The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-05-07
Walla Walla County the
Scene of a Brutal
Murder.
Mrs. Anna Aldrich Found
Dead Three Are
Arrested.


MALTA WAIsLA. MAY Lying
In \ hole III the foot of an uprooted
Tree, ON the North fork OF the Cop
ped. an isolated aud mountainous
country. seven miles east Of Dixie.
hall covered b. roots aud dead
lss vas. the bodt Of Mrs Anna Aid
rich, = wealthy widow. who dlsap
psared from her ranch near Dixie
last Friday. Was found At O'Clock
this marning BY Dorsey Bruntou
and Pred Rolf. Young ranehcra.
The finding uf the body ended q
search that has bsen increasingly
proseeated by hundreds 81 farmers
~ Ditin and the neighbaFlng coun.
try since Saturday morning. when
Il bsseame known that Ire. Aidrieh
had disappeared aud that every ia.
dloaiian pointed IA her murder b
Dad hafnes and hip two brothers
Sho took Possession af her ranch
last Friday Barnes and his two
brothers. John aud Jack. arr IN iail
hsru. and have told many conflict.
ins stories regarding the affair
With Murdered Woman.
According to evidence gathered
b. Sheriff iiaellRnd. Had Haruea
and Mfs Aldrleh left the ranch
Friday afternoon la livery TiE
osfaaaihly 10 80 10 another ranch
orn~d bY Mrs Aidrich. on the
S"rth fork Of the Coupal They
fiAsprd the farm 81 John Holmes
uho Was working on a fence aiunE
The side of the road A. the couple
passed Ia the ria hsrnea waved his
hand If Holmes. who returned the
salute
The neat morning naruea ~.
tlfnea b. the Holmes ranch. bat be
wss then alone lie drove To The
Adrieh ranch. and iAtsa returned
The livery team Ia NaitnbnrE lie
has told the officers that be drove
Mrs. Aldrich 10 WaitnbarE When.
the papers necessary fuf the ieah
ing ~ her raneh aud property had
barn made nuf hy Attorney OrmH
be- orusbe. has denied that the
couple were Ia his office. aud
this has directed stiii stronger
suspicion towards Harness. who has
hs.u arrested
Find Evidences Of Crime.
The officers have visited the Aid.
rish home. and Ia the bArnyafd
thcy found the wumznA strung box
which had been broken open with
an AZ ana valuable papers taken
The wouan'H kpsrtacleH and thifu
bic. haal3 ohafred. vrrs found IN =
steve Later. In searching Baruea
al his ranch. a bloody handkerchief
WAS found IN hls 1y.rcoai.
Convinced that the woman had
been murdered. the sheriff put sew.
efal fsoasee - wafk searching for
her body The search Was contiu.
ned all any WEDNESDAYS. John
Holmes. the raneher. told of seeing
Barnes and Mrs Aldfieh pass his
ranch on Friday. and II was then
decided to search the country along
the North fnyk Of the coppei.
psunton aud Rolf left the ranch
III he former ~ daYbreak this
morning and hunted both sides Of
the stream for several hours. In
particularly lonesome spot near
the ate Of an abandoned sawmlil
tlae boys stumbled onto the body
iyinE in a hole at the foot Of an
npfooted tree.
Covered Win Roots ard Leaves.
The body was half covered with
roots and dead leaves. Leaving
Rof 10 guard the body. nruntnn
vds 20 Dixie and called up Sheriff
Hhsiiand
There IL considerable talk OF
iynchinE. bat the officers do not
believe that an attempt will be
made.
The Barnes boys are being heav.
ny guarded at the county Jail, and
soldiers from Fort Nalla Walla
VIII be held IN readiness 90 quell
any bnching party that might
ahow up
sheriff Hayiiand. accompanied BY
Cutoner Martin. left walln walla
iu an automobile az 30 o'clock.
Until they view the remains
the body will not be moved John
liarnes IL Is, Jack rs. and bud"
"a years old. The latter was mar.
rtsd n few months ago.