The Seattle Star Newspaper, September 24, 1907, Page 1

© _ THE SEATTLE STAR. |EXTRA! — ° * SEATTLE, WASH,, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1907, @ VOL. 9. NO, 82. PRICE 25¢ PER MONTH. HOT ON MURDERERS’ TRAIL ent was locked ar as heard, Covington WAs| fender manufacturers who have invariably rise and over it. seen carrying up what ay ed tO) succeeded in p 1g fenders cries, These ren, how: | which save life ¢ F z ewe r, may have contained tho rocks| "phe fender tn use by the Seattle! law : ting 16 found‘ tee trunk, Qlequiosd as Electric company does not meet) fe are collectively em- krocertes one of the requirements regarded jed in the pre mn that the More likely, however, the murder! $y esnential. Sondaes eat te daastan ti vs Floating i in Bay Near Bell ad at Duwamish - Sean there Mrevery Sidon] ggg niga easter ars ty eens a “ae Head, Last Tuesday---Expressman McDonough AR TRACED T0 = a ee ee = al “4 sn at Tells of Moving Trunk for Two Men. 3 probe dns one pty 5 — crat- ts at fl 7.50 cas stance in which the pre the Cons ed woman, the un - * ' = ton th b Oe aa her nec y which she and many instances in which It) I lence r ein Biforts of The Star to locate the expressman who ‘ iy ms love with her : | wax strang indicate that #he fia ure, > an cities , pac ('s friend, an ex y new fea was first od tt 4 oe Og 4 . fauled the trunk « aining the ly of M COVING= | ture to the mysterious murder ; [us oo ae f ms deliver: | by @ projecting on which the , Jersey _ Newarlt tn from the Keswick apartments resulted in the dis-|Mre. Agnes Covington, was made out noise or hard str te ion may fal Weick, & the| nad M. La rtuge Aap ctlenore (8 knows of but one in-| rec The gag in the mouth of the mur : ker’s sant: ot 4 th 15¢ om efeat j fore 1 lock thi fterno hat |*ae"" to the police last nig That the ler was committed |(2#tant of using touches the 160, % ‘ covery shortly be 23 oe this afternoon that) ..0, ates Ada Kotk of 910 lin the room and the body taken out | #™und pies Ki egigh ies <6 ved 1 Bart McDonough, expressman with a stand at! Washington st. an intimate a . . 9 in the trank in which ft wax found win a ape , e ‘indent taree eine nae =a dane ree McDon ’ 7 or tei Shade ites bone wee Positive evidence was secured by The Star late|was indicated by the condition. of | WBich Regge eo gear’ bon ‘his posoré. talle 40 spre Fifth and Pine sts ved a trunk trom the butldir . the vietim of, the trunk ‘e this afternoon showing that Covington and his chum, be eee nee ce ca ; 4 se meeting this requirement in the| short of that achieved by the Liver . 7 yhom he believes to be Covington and unve a page of th ik turilson, went te gl 0 . om . porn flit © disappear | slightest degree jer, it is far ahead of the with | toe two men a i : ” married life, which s Pheer | Burilson, went to I ¢ Harbor September 6 on the pace. Little could have been taken “it being impracticable to carry | record of the fender in use in Se d no |} Burilson one after: early in the month, taking it steamer Florence K. Burilgon had formerly worked | {pin,'™e room ta that! such a cradle touching the dj attle be to a sound steamer at the Galbraith dock and helping at Eagle H r and was recognized by several of | Mrs. Covington's collection of pho ay most j ‘ which De the crew when he made the trip tographs, things sbe have ntry, | put it on board. en “sl oo ; F |taken with her, had she moved out ! , nar Saige ee hut téel | ‘ d by a young man who an re left tacked to the wa An ds of MeDonough cannot fix the exact date but feels Kotkine were perfectly thir tleactaiae of Coun | te yon yrigend or erally. . ne tensvile fain ol . he one wi vedas - ' : Sm ' tleles including groce were also confident that th« ink he hauled was the one which | the px B. E. Simpson, who has known Burilson for some|ieft. The room had n put to contained the b lien) werd months, drank with him and Covington on the trip | sists, ph beng og os td ne | “The two men were on the sidewalk with | the | the kn fre attle to Eagle Harbor. Burilson asked hi © | articles left behind spoke of a hur-| tion may ; ; } give n drink and when the fireman produced a bot fight unnecessary, considering | ener senate ta, join The bottle had ~~ | wontinued on page 7) | (By United Press.) trans | SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24.~—W. | coast When Covi trnk in front of the Keswick when I got up there,” | tor m 2 lad McDonough. “They had a bottle of whiskey and |"""*" ation men on the Pacific le Girt Tells Story iitered me a drink but I refused. They wanted me vo Mt! trues” sald ‘otking he smiled and produced a gard of that firm's name, ; WIL WED HER : Gur of the Pasitie Const ae iptake the trunk to Pier 2 and leave it there but I ye “i cae | ¢ me the one found the trunk mpany, has resigned his on saw E. Pharo, f a Coast Co., wil with the dea it in said, of en arce, who has k : \ un Pee the Intent i J . alter dhe The trunk which the two men took aboard the thedtately ‘after the 1st of next uship Co., Is the be Gaated on them coming along with me as I wanted ee Sopesureof my 50 cents for hauling the trunk. They | her we ea " ay joan I ence | n was not billed ‘ A conf "aanot want to come but finally did cor we K he: n h billed ; is CHICAGO, Sept. 24.—He: bn ei netanpprande y pow: ae it after the béat left Seattle Bea 1 years old, on the w from the office of the Pacifie ached Eagle Harbor, Covington | #4 ' a 9 lt ~ se 2 yg oy moog : swore that she had been imprison-| confirmed this news tod: He It hae bees kely and when | C€N WAS | ed without cause in a sanatorium | said P Changed Their Minds. On the way down, they changed their minds {Pier 2 and told me to drive t« Galbraith dock » company wn for some time arce had requested that his that the Pacific Coast Co. has be Pharo reenter for three years by her uncle, the . ' ' one m take effect on Oct. 1 endeavoring to b We got to the dock, one of the men left the my ; o> atthe he following night | which she ts the sole hetr. ¢ » will succeed him Ford, 1 the steamship : K., but made the return trip alone. | McBean, the uncle, sent rd to company nt in California, ae nd the other asked me to help him put the ihe Goat dette aie eee ‘ : aie ,, | compas a! a I I in and Firetian Simpson saw him. on art inquishtog hi im Mr. Pearce has been with the Pa- and 3 20 positive ab guardianship and to the | cific mat Steamship cot Y | years and ts one of the b t people would vice as to who Pearce's successor and the girl will m Martin, an attorney, wh a r in the santtorium ™ . soe discovered b , a and ah BY FRANK R. SINGLETON | Bort 7 robes hao Bay Be a Kenosha, Wi and believed her J Mrs. Agnes Covington WAs MUP | (ee the hall and, fee ot story. ‘The young woman admitted we dered in the Keawick apartments ioe end’ the anh os ning | that she had ta several articles ool wea the seik Geen S before she way sent to the sani On the boat. I told him the bo Wat Goce Gales ine teruva tin Mend to that but he said he wanted to attend to it! te was ot See. I helped him take the trunk on board and he |‘ | "* _ paid me. I did not notice what boat it-was but it was “ 4 small sound steamer ody was robably take \ in, but denied sh his window and ca mo tt A ok ohth oes ie A neatittind f Mec partments / ovide for he eee Calbrs sith dock this afte rand ide ntific 1 } gion, a6: [SE Ses Gene: wotehty on. th The boat as the Florence K. which — s between Seattle frank he wth | night of Sept about Mra. Covington's have been do p amd Eagle Harbor, leaving during the afternoon from | son as to loving Covington's She knew thin as to the move * “the Galbraith dock 7 ani oe ¢ wee eee i ntedlag: Pb + fag be ~—m be R J. D. Farrell, local head of the car struck the sweeping gee y ombe anc a cific . of & terrific blow that t it wi a rey oe moat oe! FAVORED BY CHAMBER |eson rc ont somber nrg nr ome en ment o pr moving the trunk alone is lacking other passengers riding on a Madi. |", ‘ solved be : Madison st. was being sprinkled isheiney link 3 » chain of evidence cipals in the remarkable murde : to establish the probability which son at. cable car ed from the and awe it :. Another strong link in the chain of evidence mystery which would offer the | Covered t fa almost certainty that the mur A resolution was brought defo a nee ; , EE a catet < ter on the rails img to show that Agnes Covington was murdered in | slightest ait of importance w apartr aR vey anes the Ke wick the Chama mamerce the car wheels and the runaway fole her apartments at Ninth and Stewart, placed in a ae anny cima appearn * the she and comforter which | éreater improvements at the Brem ae a vice eva ane th = . ‘ fs roboretion ‘ majthe . have s belonging | erton Navy yard and calling upo Zz age dese tie i weer Sagar fl trunk and carried to one of the docks of this city to be ona iw the state { Mra, Th m, tom | pee rife ite agence age Fong Rloret At. ov re mrtg a ov Jent was entirely the fault of the Mackay, who b Kes “ e com oh ats to Ganon : tet body & ar | q thrown from there into the sound, was unearthed by t t - gton's ged —— eo ns ; ° ot rs gy , = That some one was not hurt tm |B The Star this mornin ‘ fy was wrapped had been taken | ¢ . or tn vay : pet ate mI r in the ¢ 7 qT freq t Keaw of anoth p te liston emarkable. 7 Early last Tuesday morning Mate Bleeker of the Coving her which he ¥ Who Was Expreseman? A emamition Ts oat r} : ing t a more apape v t the trans-| will visit the navy yar pg vestt sa) - Tittle steamer Sentin« war awe work dividual ex-| gate the needs of the yard and re the bay near the bell b t t ’ . to t W. H. Mackay 4 | tena night failed Miles this side of the point where tl nd niration of M Keaw that the 0 hocate no had tal Tom F y was t o . on wa i | tie an wh nd a funk tek , m arre in Seattle Passenger Saw Trunk pains to cor x t ye and tigation 9 rig a . xton where he © charged . } After Murderers Scene of Many Rows. Riirilson The Seattle schoo) board has d means that the Washingtog Md the attention of the mate was called to the tru: sna, arth of sis a the Keswick} | Between the the of the row. » cided to unite the sentor classes of |! School foot team will byone of the ; ger nrg ee 4 i lrows between Covington and pis tities tlaappearance the the Washington and Lincol Lincotf. school students (hid apd s . nd forth through the orm | e the passene tia * io to te aid T ete . Baie it 7 tt PROBATE CLERK J. A. SIGURDSON IS A | MATRIMONIAL ACCOMODATION far enough t t water me to make cert ' ' ¥ , r Mrs, George U. Pipe wit tle Tope.” « * toda . : H Dy t “ f th d » Twe uy Description Tallies - > « noe ey Orel cisined that bh r gton had pe “> “ fie my ‘ thas gyn ! ry ndidate and curren! “ ® i 1 have t ake . tn | (By United Pres: ves a he ubjects ¢ - be ( | nt ad f guilt and * NEW YORK Sept a4 A cable le outs the water j ¢ the , Eas Jamaica x nese and .w t is said , email Harbor if j t t k th fate ex p aagptrtel vy : ous matter, |" ning 18) saw float ; Ceara 1 ‘ is wore oney tigating Vir oe be agee livers Abe tation sep It j ; . have {and le th Pp ) late th tte noon, Just before " AY ide ft th as being| BWRLIN, Sept. 24 job a and thro by . we had f tt f eorne f First av, and Weller st m, and is oe of the |i the police and fled i I prove of img co, the mé ended his life by taking a dose of | tain oroner's office killed and a scord oka BiG Pulled away { Jit proves of absolutely no value eyanide of potassium, The cor-,has been notified, on ¢ / ha 1 Fe IR a pinecone ancient i