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

70 thetr Cd style o. stfEaE.
Daring Tire last year Klaus hired aroth-
e. piece o. Land. across the river. t0sara
Elliott STATEN. There 8 a Small Waite
house Or thas piece % land u can BE- seen
from AEr. Eiliotfs house. but Il 81 - dis
cernihle from the Foszsxe cabia the re-
porter did rot Est tns right angie. This
cabin is the ore ia which kraus claims 10
have been when his partner was killed.
n fact. he claims 70 have slept there al
night. ard thus 70 have been IN Ignorance
a. wfst bad taken place gnth early yester-
day morning
Three or four days age Krsus and Foizks
shipped some potatoes 10 seattie. last
Friday they came 20 the city together.
According 70 the story told by Re7fon peo-
PIE. they eveideatly did not drink enough
% put them greatly under the Influence Of
liquor. One reason was that tneig SUD
ply Of money ran short krauE nad a q
cent counterfeit piece and according 70
The story tod - Foizke in Hari Evans
saloon az Rsntou. tried 20 pass II on Seat
tie saI0onkeepers, who we're wise enough
70 push il back a. promptly a. he pushed
il forward.
The Fatal Day.
Rrans and FoIzke reached Renton early
81 the afternoon last Friday on their re-
turn trip from Seattle. Mr.. Evans says
that they entered his place about 20
drinking bat were not under the influence
OF liquor 20 any great extent Thsy ap-
pe8rsd % BE- pleasant toward each other.
The frat thing they cid was 70 SAX up 20
the bar and call for two glasses o. beer.
kraus handed out a counterfeit 25~cent
piece and Evans refused 70 take s.. kraus
said Il was All he had. The beer vas gone
30 Evans challGed down the loss OF two
beers and smiled IN a sad way.
Ef.r az fF..rs Ia
talking between themselves. part OF he
conversation being overheard 5y Evans.
Folzke told krsus that he had tried 10 pass
that quarter on Seattle saloon men. kraus
claimed that BE got IL from the conductor
on the electric line in the morning and did
not know 10 was counterfeit. Folzke said
that X it had not been counterfeit Kraus
would not have had i left in his posses
sion after visiting Seattle. During this
conversation Evans did not hear any hot
words.
About 40 O'Clock Kraus left the saloon
and fifteen minutes later Folzke went out
also. The direction taken by either man
was not noted by Dir. Evans. II was Mr.
Evans opinion that Kraus had on blue
overalls when he was in the saloon. but
he was not positive about the matter.
Two weeks ago Kraus and Folzke on re-
turning from Seattle stopped at Evans
saloon aud passed angry words They
talked IN their own language so Mr.. Evans
could not tell what they said. II was
tier actions that gave him the idea that
they were angry. 10 Is understood that
Kraus said al that time that he was afraid
20 20 home for fear his partner would rob
HIM. He had between SO and $50. He is
satd TO have remained In Renton that
night, and gone home the next day.
kraus Tells His story.
The only evidence Of what occurred
while Kraus and Foizke we're going home
from Rentop last Friday evening IS that
OF Kraus who told the ost-Inteliigeneer
reporter that ne left the saloon ahead Of
Folzka because he did not know that he
was still there.
''Folzke caught up with me-" continued
Kraus. speaking through Interpreter a
Y Peterson, at the bridge. about quar-
ter % a mile from home We went home
and after eating something ] took sack
of food and went - the cabin across the
river on the other piece OF land re-
NAMED there AL night in order 70 look al
ter some stock. and do not know anything
about how my partner was Killed OF no"
the house caught fire.
when asked what time he left Tor the
other cabin. Kraas said that II was about
dark"
Toid nv Mute Evidence.
60 ZAP as ia known there is not an eye
witness 20 the actions Of kraus or folzke
from the time they left Renton untll yes
tar,iav morning What took place at the
cabin in which the two men lived Is told
by mute evidence.
Il was al e o'clock that Ars. Il. J. FL
uott saw the cabin OF Kraus and Folzke
ln flames. She was alone with her chill
drsn and so did not venture out 10 IN
vestigate While the house was burning
Ole Nelson who lives across the river.
went 10 Eiliotts house and told Mrs.
Elliott that the Folzke cabin was burn
| ing and "a. BE- had been over there. but
| did not see any one around.
| In the meantime Mr., Elliott. who VAS
visiting AT a. r. Peicvsons house, two
| mites distant, neav Swan lake. saw the
flames and was alarmed for the safety
Of hi~ own house HE started for home
| Immediately and felt greatly relieved
when he saw that all was right at hts
/ home. When he learned what his wife
know OF the are he fclt iustinctiveiv that
There had been some kind Of trouble be-
I tween the partners. bOt decided To post
/ poHe an Investigation until the morning.
! The Discovery.
Al -0 o'clock Yesterday morning Mr..
Elliott went 20 TIE scene of the ire and
was harri0eG 60 Ree "a human form. al
most burnt 20 q crisp lying face down iu
tha ashes ucar the door About ter fcet
( fran Ere door al the west side - the
| plank Vas hig pool 81 blood A smaller
pool was ON the otaer side % the plank
ana there was good quantity % thc red
! stun on the west edge ~ tne plank The
/ blood was not >prink.ed around The
1 ground showed plainly where che body
/ had been dragged 'nto the house As the
head was ueav thv door lt was evident
I that the murt erer took his victim ay shs
/ feet
Al thla time the ground was en- excel
! leut condition so Give evidence a4 Ga
Z tracks. NJ i1t-tG saw Che tracks - guu
men coming towssI ,he ca tn Joer from
J the corner ~ taair garden nearest tre
! railroad tratb. de also discovered tht
tsseks % one man going away from ths
( cabin Hner {n r. rog.fWe>.erIy dire -trr
/ Die judged ~ the spsee between -as
/ tracks that fhs maD was relsg ~ a steaIy
/ @att l. happened that George IS Couk-
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