The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-14
4 THIRST FOR BLOOD.
The Explanation Of the Murder
Of Joseph Nadir.
EVIDENCE AGAINST WATERMAN.
The Aeeused Isdian's Irthssmea WIN
Testify Against Him-Psshesie In
eidenss Of the Gaze.

The arrest Of Charley Waterman m H.
dian of the Skookum reservation. on the
charge of numbering Joseph Nadir. the
Syrian peddier, on November last near
Hoodsport - :he result Of careful detective
work begun soon after the commission Of
the crime. and, ii the crime should on trial
be brought home TO Waterman. viii bring
to light . remarkable instance of murder
without an apparent motive
Nadir had been . resident Of Seattle for
nearly one year. engaged IS . pedd.er OF
women's fancy goods, and made periodical
trips in sparsely settled districts along
Puget sound. He was . years cid, had
most genial disposition and such sunny
nature that he had enasared himself TO ali
his countrymen. Of whom there Is quite
colony 10 Seattle: hence 1t vas known
that be had not an enemy in any direction
and particularly an enemy desiring his
death. His untimeiy taking of created
great sensation in the Syrian colony. and
the matter vas brought to the attention OF
the Turkish minister At Washington City.
who at once ordered . searching invessiga-
ton to be started by George Hall, the
Turkish consul at San Francisco. This
has been in progress since
the killing. and Mr.. Halls efforts were
materially aided by Joseph A. AcDocaid.
prosecuting attorney OF Mason county,
located as Shelton. and their combined
labors, according TO yesterdays dispatch,
have evidently resulted in securing evil
dence against the Indian to warrant his
arrest on the charge Of numbering Nadif.
The story of the killing is best told by
z. A. Mafrige, whose place on Third
street the Syrians make a headquarters.
and who went after the body the day Of
the shooting. Nadir and Syrian COM
panion named X. Cafuri, now at Shelton
detained as q witness, left Seattle together,
each carrying pack Of goods. They went
to Hood canal and visited the various
ranchers and Indians, trading at each hut
and house. It was still early in the morn
ing when they reached Indian Charley
Watermans house and exposed their
wares to Waterman's squaw. Charley
was then at home. and while the two men
were still exhibiting their wares. Indian
Charley picked up his rife and quietly left
the house. Shortly after that. say half an
hour, Nadir and Csfuri lett and followed .
trail along the Skokomish river with
heavily wooded timber close up to the
water side. Cafuri was in the lead with
Nadir about fifteen feet in his rear, each
carrying his pack. When only short
distance from Waterman's house and
mile from Hoodsport, CafuH heard
a shot close by and turned around In time
to sec his best friend fall with blood
gushing from his mouth. When Cafuri
reached his side. Nadir's lips alone
quivered and then all was still The ball
had passed through his body from side to
side on a line with the heart and killed
him instantly.
Cafuri, thinking they were ambushed,
ran back to Hoodsport and reported the
occurrence to the officials, and the re-
mains were brought first to Hoodsport,
then to Seattle. The officers in that To-
caiity at once instituted a search for q
motive 10 the killing. As Nadir was not
alone, if robbery was intended, the killing
of his companion, Cafuri, should have
followed; hence many were found to ex-
press al opinion that the killing was the
result of stray shot fired from the dense
forests at some animal. Those who be-
lieved in this theory, however, were few,
the majority of the people limiting at
murder and strongly snspecting Indian
Charley o! having done the deed out o.
pure devilishness. This suspicion was
strengthened by Chariey's subsequent
words and action. He was tho very
fra: to give the news Of the
killing to those in his neighborhood; and
when questioned about his whereabouts at
the coroner's inquest, he claimed that at
the time of the shooting he Vas drunk and
at Uniontown, some six to eight miles
from Hoodsport This is known TO have
been false. and to strengthen the case
against him witnesses have been secured
TO prove threats made by Indian Charley
against other Indians should they dare
reveal what he told them about the kill
ing.
The pathetic side to the unsimeiy death
Of young Nadir lies in the broken hearted
child widow left back In Syria to mourn
the loss of her sole protector. Nadir's
home is in Lebanon, Syria. where his wild
owed mother still resides with three
younger daughters. Three and a half
years ago the youth Nadir. with the bride of
a day and two sisters. all full of hope and
plans for the future. left their native coun-
try on the Mediterranean and came to
America, locating in Omaha Two
years ago the child wife OF Joseph
Sadir gave birth 10 twins. boys,
and in order TO insure the best of care for
her the young husband sent her back 10
be cared for by his mother in Syria. Four
months later the two little boys died. and
the afflicted mother eouid not tie induced
to leave the vicinity of their twin graves
TO return TO her husband. and since then
Joseph had contsnted himself TO work
here until his savings would justify his
returning 10 his wife and mother. The
two sisters OF The dead man are still here.
and their future movements will be deter-
mined by instructions from their mother
IN Syria who IS reported as being we'll off.
The hearing OF Indian Charley will take
place IN a iew days. and If he is held. ~
expected, the trial promises TO be the cele-
bxatet case OF Mason county.
Suspected of Ste alfng Tackle.
l~an1er Anderson. aged 10 years was