The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-04

eEseR the jail ante-rooxa. He thought
shers sere fifteen mea in she an,<-room Of
tns Jaai, eight or ten RANGED behind the
court house. three or four in Sheriff i.sth.
runs yard and outposts u other points.
1ne bodies nov lie in the morxue. where
hundreds OF curious persons viesed them
today. The verdict Of the eorore.s Jury
vas that Hui and Parker came TO their
death By hanging At the hands ci parties
70 the jary unknown.
A Grand iury viii probably hs called to
investigate the case. and the county
ofhcers viii endsavor to bring the iyaehers
TO Justice. All the iynchers came from .
distances. Coliax people claim. and Pull
man and GARFIELD are credited with ;uf-
nishine the mob.
Ed Hill murdered Lsngford Summers,
IN old and respected cltisen and
member Of the G. A. R.. in the town OF
CARRIED. whitmsn connty, November S,
lsN On thai day Ed Hitl, Champ Payne.
Charles McCown and samuel McCown
came to town and during the afternoon
became drunk in Mnrreil's saloon. where
the exhioased knife aud pistol, Samuel
McCown displaying the revolver and Ed
Hill . two-edged dagger. Several times
they were requested ~ be quiet. ~ they
might he arrested II they persisted IN max
Ing noise This request only seemed to
fire their blood. and they frequently made
threats Of what they woald do in case any
one shoula try 70 arrest them. They
knew that G~rfieid Was not incorporated,
and thought that no one had right to ar
rest them. Hill even offered 70 bet so
that no one could arrest them. He also
hourished his dagger and showcd BY
action how he would serve any one Who
shouid attempt II. About 6 O'Clock in the
evening the saloonkeeper succeeded In
getting the crowd out of the saloon.
When Hill and the McCowss and Payne
reached the sidewalk Langford Summers
came along and told them that they
ought to keep quiet. - they might b
arrested. After feu hot words with the
rowdies he shook hands with Payne and
the NcCowns, and WAS in the act Of ieav-
ing when Hill rushed up with dagger in
hand and said. LET me at him and wilt
hx him. Summers knocked Hill down
and started across the street Then . gem
erai hight eususd. Hin followed Summers.
striking him in the back of the neck and
kicked At him. Summers again Knocked
Hill down. In the meantime some one
had knocked Payne down with club,
striking him across ne face. When Payne
got up he attacked Summers and got him
down, and While in this position Hill
right side. After the fight Summers Was
taken 10 . drug store and Hill and Payne
went OF 20 Watering trough in another
part Of the town TO wash of the blood.
Later in the evening Hill escaped from the
country ON horseback and succeeded in
evading the officers and reaching Arizona,
where he was captured and put in jail.
While awaiting the arrival Of the officers
Of whitman county he escaped from the
- hsHf sxxb akHxl~
brought 10 Colfax. There he was given .
preliminary hearing and his trial set for
November last, bat a few days prior 20 the
time sst for trial he was granted change
Of venne 70 Dayton. Here he Was tried
and convicted Of assauit. and sentenced
TO the full extent Of the law
one pear imprisonment and costs.
1890. amounting altogether 70
created the most profound indignation all
over the state. The Posr-ISrEIIlaEscKa
and nearly every other paper condemned
the miscarriage Of justicst OF the other
murderers Sam NcCown died, Charles
McCown served ninety days in Jail for
assault and Champ Payne 10 serving .
five-year term at Walia Walia for man.
elaughtsr.
murder of A. b. Cooper at the Artesian
hotel. Pullman. on October II. 1853 The
evidence against him was purely circum-
stantial. He was ~ pears Old. and had
served two terms in the Oregon peniten.
tiary. He was professional burglar. and
was known also by the names Of J. A.
Patterson, John RaischkA and Julius
Graf Cooper vas shot dead in his room
at night by . burglar whom be interrupted
at his work. The hotel was closed i'm
mediately after the alarm, and no one was
permitted to escape: the guests we're all
searched and the rooms examined. and
spots Of blood were found on the counter
pane Of the bed occupied by Parker. in
room 4 While the hotel people were
laboriug under excitement the burglar
assassin threw his tools, stolen watches,
money and pistols out of his window. and
these articles we're found ct daylight. The
principal burglar tool wAs . pair Of nip
pers, with which the keys Of the doors had
been turned. The marks of those nippers
wers on the key OF Cooper's room. Those
nippers belonged TO the murderer. The
result of tho sheriff's long search has been
10 trace those nippers to the previous
ownership of George Parker.