Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-25
WHERE is HER HUSBAND?
Ne and His Closest Friend.
Charles BuriISon, Are Both
FugitlveS from Justice.
Fxpressman Who Took Trunk To Dock
Found-Seattle Police Sure They
Are ON the Right Track.

Seattle. WASH, Sept. 25.-The COM
missiouers OF King county will today
ofer a reward Of $500 for the arrest OF
the murderer Of Agnes McCombs Cow
ington. the victim OF the foul trunk
MURDER perpetrated IN this county re-
Gently: Gov. Mead viii be asked to
offer a reward of 81 coo on behalf Of tho
state. and there is talk Of citizens
fund being raised TO aid In the search
Tor Frank Covington, the husband OF
the woman, who with Charles Burilson,
bis Chum Is missing.
Mayor Moore today personally in
structed Chief Of Police Wappenstein to
CAPTURE his men. no matter what the
cost may be.
FINAL LINK IN CHAIN.
The final link in the chain by which
the police hope TO connect Charles Buril~
son, with the foul murder OF Mrs.
Agnes Covington. was forged when
Sergt. Of Detectives Charles Tenant
yesterday found the expressman who
hauled the trunk from the kesewick
house. at Stewart and Ninth streets.
Il, McDonOugh OF Ills Sixth avenue IS
The man who hauled the trunk. He
took it from the sidewalk near the Ke-
sewick house To the Galbraith dock
plying between Seattle and Eagle Har-
Dor. lands
McDonough's statement. while lack
ing in some important details. pracu-
cally clears up the mystery, so far as
the theories OF the police department
are concerned. Chief Wappenstein and
Sergt OF Detectives Tenant are
morally certain that they are on the
right track and believe that they viii
ultimately effect the capture Of Cow
ington and Burilson
UNEXPLAINED FEATURES.
Absence of motive is a feature Of this
case. which has not been clearly eX-
plafned The officers do not believe
mat the Woman's young husband was
nend or so thoroughly depraved as
to De guilty OF misconduct intimated
ln stories told them. Il Is not be-
licvci that he tried TO force the atten-
tious of mis- friend on his young wife
and that an estrangement grew out
OF this condition Of affairs. Likewise
they do not subscribe TO the belief
that the young woman had ceased TO
love her husband or that Jealousy was
the cause underlying the girls death.
Miss Julia Lord. secretary Of the
Mattresses union, of which the muir
lered woman was a member emF
phatcally denied that there was any
ground Tor the statement thdt MIS-.
Covington was in love with Burilson.
You cannot make Il too strong iu
saying that that Is a lie" she said.
Mrs. Covington had confidCd IN Miss
Lord and told her Of her husbands
cruelty, but Miss Lord would not dis
cu1s this
HATED HUSBANDS CHUM.
she told me that she hated her hus-
bands chum, I viii say that much. on
the other hand" said Miss Lord. IAN
other young woman says that Mrs.
C0yington confided In her that she did
not love her husband"
Truman McComb. father Of the dead
girl who is engaged In the butcher
business In Vernon. b. c.. was expect
cd Yesterday. but did not arrive. He
win probably reach the city TODAY.
TIE proprietress Of the Kesewick
house told the police that the condi-
ton 0f the room as she found IL. after
tne departure OF the Covingtons showed
uo signs Of a struggle. This to the
officers is a sure sign that struggle
dld not take place The bed clothing
that was not taken was carefully re-
placed across the foot Of the bed.
Everything was in its proper place.