The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-14
KILLING OF STOKES.
Charge Of Murder Entered
Against the Kindlings.
INQUEST AGAIN POSTPONED.
Missing Watches May Prove Valuable
Evidence - Thomas Denies His
step-Mother's Story.

The arrest OF Fred ana tfartSS kin1lfng
on suspicion of numbering Ransom Stokes
was yesterday followed by the entering Of
the definite charge against them Ii was
Intended 10 hold the inquest yesterday af-
ternoon at Butterworth's undertaking
rooms. but in accordance with a request
from Prosecuting Attorney HASTE a con-
tinuance was granued until next Tuesday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock, when il is thought
some pertinent facts will be brought out.
AS soon as the action OF the coroner was
announced, Deputy Sheriff McCory went
10 the prosecuting attorneys Office. where
a complaint charging the Kindling boys
with the deliberate and premeditated muir
der Of Ransom Stokes was drawn up.
Later this was signed before Justice OF
the Peace McElwain. but for some unex
planned reason the warrants were not
served. In the meantime the prisoners
are chatting under the restraint OF prison
bars, and express regret that the inquest
was postponed.
From yesterdays developments there is
good reason to believe that the parties
who killed Stokes made a fatal mistake.
that very one which invariably figures as
the great factor in running down crini-
nails. The dead man had two watches, ac-
coriing 10 the best evidence obtainSble,
cheap silver one and the other filed gold
case While il may be possible that these
watches were overlooked when the honss
was searched by Coroner Askam and
Deputy Sheriff McCory, yet the presump-
ton is the other way. Conceding that the
watches were taken. there is a probability
that they were either pawned or concealed
about the place where the murderers
lived
The coroner and McCory will go to Sun
nydale today for the purpose of makins
more extended investigation of Stokes
house and the surrounding country.
Archie Thomas, the young man that
Mrs Jennie Martin, formerly his step
mother. said was probably mixed up in
the case If the kindlings had anything TO
do with IL, was in the city yesterday after
noon. Although Mrs. Martin has said that
her former stepson was a bad boy, his
looks do not bear out her statement He
is TALL rather slender, has brown eyes.
medium dark hair, and his skin has been
Drowned by exposure to the suns hot
rays. When questioned by a reporter
about having made the statement two
years ago that he thought old man Stokes
ought to be killed for his money, he re-
piled:
Il will swear positively that I never
made such statement. 1t is true that my
step-mother Mrs. Martin, and I did not
get along we'll. In fact. would not stay
at the house with her. She says that put
up job on her. or tried to do such a
thing. The fact remains just the same.
that she had little machine sent her that
turned out greenbacks, or papers that imi-
tated them
is IL fact" asked the reporter, that
your fatner came TO marry Mrs. Martin
through the paRer known as The Heart
and Hand'?"
Well yes, I cannot deny that" he re-
piled ''One day she drove I'D to our
n0uSA a ri 60
off with her. and they got married. She
came out here from Old Orchard St.
Louis county. Mo-"
Have you been intimate with the
skindling boys?'
Il don't think you could say that
nave know them and have done busi-
ness with them to some extent while
ago they wanted to sell me a shotgun.
which / did not purchase. The Sunday
before the Fourth OF July / cut Charlie
kln9lings' hair, and on the night of the
Fourth he slept at my house. l have
been working for Mart Berry. whose
place is about a mile from us july 3 I
WIS al Berry's all day, but on the Fourth.
after I had done up the chores in the
morning | went over home, and remained
the greater part of the day Then I
went back 70 Berry's in time 20 do the
chores in the evening. About O'Clock
Charlie Kindlfng came along and I told
IL my little brother Rolly had come home
from Seattle. where he went 10 spend the
holiday. kindling accompanied me home.
and we sat up until IL o'clock waiting
for Rolly. He did not come and, as II
was too late &c go 10 the city after him,
l decided TO go TO bed. 1 told Kindling
there was plenty OF room. and he might
as we'll turn in. too. The next morning
I went back 10 Berry's. and did some
work About noon I went over home
again. and found that my little brother
had returned from the city all right
Michael Kelly. OF South Park, who was
the founder OF Sunnydale. was also IN
the city yesterday afternoon. and stated
that he felt sure Archie Thomas was not
the bad boy Mrs. Martin had painted
Coroner Askam received a dispatch last
night from Mrs. Jane Stokes. Of Bristol,
VI. In which she asked that the remains
Of her son he sent 10 Bristol Il possible.
They have been placed in a Theoretically
sealed easket and can be forwarded IL
Mrs Stokes still thinks best. Word will
be sent her a s 10 the actual condition OF
the body.
Deputy Sheriff McCory is trying 10 find
out something about a harness he found
IN the Kinding boys house. The rosette
has the initial w"