The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-14
SOLD MANY HORSES IN SEATTLE.


TACOMA, Oct iS.-LSpecial. Archie Nc
Kay, who was implicated by C. f. Jack
son in horse stealing has been arrested.
Jackson has been sent to the Walla Walla
penitentiary for stealing horses. and his
confession. duplicating Mckay is as fol-
lows:
This is to confess that Arch McCay
and /. G.. l.. Jackson, has been in the
horse stealing business together this sum.
mer. stealing horses and trading them or
selling them. The horses we took are as
follows as near as l can remember first of
the prairie, this prairie is about twelve
miles from Ortingl two buckskin poneys.
sold one in Puyaiiup. TO Ben McDougall.
and the other in Seattle. to n ljyeryruan
who goes by the name of Wild Bill. four
blacks. sold one In Puyallup to -
Cratzman. or Nallle. he is a farmer.
Cratzman, he worked for or in the pack-
ing house. Two near Kent to Tom Saley.
or Nailie, he Is a farmer and the other
In Seattle. he is q blacksmith. he in the
man that bought Colgrove's horse The
three rones. sold one in Puyallup TO Wild
Bill, the iiverymsn from Seattle. he being
At Puyallup at the time and the other
two in Wiikerson TO a man by the name ~
Hughes. Three sorreis, sold two In Seattle
10 Wild Bill. the liveryman. ami
the other one we gave away in
Puyaliup TO John McDougal. he Is
q broiher-in-law To Jackson and Jack
son says stand with them. one grev
we sold near Kent 10 q farmerby the name
OF Fitx--. he cannot remember what the
rest of il is. one bay sold in Seattle To A
mitkman, he cannot remember his name.
From 0rting three huckskIns. sold one in
Seattle to blacksmith, this is Colrroye's
horse. and Mr.. Colgrove will be able Z, tell
his name. took the other two over the
mountains 60 Ellensburg, from Agderton
we took three saddles, two Of them be-
longei TO man by the name of Bill Lane
sod one in Seattle. the other two near
Kent. the three buckskius last named one
owned by Coalgroye. and the other two by
Mr.. Leath. both at orting, we done as fol-
lows, | was staying st Ortinr with
my wife, | went 10 PuyalIup. tell
ing her that | was going east OF
the mountains With Arch. met Arch
in PuyaIlup, then that night we walked
20 Ortlng aud got the three baeksktns
we took them rs far as Alderton that
night. stayed in the woods that dsy with
.ae horses, " hiie Arch went home after
his saddle, he come back 1t dark and we
started for Eliensburg. where We intended
10 sell or trade them on bat we did not get
far. till got thread. not having any sal
die. as We were going TO take one on tie
road, then | TOOK Cosgreve's horse went
back to orting as | got my collar bone
hrcak " hen got throad and turned him
out where We got him, give Arch all the
money | had except one dollar. then Was
10 take the horse TO Seattle. and sail him.
and meet him in Ei.ensburg as soon s. my
shoulder get better. SO I took him TO
Seattle Saturday night aud sold him,
then my Yife and started over the moun-
tains on Monday night | met Arch IN
town and took one poney. he came up 10
the hots! and seen Say wife. then we went
20 where we had the ponies and msde the
bargain for me 10 get a rig cut OF the
stable and meet him IA Hazxarsi IN about
two weeks. and he sAs 10 20 down in
kllelitaf cuuy and look around there and
see aboEt What chance there vas 10 get .