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

sent to the penstentiary March 81. lAsi.
for one year.
: Charles Kindiing was arrested Decem-
Der Is. 1890 for burglary committed in
this city. Conviction followed. and on
FEBRUARY 8 IseL he was sent 10 Nana
walla for six months.
The next time these young men APP
peared on the scene OF action was dur
ing the celebrated Champagne robbery
case" which WIS run down by ex-C!ty
Detective Roberts. All the champagne
was recovered, or at least a good por-
ton of II. and the gang. which inciudei
watson Olds, alias irish" now In Jail
at wnateom, was jailed. The kindlings
were found in shack out in the woods.
Detective Roberts held them ID with
gun, although they tried to get the drop
on him. and held them until Deputy
Sheriff Jack NJ Donald came 70 mis- re-
lief. The Kiudliuzs denied that hey ever
attempted to draw gun, but the evil
dence was the other way.
Both AIIexe Their Innocence.
When a Post-InteIligencer reporter saw
Charles kindiihg yesterday afternoon
and asked him If he desired 10 say any
thing about the death of Stokes, he re-
piled:
p ''AIl have &c say is that know moth
ing al all about it. My brother and my
self have lived near him for some time.
II Is untrue that we ever had any trou-
BILE. Mr.. Stokes was not the kind of a
man 10 have trouble with any OF his
neighbors
When the deputy sheriff placed us
under arrest he did not tell us why we
were wanted. In fact we did not know
what had happened until we reached the
dead wagon where they had the corpse.
Now all I want IS an investigation into
m I
l can prove nay innocence. because had
nothing TO do with Stokes death. My
reputation is bad enough already with
out having this kind of crime charged
at my door. We have two shosguns. n
j. and a f0-cauge. both of which were
taken by the deputy sheriff. We had
buckshot In the house. but none had been
used since last wintT. We had little
shooting on the morning of the Fourth.
but in the afternoon IL rained. l re-
manned at home all the afternoon"
Fred Kindling the elder of ;he two. Is
nearly six feet tall. quite slender. and has
dark-brown eyes He would resemble his
brother more If he had few pounds Of
weight added.
In talking about the affair he was out
spoken, and declared he wanted the matter
settled as soon as possible. II don't know
anything about this matter" he said
land don't want to be held here in jail.
Let them have a hearing at once. L am
ready, because l know nothing about
Stokes death. II any one says that l
have had trouble with him. he is assuredlv
mistaken. We have been neignoors and
always gotten along well.
did you do any Shooting July 4ths'
Yes, I shot hawk in the morning. that
was an In the house / had some buck
shot and also some shells loaded with No.
shot had not used the buckshot since
last winter"
1T is said you are the nearest neighbor
TO Stokes"
why. don't know as We are any closer
than some others" he replied.
I'VE all live about the same distance
away. There are Warren Thomas, Mart
Berry. John Rasmussen. Mr.. Ellington,
Mr.. Hanson, Mr. Clayborn and Mr.. Nru-
men all neighbors.'
The Coroner's View of the Crime.
Coroner Askam, when seen last evening
and asked for his opinion of the case as
gained from his investigation at the
scene of the murder. replied: 10 begin
with, the idea as first given out that
Stokes had concealed about his house
large sum of money must be done away
with | could not find that he had more
than an ordinary sum at any enc time.
He depended Oh an allowance or income
from some property in the East. Inc
people al Sunnydale are of the opinion
that he could got have had much money
about him when he was killed The con-
dition OF the house showed that The muir
derers were after money, but no other
yaluables. do not think the principal
motive was robbery. You may call II
pure cussedness or revenge. just as you
please Now as TO where the crime was
committed The house is eliminated by
the appearance of things. There is noth-
ing along the path leading from me house
TO the creek 10 show that crime mas
been committed. The rain may nave hao
something 10 co with obliteradng those
traces II there were any. There was
nothing 10 show that the body had been
dragged through the brush TO the spot
where II was found. By the elimination
process | conclude Stokes was snot at
the creek. and probably fell into the
water. Then he was picked up and car
ried into the brush. From the wounds
/ am practically sure buckshot was used
and fired from a side position. Every
thing indicates that the murderer was
some distance away. The concealment
was that of an expert and, had his plan
worked. the big log would have rolled
down upon the place where the bones
lay. thus putting them out OF sight COM
pletely I believe that the wet clothing.
presurning that he fell into the creek.
the flesh more.
Now as 10 when the crime was commit
ted. think the condition of things in the
kitchen would convey the idea that he had
gotten ready TO cook breakfast and walk
cd down TO the creek to wash when the
fatal shot came. II would he hard 10 fix
dates. but the condition of the body. taken
with the evidence OF friends that he was
missed first July g. would place the deed
annroxinately on that date"
His Quest for Wife.
Last night some of the effects OF the
murdered man were examined at Butter
worth's undertaking rooms. \ lot of let
ters numbering about go from women
All over the country were found. These
were the result Of his quest after a wife
through A matrimonial paper. The letters
indicated that, while he may have been in
earnest in the beginning, he was simply
amusing himself toward the last
He was about 60 years old. well educated.
ard n competent surveyor II is said that
no surveyed the entire country about
Sunnvdale for his own amusement. His
narents are still alive at Starksborough.
Addison county. Vt, and from one letter
~ was learned that his mothers name was
lane He also has niece living a Starks-
borough kilograms were sent 10 his fath-
Or last night by Coroner Askam.