The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-10
Provincial Police Gordon Have
Desperate in Tight Place.
CAPTURE OR DEATH CERTAIN.
Tacoma Woman Accuses Longshore-
man Of Killing Her Husband.
Precedent Blaissk. 81 Wosld's Yair
Cemnisasoa Explains About TAoss
Fruit Jars-Aoscow. ldsho, Rollss
Nuls Burnsd-Tannia for Hoston.

SICfckit, D. u. y uty o-tSpSca8t. IL no
reign of terror that was inaugurated by
Bert Myers, alias Kennedy. in the North
ern islands has terminsted, and the boast
full despe>ado is now hemmed in by
competent force under intelligent direc-
tion. with no chance Of escape. kennedy
promised to close his career Of outlaxry in
. blaze of death-dealing firearms, but
Superintendent Hussey has.determined to
cheat him of all romance and to bring him
back q prisoner to stand trial in British
court. and when convicted, 20 hang. Ac-
cordingly. when Hussey took command Of
the forces. which before had been cvidenc.
ing every sign of Incompetence. If not
cowardice, he used head work He found
that Kennedy was still in . narrow strap
Of land separating Ramsey Arm from
Butte Inlet. and extending in the form
Of peninsular eight miles long by two
miles wide. from the base Of q rugged
mountain. The murderer's object was TO
pass over the mountain. and once across
the chances Of escape would have been ex-
celient. To checkmatc him, Hussey threw
out his men in semicircie and beat up
the neck from the mountain, driving the
outlaw toward the sea. Numerous shots
were fired as signals TO each other and 70
show Kennedy the approach of the party,
and having reached the narrowest point of
the peninsula the beating-up party stopped
in the formation Of picket.
Hussey then. in person. went in . canoe
along the shore to locate Kennedy. The
latter saw him and fred q shot from q
bluff where he couldn's be approached.
Hussey dropped in the canoe and, placing
hat on . stick with q rifle barrel extend
ing over the side Of the canoe under it, let
the outlaw blaze At it. The result was that
Kennedy wasted four shots and did no
harm. He 10 now supposed to have but
six shots left. and as there IL but little
game on the narrow point to which he has
been driven. his only chance Is to take one
Of three desperate observation-disclosures
capture or being shot down by the prop
erly intreached force 1Drming the picket
line. The steamer Estslle, which reached
Nanaimo last night brought word that
Hussey wanted the government naphtha
launch sent him Immediately. and it is ex-
pected he will bring the prisoner down
with it early this week.
The loggers and Indians have now
recovered their senses and wonder how
Kennedy succeeded m tefsorixing them
as he has. His accounts of his
own bloodthirty deeds no doubt had
much to do with ii. He never
wearied Of telling how "the gang" Jessie
James and company. got $4,000 in tho
robbing Of Deadwood City coach. When
the Reed island murder was committed.
Kennedy was on the way to knights
inlet, where an Indian lives who is sup
posed to have several thousand dollars
slowed away. The plan formed by Ken
nedy was to supply the siwash with liquor
and get his money. The modus operandi
he didn't think necessary to explain. The
change Of name from Myers to Kennedy,
which the cut-throat said was due to his
having driven spectators OFT his ranch
with a shotgun. is now given another ex-
PLANTATION by friend named Cameron.
This man says Myers stole boom of logs
from Lowell. Wash. the property of
Eugene Smith. He sold tho boom and
was arrested, but escaped from Jail at
Snohomish and came 10 this province.
This Is the correct version.
Word was received tonight from Che
mainUs river of a stabbing affray, of which
resident named King is the victim, his
assailant being said by friend who knows
both parties to be Joe Morley, Outlaw
kennedy's partner, who disappeared with
the blue sloop when Kennedy landed at
Reed island. This man, too, bears an un-
enviabie reputation and is wanted across
the line. According to reports received
this evening. he landed last night with a
portion Of the liquor cargo which he and
kennedy had stolen from the warehouse of
Evans, Coleman & Evans, in Vancouver.
and which soon gained him Indian friends.
In the morning he went tor breakfast
to the Louisville hotel, at Chemai.
nus. and while he WAS eating q
man named Campbell removed his rife.
On finishing his meal the stranger ac-
cused King, who was standing near. Of
stealing his rifle. and on the latter deny
ing the charge. Morley plunged knife
into his breast The wound is painful, but
will no, prove fatal. Morley disappeared
and is supposed to have gone in a canoe
from Chemainus river. Officer Stevenson
has been sent from Nanaimo to arrest him
ana will be- aided by Government Agent
Welburn, of Duncans. Morley il also
supposed to have numerous crimes to his
record. He is described as much ike
Kennedy in general appearance. He is of
dark complexion, with hair low on his
forehead, almost joining his bushy black