The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-11-18
TERRITORY NEWS.
Fiendish Murder Near WaIla
Walla.
4 NAN ALnosr sEHEADED.


ws1rA wsLzs, Nov. t7.-Last even
ing a. 4 O'Clock, Jesse T. Mckinney
found the body OF Thomas w. Davis
sIouxside the o. r. Il y. railroad
track near the BIaiock farm, about
three miles below this city.
The head was almost severed a.
though with an az. The versebrn
were broken and hacked. When found,
the blood vas fresh and the body not
vet cold The head lay close TO the
rail. il was evidently q case OF mnr-
der.
The man had recently been dis
charged from the hospital here, and
had been working for Niles & Vinson.
no knife or implement was found
near. The oyereoat was badly. torn.
There was no blood on the hands
The coroner went down 70 get the
BODY tonight An inquest VIII be held
In the morning.
HORRIBLE CRIME
The inquiry this morning on the re.
mains Of Thomas W. Davis developed
the fact that he left AcGarry's Board
iug-house at go Friday morning
in a denented condition. The body
was found at p. m. near the blaiock
farm. two miles east Of town, IN rail-
road cut, outside the track.
The throat was so deeply cut and
hacked that even the yertebrse were
severed by some sharp, heavy instru-
mens, possibly q Ratchet, AK or broad
ar. There we're slight bruises on the
shoulder, hands and right knee. and
the nose was mashed and cut an inch
deep, as II By a sharp pointed instru-
ment. The body was lying on its
back, the fare upward. the head rest
ing against the rail, between the ties.
There was q large pool OF blood i'm
mediately beneath the neck. which
had run down the embankment three
feet. There was no blood ON the
clothing except little on the shirt
collar. The overcoat was torn in the
back. There was no sign OF struggle
or evidence OF the implement used.
There was no blood On the hands.
No trains bad passed either way
since be left the boarding house, show
ing the impossibility Of his having
been killed by train.
A man with dark clothes was seen
In the vicinity of the body 20 minutes
before finding IL. There is no other
trace, unless ii be a Tnedium-sized man.
without baggage, who buriedly bought
n ticket for Beatrice, Eeb.. while the
eastbound train was waiting at the de-
pot, the same night. and left.
An examination Of the deceased
trunk showed s244, q silver watch and
iewelry. Nothing was found on his
person but small knife. a pipe, spec
facies aud an affectionate letter from
his wife, dated October Is. Oxford
shire, England. He has brother at
Peterson. Onh
SUICIDE IMPOSSIBLE.
Deceased worked with Hunts grad
ers last spring. bat was taken sick and
entered ST. Mary's hospital. He re-
Gently worked for Niles 4 Wilson's
marble works He was evidently de-
mented. For some time he had been
under surveillance. Three doctors
testified that it was impossible that
death was self inflicted. It's possible
that he was murdered by recently dis
charged penitentiary convicts who
have been around the city for several
days. Being desperate criminals.
they would stop at nothing. Consid-
eral excitement exists over the shock
ing affair, and no doubt large reward
win be offered for the murderer's APP
prehension.
ovERRus WIN CRIMINALS.
Footpads stopped Frank Meyers
Wednesday night while on his way
home and his money was demanded,
but he escaped by knocking one of the
scoundrels down.
The next night Billy Russell was
also stopped. presumably by the same
party. He promptly feiled the robber
with his cane and lost no time in get
ting away.
Monday night the discharged con-
yicts attempted 10 take possession OF
the waiting room Of the depot for the
night, hnt were driven out at the
point ~ a revolver.
Between homeless. discharged grad
ers, ex-conyicts. and tramps, the aver
age citizen is between hawk and buzz
gard after nighifall.