The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-29

Mysterious Murder Of A. E. Pit
tendrigh at New Westminster.
WASHINGTON AT WORLDS FAIR.
Vancouver shipping Lumber TO Eastern
Censda-BiS Tin Ledge Dis
covered In Idaho.

EEv wxsrstxsrss r. C., Oct. q Especial
--This city 10 in u state OF intense excitement
over the murder o! A. z. Pitiendrigh, son OF
Capt. George Pitsendrigh. Late OF her nlsjes'y's
Third Bluffs who Wa found Last night al .
O'clock, shot In the back Of tbe head The muir
dered mao was a great faYor!te here aad the
motive for the murder IL shroBded 10 the deep
est mystery. The principal facts OF the mys-
terious AFFAIR follows: Last evening,
Wniie patroiiing the Front street beat, Con-
stable Douglas was Informed By siwash that
the Indians were drinking the pleasure
grounds on the river front and guarreiiBg. The
constable found everything quiet there, bur
while passing from one tent 10 another heard &
moaning sound from the bushes, a little dis
lance further mp the hil. Making his way up
the tortuous path from Front TO Column BIZ street,
and burning matches 20 light his way, Douglas
came across the PROSTATE form OF man lying a
couple OF feet out of the trail Thinking the
person was an intoxicated Indian the policeman
took hold OF him, saying: ''tist up. you drunken
siuash." "rm not drunk; Pm shot Ny head,
my head, came from the lips OF the dying man.
These were the last words he uttered. The con-
stable placed the wounded man on his back and
carried him to the Lookup. where Fittendrighs
identity was discovered.
Drs. Pagan and Walker were summoned and
an examination showed that Pitteudrigb had
been shot in the back OF the head, the bullet
entering the skull and lodging In the brain.
The Dying man was so covered with blood and
oirt Gs To Do almost unrecogaizsple The doc
tors ordered him to ST. Mays hospital, where
It was found the wound must prove fatal, and
owing 10 its dangerous location the doctors did
not consider IL safe To- probe - any depth Capt
Pittendrigh was summoned and remained with
his son until death occurred, shortly liter
O'Clock this morning Meantime the city and
provincial police secured the neigh borhoOd for
the assassin he entire night was spent in the
search. Peter, an Indian, was found sleeping
In tent within thirty ieet o. where the murder
was committed, and was arrested by Chief Hus-
ton. Peter appeared drunk when aroused, but
soon Strengthened up and walked all right, and
evidently had shasamed drunk. A loaded Win
chester was found in his tent, but the weapon
with which the murder had been committed is
evidently, from the size of the hole in the head,
hrevoivsr Jim, another suspected Indian, was
arrested last night and Harrison River Charley
this morning. Peters klootchman. Mary. has
disappeared and cannot be found
Indian Phillip today informed the police that
Mary told him last night that Pittendrigh tried
TO assault her and that she ordered him from
the tent As he went up the hill she fred
shot that killed him. The story is not credited
by the police, who believe the woman tried to
shield her husband Peter, nov under arrest 1t
10 known that Pittendrigh had q canoe stolen
from him by the siwashes, and the generally ac-
cepted theory is that he threatened law unless
the canoe was restored, and that a drunken In.
dian sneaked after him when he left camp and
shot him. The inquest will be held next week,
fistsndrigh will be given a military funeral