The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-09-24
FIND EXPRESSMAN WHO
HANDLED THE TRUNK
Mate BECKER, of Steamer Sentinel, Saw Trunk
Floating in Bay Near Bell Buoy, at Duwamsh
Head, Last Tuesday --Expressman McDonough
Tells Of Moving Trunk for Two Men.

bands friend. an entirely now foa.
ture 20 the mysterious murder Of
Mrs. Agnes Covinston. was made
known 20 the police last might
whcn Miss Ada Kotkina. Of 80
Washington st.. an intimate &C
auAlntaneo 81 long standing with
the victim OF the trunk mystery
unveiled page % the dead girls
married life. which shows that her
. affections wore bestowed upon
I Charles Bnrilson.
I This startling bic Of Information
/ which Detectives hAfbee CLARK aud
/ Kennedy. who interviewed Miss
kotkina. believe o. be true. does
I not afford the slightest ciew a. 10
! the possible movements % the two
missing men subsequent - tho &C
tuai murder. but it IL possible that
the knoSiedgc 81 this secret adora
tian may have been the moving fac
tor In she brutal straugiing u the
Elri wife.
Girl Tells story.
1T Il true" said Miss Koikiua
% the officers. that Agnes vas IN
E love with nurlisun She arknoWl
edged az mueh 90 me. saa friend
~ with tho Riri and had known
her well both before aud after her
marriage.
Agnes frankly told mo thai che
thought more u Hufllaon than she
cid Of her own husband bus ! do
rot think he had the slightest idea
u anything Of the kind Iiaw tbe
Eiri came % fail IN love with hsr
husband ehum ! % not know She
never explained 60 me Hut there
can BE- 40 mistake about her really
I thinking a great deal more 81 him
that she did of CovluEfou
Was Going Camping.
n vas only about a month aga
that | saw Agnes last aud abe
wanted me 70 60 campinE with
them some place Do not rpmrm
Der inst where she said they weFc
soing. bat suppose q was az IN
I the hills Home place
Outside % this che detectives ob.
[ tanned very little Information from
/ Miss KotkinH which waH 81 ans
Importance. She told them frank.
I 81 about Mrs CoviuEtonH comics
sion a. 20 loving Covingtous chum
she knew nothing a. 10 the move.
ment % either uf the three prin.
I cipais In the remarkable murder
| mystery which would offer the
slightest cisw Of importance
Confirms story.
In confederation ~ Mlss Koikin's
revelations il the statement 81 Mrs
W w. Mackay who has the Kcs.
wick rnomink house. where The
[ CovinEiana occupied housekeeping
rooms. that Huriison VERY frequent.
~ visited Mru coyinntou az her
/. apartments during the day. while
I C0glnEton was away Certain in
cidents whlch Mrs Mackny recalled
today leads her "a believe that the
secret admiration Of Mrs Covine
ton for nurliaon was reciprocnted
by the latter and ripened into a
case Of love which neither took
pains 20 conceal. except from the
I husband
After murdsrers.
Some Of the officers who have
Investigated the case cannot under.
stand how such a condition 81 az
fairs could have existed without
/ the husband knowledge They
I point 90 the conversation overheard
BY g. D Long. wherein CoVinRfon
Is represented ms trying 20 induce
bic wife to accept Burifsou'a aileE
ed advances q il possible. indeed.
highly likely IN view Of Miss Kot
kins story, that che husband was
really discussing some discovery
which he had made a. 10 the IN.
innate relations Of the two aud
this conversation may have had
an entirely different meaning than
that attributed to Longs story
The police are today Ceutering
an their efforts on the capture of
CovlnFton and Hurllgon They are
confident that with either OF the
two in custody the mystery will be
easily cleared away. No doubt re-
mains In their minds but that one
and possibly both Of these young
/ men are guilty. OF the atf0ciOua
crime Either both accomplished
the murder. OF one killed the young
wife and the other disposed Of the
body That they have both fled
IS foroEone conclusion. The
authorities take this as a tacit
admission Of guilt and acting on
that theory are striving 10 get tho
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thing else
There have been enough rumors
gratuitOus information. Wild clews
and possible theories advanced 60
solve all the crimes ever imagined
by a versatile Sherlock Holmes
Some Of this fund Of detail may
prove Of importance the most Of
It groves Of absolutely NO value.