The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-28
6amusl z. Coz IN jail, Suspected
OF Implication.
a msn WITH nerves OF STEEL


sarnle, r. Cox. wsfl ar~sses. esa iSok-
,nx man about - years Of axr. sho aAx
s.ssaay sssswa thai sse s'sssss sa~s s.sss ss@ -
ssea.. vas arrested yesterday A4Ess HOS %
speo4fg Easrsn n. q. i-assss and Dszseasss
lessa1sf Or suspicion o. ssesfss implicated
Ia taa brutal AID mysterious rsass5sr Of
Mrs. Margaret oflsour.s "a foesa 10 81 too
Aonnisg aAasa house. last Thursday afEsE-
noon about o'clock.
Cor proves by ais own statements that
hs knsss snsre aDoe. tste dad weman than
any other maa sss discovered hy the po-
Hes. IL lie also claimed that ne eoasfaaictsa
hiEasod sa certain point. and kept or CIV
Ing new Information after alleging that he
knor nothing more.
La explaining mis- whereabouts on saa
Afternoon CT tbs murder Cox says that he
Was GA the water front seesssg the slghts.
Immediately aftsr the discovery Of the
body OF MEs. o'aour.s Detective Mere
dith found ia the room q eiroas.r Of the
Arxonaat Quitting Company with the
name b. r. Cox written with lead pencil
on tsa margin. lie went TO the compsny's
Office and asked about Gex. Nothing was
known Of him ttisrS, Up To- thtl point
Cox WAS mysterious factor In the case.
Tho same evening" Deputy Sheriff Lane
wa< Al But,erwertns undertaking rooms.
and while there net Il man " no said chat
tis name VAS Samuel II. Cox. and tna, IL
his name Was kept from she public he
would give som. points. I~ane replied that
he would keep his name "A secret al far IA
possible. and added that be understood the
police already knew OF him and wound
Ike TO make his acquaintance. fi.s na,nn
hsd bern found on a circular. bat he Vas
nnknown by the people who had issued ~
anS SAID fhat the reason ne MAS not kuozu
w that company was that he was work
tt& For MAXWELL 60. OF Vancouver H.
~ ou,h't.fs. tie went on TO explain ne
had NET Mrs ORonrke Ii. a restassrant ~,
Iuiumhta street. aid that She had tal.t
hltl about COMING I'D Seattle with a t,arsy
OF bfsstb or twenty rn@a w,se wen, n,.tli
tfag a toat at Ballard
Ian" did nas pay much attention AZ the
tins " "sss, Cox said. but FASTENED o,,t
10 hsfiafd &c look isis tas haAt szssgste-z
concerning whom he had heard ass%r.
COX followed him down sa Nest str.e.
wntFe ne took the ear II aua..ra ,.s.
Lane ana btiacfirn Meredith were n,,s ~,
the same hunt and they came together ~
haiistd Iney aweke tie n;er win a nan,
Mira - HauYke had lspc.f on the ,s.,, ,,s,,
Ing vest and soon convinced sher4aaf,,eu
t1af they knew ngtAing II ~. actual ,,,,,,.
asrs aifheugh they were acquainted ,vifa
the wesnau VISA
The next morning. hast Saturday. Iann
ard Meredith ;sif,sis another trim 10 al
tafss ahn TAXED again with tbs men L.
sSsnfl New man said that one day when ~.
called uEsna Mrs. o'Ronrke h.. fn,,na :
man IN hHF roosa- On being asked about
the mans appearance ne described fsox
Hiinntely. This made the detectives mat on
thsir thinking eapS They fastened Aark
io Seattle ttisi found Cox at the ocel.,suiaJ
n'o.s. tic admitted having me; a German
IN Mira o'Rouriscss room and ,d4e,t te,t
they We're drinking beer wfen NJ, rama in
os saturday Lane and Meredith had @ey
efai conversations with Cox and each
Tine something new came out II vas a
safpris" to them because nj each stoo GOV
would give them 10 understand that no
Knew nothing mere.
it"W Tie Met Her.
lie explained how he had me. Mrs
o'Roarkc. tie aaId that ous s,ay h. wen.
into the paStefrtcc Id get his mail and
found n hGs crowd there. lie finally cav, i,
un and went across the stree, To the Raj
nlsr restaurant and sat down al 4 tanls
e .Ft,s ~. h,sie woman While eating he
toia hrr that he couldn't get his mali on
account OF the crowd OF klondkerx shs
sepi3ed lsuehingis that she Was a kio,-
dikeF. Then he xave her a business ca r,i
with his nsrie written on Ii with a pencil
lie told her, he said. that he would like 10
ontnt her. tie could not remember TIE day
aE this nesting, bat recalled that he ac-
essnlsani"d her 20 her room. She told Aim
thhs sfN uetilQ not write and asked him IN
ne would write some letters for her He
told her thai he wersiA
The next day he 0eat to George Wsrs..
store on tseiambia4 ztrrat mad Y..,r,,ha.a,
writing materials. Then ne wen, 10 Ms
ORearks's reorn ard took ,ttetatson ssne
letter was addressed 20 a woman az Nj
waaae*- HE said thar /. asa sou.na,,.
plsev snt teii about arriving safely ,n
Seattle. Ans her letter was written which
Mira o'Renfke tesirui Mss spefgy IA copy
aaa thefs stsa back - heF S},e explained