The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-01-26
OVER A CRAP GAME.
ErankIin's Fatal Claim to a
Fifteen-Cent Bet.
SHERIFF wooLEHYs NIGHT TRIP
Particulars Of the Tragedy st Newcastle
nundsy-HarTfson Makes q State
msnt-yictinn stiil Alive.

cead though II f. thought be Is fatally injured
He Wa saot twice, one ball entering his left
I1sg and the second shot taxing eEse. In TIE
LETT arm, breaking the bone near tbs shoulder.
Harrison, who, ss The readers Of yesterday
mornings Posr-IsTELLdszrcEE know, vss ar
rested At zsi5 o'clock Yesterday morning By
Deputy eherifs Mcdonald aud Wells, has lived
al Newcastle four years and during that tine
hes figured ia several fights and shooting
serspes. At the present time there Is 8 con-
paint against him IN Justice Cousins court
charging him with assault and bs:teEy. and hs
has been arrested and punished for carrying
dangerous weapons concealed npon Bis person
Despite, however, bis record for being quarrel
some. be does not impress tina observer as being
q bsd rnEn He has not been known 20 show
disrespeet 70 o white man aud may not Be worse
when surrounded by his own people than g
majority Of his elAss. The story Of tie shooting
as learned AZ Newcastle 10 "a follows:
Saturday was pay day 81 the Newcastle mines
and rnost Of the negroes spent sunday IN the
oompsays saloon drinking and shooting craps.
Sunday hight a crowd OF about thirty eongre-
gated in the saloon and several crap games were
kept running. At one Of the games wiiIisa
Franklin aud Henry Lyons, the latter also col
ored, we're among the betters. After certain
throw OF the dice Lyons seooped in ID cents
which lay tbs ten squsro, and Franklin
claimed the money and ordered Lyons 70 drop
IT. Lyons became angry and said:
81 won't drop anything II you don't shat up
I'll kill yoaP'
He had no sooner made the threat when
Franklin drew revolver and fred shot az him
The bullet whizzsd over hts head and cut
through the top OF q Derby hat worn by six
foot negro named Clarence Page seyersi negroes
Immediately drew their reviewers, sud Lyons
was handed q revolver By one of his friends. He
pointed the weapon a. franklin and pulled the
trigger three times, but each time there was
only "cliek'' and no report. Franklin was in
the act Of shooting 81 Lyons a second time when
Harrison advanced from behind and said:
"So - can shoot 81 q friend of mine"
He shot twice, almost before the words were
out Of his mouth, and franklin sank TO the floor
with grosn. The fret shot took effect in the
back Of the left srnl. near tine shoulder, and the
second shot went through his back into his left
lung. Neither OF the balls has been extracted.
The wounded msn was conveyed 20 cabin,
few squares away, and was attended By Dr.
Fierstone, who pronounced his IL .uries probably
fatal
No effort was made by the negroes TO detsin
Harrison But Little excitement created in
ths saloon ia consequences Of the shooting
such occurrences have become 30 frequent that
IL seems 10 BE- expected. and the camp was not
at all excited over the affair. Harrison was
SLOWED 70 PACK up his effects and leave the
plscs without being mOlested. Hall an hour
after the shooting Justice OF the Peace G. :.
Cousins was notified by the coofed constable,
Dick Diamond, that there had been murder,
and he Immediately telegrsphed ths report TO
Sheriff wo0lery.
Sheriff wooiery knows almost every inch of
ground in King county, and be knew just about
vaas way the dsrksy would choose TO leave the
country. and be set TO work TO plan his capture
The dispatch from the justice was received at IL
o'clock. and he Immediately sent Deputies
Mcdonald and Wells TO South Seattle in buggy
with Instructions 70 leave the rag a. south
sesttle and proceed TO Black River Junction on
loot along the county road. He was afraid
Harrison might wait AZ the junction and take
train to Tacoma or Palmer, and thus egsde cap
tuFe BY the officers keeping in the county
road they would be sure to capture him should
he conclude TO walk On TO Seattle.
After seeing bis deputies of sheriff woolery,
accompanied by Deputy Pat Fsrraher aud q
PosT-fsTELLIgEEcEE reporter, loft in a hack for
the Lake Washington terminus OF the Yesler
avenue cable road. There the little steamer
City OF Latona was chartered 70 run 10 Renton.
IL Harrison bad left Newcastle walking along
the narrow gauge track, IL was very probable
that the steamer would arrive at BENTON ahead
OF him, and his capture would TO easily effected
81 that point
TIE sherifs expedition was doomed to be a
failure, however. The steamer left for Renton
a. z;o5 o'clock in the morning. The night was
very dark and cold east wind cut through the
fFs1i craft and sent shlvers down the
passenger spines. Everything went along
g. the steamer was entering the river she ran
into an tmmense saw log, which was partly
submerged and there the boat stuck. The log
passed under her and lodged aInidships and
10 natter which way the machinery worked the
boat would not bulge an ZACH After three
bours' iruitless effort 20 get the boat Of Sheriff
woolery and party took TO the shore, landing on
tbs brush about ak miles from Rsnton. An
hour or more was spent wandering about on the
side Of canyon IN thick brush, aud finally
returning 70 the lake shore. Then the party was
fortunate enough to find road which led n
Kent0n and the party arrived there at 6:i0,
just al the train, which left Seattle at O'Clock
drew up A. the depot Nothing had there been
teeu Of the eolored gun wsldsr. aud the party
took the train 20 Newcastle, arriving there at
10 o'clock. search OF the camp was made,
but without success The man wanted could
not he found.
The victim of the scrape had spent sIeepless
night, and his life was momentarily despaired
Of One old eolored man who caught sight OF
the sheriff shouted out:
Hello, wooley, what brings you cut hereY"
"A man Was as good murdered last night
IN this camp"
wei. that's nothing strange These nigs
sre shooting at each other every other night
They viii eight on pay day, and when they eight
they shoot"
Leaving instructions for Constable Diamond
20 search the camp more thoroughly, the sheriff
took TIE Ss1 O'Clock ualn Tor Rento1, whore
tbs Black Diamond train from Seattle was met
and several news boys rushed about with bun.
dies OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES under thsir arms
The paper was found 10 contain full account
of the capture Of the would-be murderer. The
sheriff returned Immediately to the city, The
story 81 ROW Deputies Wells and Mcdonald
took the road south Of town and captured the
negro was told In Yesterday mornings Posr-TN-
rElLIGENcEs. After he wss brought 20 town
Harrison was rot ~ ali unwilling TO talk and NJ
he jail frightened up perceptibly when the
sb!ect Of the ditliculty was preached.
"fhis fellow Franklin was . ayius az the table
9Th n lot Of u.s. he said. eve had a row and
! IS vent ont few minutes after he came back
with big gun, IS sehofed, stuck "a his
bosom. and yelled OUT Come on, you nigxers;
81 you're game. you can have all the fun you
want
we were sll crouching down in our seats.
When I raised mp he grabbed his guu ard
dve3 shot. but LYONS Knocked his arm nm
Then shot and the rest began shooting l
dou't know whether hit hifa or some one else
friends might make some trouble, aud SO 7
pulled out 70 come 80 Seattle snd give myself
an"
Two silk handkerchief, watch and SIS vera
taken FROM him So the fail. lie handed the
hNndkeechieFs 20 the iailer with the remark. .
Then wss give 10 by the old woman.
guess ia better let YOU Keep EN- Tor me doa't
want 20 lose them"
A. the door 20 the big steel cage swung oren
Harrison observed with unusual feeling for
negro: ~ walked al over the foundation OF this
place before The walls were built ! didn'g hsys
II figured cut that I'd be in here some day my
self"
Hewss given the same cell As Friedrich. the
murderer II Julius scheFeFins.