The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-17
SHOT THE WITNESSES
4 Whitman County Desperado's
Cruel Crime.
He HAS LIVED roo LONG.
a Terror 20 LAw-isesreessng CiuKens
Caps Baa Career hy the
Worst Of Deeds.

coLF4x, Dae- l6.--Bsnjssia B,R1foa. fsrzaer
ressdiaS near Ions Plne. tals coaasy. under ia-
slactAent foF ASSAail Ead AWAITING trial af tAis
tern ei tie eaor.. sacs sal 8iiiea oae msa GA
the street. thss nagalag ana attempted taa lives
ef several esaevs, sn witnesses against hsn ia
ms pecasng eass. giss shooting eccnvsaa sass
oefara court eonxened ara wtthia tea ises az
she entrance 70 tae coarerueua, around which
= crowd ef mea were stanaias Rlanton.
whose trtal vas set for tos4y. wss golng teuara
the coHst raega, wAaa lneetiag sonae
u the witnesses wno we're so testify f0s
fhe prosecution he drew his revolver. an Amer.
sean hullaeg aad n-ed at the one nearesi lin.
named Taesa&s rtek- The esll entered ClseA's
Issl shoulder ani Is supposed 70 have lodged
nesr his heart In qRick succession Plaasoa
fred the tour remaining shots cae of tnn Eais-
silsS passing through tAe clothing ard across
fAe breast sl J. & Aenncsg, ana another grazing
tAe wrist of samasl nahse, she plsintlffin the
case sgalnss R.snson. Benrsti was not sn3agod.
and nohles' ssound Is only skin deem
After being slot ciiek ran acsess ard aown
tie street hall a block vhea he fVii aud MAS car
RED inso The cfsee q ,ae EsrmeFs' hasel. ahese
ae expired lew minutes later. Immediately
after tbs saoasing Rlaasea was ARRESTED and
placed IN tie eouaty lail aud reraorS Of lynch
ing have been eEYgeat on tire streets
The murdered man was about s7 years of sga
and icavrs young wsfs and ehEd two o.
three years cd. Ms. Click. who was n sle eisy
with her hushsna, was brought 10 his ssds test
as be br1ashe3 his lsst, aaa her aaSs anss laaass
over the PROSTATE iorm were heaFsrendlRg.
once she Turned her tearssaiaed faso
to the oal0ckers and remarked that
she coa,d bary her dead. hut she looked 10
therto see taat fat 3eSslce was meiel on1 70
the murderer Of her hnstaad
upon halag informed ia his eel that Click
was dead siznton hfusAlls rasnaekesi that ~sie
ought to have baen dead ioas ago..
Bleaton. who came 10 taIs eoansy from Marion
eoaniy, OREGON. twelve q sasrtsea yezrs aeo.
las been Ia trouble hrse. IS he waS these most
Of the gime. Juss before coming here BE served
year ii tie Oregon penlteatiary fer assemps.
Ing 70 XIII two met. ard at that tine II was said
81 the sheriff oJ NsTioa cennsy thas Riaahsa had
baea Ia 5sll ai least bali Of the dire aud had cost
tse county more shan any other nsn n ii One
Of Rlaaton's brothers. who yeas continually
called upon 70 gel asu csf of sesapes os various
degrees. wss broken mp 5y the As4Yy drain upon
him: another hroshsr Who lived ln.thls reunty
for a time was compelled 20 leave ana locate
elsewhere to escape xssailAr consequences.
niantoa hiss always been rewarded as hai eiti-
sen. trescherous ana exceedingly qua7relsams
when under the lufaeuee a hqsof. bis knife
being faserite weapon. While he has resided
in this county few serfas o. eaart havn bsen
held IN which he was not befofe IL to aaswer
some charge.
The community viii feel relieved when be
daDgiss from theend of = rope. The grand Jury
was eisehsrgea saturday bat VII b rcempAn.
eied - ~ 10 alsposs of this case 1T tAe present
term
The motion fcga change of venue Ia tle Rus
sell murder case was today oFesraled bs eHpe-
Eaor Judse Ruby.