Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-11

,.s.r,.en Makes Confession
~ .,,.s five white Men and
.1.a,ans In the Chinese


rebert.en Makes a cen'ess'sh'
-,,,e.sins Five white men ana
r.., Indians In the Chinese
u.rser at sq.ak Valley.
- McGrav, Prosecuting Attorney
- Or. Dawson and Chief woolery
- from their trip to squsk Val
-b,rs they vent to inquire into
~ .sssss which led 10 the
-, Of the Chinese there, and
. spvsehend the perpetrators OF the
IN. Il possible. by yesterdays train,
s,;rsipc in the bodies of the three muir
go Cinnamon, and having in charge
pw,v Bsyns. blacksmith at squak
- Robertson, employed at Tibbetts
"A wilson's dairy; Joe Day. an EN-
800 of George W. Tibbetts NJ. DE
~, Runsey. fireman In Tibbetts' hop
s.cse: VIM. Hughes, formerly a c1al
~;c~y at Renten, bat lately raucber
:. seusk. and tvo Indians, JohRny and
oar,sy. charged With the commission OF
he crime.
GETTING TO WORK.
IN the arrival Of Sheriff McGraw's
,srtv at Squak. they stopped for u short
- at Geo. W. Iibbetts' store. Mr..
fJbbests volunteered 20 pilot them over
"a Void Brothers ranch. where the
sbocting had taken place. They learned
tbst A inquest had been held. and on
uanining the testimony, which was
tsrpished them by Mr.. Tibbetts, they
soupd that it showed Absolutely moth
aa. After looking about for time, 1t
n concluded 10 have an inquest held
~ the Coroner, and a jury Of citizens
4 ne valley vas impaneied.
In thoroughly examining into the car,
distances surrounding the ansir' and
tndsng On. the parties who had visited
Ead Brothers ranch the oaiufosy
ling before to demand the removal
4 he Chinese, the Sheriff could form
- oood idea of who the guilty par
- ven. and these, with many others,
-. uummonsd as witnesses before the
Oorossfs jury, In order that they
nisbt be on hand when wanted, pro
Md case was made out against
then. - ~
aseted the examination of witnesses.
uony In writing, - follows:
GONG HING
svorn Was in tent on Void Bro b.
mi hop raneh Monday night. Th re
vsrs 81 Cinnamon and l6 tents. China
~ come out TO pick hops for Void |
Brothers. About 10 o'clock Monday |
oiebs white men come 10 kill ChinameR.
fRrss Cinnamon were killed. Yeng Son, |
Md 30; Mong Goat, aged 81, and Fung |
Wooey, AGED IS. Three Chinamen we're |
vcusdsd. SO many shets fred 1t sound |
"a Ill same China New Year. Yeng Son |
Va shot through left arm, through both |
Aiehs and through ankle. Died about |
10 Z. m, tuesday. Knew he was going |
10 die. Told the boys he would die, |
mre. Died 10 an hour after telling me |
his Told me the white men GENE and
kIIed him. He was sorry 70 die. Had
sson al home, too young, no one send |
him money. He did not talk much, but |
hsiIssed through the night. Fung /
Wcssy was shot through the left breast.
MouR Goat was shot In she belly. Don't |
nmsmbsr how many other shots. He |
lived about half an hour altogether. In |
hfseu minutes the China boys come |
back. Found Mong Goat grooming ON |
bank of creek. Put him In bed. He |
ded fifteen minutes afterward.
JOSEPH DAT,
sworn. Am q years old. Was born in |
Wisconsin. Live on the lake, below the |
nvmill. three miles from Squak. Have |
md seen the Void brothers today. |
Never saw their ranch before l vas on |
10 ranch with a crowd Saturday night. |
ihsre we're Mr.. Dodson, Mr.. Runsey |
I'd Sam Robertson. Don's know how |
ssny there were 10 the crowd; think |
bat six. maybe more. Do not recoa |
IN any here as in the crowd besides |
~ mentioned. Saw man in the |
xi6aturday evening whom supposed |
~ nr. Void. He was talking very |
ID Il was very DARK. Don't know |
ID he said. Did not see him have q
n. Someone asked what We were |
nnine after. Someone replied. "To
have Mr.. Void take the Cinnamon
ssay." Never vas on Wold's ranch |
moe Saturday night until today. First
heard Of the killing at Mr.. Tibbetts'
sore the mornin. after the shooting.
Have talked about the shooting since,
but not with anyone who claimed to
know anything about IL. Am not
married. Live with my parents. Work
\ anything can get. Have told all I
mov and oil have heard of the
Aeosine Of the Chiuamen. IL l think
q anything more l will tell you. Satur-
~ night / walked down to the hop
nneh With Mr.. Void. He vas excited
Nd carsing, and wanted to know how
y voald get his hops picked. I told
I'm teers we're plenty OF white men TO
rnk them. He said II white people
Wad pick cheaper than Cinnamon they
eeid do 20. l told Rumsey of the
voting. He did not talk "a though he
4 nv anything about IL. Did not see
ksnssy Saturday. Sunday or Monday
Meean2 odsr anyone SIX shooter and
- him 10 90 with him to Wold's.
esw heard him ask Perry Byne or
ueaia 70 come with him to wold's
~. Never talked With sam Robert
- about the shooting, except TO ask IL
~ I'D heard about IL. Don't think l
nos any Of the parties who did the
aostine.
nan: Am one of the firm of Weld
eeaen Last Saturday night about .
saoek. q crowd Of men came 10 my
seA AMONG them were Henry lib
A Dsdson, the mail carrier. Sam
ssoefsnoni Joe Day, Dewitt Rumsey
safso boys, James Carter and Henry
useees'e son Frank. There were also
h Indians in the crowd. |
- ny vatchman stood on the
Of the warehouse and
~ eveeal people coming. talk
4 NJ load. As they came up
Il ~ boys What was up. They
4 ney came 10 get me to take the
Snansn Away. told them would
- nsn away when they gos through
] - sosir job. They then went toward
/ Wina camp and dressed the bridge.
et % the house and got lantern.
4 4sehef came back With me. told
nsfe wa quite crowd My wife,
! f md sslf csme back and crossed
~ bridge toward the China camp.
1 ~ Got 10 the road, the fence
4 ane 10 the China camp was let
| n ey sons person. ! crossed the
~ wife stood back on the road
4 6es aid "there is sene one hers
~ Nd" I stepped back into the
9d sdsAneed one or teo steps.
4 ~ Imam standing against the
| vsat mp 10 see who Il wss,and
| 80 nsafy nebetts. said, "Henry.
- yea out here 80 later He did
4 ~ 121uNf. H.. .~k.~S A., that ha