The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-14
Story Told by the Guard at the
Oysterville Jail.
MOB CAME WITH MuFFlED FEET.
Edwards Died Easily. But Old Nan
Rose Took Four BaIlefs.
1Ae Masked visila.tes Spoke h whis-
pers and worked with syssen-
Verdict ef he Cers.er's Jsry-Re-
yards Ssr Ceavictisn ef Ase.xsrs-

SEAIAxr. Wash, April ls--An day Satnr-
pay and Sunday. although the excitement
attending the killing Of Rose and Edwards
bad abafed. people came from different
parts Of the country 20 view the scene Of
the tragedy and the victims Coroner
William Mower ar-iTed Saturday morning
With jury. took charge Of the remains.
and held . preliminary inquest II
wAs indeed eharnei pen The steel
cage cell was bexpatsered with blood.
and showed on every hand the awful
work Of the avengers. The jail, a small
wooden building. I6xo feet. contains
three cells. one Of which is l0x16 feet with
square openings between the bars Of about
four inches The outside door. which is
IN the center Of the building. opens into =
small corridor which extends along the
front Of the cells. In this corridor or hall
the guard had = small cot. where
he lay during his hours on watch. The
hunks of the prisoners were at the extreme
end of the cell. the left door of the cell
being within three feet OF the other end of
the cell Thus the men who did the shoot
ing had full view OF the interior, the
opening between the bars furnishing
plenty Of room for the mazxle Of the gun.
The circumstances connected with the
shooting are known 70 bat one man who
can or VIII talk That nasn Is William
BroEn, the guard. Who said:
vas lying ca my bunk in the ;sii han with
Iay cost and hat OF. residing. ] hsd beard no
noise and bad bad no insiusasioa Of the approach
Of scy person Il xsx. ! think. shout lis IN
the morning I Was startled hr blows oa the
outside Of the door. and = number Of voices,
speaking AZ once deasased fhz: the too- be
opened blew ont the lights aad discharged
Ey revolver to raise the sza-za- Rose spoke 10
me in calm voice and sid. -DSd fhev shoot
you, Brown. IanSxcred. -No" A chorus of
voices were demanding thsf the door be opened
o. they would hsesk it down. and then fhsv
wc1id how the Jail up with dynamite The
pounding On the door Continued. was
trying TO gain tizae in the hope that the
noise would call up the people Rose again
spoke to me IN very c2lna Voice and told ne
not 70 open the door. Then there vxs . shorf
silence. when several voices. Invariably spoken
together ior disguise, called cut, save yourself.
the fuse is lighted
pulled the bar. and ;hcy burst in the docr.
plunged into their midst Intending 10 gss
through in the darkness and spread the alarm.
me was Sorce1 back into the Jail and the
keys demanded I told them did mot have the
keys They then told me 70 light tie lamp re-
fused They called tos r0r,e, and said tier
would see- I told them hanging me would nos
Isat tn lamp Iheg tAen liz lsgAs, and san
they wese HI masked - sSuad then forced me
inso the yard. where sav sbous TWENTY-FIVE or
SIDE Of the courthouse into The wooczhed. where
they proceeded 20 lie ny hzads and Eest Ihey
had not finished before q shos waS fred, and
heard . body fall asked the guards il they were
going to shoot tie sner IN Geld blood Orc an
swered In . whisper shas They were IL they
could not get them oct" About one minute
hae now elapsed when second shot wss fred
The succeeding three shots were about one
minute apart cousd bear groans- A short tine
after the firing ceased was lei loose. and vent
into the jail 10 zee II could
do anything ] saw Edwards and Rose
lying on the isccr. dead ] closed the osusside
door and started for the sheriff, but vss STOPPED
and detained scce ten minutes 70 alacs tie
mob 60 get further away. AL she conversation
single voice or fora. luas finally allowed 20
20 and ran and awakened the sheriff We hzr-
ned ssck 70 the jail 10 Sr3 our graves. fears
confrn,sc, and birth men lying "a the foor
dead
Coroner Mower and jury took charge Of
the premises and proceeded with their in
vesfisafion. John Edwards lay upon his
hack about the middle of the cell He had
been shot bus once. The bail from VIM
chester rife entered under the left eve and
ranged downward and backward. coming
out backward nearly between the shoal-
ders. breaking his jaw and neck In
It's course Death, Of course. was in
stanfaneous. John Rose received four
wounds. ANY Of which were sure death.
He evidently gave trouble To his asSaSsins.
as the four shots fred at him we're dis
fr;huted through nearly four minutes Of
time. One went 20 the righ; of the breast
bone. passing directly through the body;
one entered under the armpif and passed
through the body. coming oaf on the OPP
posife side: one entered the crown Of the
head and came out over the right eve
He lay al the farihesi end Of the cell. in
closet, where he had fed 20 escape the IRE.
The weapons used were 5. a and 4-cali-
Der rifles
The bodies were then prepared for the
INQUEST. While the taking OF of these
men vas awful in the extreme. yet nearly
sll feel tha. il was Justice They have paid
the penalsy for their batcherins of de-
fenseless woman and an honest man with
their lives
LarEE-An 4stasiaa dispatch Just re-
ceiyei saws the verdict Was: I'VE md that
Rose and Edwards came 10 their death by
being shot in Jail At oysserviIle By psr1ie.
unknown"
It is reported that the South Bend Land
Company has offered $s.on and Mrs Rose
SO, o0o reward for the arrest and ideuti6-
cation of the parties concerned in the