The Murdered Japanese Cook Known as Charley

The murder of Zenia Maveda, commonly called 'Charley,' near Auburn, is absorbing the attention of Sheriff Woolery and his assistants, and, although there are clues yet to be investigated, it is thought that the arrest of Joe, the Chinese, who was missing from the cabin at the time of the discovery of the dead body, will prove a factor in the case. Deputy Sheriff Jack McDonald captured Joe Saturday evening, some distance from the cabin, and, despite his protests that he did not know anything of the case, brought him to the city and locked him up in the county jail. Joe either does not know anything of the English language or he does not want to. He may be entirely innocent of the crime, but he acts suspicious and has a decidedly uneasy look in his coal-black eyes. He is a little fellow, about five feet high, and if he was not kept in a separate apartment it would puzzle Jailer Munroe to tell which was Andy, the first man arrested, and which was Joe. There are two other prisoners in the apartment with Joe, and they say he is a curiosity. He stands in the middle of the floor, looks up and says, 'I don't know.' Then he looks down and says the same thing. No matter what is asked him he says, 'I don't know.' Sheriff Woolery saw Joe yesterday, and while not ready to give a definite opinion about the murder, admitted that he was not satisfied with the way Joe acted. As a matter of fact, the sheriff and others who have followed the case do not think that Andy, who reported the case, had anything to do with it. He does not and has not acted suspiciously, and in all probability will be used simply as a witness. He talked with Sheriff Woolery yesterday through an interpreter and mentioned a matter that will be thoroughly investigated. It appears that a day or so before the murder Charley told Andy that he had had a discussion with some two Chinamen about the war. Nothing was said, however, to give Andy the idea that trouble of any kind arose over the argument. Another clue that Deputy Jack McDonald was investigating yesterday was a rumored row between Charley and some Japanese over a settlement of wages. As soon as McDonald lodged his prisoner in jail and had received instructions from the sheriff he returned to Auburn.

Coroner Horton made a second examination of the wounds on the dead man that evening and found that they were more numerous than represented in the first reports yesterday, and that two of them were enough to have caused death. One that was not thought serious at first, on probing, proved to extend to the brain along the cavity of the right eye from the outer edge. The nose bones were broken into several pieces, and the skull over the right eye was badly fractured. This leads to the conclusion that the instrument used was heavy, and probably a hatchet.

About twenty Japanese called at County Auditor [---] undertaking rooms yesterday and [---] said he used to work as cook in this city. They decided to bury his remains as soon as the coroner gave them permission, which will probably be in a day or two. The Japanese of the city are taking much interest in the case, and one of them went to the morgue yesterday and made a drawing of the dead man's face and neck, showing every wound and its exact location. He kept his own counsel, and it is thought he may be acting in the interest of the Japanese to ferret out the real murderer. Coroner Horton said last night that he had not decided when to hold the inquest.