The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-05-17

to sci the brakes and when the deputies
commenced to put the indus,rials Off the
citizens began to throw stones and clubs
at the deputies and shouted: Shoot
them! Cut them! Kill them!' The
commonwealers we're excited before, but
when they received this encouragement
they began TO throw stones and then the
fight commenced in earnest. The first
shot was fred by citizen when the ex.
citement was at the highest pitch and
then the commonwealers drew their guns
and commenced to fire."
"Chidester did not shoot Deputy Mar
shal jolly" said Deputy William Welsh.
II don't care what Jolly may say or
think, there was only one bullet shot on,
of the revolver carried by Chichester and
that went in his leg. | saw his revolver
after the fight, and there was only one
cartridge that had been discharged"
Deputy Chidester Tells IIis story.
Over his own signature Deputy Marshal
W. C. Chichester has this TO say Of the
fracas and the shooting:
ION the arrival of Mr.. Minsch | ex-
planned matters to him, telling him the
first thing We should do was To loosen the
brakes which the 'wealers had set up in
order to carry out our original intention
namely, to back up the train to the
bridge and there to clear il. He instruct.
ed all the deputies to mount the cars and
to see that the brakes were all cleared.
In the meantime the citizens had congre-
gated and were urging the men to resist
the deputies in loosening the brakes
Deputy Palmer, of South Prairie, assisted
by several other deputies, freed three
brakes, when one was recaptured and was
again set by the 'wealers. About this
time Is of the deputies were in the midst
OF the commonwealers, and on releasing
the fourth brake they attacked Mr.. Pal
mer and knocked him down. At the
same moment they attacked Mr.. Jolly by
striking him vicious blow on the should
ers. then jumped over on the car and
tried TO free Mr.. Palmer by pulling the
men of. finally succeeded in doing 70
by striking one or two with cane.
was then set upon by three of them, was
thrown down, struck twice on the head,
while they endeavored to choke me. Mr..
Palmer in the meantime had gone for
ward to the next car. At this time I saw
several hand-to-hand fights with 'wealers
who were using their clubs and slung
shots. Some OF the citizens were stonipg
the deputies on the lower end of the train,
In falling caught one of my antagonists
under me. He was big Swede. The
man on top OF me caught my cane, at the
same time secured my left hand, which
enabled the man under me to work him
self out. As he arose to his knees he
dropped his club and pulled his pistol,
seeing which succeeded in raising upon
my right knee with these men still on
me. l then drew my pistol with my left
hand, knocked up my opponents gun,
but before | could recover myself he had
fired. The ball passed TO my left and
struck Jolly, who was behind me.
then tried to shoot the Swede, but as |
pulled the trigger the men who were still
on top of me pulled my arm, knocking
my hand down, sending the bullet
through my left thigh. The Swede then
jumped off the top of the car and the two
men who had ME down jumped off on
the other side. The Swede's shot was
not the first fired. He was between me
and the citizens who were on the ground,
and before he fred saw the flash Of q
gun from party either In buggy or
standing very close TO it. There were in
the neighborhood of 10 shots fred, and
upon investigation afterwards it was
found that not more than five shots we're
fired by the marshals, and have reason
to believe that they followed instruc-
tians given them, before the engagement,
which were that no marshal was to use
his pistol under any circumstances ex-
cept when attacked, and then only when
he saw his life was in danger The
whole affair did not last more than five
minutes. Immediately on the firing Of
the first gun the commonwealers COM
menced dropping off the train in hap
hazard manner. At this junction the
train began backing up followed by the
citizens and 'wealers who were stoning
the train and firing an occasional shot.
But no shots were fred by the marshals
from this time on. Mr.. Jolly then ex.
claimed L am shot, and l felt for the first
time the blood trickling d)wn my own
leg"