The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-11
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by his didnapcrs to administer ito =
dying friend
Papers. including . railway rate
Qualification. . garage bill. bills Of
ladlng for furniture and similar arti-
cics were also found
William Hightowcr. . mechanic.
Furnished tho elew which led to thu
discovery and guided the searching
party composed OF himself. Chief OF
Police o'Brien Of san Francisco. Con.
stable I.andini OF coima and three
Newspaper men TO the Erava
Ilixhfowsr h,d found the grave
first thru . story told him by .
woman known as Dolly Mason. Of
Salt Lake City. whose suspicious
had born aroused by the discon-
nrrted statements Of . drunken
foreigner who had called upon
hu.
You bettr be afraid u this
gun" thu foreigner told her. 1t
has killed . man
.Iipt no IL n0e alcnA beside
his grave sits . man always fry
ing pancakes"
Hixhtowcr found the grave within
sight OF a sign. familiar In tn. West.
picturing an old desert rat" frying
pancakes over a little fire
SHOT THRU HEART
AT BRINK or GRAVE
Hightowcr had found signs Of n
grave. but investigated no further.
He told n newspaper reporter and
last night the searching party went
out and unearthed the body OF the
missing priest
Father Hesiin had been shot thru
the heart. probably at tho brink Of
the grave
Cartridges were scattered near by.
There was nothing to indicate how
long Father Healin was held captive
by his kldnapers before he was muir
dered.
Hightowcr was detained by tho po-
lice pending the investigation OF the
case and search for Dolly Mason
was Instituted. she was believed to
have left San Francisco for Portland.
Father HesIin was called away
from the little priest house at colma.
on the outskirts OF San Francisco. n
week ago Tuesday night when a man
described as evidently a foreigner.
greatly excited. his face half conceal.
cd by an upturned coat collar, asked
the father to come with him TO min.
lister to dying friend.
Father Healn never returned
LETTER RECEIVED
DEMANDING RANSOM
The following day Archbishop Ed.
ward J. Hanna, Of the San Francisco
diocese. received n letter supposedly
from the kidnapers. demanding 5000
ransom. giving instructions for Its
payment and saying Father Hcslin
would be tortured and killed II the
ransom were not paid.
Since then scores Of men forming
posses by the dozens have searched
every inch OF the country south OF
San Francisco for trace OF the be
loved padre. but until shovels last
night tore the earth from his con.
torted form and showed in the faint
light Of lanterns the aged priest lying
bent and crumpied In the shallow
grave, no sign OF him had been
found.
This morning officers started for
the grave 10 examine by the light OF
day the locality and 10 bring back 10
San Francisco the corpse OF the muir.
dcrcd priest.
Father Hcslin was aged So years.
He came TO Colna, Cal. from Tur-
lock, Cal. only a few days before ne
was kidnapped He had been in
charge OF the Turlock parish for the
preceding six years.
II am afraid tbeyTl never
find the murderer Of Father
Uesiin," Tiightower told police
and reporters today.
"WhyY" he was asked.
Because the man who muir
dered Father Hcslin will kill
Dolly Mason because she told
me- was the answer.
Hightower today was given a
rigid grilling by police detectives
under the direction Of Chief OF Po-
lice O'Brien-