The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-07
WHO DID THE DEED?
The Otis and Waldron Set Up
q Plausible AIibi.
IS THE MURDERER STILL FRsEa


FeffIng il giving the police food ior
skought and the sheoTist ~ opportunity
20 exercise bis ingenuity. Yet The case
exhibits certain pecalisr1ties whieh aid
greatly in the ISOLATION Of the problem and
may fairly be expected 70 fasten the guilt
On the rigat parEiss- TIE shack . which
ahs deed vas cofafnitted 10 50 rsapreten-
tious. syszs fudsly constructed. aud the
surroundings are 50 uaattrAetsys That
those looking for cribs % crack" would
have never gwen u o thought oniy some
person veil acquainted with the occupants
and their 6nGnces would have come 20 the
httle building with ehloroforsn and gag.
ready TO choke tina old woman until
tie deadly drug had rendered her liz
senssbls and the m0nsy could be taken
from It's hiding place, and only person
who was recognized By her would have
thought st necessary 70 murder her In o.
der to concsas his guilt. Information has
been collected - 10 the thrss Imprisoned
suspects on the nlgnf Of the murder which
pretty clearly establishes an allbs for
them. and IL locks as though the police
would have to look further ahegd for the
real faurdsrers. only two or three other
persons besides the three now in jail knew
81 the existence of the gold in the trunk.
and among these arb Louis BONN and
King. the Tacoma relatives Of the dead
wonl RI.
The police have had no trouble in ind
Ing out the motive OF the crime and are
now working 10 trace the crime home TO
tbs right party or parties. The three sus-
poets. Charles J. OFT, his SON Charles and
Stephen A. Waldron. are still held in the
city jail. but unless there have been de-
veicpmenss OF character Significant TO
the police and unknown 20 the outside
world. they stand sii excellent chance Of
proving where they were on the night OF
the tragedy, and thus diserting suspicion
70 others who knew that the gold double
eagles were concealed In the trunk. The
prisoners were visited Yesterday Dy T. V.
Eddy. Of Everett. who las been engaged
ss counsel by Mr. OFT for himself and son.
and By Mr.. Waldron Tor his son Stephen.
Young Waldron was visited Dy his
brother Edward in the afternoon,
and stated thai be he had no fear as 10
the outcome of the case. His story. to-
fethsr with that of Young Charles or. is
In the hands OF the police, but another
account OF tho movements OF the young
men on the fatal evening vas obtained
yesterday afternoon from Mrs. l.. c.
Waldron and Miss Fedora WaIdron.
They SAY that Stephen waIdron and
Charles Or were 1t the home OF the
former near Georgetown on the evening of
the murder until about 0 30 O'Clock Then
they took a car and came TO the city. get
ting OF ON South Third street In front Of
the Great Northern saloon. There they
met Al Pinyan, friend who lives mt 1919
Judkins street. and the three went into
the Great Northern saloon. where Waldron
10. nm old pair Of trousers that
he had left behind the bar sew
eral days previous. From that sa-
loon they walked toward the Grant
street bridge. stopping in q few moments
~ the Antwerp saloon at the corner Of
South Seventh and King streets. After
reaching Edward Waldron's house, 1854
South Tenth street. at about 10 o'clock,
they commenced TO play cards. The game
Was carried on until midnight, when
Pinyan went home. Pinyan, who had
gone In tho morning 10 hop ranch, re.
turned In time to tell the reporter OF his
meeting the young men as they got off the
car and of their subsequent movements as
related by Mrs. Waldron. John Baltes,
night bartender OF the Great Northern
saloon, said last evening that the three
came into the saloon on Monday night and
remembered distinctly when Waldron came
around the end of the bar aud took the
bundle. At that time ne did not know
what was Ia IL. but Waldron said. rs ne
picked IL up. that IL contained pair OF
pants. AZ the Antwerp saloon the night
bartender and another man, who refused
70 give his maine, said that Waldren. OF
and Pinyan came into the saloon during
the evening, they did not know what time,
but Judged that It might be- between g:s0
and 1880. and shook the dice for the
drinks. Theta could be no mistake about
their identity, because they knew the
young men.
III the evidence OF Mrs. Isabelle Wal.
dron. mother of stephen Waldron, who is
in Jail. is 10 have any weight, there /. no
doubt that her son and young Ols were in
Georgetown on the evening that Mrs. Fot-
ting met her death Mrs. Wasaron is a
MISUNDERSTANDING woman and spoke YES
tersiay afternoon about the arrest OF her
son IN plain, straightforward msn.
ner. She regrets that circumstances havs
put hiia ia prison. bat is SO confident that
his Incarceration witt be Of short duration
asked II she vas positive that Siephan
Waldron was in Georgetown until $50
o'clock Monday evening. she replied: Il
am his mother. lie was In my sight.
ought 10 know where he waS"
While the eeuversa ten was going on
Mrs ots came over 10 tind out the news
from tha prisoners at the iafl. Report had
IL that the elder oss Was NOT bearing the
imprisonment well and that his son could
not eat Mrs. ott was prisoner herself
until o'clock Tuesday night. when for
some reason the guard that had been sta
toned 20 watch the house Was removed.
Size does rot think her husband and son
viii be held in jail many days. aud be-
Iieyes the police will aud the real murderer
% murieFsss. As she lcaksd at The rough
bosrt shack that had caused her family 50
much trouble. abe remarked:
Well, this Is What one gets ior helping
other people. The lettings said they d,i
net have doilaF TO their names aud We
lea them bnild their shack on eur isad free
al reat Trouble comes and we are pointed
cat &C the very irst"
ssIf the deed Was done before q ~ o'cleek
would your husband have been likely 10
have hsrSd aay cutlery that might have
been made - was asked.
Wei. don't think SO. she replied
because be goes 70 bed WITH the chickens.
o. AZ least that - The Nay ais avs speak
81 him. he goes to bed 50 early. lie VISA
10 he'd ~ o'clock that night and all the
rest at the family we're asleep before . ~
We heard no sounds. and deaht II Mrs.
kssgang yelled loud enough 10 have rs hear
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