The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-06
THE OTIS ARRESTED.
Suspected Of the Murder Of Old
Mrs. Fetting.
THEY KNEW ABOUT The MONEY.
Young Charley ofs and csmpsniea
ronBa Alone I'm . cabin-Theori.s
Csncsrning the Mystery.

South Seattle MONDAY night SUI Fefnasns
nearIy rs deep mystery 90 IL vas within
two hours OF the discovery Of the body OF
the unforsunate woman On the floor Of her
cabin at 1 o'clock yesterday morning
Three arrests have been made 80 Tar. but
st Is thoughs by those most familiar with
the facts Of the murder that the men now
In the city jail on charges OF suspicion are
not ths guilty parties. What the theory
OF the police 10 they have not seen 1T 10
diyuIge aud et the coroner's inquest last
night II was carefully kept in the back
ground.
After making an examination OF the
premises yesterday morning, after they
had arrived at the cabin where the muir
dered woman lay In her own blood. Detec-
tives cudihee and Philbrick and Lieut.
Osborn at once began 20 hunt for the per-
retrators OF the crime. As 10 was known
that the OFT family were the only persons
knowing OF the money being In the trunk
In the Fetting cabin suspicion 80 once
rested upon them. Phiibfick and Osborn
went 30 the house and began plying its
occupants with questions. 0tt. who Is an
old German about IS years OF age, was
piled with questions, but he was IN bed
and seemed to take but little interest In
the affair, and IL was only after
some time that il was discovered
that young Charley OFT. q youth
OF Is years. was missing. His parents
ssisi that be had gone logging. Presently
Detective Cudlhee learned that young OFT
had been running around all day with a
chun of his named stephen A. Waldron,
young man about q years old.
Detective rndlhee slipped out quietly
and soon returned with both boys. having
arrested them in the house OF young
Wsidron's brother. who. with his young
wife and baby, lives few rods north of
the Fefsing cabin. The boys protested
innocence snd claimed TO have only heen
Sleeping together because young Wal
df0n's brother aud his wifs were away
from home and the boy did not like to
STAY alone.
Young Charlie OFT told Cudihee that his
father told him that Fetting had about
$500 in his trunk That was all that could
be gotten out OF them. After satisfying
himself that no more could be learned
from them. cudiheo took the boys TO the
OFT house. The old man sas still in bed
and paid no attention TO the new arrivals.
The boys sat down and appeared indffer-
ent and there seemed TO be danger of the
whole party proving failure from lack
of conversational powers. when the officers
started to debate the question. Young
ott became sleepy pretty soon. and pulling
of his coat started to go 20 bed. lie did
not do so. however. for the officers decided
TO take the two boys and the old man to
headquarters. ott was notified of his ar
rest aud ordered TO get up and dress.
He did so without saying word. Young
OFT resumed his coat, and the trio of Off
GERS and an equal number of prisoners
filed out OF the house without any demon
stration of any kind. Not a word was ex-
changed between the suspects. and they
seemed TO look upon being arrested for
murder as q commonplace occurrence, al
though they we're evidently nervous. They
were all silent, and did not even address
each other. At police headquarters they
were searched and locked up in separate
cells. Since the cell door shut behind
them at 4 clock yesterday morning they
have been dead to the world.
Shortly after o'clock, and when IL was
beginning TO be light, the police and
Ernest Fetting. the son of the murdered
woman, and James King. her son-fn-iaw,
went back TO the cabin, from which the
body had just been removed by the coro-
ner. A careful search was made OF the
cabin and many new discoveries made.
The dead woman's son picked up tooth
from the floor and showed IL to the officers
crying out that IL was his mothers, the
only one she had had. Among the rags
saturated with blood found on the floor
was one. -four sack made into towel
and hemned by a machine, which Fettine
identified as being from the outside. His
mother. he said, had had no machine, and
oil of her towels and clothing were made
by hand.
In the pocket Of one of his mother's
dresses he made another discovery. This
was her purse containing the keys To tie
trunks in the room. few eoppers and n
couple Of s. gold pieces. But the last ants
most important discovery was a bottle OF
chioroforEn with a piece of the cork still in
tho neck and the contents untouched. This
chioroform throws new light upon the
crime aad may I've the clue which is TO
lead 10 the detection OF the murderers
The bottle Is peculiarly shaped one. con.
vex on one side and coneavs ON the other.
ga the concave side the corners of the bot
tie are beveled. while on the other they have
been lefs square. The bottle is of clear glass
aad Will contain about two ounces. ON
The bottom the letters A. q. Co. are
blown on the glass. showing il 10 be az the
American Glass Company's manufacture.
Al traces ot the label had been carefully
removed. The significance OF this fact
will appear later.
As 10 the time Of the night the crime
was committed nothing definite has vet
heen learned, although II is now thought
that the deed vas done earlier in the nigh,
than VAS as FIRST supposed Several blood.
soaked rags found ON the floor were stiff.
ened aud ary at O'Clock yesterday morn.
ina sad the blood upon the corpse and
upon tho furniture was also eoneealed.
Ths principal reason for placing the hour
early in the might Is that on the synall
beach between the head Of Mrs. Fsttinr's
hed and the stove was found a teacup ial.
81 some fluid, FesstnE upon being asked
sa1d THAI tiis Was drink that his mother
always took upon going 10 bed as a med.
cine. When he sud hts hsothrr.sn.lAw
King. went away at o'clock In the even.
Ing this mixture had been prepared hy the
Gid lady, hGs abe had aas vet taken IL an!
II MAS on the table at the foo; of the bed
Upon going 80 Bed Mrs Fettsns uanst have
;sken the cup from the table ana Sc, !,
slaAn on the bench. where is was touaa
she vas accustomed 10 retire ssrlv. bn.
she had evidently net been asleen when
she gos up To let her mRrderrrs in. a. she
weald have taken tie medicine before
dropping asleep This, together With TIA
blood being found 80 much eoagealea.
makes il probable that the crime Was com.
mltsca econ after the woman retired a;
about A'oiork