A Tin Box of Gold Hidden in the Rafters

Chief of Police Rogers now has practically conclusive evidence that Henry Cramer is the murderer of Mrs. Miller and her child, and that he is also guilty of the triple crime. The money taken from Miller's house is now in the chief's possession, not having been found in Cramer's house.

Yesterday morning the chief of police and Detective Codd went to Cramer's residence in South Seattle and made a thorough search of the premises, going carefully over every nook and cranny that could afford a place of concealment, as well as for the plunder or other pieces of evidence. In the shed where the handle of the hammer used in the murder had been found on the previous day, the chief discovered hidden away up against the rafters a small tin box containing $235 in gold, in tens and twenties. From Mrs. Cramer's purse the detective got possession of the gold pieces, two gold pieces and some silver dollars. Mrs. Cramer informed the officers that she had paid a meat bill with one of the gold pieces and received in change $9 odd. Her husband, Monday night, she says, came home and gave her a ten and a five, telling her he had received it from a man in Tacoma who owed it on a debt. These sums, with another $5 paid out, make a total of $240 — the amount Miller says his wife had the last time he saw the money.

Further, Chief of Police Rogers obtained evidence that will positively identify the hammer with which the murder was committed as having been in the possession of Cramer prior to the murder. The brother is still held in custody, although Chief Rogers says in so many words he is "convinced of his entire innocence."

Ever since the crime was committed there has been noticeable among the German residents of South Seattle a threatening current of feeling against the murderer, and now that there is no reason to doubt that Cramer is the murderer, this feeling has swelled into open threats of lynching. In this light the removal of Cramer yesterday to the county jail may be regarded as much a measure of precaution on the part of the authorities as a mere formal proceeding to the prisoner in the custody of the sheriff. The city jail is a weak structure compared with the county jail, where, with a few determined deputies, Sheriff Woolery could withstand a mob of thousands.

A FORMAL INQUEST The weight of the evidence against Cramer may be judged from the fact that no inquest over the remains of the dead woman and her child is deemed necessary. The statute governing inquests provides in effect that the coroner shall summon a jury when, from the circumstances of the case, he deems it necessary to secure evidence against the guilty party. Up to noon yesterday Coroner Horton held himself in readiness to impanel a jury, but later, after a conference with the prosecuting attorney, he decided that such action was not necessary and would only entail useless expense upon the county.

When Cramer was removed from the city to the county jail yesterday morning he had lost his volubility and spoke not a word as the patrol wagon drove up the hill. An information was being prepared against him last evening. Today it will be filed, and the preliminary examination will take place as soon as practicable — probably this afternoon, and at the farthest not later than tomorrow.

KIENDL LEAVES PRISON Prosecuting Attorney Miller took an active part in the search that led up to the arrest of the three suspects. He helped to examine the trail up through the woods and undergrowth back of the scene of the tragedy, and was one of the party that searched Cramer's house later in the day. When Kiendl was taken in charge his $100 was given to the prosecuting attorney, who deposited the money to Kiendl's credit with the Guarantee Loan & Trust Company. Kiendl's arrest undoubtedly was due to his having in his possession, after weeks of idleness, a sum of money about equal to the amount stolen. He would not explain at first how he came by it, and the story did not come out until after his arrest. The night of the murder Kiendl endeavored to quiet his nerves by confirmed drinks of beer, and, inasmuch as he did not go to bed at all, by daybreak he was beastly drunk. When the effects of the liquor had worn away he told a straightforward story. He had earned the money in San Francisco, and when he came away from there, although he traveled on a ticket bought by the brewers' union, he brought a certificate of deposit which he converted into cash shortly after arrival. His release followed this statement as a matter of course, and the money that had been taken charge of by the prosecuting attorney was returned to him.

FUNERAL TODAY The remains of the woman and her baby will be buried from the undertaking rooms of Bonney & Stewart at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. The service will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Knapp, pastor of the German Lutheran church, and the bodies will be escorted to the grave by the members of the Brewers' Union. Yesterday Mr. Miller, accompanied by two friends, was at the morgue completing arrangements for the burial. The interment will take place in Lake View cemetery.

Yesterday John Miller, agent of the steamship company, who is the John Miller whose wife and child were murdered, received a telegram from relatives in Chicago. They asked: "John, has anything happened to your family?" His reply relieved them of the fear that their John Miller was the man whose home had been made desolate. Miller was still terribly agitated yesterday and has left the scene of the tragedy, taking his two remaining children to the house of friends at South Park.