The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-11-04
HASTE FULLY INDICATED.


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HAsTrE FULLY INDICATED.
Witnesses Testify Th.s Wood Commitssd
snsefae-Coro7er's Jury's Verdict
A w. HASTE is completely yindicased
in the eyes of the people of Seattle OF the
malicious charge sprung upon aim oy the
managers Of the spotted egg campaign a.
the las. moment. Mr.. HASTE not only did
no kill young Wood. bat was not even
looked upon IS ~ all connected with ms
death. There is no question that Wood
committed suicide The verdict OF the
coroner's jury shows IL and the testimony
Of sEy number of witnesses. even after the
lapse Of twenty years. points conciu.iveiy
TO that fact. In this city TO-DAY lives .
witness TO the tragedy, who sas the smoke
from the revolver as the desperate man
fired she bullet into HI. brain. and after
ward examined the CORPSE gnd called
attention 10 the powder marks upon the
brow Of the suicide. This witness Is
Robert NJ. McMann. resident of Green
Like. who called AZ the Office OF the fSess-
Times late Yesterday afternoon with an
evening paper in his hand and said;
Il have Just read the name CT Mr..
Cassei in your paper In the HASTE matter
Mr.. Cassel is an old acquaintance OF Hllne,
and this is the nrss intimal.on that had
that be vas living in Seattle. By the way.
! sss living in Moline at the time Char.es
Wood committed suicide. and sas nam
Kill himself. and vas one o! the FIRST 10
resch him when he fell. the statement
that he vas not found for half an boar
after the shooting took place is false. as
VS. not over $50 feet from aim. and plainly
saw the sm0ke from mis- revolver. Not
wgthstanding the statements made that no
powder marks were seen, firmly answer
that there were powder marks. as was
plainly seen when we carried him into
Wagoner's place. | do not understand
how IL even became suspected that Mr..
HASTE shot him, when 50 MANY know
positively that Mr.. HASTE had returned
20 the aid OF the young LADY before the
fatal shot was fired. Anything 10 the
contrary is not true.
After the remains of the desperate and
unfortunate young man had bean placed
in the hands Of the coroner, the jury re-
turned verdict of death by pistol shot in
the brain. self-inaicsed. The appended
dispatch settles that question. if il ever
was question, beyond the peradventure
of doubt:
MOLINE. ILL.,, Nov. 3.
Carr & Preston Seattle. Wash: Charles
Z. Moods inquest vas held at Moline Oh
the. i7th day of April. 1875. The verdict Of
the jury was by pistot shot wound IN
the BRAN. inflicted By himself on April IL,
1915.
sTArE oF ILLINOIS. -.
Rock ISLAND CouSTy.S
| hereby certify THAI tie fors gong Is a true
cory OF the verdics Of tie coroner'- jury in the
case OF Charles E. Wood. as the sans appears OF
record In my ofiies.
DAVID HAYES,
Coroner of Rock Island County.
Here are the names of the witnesses in
this city who have stated that Mr.. HASTE
was not implicated in the death OF Wood.
and that. aside from the verdict of the
coroner's jury, the general impression was
that the case was one of deliberate suicide:
A. p. Cassel. Banner and Republican
streets.
Charles HopkInson, of the Porter
grocery. Front and Cedar streets.
\. A. Veline, of o. W. Lynch & Co.
". a. Collins, 222i Second street. en-
gineer OF the Ratio.
Q. W. Peterson, Frank Peterson and ].
r. Peterson. OF the lirm OF .. ". Peterson
& Bros, 3oS5 Front street. corner Grant
All these gentlemen lived in Moline at
the time of the tragedy and have vivid
recoliections Of the event Frank Peter
son, at that time q boy OF Ii, saw the
pool of blood where the body lay. lie
SAYS the reason Miss DAVIS vas not in
stantly killed by the shot was because OF
her heavy growth Of hair, which on that
evening was done up In a knot on the
back Of her head. The ball. however
penetrated into the scalp and caused her
much pain and trouble.
In addition 10 these residents of this
city, the old-time inhabitants Of Moline
still living there have not forgotten the
particulars of the event that deeply stirred
the neighbornood AT the time Ii happened.
NJ. Hsstie yesterday received the follow
ing dispatch, dated Moline, November 8:
A. w. Eos,ie Hash A. w. HASTE
vas in no nay implicated in the suicide o.
Charles L Wood.
w J. EsTRfxTs.
Ex-Stafe Attorney.
This is not all. The law firm Of Carr &
Preston. of this city. have been active in
ascertaining the talsiIy Of these charges,
and Yesterday received five dispatches. Gil
trom residents of Moline. in effect tie.
ssrne as the testimony OF the above-uau4ed
residents Of this CITY. These dispatches
are as follows:
remember Woods death well. 4. W.
HASTE was not TO blame
GEonor W. vrxrox.
Democratic kepres, nJagiYe in the LIMOS
Legislature.
Wood shot himself; no blame attached
to HASTE by the public.
Ii. A. kTNswpRTu.
Ex-sia.e Senator
Woods death wes suicide: no blame
against HASTE. &. +. HKMENwAy.
CasheF Moline National BANK.
Knew HASTE vel. no b anne attached 10
hiIu for Woods death. j. VI. GorID.
President National Bank.
Knew HASTE aud Wood well. HASTE
vas reading law with me At time of W God )
suicide; no blame on HASTE.
]. T. BROWNING.
Attorney AZ law.
The reliability OF the senlers of these
dispatches is shown BY the following letter
from Mayor Phelps % II. L. Seer. written
yesterday:
You ask me If kaow II. A. A insworth
]. I. Browning. j. NJ. Gould and {. r
HemenwaY. Of Moline, Ill In replv I
desire 10 say thai / know all Of these
gentlemen well. having been intimately
acquainted with them for the past twenty
Eve years.
II. a. Ainsworth 10 n me m her Of the firm
Of ~llllsns. White & Co, propriesors Of
large iron goTks. and Is an ex-state
senator. lie Is a leading and highly
respected clt.Een.of thai community.
]. II. Browning is an attorney a. lax If
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