The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-15

l Gf2TnEfttE across
| another cut across the foar fingers Of the
left hand he was kept ~ police head
quarters during the DAY and wRs sent 20
Providence hospital IN the evening - the
! police officers.
The stories ~ the eye witnesses are
s0nleE nat conflicting. Mcnamara YER
sioa differing from C0rDeSts and Bow
ser's or the fight inside the tarrcom.
3icSamara's version. as told 70 Post
Inteliigencer reporter. Was as follows.
McSamara's story of the Fight.
Il VAS standing in front Of my saloon
taking 10 CorDett about - when con
nor came down from the Brooklyn lodg-
Ing house. which adj0ins my place. and
after saying something 20 me about being
out late went into the baTroom- soon
after he went In a stranger. who vas IN
der the influence OF liquor. came out OF
the lodging house. and told Coroeit and
myself that ne had been robbed and
asked us II re had seen any one come
our Corb4tt told him a man lust weat
into the saloon and told the stranger 20
20 in with him and they would see about
H. They went tn ana Coroett asked the
stranger = Connor was the man. lie said
he dis not know Corbett then ;old Con-
nor he believed he was the robber and
would take him 20 the station. Connor
took out A purse from his inside vest
pocket and showed Corbett 80 or ste
They had some words and Conner finally
said he would 20 a. soon as ne got a
parkage which was In the office at the
end OF the bar. Corbett followed him IN
and as ConnOr pushed back the curtain
separating the Office from the bar and at
fenueed to put a pistol in on the shelf,
Corbett made a grab for It. They tus-
sled about for a while and corbett said
10 me Mac don't Jet him shoot. | TOOK
hold OF the pistol and wrenched II away
from both the men. ] partly turned
around 70 put IL back of the bar. ana
heard Corbett say, He has STABBED me,
and as ! turned around Corbetts pistol
went of. the bullet hitting me in he arm
I thought ! was done for and fell back
against the wall The two men were
ecuffing, bat ] could not see any knife.
7 heard two more shots. but did rot see
who was hit. When the ARRAY was over
I summoned help and was taken % police
headquarters ! don't see why Coroett
wanted 10 ne 50 hastv. Common ~ A we'll
behaved fellow and would have gone with
him"
How Bowser Was Robbed.
Bowser told his story late In the after
noon 10 Chief Rogers, In the presence OF
reporter He said: Il had been drink
Ing during the day and evening, and some
time after midnight went into the Brook
Ism lodging house with a messmate named
Fred I don't remember his other name.
lie went into a room with a woman, and
| stretched out on bed with my clothes
on and went 70 sleep. had s. or s. in
silver in my pocket and a 3 gold piece. !
was awakened during the night by some
one Juggling AT my hreeches. / turned
over and saw q man going out the door.
7 felt in my pocket and found that II had
been cut out and some one had robped
me I jumped up and told my friend that
] had been ROBBED. and ran Downstairs
after the thief saw an officer standing
in front of the saloon. and asked MIN II
he had seen any one. and he took me In
eide and pointed out a man standing by
the bar. and asked me If he was the man.
I told him / did not know. lie then tcld
the man to go 70 the station with him. as
he locked suspicious, and talk 10 the cap
tail about the matter. The fciloy siep-
pad behind the bar and made a motion to
draw something from his pocket and the
officer jumped for him. They came to-
gether. and the fellow said: You will
never take me to the station. lie then
drew something that looked like A knife
and began cutting the officer. | rushed
in and grabbed him about the waist but
In some way he got his arm outside OF
mine and cut me on the left wrist and
hand. let go OF him, and then he made
a lunge for my body. and threw up my
rieht arm 10 guard myself and got Jab
in the arm. The blood was rushing fccm
my wounds, and / staggered back to
knocked down the fellow with the knife
and was going towards the door. The
fellow got up end made for tle officer.
Tncv wres'irl and the gun Went OF The
feiIoN Was cutting and siash.1g ali the
time. and jerked away from the officer
and started for the door. hut the officer
raised his pistol and fired. and the man
fell right on his face In the door The
man behind the bar did not come out
once and took no part in the row, al
though ! think ne rould have stepped Il.
That officer is a brave one. and did his
duty in killing that fellow"
Fred HohensOn. the young sailor friend
Of Bowser. said he saw some one going
out Of Bowscr's room Just before liowser
called him. and followed his friend down
stairs and into the saloon. He heard the
conversation between Corbett and Connor.
bu, left when he saw there was going 10
he row He says Conner looks like the
man that he saw going out OF Bowser's
room
Officer Corbett told Chief Rogers sub
stantially the same story as told by Bow
ser. but was not quite so clear as 20 what
part Mcnamara took in the affair.
Tho Deadly Knife Il Found.
chief Rogers was busy al. day on tho
case and had his detectives ont gathering
evidence. FIe felt positive all day that
Conuor had done his hacking with A sharp
knife usef behind the bar for sliclng lem
ons. and this belief was confirmed III the
evening when ne secured the knife from
"a man who had picked II up a few hours
after the fracas near the saloon. II is a
buck knife with n bowie knife blade ON
tho edge was some blood. and on the sides
was considerable rust. where the lemon
juice had corroded the metal The point
was yer1 keen. The chief took IL down 20
the saloon last night. hut Mcnamara de-
niod an knowledge of ever seeing It
ChIef Rogers IS positive that Connor
ro1heI B'Vser All e,sc an oil man named
pans'd NcRit-hie. who was sent ia during
tho reh. hv Oficer Bates for being
drunk ana who b VAS discovered during
the day had been robbed Of SO during
tho might. The description ~ the money
found SEQ womans purse taken OF CON
nor tailiss exactly With the money lost
hv me old man. let Of trunk KEYS were
also taken on common and silver watch
with the mama ~ John betgin engraved
ou thv hack :
Connor's Criminal Record.
Th, chief IS under the impression that
Common IS tbe man arrested lu this cry
either lp the latter part II l@l ~ fhe
nrst part - lNs under the name ol Jack
Kelly for committing a robbery ar g bar
r.af. on Weller street. far Whlch he was
sentenced ~ thr pen.tsutisrv, cut es-
cap-t punishment bv q hukr. AZ that
time De hung around town for ,wo or
thr.o months and oac might he.3 q man
up an5 relieved htm 10 his money On a
Na.k street. and Was .tawed away fsr mo
taes il the collar RI ;he Frisco exchange.
ou RaUrcai aVeuue. hc,Weea Ntl4 ana
Washington. which vas conducted hr Tie
I Same MCNAMARA. aud spirited ont % town
on q train. }ic weaf I'D Arizona .ni ',1l0-