The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 4, 1914, Page 1

xy erveverveevnsernventvcec nt rvrvncnett ie More Than 1 44,000 Paid Copies Daily TTY PM 2 = is NO. 34 /OLUME 16. LARA AR AAAs MS RECORD LEROY THORPE (PARALY Nic) 2 Rovnos HE KNOWS | HOPKI By Fred L. Boalt. EVERETT, Wash., April 4.—The Killer left Seattle hurriedly the Washington st. lodging house found the body of Charles Hodges, a cockney, on in night bed slat The Killer had been seen with Hodges the day before and ahe day before that. He had the word. “LOVE” tattooed on the fingers of his left hand. It was on the night of February 6 that the cockney died oe 8 6.2 The Killer reappeared at Everett, in company with a young man named Putman, a furtive, scary youth : Patrolman Lee Williamson halted the pair on the night of March 26. The Killer jammed a revolver into the officer's stomach and said: “Hands up!” The officer obeyed A man was standing near, interested, as bystanders always are when an arrest is being made. “You, too!” said the Killer He marched them around a corner when a countered. “And you!” said the Killer This man hesitated, and the Killer began to shoot All three dropped. third man was en- On the evening of the next day the Killer asked for food at a ranch house. When he had eaten, he rolled a cigarette, lighted it, and through the smoke contemplated the rancher’s small son struggling with a prob- lem in algebra. “Stuck, son2” the Killer asked. The boy said: “Yep!” ee a whirl the Killer, and drew his chair up to the ate ee at of the Killer“and the head of the bo were close together, beneath the lamp. ‘Then the Killer threw down the pencil and laughed. “That's the answer,” the Killer said. “Much obliged,” said the boy. " And at noonday, following, the Killer sat with his back to the bole of a tree near the Northern Pacific tracks. He was dirty, hungry, unshaven, broke and dog-tired. To while away the time, he cut, with his jack-knife, deep nicks in the points of the bullets in his cartridges, the cuts going four ways from the center. When a bullet so nicked enters your body, !t makes a small, neat hol But it comes out on the other side flat as a pancake and leaving a hole the size of your two fists It nicked bullets. Br uown the track two forms appeared. They were loggere--John Freeman and Tony Olson—and they were hiking it from Sedro-Woolley to McMurray, with their blank et rolls on their backs. : The Killer rose to meet them. “Hands up!" he satd He marched them ahead of him Into the woods, across a creek where a log-jam made a crossing, and halted them behind a windfall of logs. There he robbed them of their small treasures—46 cents In money, & razor, a ran rop. If he had been an ordinary robber, and not a Killer, he would have let them go then. But dead men tel! no tales. Live ones complain to the police He brought the heavy handle of his revolver down on the head of Freeman, who drop- ped. To the Killer's amazement, he rose again. The blow had shattered the rubber han- dle of the weapon. i “Not dead yet?” he said, and struck again. Then he fired into Olson's back, and Ol son fell, a corpse. To make sure, he fired into the prostrate Freeman Later Freeman crawled back to the tracks, was found, and taken to the hospital at Mc Murray. at it,” said ia “-.* sant The Killer next showed up at the genera! store of Ed Ely, Van Horn, on the Rockport branch of the Great Northern. There, in the middie of the night of April 1, Deputy Sher- iff Glover, of Concrete, found him sunk in the sleep of exhaustion. There never was an easier capture. The handcuffs were on him before fe woke up. i | When Deputy Stevenson came to Concre ler to Mt. Vernon, the coun. t of Skagit, he sald, jokingly: “Hard don’t see It,” sald the Killer. “I took a chance all my life.” te to fetch the Kill luck, old top!” ind lost. ty lve been taking chances . “-* You may speculate about the Killer as much as you please, but It won't get you any where. He says his name is Charles Hopkins, but one name will do as well as another He says he is English, but he has no accent On the wrist, entwined with vines, flowers and is tattooed the word “ETHEL.” The tattoo marks would lead you to guess that the Killer had been a satlor Was “Ethel” a boyhood sweetheart, or a light-o'-love who caught a sailor's fancy in the slums of some faraway town? THE KILLER WON'T TELL. HE WON'T TELL ANYTHING. “All I know of Hopkins’ record,” said Sheriff Wells attitude toward society he has given but one hint. He says he's “-. butterflies. been hounded by the bulls. would know? “| honestly believe that he is without fear, without remors DIED. DIANA DILLPICHKLES IN *‘What the Sam Hill?” Said Bill-Sticker Bill. ‘‘Will I Beat Up a Cripple? Darned if I Will!’’- FINE FISH WHEN HE SEES THEN. A Picture of Hopkins, Taken After His is that he was sent up to Walia Walla in 1909 for burglary In Kittitas county, “My impression is that he has persuaded himself that the world is against him, and that he has butchered many men, just as he butchered Olson and tried to butcher Freeman, leaving their bodies to rot in the woods. aman with a body clean and strong, a mind alert, BUT WHOSE SOUL HAS SHOWERS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY; MODERATE SOUTHERI SEATTI WASH,, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1914 YOU NEED MORE HATCHERIES SEC. REDFIELD BOOSTS OUR FISH’ HOME IN AUTO Police women of the juvenile department investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a 15-Jear-old girl in a dazed condition and apparently suffering from some drug or narcotic at the Pike st. market fast night. She is lying unconscious at her home today at 1 cording to a rep quarters. In the morning the clerk of the | the bed, his head battered in with a 20th av rt at police ° Call for Taxicab | ttle Taxieab ne to be sent | call came to the company for a mac jof the street near the waterfront. | Driver W. P. Woelke answered | the call. He was met by an un known man who said he had no ticed the girl In a peculiar condi-| tion. | The girl gave her address to the! driver, As be was about to crank his machine, two young men came out of a building and attempted to} interfere, he said in his report to the police, The girl was at first| inclined to accompany them. | “What she needs is the fresh | air,” said the young nien Driver Woetke ineisted the gir! would either ga, home or he would take the trio t.{ the police station. Becomes Uni home, This mornin: qi that she scious during th Later 4 nts from the tn Vestigation by officers brought out a story that the girl, in company with an older woman and two men had drunk a bottle of wine tn aj noodle cafe near the Pike st.| market. | Policewomen fear the wine given the girl may have been drugged. | NO AGREEMENT | AT DALE DINNER: | — | While six members of the coun-| ell met at dinner at the home of Councilman C. Allen Dale, 2621 Cascadia st. last night, no agree ment was reached to J. G.| PrP se’s successor in the council | Councilmen Erickson and Marble did not attend the “get together” meeting. The voting on Petrce’s successor begins Monday afternoon. It is not believed any candidate has the necessary five votes to date, and Aner mo’ deca ight er’ report. je uncon | | | | {t may require several days of bal loting before the. election is made At the dinner last night, the councilmanic vacancy ¥ dis- | cussed only incidentally, according to the host POP’S A BEARCAT Arrest. LONG BEACH, Cal, April 4. | —*Pop" Leonard, movie actor, | welght 300 pounds, made his | fall out of a “prop” window too | realistic, Physicians are patch- | ing up @ pair of broken ribs and a sprained back Of his muet fight the world. It is possible that he If he has, who FIRE! PAR! HS "I'LL TAKE MAR OVER SOME “NGIGHBOR'S. You BRING ~ ) To , RE, PAR, TAKE THIS — aa bbs ALG I HADA _/ CHANCT To Saves” . aC .Y BR The Seattle Star THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS ONE CENT THAINS AND ANDS __A GIRL OF 15 1S CHINESE BOY KILLER “DOPED; SENT CONFESSES HE MAN WITH NO SOUL! SLEW WOMAN VANCOUVER April 4 Ja Kong, 1 today con fessed that he murde Mrs. Chas. J. Millard, wife of the ef ticket agent of the Canadian Pacific Rail way company, who has been miss-| ing since last Wednesday Kong was employed at the Mil lard home, Millard had gone to Victoria, and upon his return was unable*to loeate his wife. Stains on Carpet Blood stains on the carpet, and About 6:50 o'clock last night @/\the discovery of Mrs, Millard’s hat, | morning dress and other wearing apparel in the garret, witha bloody |to the Pike st, market, at the end/ax in the basement, indicated foul |*4¥8 the Pasadena dispatch, one of play The clothing was torn in places and gave evidence of a struggle. Find Bones in Furnace Suspicion at once fastened upon the Chinese boy, but he steadfastly denied any knowledge of Mrs, Mil- lard’s disappearance Late yesterday afternoon the po- Mee dug up the garden at the Mil- lard residence, in a search for the woman's body, othing was found A later examination of the fur nace, however, revealed a gold ring gad charred bones. ‘TO INVESTIGATE " GIRL'S CHARGES Chief of Police Griffiths stated | today he would look into the} charges made yesterday by Miss Grace Fleming that she paid $25 to Officer Al Humphrey to obtain a reduction in bail after she The girl is now under arrest on a similar charge. Through her attorney, Glenn Hoover, she withdrew the suit yes- terd afternc It is rumored sho feared the wrath of the offi cers At any rate, an Investigation | will be made. FALLS; CUTS HEAD H. R. Robbins, 28, slipped and fell while walking on Second av., in front of the Hoge building, short ly before noon today, and sustained a deep gash on his head. He was taken to the city hospital JOBS ARE SCARCE FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 4 The Fairbanks Commercial Club has again {ssued a public letter, warning penniless men not to join in the rush here, the labor condi- tions being far from satisfactory. BON! AS A MON PARIS, April 4.—It was reported |Count de Castellane had decided to|for the presence of all state com-|man on the board of public works: become a Jesuit monk f “GOOD-BYE TO THE VIVID TRESSES” | A 4-Reel “Screecher’” Film S "AIN'T IT _TURRIBCE ft FITHS.. MILLIONAIRE — WHO GRABBED FORESTS DIES | | Frederick Weyerhaeuser died at ae Pasadena, Cal., this morning. | He leaves a fortune worth $500,- 000,000, | The telegraph’ dispatches today have only kindly things to say of the dead multi-millionaire. Hewas, the kindliest and gentlest of men. |He had deep religious convictions. He lived simply, frugally. One au- tomobile was enough for him. He |had no yachts, no racing stables, no art galleries. He despised all the customary pleasures of the very |rich. He belonged to no clubs, Weyerhaeuser, the dispatch con- jcludes, was one of the richest, and |certainly the most secretive, men in |the world. |. The dispatch calls him “the tum- | ber king,” but it neglects to say how he came by the title. ° ‘ Frederick Weyerhaeuser eyerhaeuser and his associates were land thieve ey played ‘tev Old ““homesteading game” and jplayed it on a gigantic scale. By stealthy trick and bi jtraud they stole hundreds of thousands of acres of govel ment land. far the greater share of the vast fortune left Weyerhaeuser belongs, morally, to the American people, |though the frauds have long since been outlawed. Most of the timber land owned by the Weyerhaeu: jestate should be in the hands of real homesteaders or Bir | jcluded in the government forest reservations. see ee America owes Weyerhaeuser nothing. He developed the Northwest only to the extent denuding its forests. He built no monument. | Gold was his God. Greed was his creed. HIS RULE OF LIFE WAS GET! GET! | | j o M’CORMICK COME! FOR MEETING HEF |} Medill McCormick of Chicago and } proxy, pe Bainbridge Colby of New York, who! | The coming fall campaign will be” thoroughly discussed. Th had been considered for the guber- y y e county natorial nomination, two of the big-/ Ce@tral committee will meet at the - | Same time. gest bull moosers in the country, s A noon-day lunch, to be ad will be the principal speakers at|, / - dressed the big progressive mass meeting P%, McCormick and Colby, will be in Dreamland rink Wednesday | ¢l!¢ at the Rathskeller. : night, April 15. per : | Mayor Hiram C. Gill will preside. MAY KEEP HIM |} The meeting will follow the state | wide conference of progressives, to} Sa |be held in Evergreen hall, in the! While Mayor Gill at first intem |Rathskeller building, in the after-| ed to replace Building Superintent | noon of the same day. ent Josenhans with some other mal Chairman Slater of the state com-/the mayor, after an investigation, |mittee has issued the formal call/says he appears to be a valu imitteemen, either in person or byjand he may reappoint bim. ! | POULTRY | BARGAINS | SUBURBAN HOMES Of vital Interest to every reader of The Star today ts the | classified page. Many o tunities are offered Star read- ers today. Among the want ads you will find available anything you may be in need of, from a furnished room to a home. Particularly do | wish to call your attention to the cfferings in the Poultry col umn. The dealers and breed- | ers whose announcements aj pear under Classification are absolutely reliabi, ind af. ford the owner of a suburban | home an ideal opportunity to engage In a profitable side line that will greatly reduce your high cost of living.