The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-08
Il ALIBI FOR BONN.
|Surfher Reduction in the List
Of Murder Suspects
DUNG waLoRon IS RELEASED.
-. Comes TO the City asd Shows
-. n. Wa Hunting ON yashsn IsI-
..d-The Mysterious Bottis-

-. ,~mains of Mrs. Charlotte Fetting
-. ,,ried Yesterday In Mount Pleasant
.s.s.tsrv hat the hand which IL responsi-
- - her death still remains hidden.
a. poIice have followed every clue TO the
a bat 10 all Of their efforts mp 10 date
sssre seerss 70 be an unsatisfactory end
3. ca far M one has appeared who can
fbrou any light on the two-ouncs bottle
q ~hlcroforrn or the Iittls black and white
~herk .lIk handkerchief. both Of which
-. left in the shack and evidently be-
S s..-ed 10 the murderer. As was inti-
49, would be the case yesterday morn
,r~ Stephen waldron was given his
lssevtv IN the afternoon on the strength OF
IL abb before outlined in the PosT-ls-
ertrsesxcrx The great surprise OF the
40. however, was the appearance OF
f1u,s Bohn. the nephew Of Mrs. Charlotte
vstfinr. who was known TO be eognizant
= ths whereabouts OF the stolen gold and
no rested under slight suspicion.
ue.crtive Cudihec went TO Tacoma
Wednesday afternoon to find Bonn. but
aenyned that he was out Of the city on
kunfinx trip. One of Bohn's brothers
srrsed 10 bring him back, and roxed 10
Jashon island, where he found him In
eo1pany with Walter Reece. Otto Schu-
krs and man who goes by the name OF
Jack the Ripper" oniearning the news
d Mrs. lettings death they returned 10
Tacoma Immediately and met Detective
Cudihee. Bohn gave an account OF MS
whsreapouts in such satisfactory manner
that there was no ground for his arrest on
suspicion. He said that he left Tacoma
Monday afternoon about o'clock and
had not been off Vashon island until
Wednesday, when he received the news
Of the tragedy. At his own choice he ar
companied Cadihee TO this city and
spent the greater part OF yesterday
afternoon in going over the ground in the
vicinity of the tragedy with Chief of Police
Jackson and Detective Cudihee. When
ssen by Posr-1FTELuoEscEa reporter. he
talked freely about where he had been and
what he was dong last Monday. He was
also questioned about George King, the Is
yssr-oId son Of his stsp-father. and replied
that he did not think the boy could have
been In Seattle. rs he was IN trouble in
Tacoma At that time over q pair Of opera
fsmes.
Bohn's explanation Of hts whereabouts
Ms given much more weight last night by
Information from Acting Chief of Police
Dsvsrangh and Detective Smith, of Ia
coma. They were in the city during the
day and before leaving remarked that
here vas not the slightest doubt that
Bonn was on Vashon island Monday
night. This, coming from such q source,
completely upsets the theory advanced by
some people, and otherwise than eliminat-
Ing one person from the list Of suspects,
lesves The police more in the dark than
ever They still hold the Otis in jail,
aliAeagh it is probable that the elder may
hfyIeased.
nsective Cudihee expected to leave the
ely again last night on some business con-
Bected with the case. IL 10 thought he
- some clue as to the place where the
kitie of chloroform was purchased. The
bttie Is what is known as the Washington
nal and is said TO be used more in Tacoma
nan Seattle.