The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-12

with the theory OF murder for money.
and indicates that revenge was at least
partially the motive
No warrants have been sworn out in
connection with the case. but from In
formation obtained In the neighhorhood
that there had been trouble between the
dead man and his neighbors. Fred and
Charley Kindling. two well-known char
acters OF bad reputation. the young men
were placed under arrest and lodged in
the county jail. To the world they are
simply held as witnesses. but In reality
Il Is on suspicion OF having teen con-
nectsd with this most horrible crime. The
young men Indignantly deny any knowi-
edge OF the affair. and claim that all they
want il an investigation as soon as pos
sihie IA order that they may establish
their innocence,
As related In the Post-Intelligenoer yes
terday morning Coroner Askam and Dep
uty sheriff Mccory started for Sunny
dale as soon as tho news of the discov-
cry of Stokes body was made known by
w. s. Clark and John Leggett. two
friends % the dead man. They reached
the vleInity of Stokes house about >
o'clock Ia the morning. but were COM
PEELED 20 forego an extended inyestiga-
ton until the break of day.
Where tho Funeral Pyre Was.
II was then found that the house occu-
pied by stokes was very respecthle-
looking ene-and-a-Aalf story frame dwell
ing. facing east and west. heavy
growth Of brush and high ferns came up
within forty feet of #. From the front
door leading Ia sodtheasteriy direction
was the trail that led 10 the little creek
where stokes always took his morning
hath. on either side OF the trait the I'M
derhrush VAS thick and, SO FAR As would
be observed at a casual glance. no side
Il .Ha a.sssa
from the creek AMI perhaps a sriae more
than twenty feet Within the dense brush.
on a sort OF sidehili was found the place
where stokes body had been concealed. .
The first glance showed that the flends
who had placed the old man under logs.
bark and ferns. had done their work in
a manner that would have dore credit 10
the rend who chose Emanuel church at
San Francisco as a scene for his bloody
work
First the body had been laid upon It's
back on the ground and then a collection
Of dry roots that formed a covering about
thrse feet in thickness had been pla FED in
position. GA ton 81 this had 1een piled
twelve or fifteen logs. s 70 a inches in
diameter and from : to rs feet in length.
Up the sidchrl and held "a place by the
mass OF logs mentioned. was one sts feet
through that wcsld have been release
had ,he others barred away.
At me Hnaef Slde OF me Pile OF logs
Coroner Asksm discovered the remains
Of ERE that evidently has hen p l,lt with
the express purpose 81 incinerAting the
hody Fortune had &C. however that he
flames burned only enough - Scorch the
fsee neck and hands As II guided hv
some unknown power the flames then
went out. leaving the logs burned Just
enough 90 afford sight ~ the body.
Careful sNarllua Ion vas made 20 hnd
II tracks could DE traced IN from fhe trail
bat beyond broken fern or two nothing
tangible was discovered From the con.
ditinn 81 the woods. however. 81 was evil
dent that the aends had collected the
roots from points sti'' sur'her distant.
AFTER making MISREPRESENTATION the coroner
had the logs thrown OF and stokes re-
mains were visible as a whole. The man
,sv rat On MS hack. dressed Sra a heavy
brown woolen shirt. cheap trousers q