The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-23
4 MINER MURDERED.
Another Fatal ARRAY at the
Newcastle Camp.
RIVALS FOR a woMAN's HAND.
I've Negroes oasrrA Over Their Dssky
Aissrsss --Ons Cssd Chair.
the Oshss Gun.

The mining camp o. Nswcsstie a9oec
orc more tragedy to Its already long list
last Sunday afternoon. James ". Bailey
and John Downie, both colored, became
involved in . qusrres over woman. SAID
10 he Kitty McClain. and the latter struck
the former with . chair. Bailey drew .
gun and put three bullets into bis asssil-
ant. two entering the body at vital points
and the third passing through an arm
The murderer was arrested aud brought
30 the county Jail In this city yesterday
afternoon and dispatch from Newcastle
last night stated that Downie was dead.
From information obtained from differ
ent sources il seems that Downie and
Bailey were in love with KITTY Mctiain, q
preposscssing woman. who 50 far as can
be learned showed no preference Tor either.
About a month ago they had trouble over
the matter. and Dosnic threatened TO end
his rivals life.
Thus matters ran along without blood
shed until Sunday afternoon, when the
encounter took place. Bailey was at Dan
Josdan's house. and in the kitchen with
Kitty McCIain. Anthony Coombs and L.
Jordan, when in came Downic. The old
trouble broke out afresh, and in passion
Dogn;c picked up chair. with which he
struck Bailey on the head.
Before the astonished bys;anders knew
what had happened Bailey jerked 8. cal
tbsr American ball dog revolver from q
pocket and commenced shooting. At the
first shot Downic was hit in the body. but
held his feet, and kept on coming. Once
more the revolver spoke, and bis arm fell
useless. The third shot entered the lett
breast, and Downie went TO the floor. blood
squirting from two ugiy wounds in his
body and one in his arm.
The deed done, Bailey looked around.
but there was no one in the room TO dis
pute his right to do as he pleased. He
took things easy, aud after reioading the
gun went down town. where he pagned
the death-deaiing weapon for IS cents.
In the meantime the wounded man had
been placed on bed by those who came TO
the house 10 see what was going on aud
doctor called. The wounds were examined
and found TO be OF most serious nature.
The bullet that entered the left breast
missed the heart. but trayersed diagonally
across the cavity and imbeddedF Itself in
the neighborhood of the right shoulder
blade. II is doubtful II the man could
have survived this wound. but the one n
the stomach was even worse. The bullet
entered on the right side Of the abdomen
fnd came out on the back near the spine.
The wound in the arm would have been
serious. but no: fatal.
Tho authorities took the case in hand
and had no trouble in securing Bailey,
who made no effort to get out of the town.
He was jailed until yesterday morning,
when he Was brought before Justice John
w. Tuil on the charge of assault with in.
tent to kill, and committed to the King
county Jail pending q trial in the superior
court. This charge will probably be
changed, ~ Downio failed rapidly and died
yesterday afternoon. The coroner has
been notified and will probably hold an
inquest today.
Bailey arrived in this city yesterday
noon in charge Of Constable J. T.. Edison,
and was lodged in the county Jail. BY per-
mission Of Jailer Munroc a Fosr-TSrELIr-
cEScEa reporter was allowed 10 talk with
HIM for several minutes. He is young
man, about i've feet eight inches tall. we'll
proportion and good looking. The details
OF the affair cannot be obtained from him,
although he acknowledges without hesita-
ton that no did the shooting. YES" he
sa,t. II shot him. but / was forced TO do
80. He came into the room where | was
With Kitty Meclain. l.. Jordan and An
thony Ceombs. Wiihou, saying a word
he came TO- me and sho. him."
When asked II tho shooting was the fret
trouble he had with Downie, he replied
that they quarreled about a month ago
Bailey will not give the cause of the
trouble, but insists that it WAS not case
OF Two then loving one woman. kit,te
Mecia'n. the woman IN question. was the
cause OF Charles Harris being she. liz the
leg several weeks ago. and IL IL said that
khe has been at the bottom of two other
shoo,In. seTapes.
Eailey IL about - years OF age and has
been in this country FIVE years. working
part oi the time in Seattle and the remain
der in Newcastle. lie Was born in Nir-
GINA.
Little knowledge Of pownie could he
gathered yesterday save that he vas we'll
known IN Newcastle aud hal the feputa-
tion OF being quasreisome.