The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-09
A FLAW IN HIS ALIBL.
Bohn Said to Have Been Seen in
Seattle on Monday.
THE MAN VINO SAYS NE SAW HIM.
VIA secret ssrties yGas whe Had
ksswa Hin-rhs I've osss Re-
leased From JAN.

The police were unusually reticens YES
teruay concerning the DEVELOPMENTS in
the case Of Mrs. Charlotte Fettiug. who
was gagged to death last Monday night 6y
roocer. but there il reason 70 believe
they have made considerable progress.
o.afu sowing the vexed problem.
a statement Was obtained yesterday
nnlca throws doubt on the truth Of Louis
bohn's claim that he was on vashon
stand on the day Of the murder.
lne police have received information,
aitnough they say nothing about it. to the
enecf thaf man who was either Bohr or
MS double, was in Seattle Monday. Sep
semper 4, the day that Mrs. Fetting
preathsd her last The man referred to
vas seen on Second street in front of the
new Chaplin block in the afternoon by C.
>. Clark Mr.. Clark il acquainted
with the Kings end knew Louis
BONN when he worked In the Skookum
oox factory. He had not seen the young
man Tor some time, but on last Monday
afternoon was walking down Second
street from q business engagement near
Pike when he passed young man that he
took for Bohn. He had always known
him ~ Louis King, and was about to
speak. bus the young fellow was walking
rapidly and passed beyond before ne had
time. Tie next morning. after reading
OF the murder. he mentioned TO his wife
that he iaw Young King or Bohn in the
cify. and vas naturally surprised when
the story Of Bohn's abb was printed in
the Posr-lxrKILIsEScER yesterday. He
thought Of the possibility that he might
have mistaken the man. but with his ex-
perience N remembering faces he hardly
credited re aifbi. He was for years in
the United States secret service and also
was police judge in San Francisco for four
years.
Mr.. Clark was found at his cosy residence
on Birch street last night by PosT-IsrKL-
LfGEScEs reporter and asked about the
matter. At first he refused to talk about
1t. but upon learning that the story was in
the possession Of the reporter he acknowi-
edged that he said the morning after the
murder that he saw Louis King or BONN
in the city.
II do not care TO say anything" he
continued, that will injure the young
man or tend to throw suspicion upon him,
but my remark was made to several par
ties before had any idea that he would
claim to have been on Vashon island. You
may rest assured that the papers would
not have got hold of IL If had anticipated
the turn in affairs"
In speaking of BONN and his stepfather,
George King. Mr.. Clark Said he had al
ways thought we'll of them.
Charles j. OFT and his son Charles were
released from the city jail last evening
No explanation was given and they in turn
simply left the unpleasant quarters with
out the slightest hesitation. 1t was
about 80 o'clock that the elder OFT was
brought into Chief Jackson's office, where
one or two Of the detectives were seated
Otis things were given to him and Ne
walked out. His son was then brought up
and the performance was repeated.
The elder OFT has always borne q
good reputation and is an old man
to begin criminal career. His son will
doubtless be able to establish a good
alibi. The statement made in the Posr-
ISTgLLIsEScKR last Wednesday concerning
his coming In from Georgetown with Wal
dron. who has been released by the po-
lice. has been verified by Mr.. Sparks. an
empioye in Taylor's mill.
When the Otis were seen at their home
by reporter they said that they were re-
leased without any explanation, but were
glad enough to get away without question
ing. So far as treatment went they had
no fault to find. The food given them was
eatable. although not very delicate. The
elder OFT suffered some with the cold.
They did not speak as though they in
tended to bring action for false imprison-
ment, and the younger said that he did
not believe they were held long enough TO
give good cause.
Detective Cudihee was out of the city
yesterday in connection with the case.
John Heinrich, jr.. writes to the Posr-
ISrELLI6KycrR that he has known old
Mrs. Fetting and her son for the past
thirty-four years. ever since he left the
cradle. and the OTIS the same length of
time, and says that both families came
from Belvedere, Buffalo county, Wis. He
also says that Ernest Fetting Is q poor
woodchopper and worked hard for the
money which was stolen from his cabin.
Thus the Otis have been lifelong ne
auaintanees. IL not friends. Mr.. Hem
rich's statement that young Festing
earned the stolen money seems TO dispose
of the stories that the money belonged TO
has nanthar