, 1889-11-07

lroIii me, uiie Ddgo replying come
outside and I'll fix you, you -
- -! | went up tG
the men and said, Il will allow no
fighting. am a deputy sheriff
"The Dago then went outside
with his hand on his hip pocket. A
moment later Eldridge went to tho
door, and as the Dago made a move.
ment as if to draw his gun, he
whipped out six-shooter and fired
twice.
"Dago Frank reeled around to the
left with yell, and I then saw a
revolver in his hand.
~ at once arrested Eldrldge and
took him to the police station. |
did not see where Frank went to-
nor did | see anyone else shot"
A bystander who witnessed the
shooting corroborated Lees state.
ment, and added that he saw Dago
Frank go into clothing store on
Post street, where he fell on the floor
and dropped his revolver on the
spot where he was shot.
The other shot took effect in the
right arm of Billy Paul, an attache
of the saloon.
A REVIEW reporter, who was OH
the scene of the shooting immedl-
ately after 1t occurred, found Paul
under the hands of doctor I'm n
drug store on Sprague street. He
refused to say who shot him or any
thing about the affair.
The body of Dago Frank was
found on the floor of the clothing
store lying beside an old box. He
Hnt ri, hil hnnlr xxrtth
slowly oozing from an ugly wound
In the breast, where the ball had en-
tered, passing upward through his
heart and lodging i'm the left arm
pit.
The revolver, an old Colts six
shooter of forty-five caliber, was
found on the bar at the Kentucky
saloon, and was turned over to the
police.
THEIR RECORDS.
The murdered man Is known by
the names of Frank Silva, Frank
Sylvester and "Dago Frank" He
gained some notoriety In Astoria,
Or, where he stood up for three
rounds before John l.. Sullivan, the
prlze-fghter, in his tour of the
country four years ago; and 1t Is un-
derstood that twelve years ago, he
served two years i'm the Oregon
state penitentiary for stealing a
watch. He came to Spokane about
IL year ago, representing himself as
pugilist. Local "talent,n how
ever, soon cured him of his preten-
sions, and he settled down into q
tinhorn gambler of the variety
known as "macks.n About two
months ago he was run out of the
city as "A vagrant, and met the same
fate at Sprague. He came back to
the city again about two weeks ago.
Thomas Eldridge is well known
i'm Spokane. He came from Mon
tana. He was for some time In the
employ of j. S. Sanford, the Jew
eler here, who on being interviewed
said:
~ have known Tom for long
time and always liked him. He was
of peaceable disposition and 1 ro-
posed great confidence In him. He
always had the keys TO my safe and
/ trusted him implicitly. I am very
sorry that he has gotten into this
trouble, and am sure he was driven
TO 1t, though he has been getting
into bad habits of late"
Paul, the man shot In the arm,
was Il "case-keeper" for the games
in the Kentucky saloon. He showed
a great deal of grit while under the
knife of the surgeon, who found 1t
necessary to amputste his arm after
he was taken to the hospital. AT O
late hour he was doing well.
VERDICT OF THE JURY
TERRITORY or WASHINGTON, / ..
County Of spokane. "
Before J. ID. Mclean, coroner oi
said county: Inquisition held OIL
the body of (Dago) Frank Silva a,
the undertaking rooms of Bicksler 4
4 O'Clock r. NJ, November 8, 1850
and upon the osths of c. a. Cole
A. w. Strong, D. J. Graham, h. ID
Hopkins, Il. $. Smith and E. ID
Sanders, six good and lawful mer
who were duly sworn TO render s
true verdict in the case, and upon
view of the body of said (Dago
Frank Silva, and q faithful consld
grafton of all the facts In the case a.
furnished by testimony, do say upol
their oaths aforesaid, that the salt
Dago) Frank Silva came. to hi;
death from gunshot wound at ths
hands of Thomas Eldridge, and tbs
jury are of the opinion that the car
cumstances attending the shooting
are of an extenuatlng character.
A. w. STRONG, Foreman,
G. A. COLE,
q. 4. GRAHAM,
Il. ID. HOPKINS,