The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-09-14
John King Held as Prisoner in City Jail
For Three Months Without Authority
Of Law===NO Charge Whatever Filed
Against Alleged Kidnaper

O. wny Was connected with the Kid
mapping 90 the Baker boy. would
not and was fed on bread and water
until I would confess. They then
tfissl 20 sec me 10 c0nfcna To- several
hufEiafiea and when ! refused 20
tell Tie about any crime the de-
tsetlves eiaiuled did confess
4 believe kmE knows nothing
about The naker boy ne Was al
Naya eaufHuted with shat b. had
aa Tar a. / know. I kneU him fef
some time before the boy diaap-
peaHed. bot I DO not think be- knosH
auY more about thr affair than l.
and know nothing The officers
tried To starte confession uut -
kiuK The same az they did me.
nas in the Jail month and vas Ap-
preached every little whiie b. the
detectives and sweatcd confessed
10 nothing because I knew nothing.
4 am sure that had I committed
ang affeuss ! would have been glad
to confess In order to So cut - tbs
place Even n "a man ia not NefA
lug. h IlkfH something better than
bread aHd aafef and Officers routin-
uaIlF harrooninE him into confess
ING something h. never did an
not guilty % the charge thcy placed
against me and thsy cannot pruys
IL
Thomas Fay ami Joseph 0SeiIi
ara the others Who were arrested
18th King They are both confined
in the county San on burglary
charges Fag SAYS he does not knaw
King aud has no knowicdre ~ the
circumstance under which b. - be-
ing held ia iafi
+ VAS arrested and placed IN fAii
18th King and d Was the first tinnH
I eas ever ln any position 90 talk 70
kinK They put me In the darn dun
Eeun and fed me on bread and water
Then they tried o. force me % con
fees that had something 20 DO NIfh
the ttaker boys diuarp~aranre.
refused e. confess. because ia not
knoN The boy had diss ppeared
Frequently during the menih
saa Ia the jau the detectives and
chief came % me- and tried o. get me
10 confess to something had done
nothing and for that reason refused
aid not knnw King or Hruwufi~ld
At the time % arrest vas
KEPT IN A DUNGEON
on bread ana water until I was siek
If It, They evidently decided to
sfarse a confession out % me. bat
iid not succeed
Pay and o-Seui we're both confined
IN the city SAN for about ~ DAYS
With No charge against them. f1nai-
. burglary charge VAS hatched ur
ant enough evidence collected %
bind them ever They were unias-
fullf held la Sail Tor 40 days during
which time they say continued e.
forts we're made Co make them con-
fess 10 HomethluR
King seems O. have suffered worse
than amy ~ the others Officials
wha have been acquainted with
King for years say be- BE- not capable
IT a big iab like kidnapping and
aeofn the idea that be- has know ledRf
~ the affair They assert that the
industrious detectives cannot find
single case ln this county upon
p HHAHH HHHN tHNN|N NNNHH MaHH HHsa
that reason they are holding him
With ths hope be may confess 20
something.
That King O. being held uuiavfui-
IS ard ln total diHrcruri Tor 40 Law.
l. apparent. His three months In
cafeafatiou ln the cify San Without
even the attempt at making a charge
against him BE- "a reflection - the
administration % chief Delaney
HAD King e friend who took any I'M
tefast Ia him d. would have been
released long ago. or else some
charge would have been placed
against MIN.
v5.. IA. o., f,t.ra~ fua raaa II
.lsssfs - eigat,.tion ~ wbat De.
t..t5e.. 49,, 4, rot a. their duty
-. +. a. atr,rrar might b. ar
restad thrae.n into San and. because