The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-11-29
A CARNIVAL OF CRIME
Boots" Peamstsr Fires Five Leaden Mis-
SlleS at Henry l. Tucker.
POOR CRAFTSMANSHIP STAYS MURDER
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Five pistol shots fred in quick success.
sion, between eight and nine O'Clock Sat
urday evening. drew Policemen Liggett
and Craig to fuckers livery stables
where they arrested VIM. Feamster with
an empty and smoking revolver in his
hand. Feamster had been making tar
get Of Henry L. Tucker aud although as
. marksman he wasn't a bowling success,
he managed TO get one bullet through Mr..
fuckers coat in close proximity to his
body. The trouble which led up to the
shooting would require several chapters
to give it in all its details, but as briefly
as possible, Johnny Ormsby and Feam-
ster, who is known among his associates
as Boots, are gamblers, and for some
time past they have been close tillicums
through the mysterious bondage Of love
affairs. Ormsby's inamorata is a frail,
but fair creature, known as Grace, who
resides on Yakima avenue in building
called the Kangaroo, probably on account
OF it having q long tale of woe embraced
in its history. Now the love of Grace
was no ordinary, lukewarp attachment,
but she was burning with the divine pas
sion aud when the serpent, in the person
OF one Elliott, runner for the Hotel
Anterior, whispered in her ear that
Ormsby was untrue she was beside her
self with rage, grief and despair and on
Friday night attempted to end her troubles
with morphine. Drs. Hill and Winter.
mute we're summoned aud effectively APP
piled the stomach pump while Ormsby
furnished balm to her wounded feelings.
The next day Boots" and Ormsby start
ed on carousal, and by early evening
were carrying full-sized jag. While in
this condition they met Elliott and others
in fuckers stable and then the row COM
menced. Stable employees had tried to
quiet the disturbance and when Mr..
Tucker appeared on the scene Elliott bad
been driven into the office and Ormsby
had a gun out and was trying to get a
shot at the informer. This was frustrat-
ed by Mr.. Tucker, who ordered the dis
turbers from the building. All left but
Feamster who refused to move and called
Tucker vile names. Mr.. Tucker then
reached for a surveyors rod, which was
handy, and Feamster drew a revolver and
commenced firing. Mr.. Tucker followed
him up until the gun was emptied and
then the police officers hove in sight and
took the shooter to Jail. Ormsby in the
mean time had disappeared and has not
since been seen by the police who have a
warrant for his arrest.
Justice Henton placed Feamster's
bonds at $1,000, the charge against him
being assault with attempt to commit
murder" No bonds were secured up to
Wednesday morning when the examine
ton was held at the court house, Prose-
cutting Attorney Rockford appearing for
the state and Fred Miller for the defense.
But three witnesses were examined,
Messrs. Tucker, Andy Maby and Tom
Frazer. No evidence of importance was
brought out beyond that embraced in the
foregoing statement, and that the defend
ant threatened to "fx" Mr.. Tucker. The
defense offered no evidence in rebuttal,
Mr.. Miller combining himself to cross ex-
animation to show that the offense was
not as serious as the charge would indl-
cate. Justice Henton reduced the bail to
$500, binding the prisoner over to the SEES
sion of the superior court converting on
the LIST Monday in December.
The wonder is how Mr.. Tucker escaped
from injury and the only solution is that
his probing with the surveyors rod de-
stroyed the aim of his antagonist. Boots
claims that his efforts were directed to
soaring Mr.. Tucker and that he shot at
his feet, but if that is so he is not capa-
BILE of handling gun, for only one bullet
struck low. Mr.. Tucker seems to bear
charmed existence. He passed through
the war without harm and spectators say
that he exhibited no more fear in the re-
cent fusillade than he would in going to
a May-day picnic although Feamster was
firing his gun at him not half dozen feet
away.
The last scene up to to date of this
tragedy occurred on Wednesday night,
in Yakima avenue restaurant, when
the Misses Wilson and King, whose rep
utations are more than tainted by associ-
alton with Ormsby and Feamster, were
taking midnight meal with some male
companion whose name THE HERALD was
unable to learn. They were enjoying
themselves to the fullest extent when the
siren Grace appeared upon the scene,
armed with knife and intent upon cut
ting the Wilson girl into very small
pieces. In the row which ensued the
young man lost most of the cuticle from
his nose. Even with her weapon Grace
was not match for Miss Wilson, whose
strong right arm reached out with pugi-
listic force and sent her Amazonian antag-
onist to the floor. Outside interference
then stopped further proceedings.
moral Filth Uncovered.