The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-02
NOT DURRANTS WORK
Horrible Murder of Another
San Francisco Woman.
MuTiLATEo AND OUTRAGED.
She WINS a state Senator's Friend, but
He Didn't DO Tt-suspfcfon
Rests on Jap.


l,al crime. bearing some Tes@u olance 70
the horrible tragedies OF Emanuel church.
was uneaEtflsd this afternoon by the dis
roEery that Miss Nellie HaTrlngto ton. aged
D. VINO occupied an upper fiat at 19l4
Ellis street. had been outraged and muir
Cered ia hsr bedroom. she door locked
and her clothing and the furniture o. the
apartment then set on Gre. All the draw
ers and boxes in the room were open and
had been ransacked. several articles OF
5ezweify and her purse having been
STOLEN. Several dodgers occupy rooms IN
a1e fiat. bit none saw strs myers about
or heard any unusual sounds Atfen ton
was flrgt attracted By s-1oke issuing
from Miss H2--fng con'S rooms. " hen
her door was broken open the bedding,
piled III the center % the room, was found
20 be on FIRE. and beneath the shoulder
ing clothes was the biood-sfained body
OF Miss Harrington. The lower part OF
her body was badly burned but the face
had escaped the flames.
The murder gas particularly brutal.
flab wounds were found all over the nm
fortunate wonan's pody and on her face.
Her taw was broken. The theory OF the
police IL that while a thief was in the
room Miss Harring ton entered The man
then murdered and assaulted her. set
FIRE to the bedding to conceal his ctTu1e,
and. after footing the room. escaped.
locking the door aud carrying OF the
key.
Miss Harrington has a broher. Joseph.
who resides Ia Sacramento aaud a sister.
Irs. j. A. Jackson, 10 whom, by will
discovered in ner room, she bequea thed
her property. Bank books with deposits
aggregating 500 were found, but there
vas no trace OF Si00 in gold which Afiss
Harrington had IN her possession al neon
today Nelghbors say that Miss Harring-
ton had frequent caller. who was ae-
eustouad q, drive 20 her fat. a buggy
was noticed Ia front OF her residence
this afternoon. Miss Harrington rented
aoonls and &, Il said that japanese
vsaa a ledger last night. He left the Tat
today and the pollce are looking for him.
r. Kauo a Japanese who roomed in the
house has been arrested, pending inves-
figasion of the murder. He had key 10
the front door, aud his face was slightly
burned lie explained the burns by say
ing that while mending "A defective gas
burner in the store where he is employed
he turned on the gas 20 test II and lighted
a match. An explosion followed. which
burned his face. This happened three
weeks ago Nothing further Of an In
eliminating nature was found about him.
The police are looking for State Senator
Iiuck OF Soiano county. that he may ex-
plain his connection with the murdered
woman A photograph OF Buck was found
OF the house identify II az that OF the only
man who called 10 see Miss Harrington.
They saw that the man whose photograph
was found called frequently on her and
took her out driving.
The autopsy or tho remains OF Miss
Harrington was made at the mor'gue to-
rl-l1t 1t showed tlyrt the attaclr ON the
unfortunate woman was a most ferocfoils
one and thai DEATH must have come
quickly. The skull was almost In pulp.
and the examining surgeon is OF the opin-
ton that THE wounds were made with fale
blunt end of a hatcfgef or gpsGniner The
lack OF the head WAS almost carried away
by the first asCw. and the succeeding
stroke buried tho head of the instrument
in the forehead. Another broke dhe left
law ard a CHANGING blow cut tho throat.
All in all IL L. one of the worst cases OF
butchery that Or. Barnett has Vet had 10
tnvestigate The woman. In the opinion
az tIlle physician vas dead before her
body was set Oh fire. so chat torture was
ep,ared her.
When the circumstances OF the horrible
murder became known upon the streets
many people commented upon the simil-
Srity IL bears TO the murders OF Minnie
Williams and blanche Lamont Theodore
Durrant. who is under arrest for these
two crimes. also noted the similarity.
Durrant expressed himself freely upon
the atrocity lie said: 81 could not help
but remark how much todays murder is
like the two OF which am accused. The
same elements appear in all three crimes.
There is manifest In all the same brutal
ity with which their lives We're taken.
the same shockin mutilation OF the
bodies, and the same mysterious disap-
pearance of the murderers. | suppose II
] were outside OF these walls the police
would try and fasten this crime upon
me"
The police found Senator Buck tonight
in his homo at Alameda. lie went with
an officer TO take q train TO San Fran
cisco. While driving 10 the station their
vehicle MAS upset and Buck and the Of
fcer were thrown out. Buck was ser
iously injured ana IS suffering from con-
cussion Of the brain lie was taken back
50 his home where he now IS II ia stat
cd that Senator Buck was az his home
today between the hours OF II and 3
o'clock. AS II is known that the murder
vas committed between II and o'clock.
the alibi is complete.