The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-19

List Saturday S6e<z1 MEf1rt1ud -
ceiyezi . pressing dispateh calling on
him 70 eon1e to Prescott IN haste, - 1
burglary had been commiffe7- snd il
was Suspected that The daring thieFez
were still In that vicinity. The sfe<in
went IS once, and found that the store
|of Hayilsnd & stiles, At prezesfs. lad
been entered By Burglars dssring Pr
day night The lock ha6 been bicwn
from the front doo< The safe hAd
been drilled 10 certain depth bal the
drsII being too short. they gave up the
safe and went for the TIL Here they
gut $40, which seems 70 be the toto
OF their haul The sheriff at once
scented their trail ard kept on il TIL
way after night. He then returned 10
town for aid, leaving again ~ 5 O'Clock
Sunday morning. taking no rest This
time he took with him Jack Macksy,
while Deputy Sheriff Alex Mckay and
Of1icer Morse went toward Dry Greek.
They met again, and then Alex and
Jack Mxckay came hack. while the
sheriff and 0fsieer Morse pushed On.
They learned that the burglars took
dinner at Dan Stewards old ranch,
and supper at the Touchett station.
There was no mistake but that the
pursuers we're ciose 10 their game. and
SURE enough. By 3 p. m sunday the
following Telegram set all WaIla Walla
into intense excitement IL read like
this:
One man slot and horse wounded Bring
coroner imHedsatxsy arc pct nurr
About 4 80 o'clock. DR.. III. II. Key
lor. in company with Dr.. Y. G. Bla-
lock. left on an extra engine which
was going down the road TO T0uehet.
About that time The whcle town was
anxious 10 60 20 the scene OF trouble
and 70 gaze upon the face OF the bur-
giar who bad the daylight shot out OF
him. They arrived. found the dead
prisoner, and the live one. The one
killed was apparently 7. Williams and
the other. now In jail. Dave Murphy
who promised at the time. 10 make a
full confession in due time.
How did you get onto them ~ was
the query put to Sheriff Mcfarland,
and he said when we began the
ascent OF the road leading to old man
CummiIs' place, We caught sight oil
two men coming out OF the brush and
walking toward the railroad track.
From descriptions given u.s. we
recognized them as the men
wanted. They did not see as
until they had reached the summit
of the hill, and the railroad track As
soon as they sighted as the men stop
ped. evidently smelling big mice.
Here we came little game of Smooth
Ephriam on them, for they were still
near the brush and cut, and had the
bulge on Us. Desiring 70 quiet their
suspicious, We rode down the river,
where a number of horses were drink
ing. in an effort to make them believe
we were stockmen. While doing so,
the two men were walking slowly up
the track, into and through cut.
After walking through, they turned
back and sat down in the cut. As
there would be slight chance for their
capture without trouble while they
were in the cut. we concluded to fur
Their misieaa them: SO turning away
from the river, we rode across the rail-
road track and up to the mouth of the
canyon. Seeing Us do this, they evil
IDENTITY thought we were stockmen,
and they again started down the track
towards Wailuia, walking rapidly
When they got about two hundred
yards from the cut, / told Morse
/ thought now was our time. He
thought so, too, and then we swooped
down and called upon them, in the
| name OF the United States. TO halt and
| throw up their hands. Instead Of thal
they opened fire on as. one bal
whistling close to my ear and thu
other wounding my horse. Murphy
was the first to fire and Williams thu
first to fall. Murphy ran about fifty
yards after cmptying his revolver, Their
stopped. dropped his gun and threw
up his hands, at the same time ex
claiming Don't shootlf There wers
altogether eleven shots fired. and i
was matter OF life and death. bu
Morse and ! stayed with them, SAID
the sheriff, and so they did. A coro
oner's inquest was held by DIR. Blalocl
and jury of six. all good and tru,
men. From the evidence il is hare
telling who fred the fatal shot. bu
both officers were fully exoneratee
| from all blame.