Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-10-20
MURDER MOST FOUL.
Amos B, Cooper Shot Down by a Mid
night Robber.
The Cowardly Assassin Throws Away
all Evidence and Escapes,

one of the most atroCious crimes eyel
perpetrated in Whitman county was
! committed in room No. 6, of the Artesiar
hotel of our city.
Mr. Amos b. Cooper, manager of Black.
man Bros. store, was occupying that
room in company with Mr.. Mexican,
formerly OF our city and who was here
on visit to Mr.. Cooper. A few min
utes after three o'clock they were awak-
ened by someone entering the room.
Mr.. Cooper jumped out of bed and grap-
pied with the robber, and tried to detain
him, when the cowardly assassin drew
his pistol, and placing it to Mr.. Cooper's
left breast, fired, and added murder to
his list of crimes. He then fed and up
to this time has not been apprehended.
Ten minutes after the crime was COM
nitted Marshal Murray had notified a
number OF the citizens, and a meeting
was called at the city hall. All available
men were called out, and divided into
posses of five under a captain, to search
the town. A thorough search was made
but no evidence could be found. Sew
eral parties who could not give a straight
account of themselves were placed under
guard until they could be given a hearing,
but as no evidence could be found against
them they were discharged. While the
meeting was being held in the city hall
AZ &c
being at the hotel, and threw away all
the watches he had stolen and his instru-
ment that he had used to enter the rooms
with, also the gun that he had used to
commit the crime. The watches were
found at the end of the alley that runs
between the hotel and Sanborn' harness
shop; the revolver was found about
twenty-five feet from the watches, and
farther south and west of the harness
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y, q the assassin had not left the build
ING, and that he with the others in the
house, had submitted to being searched
lust after he had committed the murder.
Not only had he killed Mr.. Cooper, but
he robbed four or five other rooms before
he committed his final crime. At each
room he secured watches and other booty.
In room No. John X. Eacho, OF OolfaX,
deputy sheriff of Whitman county, was
sleeping and his room was entered and
his watch and about eight dollars in cash
taken from his clothes without waking
him, as was the case in all the rooms un-
til he came to Mr.. Coopers.
About 9:30 Tuesday morning E. l..
Newell noticed package on the ROOF OF
Mr.. Layman's lodging house, the second
building south OF the hotel. He secured
it and found, wrapped in an old news
paper, seven dollars and thirty cents in
silver; and amongst the silver was an
old Mexican dollar that Mr.. Cooper had
carried as pocket piece for some years.
The position of the things found, ana
the discovery OF small oil can, such as
burglars use to oil the locks they wish
to pick, in room 4, led the officers to sus-
picion Mr.. Geo. +. Parker, who was oc-
cupying that room at the time the crime
was pepetrated; he was Immediately
placed under arrest and broughi before
the coroner's jury and examined, but as
no conclusive evidence could be brought
forward he was discharged.
Below is the verdict Of the coroner g
jury:
STATE OF WAsHNGToN, GO
County of Whitman.J
We, the jury sworn and impaneled by
I'D. H. Shaw, coroner of Whitman county,
state OF Washington, co hear the evil
dence and examine the body and person
OF Amos B. Cooper, deceased, to ascer-
tain the nature and cause of his death,
do find that the said A. b. Cooper came
to his death in room No. 6, in the Ar
tesian hotel, in the city OF Pullman, in
the above named county, on the morn
ing of the 18th day OF October, 1893, from
the effects ST a gun shot wound, fired by
an assassin unknown to the jury.
NJ. w. DRNKwATER, Foreman.
l.. B. MILLER.
THos. ALLPHIN.
WIN. VEDDER.
JOIN SQUIKEs.
0. E. YOUNG.
Amos B. Cooper came to our city sew
eral months ago to manage the branch
, store of Blackman Bros, OF Walla Walla
He was man, who for the short time
t he had been in our midst, had made {
great many friends, in fact, he was uni
ysrsally liked and respected by all with
/ whom he came in contact. His home
was in Rutland, Vermont, though for {
number Of years before coming west h'
had lived at Kansas City, Mo-, and wa
member OF the Masonic lodge OF tina