The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-14


- Poog Of blood and nm Az
Kraus Claims Innocence.
ore more mysterious anf Bloody mar-
der has beer aeaes 70 the list which al
ready has made .inS equity vel knoSn
g. TIE criminal annals q the United
States
M the oafskirts OF Eiaott. a sDar~ely
settled conusulIty On tire Zine q the Co
fssnf8a 4 Puget Sound railroad. sixtsea
miles from Seattle. Edeard Foizhe.
German farmer. was killed with an Ak
FRIDAY evening. about o'cloc <,
sud the perp@irator q the bloody
crime attempted - cover up hiS
foul work - dragging bis victims body
b. the heels snto the h01ss. 70 when ne
spE,fiea the torch.
THE flames dsacea ike 50 many demons.
ffflng from floor 90 bunk, from @als 70
ceiling. and finally when the inside % The
little cabin had hscon1e unable 70 restrain
tbera. burst forth thrOugh TIE rocE. The
little cabln. together with IL contents,
Nas literally wiped OFT ~ existence, aHti
fhe heat generated sFaa geil nigh = perfect
s-rernatory for the bo4y OF the unfortunate
nan whose sal fate f. tod ny large poo.
OF blood outside the cabin door and dou-
ble-bladed AK wAfsh shows blood stains
ana s'aok hairs.
hraux Locked IT..
Sheriff Moyer and Coroner fandeh ihves-
tis,ated the case thoroughly yesterday ait
.rnoan. x{th the result that Andrew )
Iraus. the dead mans partner and room
mate. is locked ap in the c0unty jan.
charged VITA murder and arson. No one
sag the crime committed, no one 50" the
Murderer leave the premises. yet eircufn-
stantlal evidence ls 50 strong against the
dead mans beet friend taat u viii take a
mighty effort TO prevent a jury from De
lievlng that hs d1 the awful deed.
These two men have lived together for
eight years. and when sober have been as
close a. brothers. bnt when liquor Vas
coaFslng through their veins. they we're
enemies and unarreIed. sometimes fierce
h. even 10 blows As a rule. Tie dead man
vas the aFgressor and there is plenty Of
evidence 20 show that he had threatened
his partners life. The same appears 20
- true % the stolid indifferent German
y hu IL nox lodged behind the bars OF the
county Jail
The people who live IN the vicinity 81
the tragedy were not ast0nished Al what
took place. They feared that the quarrels
or the tao friends would end some time
in death. Their fears have Al last come
true and they believe that - was simply
q case Of quarrel. a fatal blow. and arson
TO conceal the work done in moment %
passion
Eraus Denies ~
Kraus denies ali knowledge Of the crime.
claiming that be slept in a cabin some
distance from the scene Of the murder. and
in order 10 explain blood spots that were
feand on his overals. says that be found
them ia the cabin where he slept Kraus
Is snail man. and does not look ike a
desperate character. bat IL IL said that ne
has "a wicked temper when fairly aroused
ills partner was larger. and IL reports be
srue more quarrelsome,
History of the 1--WE Men.
There Is not much of the romantic con
nected with the lives % Andrew :. kraus
and Edward Folzke. -ey were not Cd
ucated men and did not enjoy themseives
otherwise than IN hard work and an oc
casionnl spree. There IS something inter
estlng. however. IN tho fact that they lisef
together ara shared each others joys ans
sorrows Tor eight years. They made theiI
home az one time IA The White river val
leg At another time they lived at Maple
Valley. Wherever they were. they woskct
hard 10 make the soil produce enough po
tatoes or other garden truck to give then
a living. Three years ago they moved q
Elliott. on the Commbia a Puget Sounf
railroad. There are so few houses theFs
The name Is hardly warranted. j Is Rhou
three mice from Renton. ard the RESIDENT
do rot thiak much OF walking back anC
forth The place that Kfaus and Folzk'
Helected FOR their homo Is quarter OF Z
mile or So toward Reuton from the sta
ton AZ Elliott located on the north sit'
OF the railroad track Its northern boun
diary Is the s@ift-n0Ning Cedar river.
They built "A small. rough cabin. Sxi2, /
chicken house. Eort OF underground
sterehouse and later a second cabin. poor
e. an1 r0uaher than the first. AZ presen
there Is no roof on tire second cabin
These buildings were nearly IN a line -
that the front door Of the nTst mentioned
cabin cannot DE seen from the residenc'
Of r. J. Elliott. which is on the side hi
across the track. about ATTY rods distant
The nearest house IS that or ole Nelson
across the river in q northoa sterIy dIree
Ton. There are some trees and brush q
obstFuct the Ntew from Nelson's. KTAu
and Fulxke lived IN the first mentlone,
tahin. u contained a couple oI bunk
ore or two raughly-fnade chairs, a table
cooking stove. pots. pans, etc. and a dou
bile harfeiyd Shotgun. The door was a
the southeast corner. and from e extend
sA oct hoax broad plank. This plaui
Rud shs gr0und ora either side az e VIII D.
lalpegtaui features ia tne ease before it g
ettsaet slthouah tbe connection may go
spaear clear At present
Kraue and Fozke hpd about fhra~ sore
81 lan8. Whi~h theY devoted En- RAISING On
tatoes when thrv got money from IA
psle ~ thcfr pfsda-e they wrrc in .he haa
4 81 EuiaE go Seattle or Benton 20 ce1e
brate. Every tne fhey cefeHsWtef the1
t83 tfouhie. The most toDs instance %
THIS nature occurred }ast Summer Eve-
person tn Renton ANA Eldotl knows mon
81 Jess ahrsli II. 80 the stories Go not aere
iu Az naFtteu' arr II appears that the
has been 90 semitic aet imafhe8 ton rru.'