The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-04
. TOBIN In TACOMA.
1ays He Will Not Shoot Ct
anker Edmiston Again.
esAL coNvicrs BREAK AWAY


4acsnA. May 3-lspeciai. IN. q. Tobin.
1VsI1a Walia, arrived here todsy, pre-
3lkIy n pursuit Of Banker Edmiston.
Gty. whom he attempted 10 kill ~
11x Shortly after arriving here, Mr..
l1fS NO has always been . very healthy
- Gsred . slight stroke Of paraiysis.
sS1 =. be says. return 70 Walls WsiIs
Y. - = he can, and will not make anv
- s<tsmpt TO rsvengs himself upon
Msstsd easy this afternoon and even.
- - sas anxious that nothing b said
- Posf-lHrKLLzoKscEs that would
- HI wife. He does not consider HIS
.a1Son ssrions, and hopes and expects
- oble 70 leave for Walla Waila tomor.
n1ehk His son, who resides In this
~. = uith him. When asked about b.
- 8 poTsuit Of Edmiston. M. Tobin
6WGll. I would not want 70 say that
elly. But l understand he has left
11tis since be heard / vas coming. and
eoos BY this time be 10 In Canada.
~ 10 know he left Seattlef Oh.
- Il al right 6upposing was Of .
Uoneelul nature, think hs thought It
al b bsst for him 70 got out. But he
n Suffered enough. guess. will re-
- homo and let him alone. He 10 Just
cae Of those rasor-beck hogs--he isn't
D r. shot bsiisvs he has bssn shot ct
II. Tobin then told how he happened 10
~ bsad on Edmiston % Waiia Walia:
~ him talking to . man Who had
NM ID the bank (Edmiston's bank) and
RID 10 myself now 10 my chancs to do
ething ! Just picked mp revolver
ri he'd been left in my place (saioon) in
1nk' spd went for him. have never
nied revolver since I left the army,
1T this one did not 60 OF the first time.
- nsxt shot went through Edmisfon's
EDot.and he slid away. The next time IL
not 60 OF again. and had . good
moe st him. WAS fined $40. II had
Efnod him nothing would have boen done
ous Il The feeling over there 10 pretty
1Dnss sven Jet over the bank failure.
1lf. Tobin says his intentions were on
SsPrr Of the moment 70 shoot Edmiston
IN and compel him to make . confess
- = to how the dspositors we're robbed.
charged Edmiston with advancing
Eposy on wheat and taking notes in pay
1T and then holding the notes without
EDSine credit tor the same even after the
10y had been returned or deducted
IN the wheat shipped through him. al
p6et the dsposItors viii get their money.
nonuch ~ there are good notes TO meet
dsposits." he said, ''but what angered
- uas the fact that Edmiston promised
E.. whom went for my money. that he
Epoald have Il the following Monday either
Inn Tacoma or Seattle. when In fact he
EtneW the bank was broken then"
~. Tobin had IS 900 In the bank. with
ENeieh hs says he expected TO ret his son
h business He tells how Edmiston
eeoivsd dspositors even after the bank
$3.50. and how he was caught by the
laTif walking alone through the snow,
gaded for Idaho, after his bond had bssn
6ueed to II 600 and he had left Walls
NallA A certain element ct Walis Walla.
5sbin says, II standing BY him. and that
|bmppossd 10 be the means of Edmiston's
b1mation regarding the coming Of Tohin
t1ay. He says Edmiston left Seattle yes
LAY. and he does not EXPECT TO sse him
ID Wslla Walla. After he TOOK . shot ct
8miston. he says, there Was talk Of
sching Edmiston, but It Was merely
MI.
He has suffered the loss Of . 3-ysar-old
Eeey since the bank closed, and has had
much trouble and worry" he says. To-
Edoy he got chilled while riding in the
Benset cars. the weather being cooler here
On ct Walla Waiia. and while about TO
~ . warming beverage he Was stricken
81 fell In the doorway. He was removed
- Chiiberg's and . physician was sum-
supned.