The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-08-04
MYTHICAL "JACk" QUINCY FOUND IN
ALASKA AND CRAEMER NAY GO FRFF
Ione-Lost Witness in Seattle
Murder Case of Twelve
Years Ago Turns Up and
Conoborates Alibi Claim.

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s,sa, ceeasluns aaa nov ssssins q
M sentence h he siais psniten'
tlary AZ waila H'aih 60 . charse
- s.vsne hrusaisY nardered Mrs.
ps,lIalne Mnellsr aas her baby. In
.s<sr Grant 81 homs In this city.
= ~ nixht az August Is. 1884.
sssy craemer wlll probably soon
y re- man.
rstzs The star received a dts
"a ftum Ealrhankz. Alaska, stat
= 81 Joan Quincy Hackelt.
e, b. 10 years as a Witness
- an sllhl for Craemey. has
M~< 10 To the hills near that
- I'D e0rruborafes Craemers
~ b AL the essential details
~ voice from the grave
ssn M long delayed eonfirma.
= X he defense. which the ac-
ueG csFman presented when he
n xrsslknsd for the horrible
s14<r Of aged MrA Mueller and
w on baby. Il years ago. There
- euze on record In the north.
Ne Which compares with it for
azzztIe Interest.
Aarsctt's Testimony.
n fall details OF Hackett's
anszt viii not be available to
y xacugh ia known, however.
sex that he will be able TO o..
\ stimony that will establish
= nth Of Craemer'E continual
rNtztions Of innocence The
xzez nan has always claimed
X y AID not commit the crime
A = xas the victim Of a most
~z.kxhse chain Of eireumssantiai
<l<nte.
'~~>.sately after hts arrest
,s.ms. Insisted that be was In
r,rza Il TIE tins the murder VAS
uxz'.se4 IN ais city he told a
szss.s< snansh story He ex-
sIxissA szas BE- had gone 10 the
u 11n4 an q collect a debt from
naz. s.1e De- named as John
QaIzrg Esrszff. had actually met
~ rag maerted the money due
Nm ard htsx rrsnrned home
rs p1is<s ED not try % find this
Hzrzsst. xhom IL Was claimed
kuslimss sent By the name o.
hi quiney. and CracmcT could
srt His frisads used every effort
al reNrftd 10 every possible
unN II Information. and always
81 si,h izilnFe
fa<s<sf HAD Dissppesred.
Hsrkstf had disappeared. and
~ klm disappeared almost the
n; hag< The accused German had
Z >mrinx bis Innocence The sub
sV<ni astaiis ~ how Crasmer
- " % the very shadow Of the
nacxx % i've different occasions.
4 kas he managed 20 elnde the
ne u he lao b. the closest pos
- M4fEin. and 81 how. when all
~ IA apparently Ted. be vas
staAF IucaFcrrated ln the peniten-
z1 ., Walla Walia 70 serve a life
Raienef. IL now ancient history In
= criminal archives Of King
ESnsY
~ story told today. which
'wrs that this Hackett was no
z.A a. often alleged By the pros
sa'iea. but vas actually the man
- rpald have proven Craemer's
- mafks the final chapter In
- d The most remarkable In
fz1nzc u the wrong man being
'xSrisd hat Il registered 10 the
zkndzF d crime.
Ias murder for which Craemer
! ~ spending his life behi0d
y isFhidding bars Of Walla walIa
'sAiitaiiasY vas one % the most
TIA n the history Of the north
zsss
Woman and Child Killed.
y he evening Of August 10.
~ Ar1 PHILIPPINE Mueller and
: sabT we're beaten TO death
"a 4 blunt instrument In their
Z homs on the Grant 81. bridge
s'',s,sards the murderer set the
,st.1Ak afife. IN an attempt 20
- " evidences u his crime
sfry was evidently the mo
= The murder, as the family
z amounting 20 5000. were
s1ec 20 be missing. Crime
Nsn rampant for some months
~ Ihile Indignation reached a
! y. Nseh. Rewards agRroEatinR
~ we're offered for the appre.
z.a'ha o. the murderer.
aaty craemer lived with his
~ slI IN a house at the end Of the
q bridge. In South Seattle
!. ..s'sssigea found two broken pieces
BANNER handle between the
- ard the fence In the
:. yafd o. the place. In Craem.
"a sooahonse they found 1909
= IL. away. The broken pieces
- .sh,lleF handle fitted into the
$40 handle 81 the hammer With
~. ~ woman and her child
'''' ssaien to death.
rs''ss Arrest crssmsr.