, 1889-01-31
ASHTON'S SURPRISE.
He Reads in the "Review' That
He is Wanted for Murder.
Charged With Completely in {
Portland Killing.
He s.ys q Terrible Mistake Has Been
Msde-Hs Oners TO Surrender
TO Chief warren.

| "A Um0OLu-IHC6u yOuuk AhS1t WV.
eheeis' dressed Ia the height OF fashion
walked up TO Chief Warren yesterday and
said: , .,
derstand that you have warrant for me
for murder, but there must be Q mistake,
= terrible mistake. for | Am not the man"
~ have no warrant for your arrest rs'
piled the chief. .,
'"wsii, Il you want me. here l am"
The chief, however, refused to arrest
A.bton. and vent to the telegraph Office
and cent the following dispatch:
Chief of Police. Portland:
William Ashton Offers to surrender
himself TO me. Wire Instructions.
JOSEPH WARREN.
Ashton on picking up the Review. yes;
terday morning saw his name mentiond
in dispatch from Portland ia connection
with the murder OF Frank CUNNINGHAM,
and that requisition had been issued for
him and several others by GEvernos ZEN ZEN
! noyer Of Oregon, for the killing OF Cun-
ningham. The account Of the affair WAS
published In the Portland Oregonian Of
Friday. The circumstances are a. TEL
A dispatch was received from Marys-
Vile, CAL, at Portland. stating that
"Detactiye" j. d. Woods Of Portland,
| had arrested ct that place one Eta krul.
| a dissolute woman, for completely In the
murder of Cunningham. In Decembs,
| 1887. and stating further that this woman,
| Krull, had seen the man murdered by tue
lover Of another woman OF the town, win
whom she resided.
Governor Pennyor issued acquisitions oa
the governor Of this territory for the de
livery OF Morris Johnson, William Ash
ton and Agnes Woodward. charged with
the murder OF Frank Cunningham.
| II was ascertained that requisition'
were issued to Detective" Fitzsimmon'
and that the woman Krull had formerly
been resident Of q house OF ill.fame IN
Portland, kept BY Agnes Woodward.
Woods and Fitzsimmons have been for
some time employed in working up the
case OF the murder of Cunningham.
| The history of the case. taken from the
| OreQonian, is briefly as follows; On
| Wednesday, the 2lst Of December, 1887,
Frank Cunningham came to Portland
from San Francisco and registed at the
| st. Charles hotel. He at oncs began Q
spree and seemed to have plenty of money,
| which he spent freely, showing large bills
and coins profusely. +.
the Gilman In an intoxicated condition by
q fellow hack driver, G. W. Baker, who
eventually persuaded him to 90 to the St..
Charles and leave his money with tn,
clerk. Harry Adams was night clerk a.
| the st. Charles at the time, and b hu
| CuuninR q ham gave 400 which was locked
| up in the hotel safe. The next day, along
in the afternoon, u messenger boy came 10
the hotel with note purportin9 TO come
from Cunningham, asking for $500. John
Rsll was day clerk, and refused to give up
any of the money, as the note was not &C.
| companied BY the tag which Adams had
given Cunningham. At 4:30 clock that
afternoon Cunningham called 10 person,
| and to bis request for his money, Mr.. Hall,
| ON account OF his intoxicated condition,
only gave him $50. The night was spent
in carousing. and at O'Clock Sunday
| (Christmas) morning, he was seen in com
pany with four other men.
Sunday morning at IL O'Clock he was
found on the wharf at the foot of Taylor
street in a seemingly dying condition. He
was taken to the Good Samaritan hospital,
and died there Tuesday evening, Decem.
ber "a, at AS o'clock. having never re-
covered enough TO communicate or lend
any assistance to the unrsveling Of the
mystery Of his death.
Bruises were found upon bis head. which
| might have been inflicted by . weapon or
a fall. He had only 30 cents about him
when found, and his S79 gold watch had
been broken of.
Thursday the coroner's jury impaneled
"TbSt he came to his death In
this city on December "a, 1887, from the
effects Of q wound inflicted on his head,
which fractured his skull, by q ssndba9 or
similar instrument on December 25, 1887.
at or near tbs foot of Taylor street.
That said wound was inflicted by person
or persons to US unknown"
When the Wood ward woman was in
Jail in Portland it is said she confessed to
Wood some facts in regard to the murder
o. Cunningham, and informed him that
the Krull woman knew all about it. Chief
of Police Parish of Portland did not con-
slider it advisable to take any steps in this
matter till the Krull woman could be
found, and after much trouble she was 10
Gated at Marysville, aud Wood was sent
after her.
As soon as be had arrested her. he tele-
graphed to Chief Parish that she had made
. full confession. and for him to have
Agnes u.,,! woodward, Morris Johnson
persons being in Washington terri
tory, Fitzsimmons was sent TO Salem
for requisitions, and. in some way,
the fact Of them being issued was made
public, Under these circumstances It Was
supposed that the parties had been arrest
ed; and these news was telegraphen to
Seattle. On inquirinR Of Chief Parrish in
regard to the matter, 1t was found that
Fitzsimmons had gone to Olympia with
the acquisitions to get warrant for the
arrest Of the parties and that they were all
at large. A request that the dispatch be
suppressed was at once telearaphed to
Seattle. and word came back that the par
tiss we're already alarmed; that Agnes
Wood ward had been caught: that Ashton
was at Spokane Falls and could aot 90.
cape, and that johnson. it was supposed,
had gone to Victoria.
Ashton, however. did not know ything