The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-25

- ZONE over 20 his house frequently re
positive they were there the morning
80 afternoon OF July 4. Before they
safas over he heard two or three shots n
tae direction Of their cabin. He uuser-
.-ooa ,ney had been shooting ~ grouse or
eohs'ning Of that kind, 5u. thew east
nothing about H.
wasn questioned about the boys going
20 tacoma. he stated that he aad heen
90 SUNDAY. July Z. that they tntentei
s go of MS own personal knowledge
he hhs~ nothing about the matter.
IN cross-exsrn.nation Kind.tnr xasa .s-,
- "a" stokes going home SUNDAY. June
-. a-ohg the traK. and that Charlie ar
.'ssa Al DIS house a short time later about
o.csock. and ate supper.
TOW 10 You remember that vour san
s9oK supper with you June so?-' asked Mr.
Why" replied the old man. ~arssr they
Icuhd Stokes body Some people said INV
that day"
During the noon recess the Kinai;px
boys had q square meal" but 4, was
40. az the expense of the county
Nathan Anderson, News reporter. was
the first witness for the state =, rhe oner-
ING OF the afternoon session. He stated
that when he visited H. the stokes house
was locked. and that inside things were
~ CONFUSION. especially upstairs On the
s.oss were some dishes that indicated
'sones had been Preparing breakfast.
Michael Kelly'- Discoveries.
s,ehaei Kelly, the ex-constahle az
evidence rs 10 the condition of things
~ the house Mr.. HASTE brought on,
the new point that after the door 10 TIE
cellar had been broken open. the ha<p
had oeen put back in place and then COW
erea with board. the evident intention
being TO conceal the breaking Of a.
He then told the story OF discovering
TIE ambush from which the shot was
1ired, the story OF which was told in the
observation-disclosures last Monday morning
ana added that the murderer sat on a
log, with a cushion OF ferns. To make
Things more comfortable. From his ex-
animation Kelly was inclined TO believe
the murderer made a peephols Through
Terms 10 watch for his victim. bat in
shooting aimed over the top OF the ferns
His reason for thinking the shot went
over instead OF through was the way the
ferns were burned. He found a felt gun
Tad without glazed paper on either
On cross-examination Kelly said tha,
any one going from Houts house TO old
man BINDINGS house or TO Stokes would
travel on the same road for some dis
lance. A person coming along the road
could be seen from old man Kindllngs
SHOW
that old man kindhng could have seen
Stokes walking along the road June o.
On redirect examination Mr.. HASTE
asked Kelly II the wad rad not COM
mon black edge Kelly did not think II
had
Rev. Isaac s. claIborn. who lives at
Sunnnydale. said he saw the Kindling
boys pass along the military road"
which would lead to Tacoma. He was
not positive as 10 the exact date, as he
had seen the boys on several occasions
since June %. but not 10 talk with them.
Mr.. claiborn also said he was superin-
fendent of the Sunday school at Sunny
dale. and was sure Fred Kindiing and
hie sister were In attendance June 30
H8 ala not know where Charlie Kindling
IVES on that date. The defense simply
bought out the fact that Claihorn knew
Of no evidence 10 connect the defendants
with the crime. and excused him from
further testimony.
What Tom McCory Found.
Deputy Sheriff Mccory. who arrested
the Kinding boys, told of finding two
shot guns az their cabin. The guns were
then brought out. One was an old fash
Toned Springfield musket. which had been
made over into l2-gauge breech-load-
err and the other was cutoff double
barrel shotgun. The latter was a l0-gaugs
and had shell stuck In one barrel Nc
been fred recently.
Nrcor-v then told at length wha, he aid
at the Eindlings' cabin. and detailed his
conversations with the prisoners, fnil
account OF which was given at the ums
OF the inquest.
On cro<s-examination he admitted that
he asked for the guns owned by the
Kindling bows. and obtained them with
out trouble After this one Of them
asked him IL there had been shooting,
and he replied that he guessed SO When
they reached tho dead wagon Mcsory
asked Charlie Kindi.ng IL he knew
Stokes Kindling said he had known
hi,, for ten wears, and asked IL he had
80, view Of what had taken place az
a. cahin was that natural question:
asked Mr.. 1ngersoH.
II don't know what a man would ASK
was the reply.
The BOYS sister n Good Witness.
Lizzie Kindiing sister Of the kindling
boys. was then called - the stel,. Shs
!. rather pretty girl. with dark olus
80 49, brown hair and was neatly
,,s notestly dressed. She told 81 see
g. S,okes going home on the roaa
ywra 40 The same evening her
hro<n.- Charlie had supper at ms
fathers house. she thousht rs
80 heart two or three shots on the
. 49, ~ July 4. but did not know the
ss-.~ston She was positive Fred was N
~ ..tber,s house on the same FnornlHE'
~, sts not remember II re was accom-
panied by Charlie. :. -.o,,,a -.
sDsd your brothers 20 70 iaeon'@'
asked Mr.. HASTE altar
yuIv l." -, ~, -. -.
.tffow s't they co. Il think they weht
-, hoa, from Des Moines"
..r,,d they say Why they VENT? NO
sp,d they buy anything new there
'.Nc. sir" s,.,.. uh,c,es
- -3t.te brother mo. sir
s,Tlo vow remember II your oro'her
Charlie had on white a. =. - -, =
..tsow often ala you Sc Mr.. Stokes
asked Justice McElwsin. Nce re
Queuily. 1900 -. - ,,>,, .si4 rot
see aim for ten DAYS Z would not cause
,,s,~,r,.rtrs' yes. sir
>Ts-~sSrs,ttrg Attorney HsStte cSusef con-
.ss.-.Nle interest al IRIS point BY asking
- ,,ts,ess n she knew What kind or
- AZ s~-NsefS her brothers osne9. Ihe
-.,-.rsx s,sS,asre cautsogs fr1fTaediSte3y, hQt
~a-fts,f frankly thst sire knew in q gen
a-.t Nv rs she bad washed mem Jew
times. s,, -. we
xfrsT think ;hev DO.
.. VIA a.. coiory-' waite 81 cram color
.ays~ are % them torn Il thiHk the
49,, 81 ore % them Was rsrsred
..T,fs they own any with striped Dor
.se->s' Ne"
--sa answer spoiled sensation and ne
n.xt xftaeSs. Archie Thomas. y Ss Ss.lsi
- ~ ~ seeing Stokes and charlie NM
. - -. tf,r,.ts @aN{1 Jlfre - They