The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-09-16

matter 70 show that defth resulted
from external causes
In WemeH's co~pauy
l.. A. Heoth was an engineer
on the steamship Ciarpnne. sunday
he was In tho company of two ladies.
Miss LILLE Wilson ana afre. plum.
ley, until a Iata hour After he left
them NJ started TO drink, and at .
o'clock sunday morning he was In
the Green LiKht saloon on Washing
ton street. The place II conducted
by Dave rllakc and Tom Nelson,
neither OF whom was IN the resort
a. the time. The three men Ia Gus
tody, a man whose name the police
say II Mlilet. and a woman. were Ia
the saloon AZ the time. - David
Thornton. = driver for the Seattle
with a keg Of beer. lie returned 20
hia wagon 60 get another, and when
he tried to re-enfer the saloon he
found that tho door Was fastened.
and he was told that he could not
come IN as = man was having = ~
and that he would step ON him.
However. Mr. Thorntou forced the
door open. and went w. on the fear
in the room he Jaw the PROSTATE
form of the man who IL now dead.
After tho driver had placed the ksg
IN position. no vent out and hack
to his wagon. Policeman IaCount
him II what had happened The
eficer went into the saloon and
brought the mar out into the nir
lie died IN the Officers arms. The
body sas removed 10 the pariors az
Bonnas a Stewart. where I, now lies
Meslvs = Mystery
The motive for the efl1ne. II one
Was committed, II a mystery. as
Booth. 80 far "a 10 known. had no
money when be started cut the night
before. except his satary. which
amounted 10 tee.a8.
Coroner uoye will inpanei a jury
Ia ysew the refnains Of the dead msa
to-day. and win hold an Inquest as
soon a. the necessary facts are found
81 the police.
A. aeon Today the laird man ar
rested IN connection with the traA-
eay was taken into custody ~ De
teesivss Byrnes and Wappe
Although the polite have nothing
definite against Milton Is yet. every
man ~he was IN the saloon az the
time that Booth died. ~ill be put
through severe erose ~xnnHnAtiou.
and kept under surveillance xntil the
ease 10 CLEARED ur. Milton IL well
known IN the lover rArt Of the city.
pr. 0ttreFu. county autopsy physl-
elan. reported this afternoon that
the iailirsd mAn died from the effscts
% two blows Administered on HE
head. Apopirxy u not believed to
be tbs direct cause % death.
L-ateF-1ai~ most important infor-
maticn Was gained this Afternoon
about ! o'cteek ~han W. A. Gravez.
connected Hlfh a TYPE writing astsh-
iishment al Ice Cherry street. ap-
pesred AZ the city jail and ted the
following stery.
I went into Blake q Nelson's
saloon Al e'eioxk Sunday morning.
about the time that Hnnfh VAS in
fsred. As / went IN the dnof / saw
: man lying on the fieor and had
hardly Looked at him whsn anofhnf
nsAu seante no afs4 struck me : pos
erfui blow m the stomach
~He peshsd the outside the
aaloon. There I saw Thorntcn. the
beer man. about 10 deliver a k~e Of
beer. I ASKED hifa whsf Kind az =
raw was going on inside tbs saloon.
He replied that he guessed somebody
was being rosb~t. ~ they ~eultnt
let him in with the besr.
II took No notice Of the affair st
the time as I believed that an or.
4insry sAieon roe was In progress.
Graves positively identified Tllfon
AZ the Sail this afternoon a. helms
the thug who struck him in the
afomarh