Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-09-28
FOLLOW
TWO CLUES
Trunk MurdererS May Reach
Alaska or May Be
In B. {.

SEATTLE, Sept 2S.-Two clews are
now being followed in the hope that
the supposed murderers of Mrs. Agnes
True McCombs Covington, the victim
of the trunk mystery, may be caught.
One is that they got away from Seattle
to British Columbia by way Of the
Northern Pacific after they left Uni
versity street car at Brooklyn Wednes-
day afternoon. The other is the clew
that may result in the capture of the
two men in Katella, when the steam-
ship Santa Clara arrives there.
The police are unable to decide
which clew looks the most promising.
1t is possible that Conductor F. A.
Allen was right and the pair he saw on
his car are the men wanted. 1t is also
possible that the two men answering
the accused murderers' descriptions
who secured positions in Alaska are
the ones wanted.
The two men who went to Alaska
are using the names Tom Kink, who is
believed to be Burilson, and Eugene
De Selle, believed to be Covington. De-
Selle first obtained a position at the
Katalla employment agency, S2S Rail-
road avenue, under the name of Moran,
but later appeared and gave De Selle
as his name.
The two men were overheard as they
went to the wharf from where the
Santa Clara sailed, September 10, talk-
ing about going uptown. Inc of them
suggested 1t, but the other remarked
that it would be dangerous as the po-
lice might pick them up. The two men
answer very well to the descriptions
of the two men wanted.
Chief of Police c. w wappensteins
sent a cablegram yesterday to United
States Commissioner Britton at Ka-
talla asking him to arrest the two
men when they arrived and ascertain
whether or not they are the men
wanted. No answer has yet been re-
ceived from that dispatch.
The kilograms that were sent out
along the line of the Northern Pacific
yesterday morning to apprehend the
two men seen on the University street
car and who are believed to have
boarded a train at the junction, were
all returned to the police as the teIeg-
raphers' strike has forced the closing
of the stations in many of the small
towns. The police yesterday got WORD
to British Columbia, but no results
have yet appeared.
Warrants Are Issued.
Sergeant of Detectives Charles Ten.
nant yesterday swore to a warrant In
Justice John B. Gordon's court charg-
ing Charles Burilson and Frank Cow
ngton jointly with the murder OF MRS.
Agnes True McCombs Covington. It is~
alleged in the complaint that the two
men killed the woman in Seattle on or
about September 8.
The circulars offering the reward for
he murderers were not put out yes-
terday, as the police expected all day
o get some information from Gov A.
.. Mead relative to the offering of a
eward of $1,000 by the state. Prose-
cutting Attorney Kenneth Macintosh
has been unable to get into communi-
alton with the governor so far but
expects to hear something from him
oday. When the state reward is Of
fered. II will make total reward of
1900 for the apprehension of the men.
Until the governor is heard from the
police are at sea as to the amount OF
he reward to put on the circulars If
he governor is not heard from today,
he circulars VIII be issued with the
500 reward the county commissioners