUSTODY
SHORTY before so'clock osEirer Ryan
wha had been detailed to watch The
Minnesota house. discovered {
high. IN the room In
which johnson usually lodged. On in
ca;rv be learned that Johnson Was
In has rocrn with q woman
who lives with him As his wife,
Officer RYAN reported this 70 head
quarters and officers Watson md
Briggs proceeded 1t once 20 the house.
They we're Obliged to break open the
door, rs Johnson refused 10 open II.
He expressed no surprise when placed
un5er arrest, and accompanied the
officers quietly to the police station.
where Re was seen by q reporter.
II am weG known in Portiznd and
can FIX this al right when I get there, =
said Johnson II can then furnish Al
the Information they want about
where was every day ut the time
Cunningham was Killed
Did yor know Frank Cunning
ham 20
.'0h, yes. / knew him when he Wa
in the hack buSir ess in Portland Re.
fore be went 10 California / met hin
afser he came back in the ArgcnatI;
saloon. So far as I know we we're
good friends =
Were you in Portland at the time
Of tue MURDER
IL don't knox | may have been
there or may have been here. | re.
member hearing about the murder,
but | can't tell for the life
OF me II I was il
Portland at the time or net. When |
get TO Portland l can ind out az Web.
er 3, for ro3ned there. and paid nay
rent before left =
Do you know where Ashton is2r
Yes. He went to Spokane seven
or eight weeks ago. AZ the time of the
other gambling raid. I know hin
yell; We used to room together in
Portland .
DO you know Rogersgr
mo. | may know him BY sight, but
not by nsme.n
"Why did you intend going to Port
Townsend last night?1'
oh. | 90 to Port Townsend and
other places whenever / take no.
ton.
Had yon seen the dispatch dated
Marysviiie. Cal. wherein Eta Krall
makes q confession 2w
No. 1 had not
Taken TO PoaTLAxD.
At $50 Officer Watson left for Port.
land on the early train vita Morris
Johnson and Agnes Woodward Ia
charge, so as 10 avoid a possible ha-
beas corpus. they being willing to go.
RoGElss CAPTURED.
Al $40 Dick Rogers was arrested in
a downtown lodging house. and to-
day at noon Deputy Sheriff Fitzsim-
mons viii arrive from Olympia and
take the prisoner to Portland.
HISTORY OF rHE cgrxE.
In December. 1887, a hack-driyer
and owner, named Frank Cunning
ham. arrived in Portland from Los
Angeles. As he had been absent from
Portland for several years he cele-
brated his return with a spree. Gun
ningham had prospered in Southern
California and had several hundred
dollars with him, most of which he de-
posted with Mr.. J. Hall, the day clerk
In the st. Charles hotel. On the third
day OF his debauch, he called in at the
ST. Charles and wished to draw all the
money he had in the safe, which
to $3.50 or $500. Mr.. Hall.
seeing his condition, and fearing that
be might get robbed, refused to give
him any greater sum then $50.
Mr. Cunningham left the hotel and
the next morning he was found, with
his head crushed in. among some bar
rels and boxes near the edge of the
river at the foot OF Taylor street. Cum
ningham was not dead and was taken
to the hospital where he fingered for
several days in comatose condition,
and finally died without once recover
ing consciousness.
1t was manifestly case of murder.
and the police and Coroner De Lin
look up the theory that Cunningham
bad been followed from some OF the
y ater-front dives isrd sandbagged by
thugs. who thought he was the pos
lessor OF a large sum of money.
The mnrderers uld moi secure mach
,9in. but they stole watch and chain
AID other iewelry worn BY the unfor-
tunate hsck-driver II was a case
which puzzled the police, IS Cunning
ham WAS known 20 be sharp, shre~d
determined sort OF a fellow. WIN
vas fully capable of taking his
awn part under anv and
hi circumstances. Several OF the hang
srs-on about the low Gives on Front
street were arre> ted, but as there was
rot scintilia of evidence against them
.hey were soon released.
Coroner A. r. DeLin held an in
quest and q large number OF Wit
lesses were examined. but rot
mite OF evidence was adduced to con-
Iect anyone even remotely with the
leath OF Frank Cunningham. so, per
oree. the jury bad no other alterna-
i've but 10 bring verdict 10 the effect
hat Frank Cunningham came
% his death st the hands
Il some party or parties unknown To
he Jury. The homicide was the usual
nine days wonder, ard then went ON
ne list with the mary murder nays
cries which stain the bloody pages of
he criminal annals of Portland.
rHE NAVY Is GETTING THERE.