The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-24

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pn from the Keswck apartments resulted in the dis
eovery shortly before o'clock this afternoon that
Bart McDonough. an expressman with stand at
Fifth and Pine sis hauled trunk from the building
Tor two men whom he believes to be Covington and
BurIson one afternoon carly in the month taking it
TO sound steamer at the Galbraith dock and helping
put on board.
McDonough canno, fix the exact date but feels
confident that the trunk he hauled was the one which
contained the body.
The two men were on the sidewalk with the
trunk in front OF the Keswek when | got up there
said McDonough They had bottle OF whiskey and
offered me drink but | refused. They wanted me
to take the trunk to Pier ? and leave il there but
insisted on them coming along with me ] wanted
ODE Of my so cents for hauling the trunk. They
did not want to come but finally did come.
Changed Their Minds.
On the way down. they changed their minds
about Pier and told drive TO the Gabrath dock
When We got to the dock. one OF the men left the
wagon and the other asked to help him put the
trunk on the boat. ! told him the boat people would
attend that but he said he wanted TO attend to ii
himself helped him take the trunk on board and he
paid me did not notice what boat il was but il was
small sound steamer"
Accompanied By a city detective. McDonough
visited the Galbrah dock this afternoon and identified
the boat the Florence X which plies between Seattle
and Eagle Harbor leaving during the afternoon from
The Galbraith dock
Another strong link in the chain OF evidence tend
mg 70 show that Agnes Covington murdered in
Der apartments al Ninth and Stewart placed in
trunk and carried Of the docks Of this city be
thrown from there into the sound, was unearthed by
The Star this morning.
Early last Tuesday morning Mate Blocker OF the
htle steamer Sentinel saw round top trunk floating
IN the bay the bell buoy at Duwamish Head two
miles this side Of the point where the trunk was found
On Sunday.
Passenger Saw Trunk.
The Sentinel was coming from Colby to Seattle
ana the attention Of the mate was called the trunk
gone Of the passengers
The trunk was floating inches out OF the water. ="
sac Mate Becker but did not give it much atten-
non as did not consider it anything Of the ord
nary at the time
Ny attention was called to the trunk by one Of
sne Passengers We ran quite close to it and noticed
mat It was ropcd. The round top was just sticking
lar enough out Of the water for me to make certain
'aa' i was trunk and to plainly distinguish the
rope"
Description Tallies.
The description gwen by Mate Blocker tallies per
NVuy with the trunk in which the murdered woman
vas found and is almost conclusive evidence that the
uunk and its victim were thrown in the bay from one
y me city docks under cover OF darkness.
those familiar with the operation Of the tides
ana currents in Elliot Bay state that it would have
Zen impossible for the trunk TO have been thrown into
VIC water at Ad Point or across the sound at Eagle
Aaroor 4 i was the same trunk that Mate Blocker
"a" floating near the bell buoy
i Is possible, however that the trunk may have
eh taken board Of one Of the small sound steamers
ana thrown from there into the bay after the boat had
pulled away from the dock