The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-31

A mystery as deep a. ever haAtled the
of3iceB OF the law confr0nts the y oIce OF
Seattle and the county ss1erihse cffi& e. and
together they have begun its unraN cling.
Tho mystery surrounds the probable .mur-
der ct japanese woman OF the Z own
named Katsu. Some time early western lay
morning she was garrOted In her room, In
the Yokohama house. on the corner az
Fourth avenue and Jackson street. ant
robbed Of all her money and two gold rings.
Possibly also drugs were administered to
her.
At any rate. this morning early the wo-
man. though sim alive had never recov-
cred consciousness. and was momeutartly
expected to succumb to her injuries. There
II not the slightest clew to the perpesra-
tor of the attempted murder. but Sheriff
Van De vanter has placed japanese
named Charlie Shindo. who lived with the
woman a. her husband. under arrest. and
hopes to connect him with the crime.
The police take no stock in the sheri6's
theory. and believe the job to have been
done by white man or negro. with the
chances In favor OF the latter. on account
Of the fiendish brutality Of the CRIME.
shindo will be held in the hope that the
woman may revive sufficiently to recoy-
nize him II he was her assai.ant. The ply
sciaps think. however. that she will die
without regaining consciousness.
The Yokohama house Is a ranshackle
two-story wooden building. and Is occu-
pied by three colored women OF i'll repute
and one Japanese woman besides katsu.
Shindo and q Japanese named Ishka, COM
monty known as 'Shoemake." roomed
there also. According to Detective Bar
bee. who spent the whole Of yesterday In
talking with the inmates OF the house.
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together at l:3o O'Clock yesterday morn
ing in Katsu's apartments. while they
were eating a caller knocked at the out
eide door, and Katsu. sending her friends
out by another door, admitted him. Tho
japanese only know that the caller was
a man. but whether white. black. brown
or yellow they cannot say. That was the
last time Katsu was seen in health.
Suspect shindo's story.
Shindo claims that after leaving Katsu's
rooms he went to his own room down the
hall few doors. and that lehka and the
japanese girl whom he calls ne VIE s, wen.
resort. 20 zee q japanese woman VINO -
shindo says that he went e sleep at
o'clock when he got up to go 20 MS work
at Dave Blake's saloon on Washington
street. where he u porter. On his way
seeing It ajar went In. Ketsu. he says. was
lying on the bed unconscious. She had on
her dressing gown and the bed clothing
face exposed. shindo attempted to wake
her and failing called in the other inmates
Of the house and sent for physician.
,nis s,or 1o Tne s s ssy that hey
from sthe Dereg house at about ; o'clock
and passing Katsu's door saw light. Tho
giri says she knocked and made some Jok-
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replied in the same vein. saying that she
went to bed
Ishka claims that ne heard some one go
down stairs TO the street from the hall
on which Katsu's room Is located at about
I o'clock. But as people are constantly
Eons Up and down THIS ns, sssi .o Saye see on
g large japanese man leave the house ~
about the same time.
When shindo called In the other inmates
OF the house the tiny room In which the
woman lay apparently dead was in perfect
order and Shindo claims II was In that con-
dition when ne found It, The cupboard In
the adjoining room. where they had eaten
lunch that morning. was open. however.
and about 81 In silver. which he says ne
knew Katsu had on the night before. was
gone from Its hiding place under certain
Stripped from the woman's fingers ALSO
were two heavy gold rings that she a,
Katsu's Terrible Condition.
Katsu's condition though. was shocking.
Her face was Of livid purple hue. her
eyes were closed but swollen and suRused
with black blood, and her neck and face
were bruised In several places. The bruises
showing. the police think. that . cord was
twisted about II by the garroter who prob
ably left his victim for dead after taking
her money and teweiry-
T1r (ssnrRe NAwlaudS- who Was the first
physician TO arrive. II OF the opinion that
the woman was given morphine. and that
acting fast enough. completed the work
by strangiing the woman. Drs. Hoffman
and Gibson. who came later. think. how
ever. that no poison was used and that
the woman II suffering from congestion
of the BRAIN brought about by the COM
preston OF the veins OF the neck.
During the day her condition changed
breathing heavily. almost gasping. and
every moment seemed 10 bid fair to be
her last She was surrounded by a
and shindo. until arrested by Deputy
Shertn Wilson At about o'clock, remain
ed at her bedside. Apparently deeply
grieved at her condition.
The woman katsu IL about % years old.
Shindo IL considerably younger. His en-
pioyer. Dave Blake. laughs at the idea
OF his guilt. and says that he In honest.
industrious and without q criminal In
stinct Shtndo II the Japanese who was
generally spoken OF al having caused the
explosion In the basement Of Blake's sa-
loon in which two men Lost their lives.
He was In charge Of the hot water
heater. which exploded. He has been In
Seattle four or 1--WE years and has never
been Ia trouble with the law.
Deputy Sheriff Wilson. who started to
work on the case at about the same time
as the city detectives. early in the aft
ernoon. goes ON the theory that Shindo Is
guilty. and arrested him I'm the hope that
he might be identified by the woman
The police think Shindo had nothing 20
do with the case. but were willing 20 al
low the sheriff TO take what steps he
wished.
Sheriff. Theory of Case.
The detectives say that Shindo's story
Is apparently as straight as a string but
Wilson claims that 6hlndo has made CON-
Trajectory statements In regard TO the
time he found Katsu fnsensibie and az To
other matters OF minor Importance He
claims. also that II can be proved that
Shindo had shamefnily beaten the WON.
an a few weeks ago. and had picked IN
another and younger woman. which, IL
true, may prove that Shiudo wished 10
rid himself OF Kateu
The police say that II Japanese had
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