, 1880-04-10


The cl"al that have herrtntare envrluied
the e.ld hl...l-d murders o.mn,i;sed on the
Touchet sni in SyekSa eoaaAy, ere srs,iaslly
clearing osf. and la, httlr doabt i. lift hnt
justice. We place before our rra,irrs to-day a
history of the movements of the lar:y firm
the time they arrived in this city OH the tram
of Wednesday, the 18th of January bst they
r-siStersl At the ColuntiA hs$si sivin; the
n,.il,.,s ot \! u, Th.rhss L wife, and 3. W
Brnmfeli { wife; the niskt watrhman of the
h.tel became very We'll acquainted with "se
e the parties a. they capIe from Kansas CItv,
Mo, and talked Considerably about that e.ann-'
try. The party left she hotel IN the Sasdrtal
following. having pssvi'asly purchased SEC
n'ri. hand wagon and tua esyuses: texy alsn
purchased a set of cheapAarneSs fS~m Tbsnas
Quinn f,,r ~ The man Thomas and wife Are
the parties wLa Were murdered, AMI their pro
gTess has been srse-i step by step uatii there
l. not the les,s; ,lsubt bnt tha, Rrunseld and
wife we're the murierer~. Tlrey left uith the
intention of going an a ana hunting eSpedi-
tion uorth Of Saakr river; they have been
tracked at every eunpius plaee all right uita
thr two men w.nt.oH On 8 l"arn.y "a hunt
land. Hflnntield re urne,i A,',itant rv1-'rte,t
that Thomas had ,hne on tauarl Deep creek
and would meet them AZ tilat place; IN the
meantime he must have murdered ms c"ni,an-
lou who IVES hrunsht To this city. The two
wo:aiei. hSl be-n lsit Il. the ranch ui, man
haLled Shaf.r far two weeks, anu The lsrr
little woman became great favor;te. Bruni-
l.el.i thea pretended chat he had received
letter from Thomas, who. he sIid, VA gone {"
IolisN 10 enter land. and they started III with
the avowed intention of meeting him there.
This brings the time down Ia the day when
The woman WAS murdered A settlrr passing
hy where they were c.,mped IN the hrst day
Siw the three sitting together and the little
woman CRYING. They left the camp where
there WAS plenty of wooa and water ami went
off taa spot seven miles further along the rtsd,
where there was neither, in opirr t. more
safely accomplish their foul purpa~e- Ab"ut
herr the tragedy Ias contaminated and the
wonlan'> cIothins burned, but not ~ rffectu-
allv -bnt that a remnant of a wonzns sacque
brought to this city was identified by Mrs
Rounds as hein., of exactly the same color and
texture n the one worn by Mrs Thomas. We
have Lef"re explaind how the body WAS found
and how the man and woman sold their team
and hired Bsss=ts - brin,; them t. this city
He brought them here all right, but doubtless,
for fear that the people IF the Colurnbi.. Hotel
would make enquiries respecting the other two
they desired IL be taken to sninr other house,
Int finding that the train Was Just about to
leave for Wallula they drove right On To the
,I-p"t without stopping here for moment.
The very fact that they should leave a good
country like this l. in itself a suspicious cir
crlnStance We have talked with several peo-
pie who have camped and talked with them,
and each ones evidence corr,borates the other.
Ms Shafer. at whose place the women stopped
advised the murdered woman not to travel
with The ntters, for she sari that they very er-
identity hated her and that she believed they
we're dangerous Mr. Jesse of this city also
camu-d with them, AMI says that while talk
ing To- one the suspected woman kept her face
hidden under her sun bonnet and prevented
him getting good look at her, bu. when he
did see her he says he never saw such a bad
cnunteIancr ON wonan. The man Is ab"nt
:, feet ; or 6 inches in height, with cash
III left ear and a scar either over his eye or
forehead: has down cast look, quick talker.
light, kns c,irly hair, recently ent At Wal!nla,
and came from Kansas or Missouri.