The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-06
Is GUILTY.
7. rfshing Sloop Yarn Too
Fishy for the Jury.
<..rxrr.s STORY CONFIRMED.
- Ne Avail In His Cass-A Womsa
sessssesd 10 the renitsnsisry
The BlostsR.

1910 vespon By jury in Judge Humes'
<--~,tmant of the superior court yester.
- aulr about FIVE minutes elaboration
80 required TO reach decision. Fau-
- se,d straight story. which was cor
..aorsfed BY several other witnesses. while
n..n>llv's explain alton Of his conduct vas
- : sauxy story - to carry its own
..r4emnstion. and he had TO make sdmis-
xous O. to his criminal record which
sI;sehed the case against him.
Yhs Grss witness for the state Was Eau
- himself, who related his former ac-
evuns Of the arrest OF Donneily. the iattsr's
.ttemps TO shoot and Of his own shooting
"a sounding Of the young man. ~
,lresdy published In the Posr-IsrEILfaxs-
a He told Of the suspicious actions Of
pornslly and his companion, Charles
peksns. gave q clear account Of the scene
Z tue corner OF Front and Battery streets
vhsch ended In the shooting, Of the pur-
mil snd 6nsi capture Of Donneiiy and Of
q interview he had with the prisoner at
Providence hospital. in which the latter
ieuisd sha, he had said he was going
Is the camp in North Seattle and
aid he vas going 10 house three or four
blocks away. in the second floor Of which
lived m old man who had o lot Of money,
md that he and Dickens were going TO get
Il In the same interview Donnciiy said
thst, when he saw the handcuhs. he re-
listed because be thought he was wanted
70 be taken back 10 Oregon. Faucet
showed the position occupied by the three
parties 10 the ARRAY, identified the pistols
and the chlsel taken from Donnsliy and
explained the affair by diagram. Coun-
ri for the defense made an effort TO get
from him an admission that he had fred
the first shot. but without success.
William O. Renshaw testified that he
followed Faucet when he made the ar
officers account of II. Joseph z. Sexton
confirmed Faucets recital Of his interview
With the defendant at the hospital. Adam
Ihrig. whose complaint that his plum
trees were being robbed. fixed Faucets
suspicions on DonneIly. said he heard two
shots Ct an interval Of three or four Sec
onds from his saloon 1t the corner where
the affair took place, and identified the
ehisel produced - the one Faucet had
left with him. Alexander Allen said he
heard three shots and then heard . man
run past his house at Fourth and Vine
streets. William Hensei told Of finding
Donneliy ut Battery and Water streets.
leaning to one side with his handkerchief
pressed TO his side. He told Faucet about
this. a. the latter was putting two bullets
In his revolver. DIR. L. G. Neville. whose
Office is on the corner, said he heard three
shots.
Detective John Roberts told OF finding
Donneily's revolver and q brace on Wall
street, but his testimony regarding the
bsace was ruled out when the prosecution
Y 1misted that the object was to show that
ths defendant contemplated q burglary.
fsucett was recalled aud told Of the ind
Ing OF the revolver and the brace where
Roberts told him he could find them, and
Nicer l.. J. Burtsall confirmed his state
ment. John Murray told of finding che
brace. but all testimony regarding the
brace was ruled out.
The defendant, who says he 10 IL years
old. then took the. stand and tried to ex-
plain his movements on the eventual
night lie is still suffering from his
wound, and leaned to one side rs he walked
TO the chair. Ia spite of the refining
effects of illness on his appearance, he
looks decidedly tough. and created an
unfavorable impression on tho jury.
He said he came here from Tacoma
few weeks before the shooting,
With Sl6s in his pocket. OF this he
deposited $40 at the Monte Cristo saloon.
but Afterwari transferred it to Pat Burns
Al the Mirror. lie met Dickens, whom he
had known at Portland. on August -. and
Dickens told him he could buy half in
tsrest IN hshing sloop as North Seattle
from man whom he only knew - BIZ
Jim. He drew si8 OF the $50 from Burns
and intended TO pay for the sloop with the
balance As It needed calking. he bought
three chisels and went out TO North Seat
n with Dickens 10 meet Big Jim and 60
With him 20 the boat on q West street car
but they missed Big Jim and postponed
the trip TIL next morning. They went up
Wall street to hide the tools where they
could get them next morning. Seeing a
policeman watching them, they we're
AFRAID he would suspect they contemplated
robbery. and he hid the brace under
the sidewalk aud put his chisels
uader his coat. Then Donnelly related an
sltsrsasion lac had with Faucet and the
Insults he claimed the officer had offered
him made the tears flow. He said Faucett
threatened 10 ill him full OF lead and Was
the trss TO pull his pistol. putting II back
70 pull cut bis handouts. Then ponnelly
iosa him hc could not run bluff on him
and started 10 draw his gun just as Eau
ssa bred. HIS own gun caught In his
rcskes a. he sas drawing 10 and discharged
towards the ground. lie started to ran,
aaotaeT bullet dying past his ear rs he did
20 tie would have shot az Faucet. IL he
ssd hsd chance. for he thought Faucet,
waited TO shoot him. lie might have
akea Faucets own gun GU, of his pocket
aad shot him with it.
On eFoSS-examinstio ponneliy stuck
ffssss we'll 10 his story about the sleep,
Wi when bis criminal record was extorted
's'a Aaia. after giving an account of him
Vel which gave him a clean record until
Apsl :, isG, when he admitted having
ssea sentenced for four years AZ Portland
Md being sent - the reform school EOS
arceny from = dwelling because had
hosasng 10 do with ia" HE admitted hav.
Tag escaped from the reform school on
sa'y =. eus denied tha, he wss an
escaped convict tie also denied that be
SAG eeen sentenced - the penttentiary fcr
80 years on October -. 1871, for the
safgsSry al q boataouse at Portland.
W I. ". Willis described the nature d
.as wound. and several Witnesses gave
.essinony which did nos vary materially
t0a Faeeetss. aud the case was given %
zee Jury. The ycsd CT al guilty ~as mat
W 81 only few minutes and Donne.iy
asas back 20 his cell hanging on Iaiiel
saaroe's arm.
aaa tic verdict been acquitted he wo1ld
asR ozFe escaped, as sheriff Wooss-y bad
ssgtam from 7. f. Downing. supersn
wildcat 0f the OREGON state n-{~nn- Asstns