Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-13
tended to follow him to Portland IL
did not shoot him here

tended to follow him to Portland IL l
did not shoot him here"
Brother Makes Statement
Perry Mitchell made the following
statement:
"At the depot l went to check my
grip and when I came back | saw
Esther standing behind them at the
lunch counter looking around the
crowd seemingly looking for us. She
looked as If nothing was the matter.
/ said Why, Esther She said: I just
came down to see you Off Just then
l motioned for George. He came up
and spoke to her She had made the
remark to the matron that she wanted
to see George. George shook hands
with her.
"she said: L will walk out to the
door with you | and George walked
ahead, talking. She dropped back, and
Fred was by her side. Fred said to
her. Let me carry your coat She
had a coat on her arm and seemingly
had the gun in her hand. She said
All right, and like flash shot
George before we had time to even
think
In the statement of Fred and Perry
Mitchell, the two brothers of the young
man murdered by his sister. Mrs
Creffield, widow of the Holy Roller"
leader who was killed by George
Mitchell and Frank Hurt, brother of
Mrs. Creffield, are blamed for the
tragedy.
Brothers Arrested
The two brothers were brought to
the police station few minutes after
the arrest of Esther. Perry the
younger, was almost in convulsions,
but Fred was more collected, although
he frequently burst into angry deuun-
citation of Mrs Creffield and Frank
Hurt.
Mrs Creffield is to blame for the
entire trouble" said Fred Mitchell, in
making the statement for himself and
his brother Perry, land only for her
Esther would have been satisfied and
reunited with George.
ESTHER is not to blame. Don't treat
her too hard. for she did not know
what she was doing. believe the act
was done at the instigation of Mrs.
Creffield who has her as completely
in her power as Joshua held his vie
tins. l can't believe that my sister
was in her right mind and committed
this awful crime. Her mind has been
broken down by the influence which
Creffield held over her. and this, fol-
lowed by the killing of him and the
constant companionship of Mrs. Cref-
field since she came to Seattle, must
have caused the loss of her reason"
At the conclusion of their statement
to the newspapers the two brothers
called for Captain Sullivan and asked
that Frank Hurt be placed under ar
rest. They stated that Hurt was liv-
ing in South Seattle and declared in
heated terms that he was implicated
in the killing of Creffield's slayer,
Prisoner Nearly coIIapses
After making this demand Perry
Mitchell was hardly able to walk alone
as he was taken from the room to the
Jail. He talked brokenlY to himself and
his mutterings were of Mrs. Creffield
and his sister Esther.
II do not hate George. l did not
wish to have him hanged, but l do be-
lieve that he ought to have received
some punishment for the Akilling of
Creffield."
In these words Esther Mitchell, after
hearing of the acquittal of her brother
by the jury, summed up her opinion
of the trial and its result. The state
ment was made to her father and her
brother Fred when they visited her at
the house on the corner of Sixth and
Pike streets last Wednesday.
At that time she conducted herself in
a normal manner and seemed so sane
that her father decided not to act on
the advice of Georges attorney, who
had counseled Mr. Mitchell to take his
daughter away, to get her away from
the influence of Mrs. Creffield
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