The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-01
10 ALIVE, ONE DEAD.
11,Bc Robbers Of Palmer
Brought to the City.
- SHOTGUN SLEWCALHOUN
100 vocifeFous Yollo Scored 1ho0
n~ny. snd . Prompt Chase 1aA
4no~ Dewn-Ail Well Known.
3. q SHOTGUN sLEWcALHoUN

80 Jim Wells and James Mcclure,
- ihn particulars Of the affair were OBJ
|5tfneG
III North ern Pacific mail train had not
10 III depot when John Peterson left his
D and went over to Sam Ritchie'A
ben he returned he thought he saw
- IN the store and two on the outside.
entering his store he was surrounded
1hree men with handkerchief Masks
- leader. who now lies 1t the morgue.
{roached him with revolver in hand
- said: Throw mp your hands.
PETERSON IL IN old man. went through
- rebellion without . scratch, and has
- rerve of born fighter. When he saw
= gun looking him in the face his blood
ND and he replied:
sIU b d-if do"
Calhoun then came ct him like tiger
- styuck him In the mouth with . short,
~ gun. The blow was savage. and the
p nan went down bleeding at the mouth
- minus two front teeth. He gave
Etua cry for help and then his assailants,
] fofing that the neighbors would come to
= scene, tried TO force . gag into his
nth. He resisted and yelled all the
asas lost. gave him parting kick and
~ to the bush. travelling east
Itoerson managed to reach the front
~ and lock 1t just a. Sam Richie came
= shouting: what 10 the troublsf"
I've been beaten and held up in my
~ store." was the reply, land the des-
pRsdoes have escaped"
Richie took in the situation ct once, and
Wing well acquainted with the lay of the
| puntry concluded that the escape would
made across the railroad bridge
@Ww Green river, about q half mile
| Msk He raised an alarm and was joined
~ James McEvans and Tim Kenealy.
1enss Gill, the man who il famous in
Aese parts for capturing human brute .
4ort time ago. was summoned to join
fam, and. armed with q shotgun loaded
eish buckshot, started with them to an
anbush near the trestie.
The party separated and Gill, after he
- to the point where he could command
. good view of the track and all ap-
breaches to the only means Of getting
sssoss the river, waited for developments.
Il did not have to wait long, for soon a
uaeking in the bush told that some
~ was approaching The sounds
ame nearer and nearer, and Gill drew
M into the shade to conceal himsel
ton the approaching enemy. Two men
nms out into sort Of clearing near him
- then walked along towards the bridge.
eul Was about to halt them when he heard
oe0ther sound in the bush and sure
Aongh mans figure showed up in the
/ ~ s~.
section as the two Who had preceded
- until Gill became alarmed lest all
nss might escape. He dare not give the
-. for that meant escape to ono if not
M Just then he heard some one coming
I'm the track, and he knew that more
- vas at hand.
-Haltp' he cried to the man who had
- come out Of the woods, but that in.
6ytaual drew . gun and pulled the trig-
~ There was no report and his next
nose was retreat. Gill called three
tnn and then brought the gun to his
Aealder. The report was heard and head
laas to the ground went the target, pierced
haix places. The shot that did the work
entered the base Of the brain.
Giu then yelled to Richie to hold up
statues while the tragedy was being en-
actei Obedient to the command their
hands went up aud in this position they
sere marched to the station at Palmer.
When the body of Calhoun was located
y shs brush il was face down. and ia ono
hand was an Old. good-for-nothing S.
ealiber Little & Kaeding revolver. One
shell showed where the hammer
had struck but failed to explode.
ths prisoners and one corpse, close
y guarded by armed men. remained
81 night at the little depot in Palmer.
word vas sent to Hot Springs for Special
uspaty James McGuire, Of Durham, but
= did not arrive until yesterday morning.
During the night the prisoners were in
constant fear of iynching.
coroner Horton. Deputy Sheriff Jim
Nes and q. NJ. Stewart arrived from
reatfle about 2 O'Clock in the afternoon,
sac the inquest was held Immediately with
W witnesses that have figured in the
ecry.. The jury returned verdict to the
saect that X. +. Calhoun had come 10 his
essn from wound from the hand Of
saues Gill. but that in the minds of all
NE Killing was iustiiiahle.
ios prisoners and the corpse were
ssoght 10 Seattle on the first train, srriv-
= here al II % o'ciok. The former were
ma to the county Jail and the latter to
soaaey Stewards. Detective Cave
nsed the remains and said he believed
dead man had been in Seattle within
art time. His feature, are those of
80 man. His father has been notified at
sessA Yakima by wire.
Aooert +. Calhoun, who was killed, was
ysars of age and was a nephew of Frank
calhoun. weli-known rancher near
s@mer. Both the men now under. arrest
AIS cousins u. Cordova's mother
~ eEosier's mother were sisters, whose
-een name vas Calhoun, and sisters
IN frank Il. Calhoun. o. Palmer
- OF Mrs Young. wife OF Frank Young.
prominent raache- Of Sumner. They
Ge also sisters OF ". c. Calhoun. of
'ma, father Of the BOY who was shot.
ssa parents u l.. h. Calhoun are living.
-a ais father owns ranch in Oksnogan
a.y. eu, il now living with his son-in-
M sp'nney. o. Yakima.
esnfser was raised At Summer and is
- aaown in that vicinity. having car
We mail Between Palmer and ksng-
years ago. De Cordova's parents
g. Garden City, Kan. where his
49, las been chief Of police. and where
wmselt hss served on the police force.
ss1eef the three has ever been considered =
character. aud this i. thought TO be
an' attempt at robbery. De CoIdova
J SHOWN In Kansas by Deputy Sheriff
80 Who says he has been cowboy and
sofne pretty tough chnus, two Of
80 we're she's IN tosnsite tight When
~ea DE Cor3ova carried an old re-
Dot 6rcslor was unarmed.