The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-05-28
DAILY INTELLICEN(ER.
Monday, May %, 1877.

a Etitf hfsr AAsEDh - IKE a.
excitement was created here O, sssur-
day evening by = report fra Port
Townsend, ria Blakely. that Captain,
Chas Howard, of the former place. had
been shot and MORALLY wounded By
Henry L. Sutton. welI-ku9wu saloon
keeper there, late Friday afternoon.
No particulars, however. could be OBJ
tanned OF the affair. until the steamer
Dispatch arrived from there last even
ing. We interviewed enc Of the pas
sengers on the boat. DIR Deere, of L0-
PEI Island. who arrived a. Port Town
send Immediately after the shooting
had taken piscc and who. in converting
with nnmbcr Of citizens who had
witnessed the shooting. gathered the
following particulars 1t seems that
Captain Howard had been in Sutton :
saloon few days previous tn the ARRAY.
and hal quarrelled with Sutton over
dog. which he had with him, and
which Sutton kicked out Of the saloon
Hot and bitter words were exchanged
between them. and the two men parted
in fit Of rage. Late on
last Friday Afternoon Captain
Howard was Standing IN front of the
alpop engaged in conversation with
some one. when Sutton. who hal evi.
IDENTIFY been drinking. came 10 the
door. and called out To him 10 "A gruif,
irste tone: Say. come here Howard /;
l want you y Howard made some
reply about the saloon being "A bawdy
house, aud that he didn't &C into such
places. Sutton turned back iuto the
saloon in a fit Of rage. and immedi-
stely came out with revolver and
commenced firing at Howard. One
ball struck Howard's arm and passed
through. another entered the uD,5d.eat
region, ranging inward and upward,
aud passed through n portion OF his
liver. After Sutton had enptied hi.
revolver. he turned 10 the ex Sheriff If
the county. who was standing near,
and said : Damn you; if l had
another charge would send it through
you On general principles" Sutton
then marched back into the saloon. and.
selling . Henry rifle standing behind
tie bar. threatened that he would shoot
any id s--n OF q b-h who dared TO
interfere with him He then went be-
hind the bar coolly. with his rifle still in
his hand; took what money there was
in the drawer, placed il in his pocket, re-
loaded his revolver, gathered up some
effects he had in the saloon. took dou
BILE barrelled shot gun. which was also
behind the bar, walked out on the wharf,
got into his boat. pulled her in under
the wharf. where he placed her IN order
to leave; set sail and sailed out Of the
harbor. lie shortly after fell in with
the steamer Favorite, and informed the
Captain that safe robbery had beer
committed in Townsend; that he was
in pursuit Of the burglars, and must 90
To Victoria. The Captain informed him
that he could not take him to Victoria;
upon which he said il he could land
him at Dungeness that would do. he
was taken to Dungeness, and "a the
steamer was passing out oil sight, on
her way back, ha WAS seen sailing out
iuto the Straits in his boat. 1t IL
supposed that he will tax. passage on
some outward bound vessel If possi0ic
for some foreign port We received "a
dispatch from Port Townsend last even
ing stating that Captain Howard had
died at o'clock y. NJ. Sutton has AL
ways been regarded as desperate char
acter. is native oil boston. aged about
forty. five years. When quite young.
we are told. be shot man IN Mas>a
chusetts, aud Immediately thereafter,
left his early home for California
where We understand he was afterwards
engaged in u similar shooting aifray.
He came To this Territory, we believe,
during the Fraser River gold excite
ment. and has since been editoria!ly
con, . ted with the Register and Message
tao defuaet nswsptpers formerly pub-
lishcd in Port Townsend. In 81. while
connected with tho former named
paper at that place. he committed an
assault upon the wife Of II negro barber
by the name of Bowen, who came tn
his office to collect a wash bill. For
this assault he WAS tried before Jus
tioa DYER. aud fined - sutton de
uounccd Dyer for his decision, and
openly threatened TO shoot him on
tho streets On the evening q the
same day be visited Bowcns barber
shop and fred at him with a revolver
tuc DAtl toc 1'tN' ""'
through the wall. barely. however.
grazing the head of Captain Fowler.
who was sitting In the shop at the
time sutton was instantly seized hy a
number Of gentlemen who were present
aud bis revolver taken from him. lie
then made his escape 10 Victoria. re-
turning 10 Port Townsend again some
time afterwards, and aboa, five years
ago was also concerned IN the murder
of u gambler at that place. The f'ot
that such . cold blooded hcndlsh 'nar-
der a. that Of Captain Howard could oe
committed in broad daylight in town
like Port Townsend. before a throng of
spectators. and the hairless wretch
who committed il he allowed 10 escape
rs Sutton did. withou. even man dar-
ing to naise bic hand against him,
seems almost Incredible. and has hardly
parallel in the annals Of crime. still
IL is So.