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

body of Charlotte Fetting was discovered
in her little shack in South Seattle. minus
the blood and dead body. a general survey
OF the place was enough 10 convince the
most skeptlcal that the murder had not
been committed in the house. Everything
was upside down from top to bottom. but
circumstances which Indicate a fight or
struggle were wanting. Then again there
was not a trace OF blood about the house
The coroner measured the house and
found that II was 16x2+ feet, one and a half
stories high. and divided into two rooms on
the ground floor and one on the upper.
The last mentioned room was used by Mr..
Stokes as a sleeping apartment and con.
tanned his trunk. The bed had been hauled
over and the mattress pulled out OF place.
showing that the searchers were after
money Rugs and several pairs Of trous
ers had been thrown hastily on the bed and
the pockets of the trousers had been pull
ed out The trunk had been opened. bu,
II contained papers principally. which the
murderers evidently did not care about.
Down stairs the store room. which occu-
pies the west half of the house. was n
scene OF terrible disorder. hut strange to
say all OF the dead mans valuable survey
ing instruments and fine double harness
were there.
Under tho stairs that star. near the
front door was found little closet that
thrown out. There was lot of old clothes
taken from this pace and thrown hastily
on the kitchen floor. Each garment had
been ransacked as II the searcher was af-
ter a hidden sack OF gold.
on top of the stove was found mix
ture OF -four and milk. such as the ranch
ers in that section say Stokes ate for
breakfast. The stove contained the re-
mains OF a Are. and the damper was open.
as II the last legitimate occupant of the
place had been cooking a meal There
was also a pan containing some milk, ON
the wall hung two shotguns. that had
probably not been used for some time.
In search Of the Murierers.
Coroner Askam had the dead body
placed in "A wagon. and then sought for evil
dence which would connect any person
with the crime. on inquiring as to the
neighbors he learned that Fred and
Charles KindltrE. two young men aged
respectively q and ~ were practically the
nearest John Lergett said that Stokes had
told him not long ago that he had ordered
the kinding boys of his place. other evil
dence was obtained which in general
seemed - show that the relations between
stokes and thu boys was not as pleasant
as 1t mieht have been.
The coroner and Deputy sheriff McCory
decided 20 take a trip over 60 the Kindlng
boys house. Notwithstanding the idea ex-
pressed ny some that Il would nc hazard
Gus 60 attempt 20 arrest them.
1--WE Suspects Arrested.
As 81 turned out. however. the young
men we're found Al breakfast and as they
came 20 the door with chunk o. meat in
one hand and knife IN the other AicCorx
asked ID a man named Thomas was there
The next moment NcC0gy was In the
house. and quick as a fash had the hand
cuffs on both % the &C eupaDts- The house
was searched. and THO shotguns. a twelve
and ten-gauge. found. In the twelve
gauge was q she'll that had been dis
charged Some buCkshot was also found
The prisoners wanted - know why they
were arrested. and II there TAD been
shooting hut McCory told then he would
let them know later. When they reached
the dead wagon they learned that II con
tained stokes body. one OF the boys
asked II ne had been shot. and received
reply IN the Affirmative. Nothing more
was said, ana she party returned 20 the
city. arriving about 80 oclock IN the
morning.
The kin3urss were taken Immediately
70 the county jail and locked up by Jailsr
Burkn1An tn separate rooms. while the re
mains OF stokes were taken 20 Butter
woFth's undertaking rooms. pending an
autopsy this morning The inquest viii
thea follow tomorrow
NccorVi 90 the kindlinc~.
Fred and Charles ksnallus are young
me-, h1l SUI asve cone enough IL this
section - acquire the reputation 81 he-
ins bad men. Fred Was arras ,e4 Feb
rGAFy "a. ISL. fer roohiag the past
AZ Christopher. lie was CONFESSED aat