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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1904
Page
1
An alleged kidnapper is brought to a hearing after being held for several days under duress in a municipal dungeon. The proceedings are reported with emphasis on the conditions of confinement and the legal action underway.
News from Sept. 8 to 10 reports Japanese forces capturing key fortifications two miles east of Golden Hill near Port Arthur. Russian powder shortages hindered shell impacts while mined assets threaten Japanese advance and ships.
The Star reports John King stayed in the city jail without formal charges from June 13 to September 15. A habeas corpus petition was filed and then withdrawn after an agreement to file a charge this afternoon. King was arrested for post office robbery in Ferndale, Whatcom County, and faces a preliminary hearing before Commissioner Kiefer.
The Star reported that Chief Delaney confessed lack of tangible evidence against John King, who had been detained for three months. King is handed to U S marshal on a federal burglary warrant tied to Fern dale Whatcom county, while a formal kidnaping charge was demanded by his lawyers. King awaits preliminary hearing and bail in county jail.
Williams Monroe, a sewer laborer and husband, shot his mother in law Mrs. Dunlap, sister in law Mrs. Garner, his wife, and their 2 year old child after returning home at about 10 AM. He then killed himself in the parlor after a recent divorce dispute.
Colfax Washington reports more than $46,000 spent with implement dealers this year on farming machinery buggies and wagons. Prospects look strong for a good fall and winter trade in buggies and hacks.
The case against Daniel Murphy an ex-pugilist and California Commission employee charged with attempted murder of William Kane a barber resumes after a delay. The proceedings continued through September 29 in the ongoing case.
Prosecuting attorney reports Kain is in Everett and cannot assist soon in Murphy case. Murphy struck Kain in the mouth, knocking him to the pavement and rendering him unconscious for hours following a dispute over an overcharge for shaving Murphy on Labor Day.
Special from The Star Hoquiam Sept 16 one woman and two men lie dead at the morgue after a lovers quarrel ends in violence James Miles shot John Lund and Helen Harrington then killed himself in a grim triple tragedy at a local home two other men and women nearby were shaken but unharmed by the scene
Coroner Hoye will hold an inquest into a skeleton found in sewers east of Kirkland. Believed to be Earl Plummer who disappeared September 16 with $150 on his person and a suspect seen with him. Detectives pursue the companion who may have lured Plummer to his death.
The State Liquor Dealers association declared both governor candidates satisfactory to liquor interests and allowed members to vote per conscience and political faith. Officers elected include President James W. Morrison Seattle and secretary A Gerber Seattle with other officers. Everett named as next meeting site.
Reports from San Francisco to Victoria and Tacoma discuss a Russian naval officer aboard the Lena directing the Lena Korea and another cruiser. Authorities dispute the sightings while ships like the Hyades may delay sailing due to the border tension and potential seizure of cargo.
Frantic search ends with the transport Sherman, Manila, returning with 200 troops and $1,000,000 Mexican money for relief. No war craft traced near the harbor entrance during the cruise around the She.
Blankenship of Garden Station fined ten dollars for an alleged assault on Sophia Kropheites. Witnesses described the fray, Blankenship claimed many enemies and sought to reclaim items from Sophia. She displayed a scar from a blow while the judge sifted testimony, and rumors circulated of an effort to oust him from the neighborhood.
Work began this morning to raise the steamer Topeka with bulkheading on the after part. Bulkhead bots will be driven by compressed air and apparatus for the process was set up last night. Dynamos to provide divers with light are in working order.
A. I. McDonald, a Ballard saloonkeeper, was arrested by Deputy Marshal Neloen on burglary charges. The Seattle Brewing and Malting Company alleges McDonald took beer from its storeroom beside his store and sold it in his saloon.
Shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon the jury in the trial of Mrs. Susan Rumbeaux for first degree murder regarding the fatal Walsh Lake shooting in August 1908 retired to deliberate. The morning was spent with arguments from both sides.
Victoria B C Sept 16 HMS Shearwater a British naval patrol vessel is ashore on rocks off the Alaskan peninsula. Efforts to refloat have failed after she went aground six to seven days ago while en route to Esquimalt from Bering Sea and Alaskan waters to guard British seal interests.
O Maritsu a Japanese section hand for the Columbia & Puget Sound railway was instantly killed when run over by a Northern Pacific passenger train at Van Asselt station shortly before 9 am. He stepped into the path of a second train and was ground to death under engine 100, the driver unable to stop in time. The body was brought to Seattle and placed in the Bonney-Watson morgue. Coroner Hoye announced no inquest, deeming the death accidental.
A former YSU staffer, age 28 years ago, recalls a lengthy tenure with the company after years of employment.
Makden Sept 16 The Chinese report that the Japs are running regular trains between Danny Newchwang with rolling stock according to their statements that came from San Francisco Steamer Centennial arrived port from San Francisco today 20 passengers and 600 tons freight.
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