The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-17
MURDER ENDS A FEUD
William Cushman Killed Near
Sumner by d. F. Orcutt
SHOT DEAD IN A FIGHT.
The GREATS and Cashasn nsd 9esr-
,eiied ove, . Businsss NATTER ssA
Ysnefng Of . County EesA-

TAcoxA, March is.-fSpsctai.l-D y.
Circuit killed William Cushman near Lake
Tapps today and his son Isaac voanded w.
W. Russell severely. shooting him IN
the left shoulder. right side ana
through the palm OF the LEFT hsnd.
The CIRCUITS surrendered ard were lodged
In the county Jail here They claim the
shooting vas done in seif-defenss. Cush-
man leaves Q wife and four children, and
RUSSELL has vito and two children. The
CIRCUITS came from Kansas abou. ten years
ago. cushman came from east oil the
mountains
Six weeks ago, while the Pierce county
blind grand jury Vas grinding our aoorsi'e
"psanut" indictments. ID. +. oreutt ana
others submitted evidences which resulted
IN Russell and Cushman being indicted
for fencing In . county road which runs
through the middle Of section IL. township
~. on which the parties 10 the tragedy re-
side. The accused were acquitted oy
petit jury. Only yesterday c. r. Rnsseii,
father OF tho wounded man. was thrown
bodily ont Of the county commissioners
Office for persistent interisrrncs with CON-
missioner Bartholomew.
After Russell and others were acquitted,
Russell posted notice on section IA. In
forming u. r. circuit and "Baidy." one OF
the parties ho testified before the grand
fury, that he would be ready for them at
any time or in any shape or
manner. Russell also stated in the
notice that he had stolen hops.
but not "hogs nor school money" After
that ID. r. Orcu.t corricd 3s-caiiber self
cooking revolver. Before the road trouble
d. r.. Orcuts had Cushman tend his hop
fields on shares. Last fall there
was . Misunderstanding. and now
circuit claims Cushman had only .
bogus or forged lease Of hop lands. and
had no legal right on the premises Cush-
man and Russell werc also charged by
Circuit with trying TO run county road
through his grandfather CIRCUITS prop
srty, thereby cutting of slice Of It.
Today Ike orcutt and his father went
on tho hop land owned by Grandfather
circuit. which Cushman had worked on
shares, TO burn logs and FIX tho fence.
Soon Cushman and Russell came run
ming toward them. Then the kill
ing aud shooting occurred. The
CIRCUITS say they said they did not wan,
any trouble Russell said to Cushman.
''Take hop pole and knock the brains
out Of that son OF -" meaning ID. r.
circuit. Cushman knocked him down
with . hop pole and shot at him
three times with revolver while
circuit was In sitting position. only one
bullet touching him and that one grazing
the side Of his left cheek. circuit called
20 his son. asking him IL no was going
10 allow him 10 DO killed. Thee
Russell Immediately STACKED Ike
with thrse-inch pruning knife
and simultaneously d. Il. Orcutt
while st.ii In q sitting posture. shot three
times at Cushman. and Ike. backing off a,
Russell jabbed . knife into his shirt
and cut q two inch slit, fired
three shots at his assaiiant
Russell fell. calling for help
aud Cushman staggered away a fen
feet and dropped dead. Ike says he pu
his revolver into his pocket yes
terday to shoot crows, and did
not leave home today. only thre.
chambers we're loaded when he began fir
ing on Russell, and he emptied them nil
Immediately after the shooting the Or
cults went home. got their coats. walked
10 sumner and surrendered.
Coroner Hoska went TO Lake Tapps this
evening To view tho remains. ana will re
turn tomorrow. ID. r. orcntt will employ
tho best counsel ohtainahie. and will sci
his farm to fight the case IL necessary.