The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-03

cause q the shooting OF Esn G1ss1n, and 80 had
Ey POP II rzy 1yEzco21 p5rRgz &z1 hung Eay
coat wAsrs ces1i1 rexch r. s4sdz ssEae Bal =
oPe7- closed I'd TIE Rsales reached NJ Pop
cut CT ny cSGs. threw x1e Overcast over ny srzl
AID f1n ozr a-sd texzz shooting. wEs TIE e11y
one IN TIE caGreA tai lad gu-. tho1gn Eys
otnsrs we're tAg-e- J guess the B1hss 10 Sill
Were asft Z on tne pEsYzG T6ey cal re
coward. DIT served t1ree yezrE n TIE war.
AHotAer colore6 rnsn knelt down On ths edge
o. tie iii ard hIxzed &wsy fsI his ez-hsDs vzs
empty aid then Continued pulling the trigger a.
fszs - Ass Engsrs eozsa move. shouting wildly:
-Srlng ne some ammunition"
aasliG-zs the porter 81 the store, wss = the
ssco14 story. and cr2wlsd into the middle O.
big eale Of blankets which . cannon hsl could
not have penetrated.
As an evidence tkss the attack was e0zte--
pssed and that incerd 1srisn WIS part OF tie pro
gran-aes the gaards state that tia wafer had
been drawn out Of tie tank On TIE top OF the
nllL As 20 the Circumstances OF tie shooting OF
Williams. on Iee bill, the following two state
ne1ts partly confirm and partly contradict
those Of the whztss- Charles Price said:
wgs standing shoEt fifteen steps from ny
house. night On TIE cQzzfy rosd above Kings
saloon Naea ] 1rss heard Williams scream
from I'D The AlL lie wss trying 70 CLIMB over
log behind Jog cabin, when bis friends went
and got him his said lie was wolnded and was
haiiooing for help aid not see hin have
men around, carrying him in their 1-Es-
did not see any OF them hare guns or
guns On tbs ground. though the brush was
% thick ] could not nave seen them
when ths first nan went 90 him be said. '-T0-
night we Inse1Ged 70 90 this work but m
done. Was villain about twenty yszL1s OF him;
* might have teen more He saia i low Es j. he
were afraid there were outside parties hearing.
Tie o1Eer nen came out o. tAe log cabin. went
70 him and carried him down 10 the county road
and along Il O2s man went II iro1t and they
were al talking, but could not hear what they
sa5d.
James Peek, another coloret nan, who live
at No 4 On tie county road 70 the east OF the
store, said:
was 81 home Sunday evening. sitting on Tire
porch, and heard Williams h1lIo. ssMercy.
mercy. tie said. Come here. In shot,, 70 the
white people who live fuss above ne Three
men carried aim over % tie read and ne said:
- Iola yoa DoE 70 start tbs. / have been
begging yoE ali day" They got mattress and
carried him toward The bottom. The shooting
had about ceased whsn be ha1ioe6 that re WA
a1eI did not see sny gun IN tie party.
No search was made By the guards OF the
place where NilliGgns was shot until z o'clock
OF sa1dsy nignt and than 10 gun was found on
the spot, which q IN the thick brush behind
Robinscns house His brother, T. Il Williams,
szys eupaEficaliY that he never carried s gun
and that 9 few days ago be offered 70 lend the
train Ean shotgun, but that the cEer vas re-
fused with the remark that he never cared 70
Use such taings. 0ther strikers also ssy that
be never used gun and they are very emphatic
IN making the same statement regarding Morris.