Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-12-22

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Tso .Smci John J..
Tageett and Charles Stevens. set out to-
gether for a distant ranch. and On the
way one of them was shot-shot through
the head-so that his death mus, have
been instantaneous. Late AT night Tag.
gett, pale and quivering. evidently labor,
ing under great excitement, arrived al
MOodys Ranch, in Bear Valley, where he
said that he had left the dead body of his
companion a few miles back; and he
asked some Of them to 60 with him and
help bring it in. Of course, under such
circumstances, there was no difficulty in
obtaining help, and four men were soon
on the way to the fatal scene, under Tag
gett's guidance.
They found the body of Stevens, lying
upon the sward, near small stream of
water, just as Taggett, according to his
own account, had left it. BY the light
of their single lantern they examined the
corpse, and saw that the bullets had en-
tered just above the left eye, the lower
edge of the wound touching the eyebrow
Of course the ball was lodged in the
brain. After brief consultation, during
which the law was discussed relating to
coroners, and inquests, and the propriety
of removing corpse before the coroner
had seen it, it was decided that the body
should be taken to the ranch. The coro-
ner could see it there, and they could
tell him just how they had found it.
They asked Taggett if he would go
back with them.
"Mercy! Why rota" said he, CULVER
ing more than ever. "Good Heavens!
hope you don't think I did this thingg"
The stern men shook their heads du.
biously. What could they think2 There
was the man dead-shot with q pistol
ball. There had been but one man with
him, and that man was armed with two
pistols.
$50 did Stevens have two pistols" said
Taggett; land our pistols we're exactly
alike"
The dead mans pistols lay by his side
both ve-shoOters-and of the "army size.
One of them had four of its chambers
charged, only one of them being empty,
while the other had three of its chambers
discharged. They were of the old pat
tern, being made before the day of me-
tallic cartridges.
Taggett explained that on their way
they had fred ut game several times. And
at length he told what he professed to be
all that he knew of the fatal work.
He said they had reached that stream,
and finding the water cold aad pure, had
concluded to sit down there and eat their
luncheon of bread and cold meat. They
had eaten, and then smoked their pipes.
"And then," he went on, "feelin' kind
o. beat out like, an tired, l just stretched
out on the grass, and fell into doze.
hadn't fairly got asleep, as ye might call
it, when I was startled up by hearin'
what thought sounded like the tramp
of horse; and in the same breath heard
the crack of pistol, and jumped up just
in time to zee my mate pitch for lard into
the water. ran 10 him and found him
just gasping his last. He never spoke TO
me another sord. One of his pistols
80 u his belt. and the other VAS down
by his side. almost in the water. took
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