The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-05-17
Who SHOT JACK JOLLY ?.
Chidestef Says He Did Not, and Jolly
Thinks II Was a Citizen.
WAS 1T The BIG SWEDE 'WEALER 4?
Dr. Hiii says the shot Ceuia Net
Have Come From the street has
was Fired From the Tep OF she
Cars-CenfiicsInG Statements.

| hhe eHootlnH Vi Deputy hafsnhi JACK
Jolly has occasioned much speculation
and newspaper discussion. The Tacoma
Mus Of Friday claims that its reporter
interviewed Jolly with the result of elicit.
ing the following statement:
"How did 1t happen? Well, I'll tell
you, it ought never to have happened,
and never would haze il the marshals
had not got scared and were afraid to do
their duty. The citizens up there are to
blame, too. II it had not been for them
the men would have stayed Off Of the
train when they were put off. Chidester
was on top of the cars with some depu-
ties trying TO drive them off. The crowd
around the cars were yelling and jeering
and the deputies lost their heads and
were afraid to put the men off. / was
down on the ground at the time, and |
saw that something had 10 be done or
they would make fools of all OF us. So
got mp on the car where Chichester was
with stick in my hand like that what
brakemen use to tighten the brakes. l
ran at the men hitting them with the
stick TO knock them off did not mean
to hurt them, for, poor fellows. they are
so weak from hunger and fatigue, that /
could have whipped half dozen at
once. Chichester was right behind me
with two or three OF his marshals. As
soon as hit the first man with the stick
one OF them hit me on the side Of the
head with club and three or four jumped
on me. They were pushing me down
when heard shot from behind me and
at the same time felt a pain in my side
and knew that had been shot pulled
my pistol out and turned to see who had
shot, and saw Chichester with his pistol
in his hand. / said TO him, What in
hell did you shoot me for?' He made no
reply and before had hardly said it his
gun went off again, and he shot himself
in the leg. There might have been some
more shooting, but did not Tee or hear
it. | put my gun which had drawn
back in its case and never fred it off at
all. The night was shot | was deleri-
ons part OF the time and said a whole lot
Of things about Chichester, but did not
mean them. don't think that he tried
to shoot me, but he was so scared that he
did not know what be was doing"
Jolly Denies the Foregoing.
The Tacoma Union OF Saturday has an
entirely different statement which it &C.
credits to Jolly. 1t is as follows:
"Any man who says Chichester shot me,
or that said anything OF the kind, is q
- liar" said the wounded deputy
with all the vehemence his condition would
allow. II have been delirious since
wounded, and may have said some wild
things, but remembering the position OF
Chidester and myself at the time l was
shot, it was impossible for him to inflict
the wound am now possibly dying from.
When the men would not get off the car
and had set the brakes. climbed upon
the car and with stick, such as is used
by the brakemen in setting brakes, pro-
ceeded to fight my way to the brake and
throw it off. had reached the brake
and accomplished my object and had
seized two commonwealers by the throat
when | was struck fearful blow with a
club over the right shoulder which feled
mt. While / was down felt the sharp
pang of the bullet entering my side, but
did not hear the sound of that particular
shot. so intense was my interest in the
| fight on my hands, for when knocked
down had chung to the collars OF the
two men who had grappled with me and
had drawn them over with me. 1 was
shot from beneath and It is my opinion
| by one OF the citizens who had congre-
gated at the track. Had it not been for
their encouragement and cheering on of
the commonwealers this would never
have happened, but with the constant
egging on of the industrials by the citi-
zens, the men were led to believe they
could do as they pleased with the railroad
company's property at Yakima. I was
picked out as shining mark by the
commonwealers and citizens, for the day
before / had given one of the former q
clubbing tor which / was ridiculed by
both 'wealers and deputies, and when
the fracas came Wednesday / wanted to
show the people that was prepared to do
my duty. The report that fred into the
crowd is wrong, for my pistol had not
load discharged. After being shot
managed to regain my feet and drew my
revolver, but the men were so thick it
would have been murder for me TO have
fired into them, and returned the pistol
to my pocket. But as for Chidester
shooting me he did not do it,"
Statement OF Dr. mn and Others.
DR.. G. ]. Hill was summoned to wenas
Wednesday night, after the fracas, to
render surgical assistance to the wounded
deputies. He informed THE HERALD
scribe that the claim that Chichester shot
himself and also jolly could not be, as
the two wounds were not made by bull
lets of the same calibre. Here is the
ball that | cut from Chidester's leg" said
the doctor, exhibiting 50, land l am
confident that Jollv's wound was made
by As. lam equally certain that the
shot was not fred from the street, as the
course taken by the ball shows that it
must have come from horizontal plane. :"
THE whole population OF Yakima"
said Deputy Crosby TO Tacoma News
reporter, twas down to the train. Law
yers, doctors, members of the city coun-
ell. and in fact, everybody was there to
see the excitement. 1t was by their en-
couragement that that the trouble vas