The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-01-15
Wife STANDS BY
MAIN; SAYS He
IS INNOCENT


nocen,. can't understand why 40
much has been made Of our in.
simacy with III. swnynea. A year ago
moved to Sapayine. We wer. all
strangers there. 40 We naturally fell
In with each other. and became tho
closest OF friends.
For a time We even lived In ono
house together. using each Others
furniture. OF course VIC were init.
matr. but there was nothing wrong
with that. was there Mrs. swRync
and ! always have been close
friands.-
Made Threats.
And yet. Antradicting this frank
statement. derc,iyca working on the
case claim to have proof that there
had been trouble between tho two
families for som. time. that
swayne had made threats against
Main. aitho there had been an ap.
parent reconciliation shortly before
tho murder.
Just what happened along the ono
main street Of Napavine. with Its
three small stores and scattered
gray cottages during Is brief min.
utes-the minutes between p. m.
and SIS on tina, Sunday afternoon
ON those Is minutes. after all. Ne.
ponds the freedom and good name Of
Main and the happiness of his wife
and his two children.
Prosecutor Allen intimaicd today
that pressure was being brought
upon him to abandon his caae
against Main.
Il don't caro- what Judge Main.
or even President Wilson may say
about this case" he said. I'm
going 10 follow my own course"
Ho directly intImatsd that new
evidence had been obtained only
Monday night.
10 was also revealed that the
state claims 10 have n witness who
knew where Main kept a small
search for Il has failed.
The state also II working on the
theory that an acquaintance or
friend OF the swaynes committed
the murder.
II II contendod that the groccr's
safe was open at the time of the
attack. and that the money was
not disturbed.
IL IL known the state has at least
four witnesses. one OF them woman
and another boy. who claim to
have seen Main within n few min.
utes Of the murder. the hour of
which Is placed by the officers at
5l5 y. m.
Only n Block Away
Mains real estate office is only n
short block away from swayne's
grocery store. where the murder oc.
CURED. There Is one witness for the
state, II r. said. who claims 10 have
seen Main talking ncrvously TO two
men In front of his office at 8 o'clock:
another who claims TO have seen
Main walking hastily toward the gro.
Gerry store at $40; another who
claims to have seen "A light in the
store go on, then off again. and boy
who claims to have seen Main walk.
Ing from the store back to his office
at $50.
Could the terrific struggle In the
store. the Telling OF Swayne. the final
blows with the ax, have taken place
In 80 short n timer Impossible. say
the defense attorneys.
A Complete AIibi
One the other hand, Main claims
to have n complete alibl He had
been out all afternoon. looking over
some loggedoff land. he says. At s
o'clock he returned TO his office and
had conversation with two men
there At $40. he claims. Mrs. w.
w. Emery. wife OF the owner OF the
one sawmill at Napavine. came into
the office from the train to telephone
to her husband.
Mrs. Emery declares Main showed
no signs of excitement. that there
we're no blood stains on him, and
there was nothing unusual about his
appearance.
Whore were the blood staIna?
There have been runners today that
"a bloody coat and AK have been
found ut NapavInc.