The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-06-06
THURSDAY.

ThUhsDAls .SNsNE W. WV
SHE WAsN'T Mas. GILLUM. - Several
weeks ago there appeared on the register
OF the Guilland house the inscription, 1T.
B. Gillum, wife and daughter" Mr..
Gillum was q 1.-THE, dark-c0mplexioned
young man who wore q Prince Albert
coat and q silk hat. and made very gem
tlemanly appearance. His business was
that Of life insurance, and while here he
made many acquaintances. he intro
huced as his wife q well-rounded blonde,
who dressed In q striking manner and
made good use Of her eyes. She was fond
Of whist, and would play poker with a
few personal friends for q triAe, just to
make Il interesting, You know" and al
though she disclaimed more than 4 very
slight knowledge Of the game she was al
ways remarkably lucky, It's said. The
daughter was Eve or six years old and
quite bright for her age. Several Of the
young men Of the city found Mrs. Gil.
lum's rooms very pleasant quarters 10
which to while away an hour or two at
cards, but the ladies, with that wonder
full intuition Of theirs when ii comes to
one Of their own sex, made no advances
toward an acquaintance and rather re-
PEELED any made TO them. The Gillums
staid here several weeks and then went to
Spokane Falls and put up at the Windsor
Hotel. All moved smoothly until Sum
day last when Mrs. Gillum No. made
her appearance. She proved to ne the
divorced wife Of Gillun and the mother
Of the child, and had obtained her divorce
on letter, written by her husband to
her mother, admitting his unworthiness.
The court granted alemony but made no
disposition Of the child. Mrs. Gillnm
claimed that Gillum was not married to
the woman whom he represented NJ his
wife, and that she had journeyed from
California to try and enforce the payment
Of alimony and TO obtain possession Of
her child. Gillum was greatly astonished
and nettied at the appearance Of his for
mer wife but promised to make an AMIGA
BILE settlement on the following day.
Mrs.. Gillum suspected treachery and
caused the botel and depot to be watched
that night 70 the pair could not escape
with the child on the midnight train,
but notwithstanding these precautions
they were gone in the morning. 1t is
supposed that they stole down the back
stairs and were driven to suburban sta.
tion and caught the east bound train fol
PARTS at present unknown.
A CHNAMAN SLABS 4 COwBoY.-Word
was brought to the city on Friday last
that George Morris, one Of the cowboys
in the employ Of p. J. Flint. had been
dangerously stabbed by the Chinaman
who cooked for the camp. 1t seems that
the boys had been making life a burden
for the Chinaman, who told Mr.. Flint that
he couldn't stand 1t any longer; but Mr.,
Flint persuaded him to stay, and told his
men to let the Celestial alone. Some little
difficulty occurred at the breakfast table
Friday morning over the character Of the
coffee, and II resulted in Morris picking
up club and going for the Chinanan
and the latter grabbing long knife from
the table, with which he made lunge al
Morris, the blade entering the breast neal
the left nipple, making a very ugly and
dangerous wound. The Chinaman then
went to his bunk, got his revolver and
skipped. Dr. Heg was summoned, and
the sheriff notified at once. The country
has been pretty thoroughly secured by
officers and cowboys, but the ChinanaH
is still at large. Some rattle-headed indi'
Nidual stated that he saw the Chinamar
a short distance west of the city last Sat
urday, and Immediately there was a rush
Of officers and others in tina: direction
but nothing came Of it. Morris il
in q pEecarious copdition, but the doctoI
thinks he will pull through.
AND Still ANoTHER.-Again Eittitas
county has q rape case making the fifth
TO her discredit within the past few
months. This time Jesse Bradford is
under arrest charged with outraginI
Martha Jones, hali-witted girl, aged lS
years. Bradford bad q preliminary ex'
animation at Ellensburgh, Monday, and
was bYund over to the grand jury. From
the evidence It Is deduced that Bradford
waited in the brush pntil the parents O
Miss Jones left their home to 20 to town
when he entered, seized the the girl, torC
her clothes from her and accomplished
his purpose.
PORTLAND CAPITAL BECOMING INTER,
EsTED.-Dr. Cornelius and Mr.. Winthrop
coal experts, are prospecting for coal neal
Fishi lake, on the line Of the Vancouver
&. Yakima railroad. These gentlemen
arc the representative Of W. g. Ladd
the wealthy Portland banker, and if thu
coal beds prove as extensive as Il is he.
lieyed they will, II Ia understood that Mr..
Ladd and other Portland capitalists will
take hold Of the railroad project. Fish
lake Is situate about forty miles this side
Of the present terminus Of the Vancouver
4 Yakima track.
Is HAVING ToUdH TME.-Billy Ali
son got 90 thoroughly inOeulated with
benEine Wednesday that he thought he
could run Joe Appel's saloon better than
Johnny Hogan, the bar-keeper. Hogan
disputed this idea, and 90 effeetually thai