The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-05


sleeves, but wore a vest, which he took
OH ana Threw al the side OF the road Just
previous 70 reaching the place where O.
csro and the other men we're at work
Coming up TO where Cicero Sod Ian~s
sad:
You have been talking about ola Ne
Cam, have your 70 which Cicero reoI.ed:
Go away; 70 On
Thereupon James Mccain pulled HIS
Fight hand from his overcoat pocket. hsv-
ing around his hand and across the knuck-
les razor handkerchief. He struck Cicero
on the right side Of the head, knocking
nm 70 The ground. Then ne Jumped upon
nm. caught him by the hair OF the head
and nit him on the face and eyes FIVE or
SIX times Persons who were with 6,f~ero
demonstrated aud attempted TO stop the
oiEsculty. John Mccain then stepped In
ana SAID ne would mon up the earth with
any one who interfered Cicero got an
ana started toward his house when John
hceann walked in front OF him drew his
hand back as IL 10 strike. and said:
on VIII talk about old Mccain will
yoaE Cicero thereupon sat down on 4
ios' an1 John Mccain came close to him.
put MS face close TO Cicero and repeated
MS Former remark moment afterward
cicero got UP In dazed condition and
went along the road toward his house.
Wnicn was from 400 10 600 feet distant
Lne persons who we're there advised the
they had done enough. but James went
after Cicero and John followed. John
cried 70 his brother James 20 give Cicero
some Of that he had III AIS pocket
Give him the gun. him, II he
wants it
Cicero Shot Through the Brain.
James Mccain partly pulled from hts
nght oFercoat pocket a revolver, and
auiekened his pace in the direction OF
cicero. cicero succeeded in reaching his
barn lot. and went diagonally across II 10
MS house. James and John stepped be-
hind stumps and logs which hid them
rom view. shortly thereafter Cicero came
from MS house with a rife. AS he came
back through the barnyard and had lust
passed the corner OF the stable James Nc
cam. from behind a large log. rose I'd
and nred two shots al him from his revol-
YER but they went wide OF the mark.
cicero then changed his direction and
went across to a picket fence and turned
IN the direction where the McCanns were
hidden James Mccain fired another shot
ana cicero. sun unwounded returned the
IRE. firing one shot at James Mccain.
James Mccain rushed on Cicero. who
was about fifty feet away and stu hold
Ing his rifle In his hand They grappled
and struggled outside the fence into the
county road, where Mccain stumbled and
zen. with Cicero on top OF him. While on
the ground In this position John Mccain
rushed 10 where the men were on the
ground. stopped down and took from his
brothers hand his revolver. which he
placed at the back OF Cicero's head and
nred bullet through his brain. The bull
let naSsed entirely through the brain
substance and lodged against the right
parietal bone. Then he gave Cicero a
shove from off his brother James Nc
Cam arose and John picked up Cicero's
rihe and handed the revolver hack 10
James. Both then went back down the
road toward their home
Old Man McCann's Threats.
on September 20. one day before the
shooung, between 10 and II O'Clock g. m
Michael Mccain met Cicero on the county
road and said 10 him:
understand you are doing all you
can against my son John in the road cleo
tom Cicero replied: Yes, I guess So
Michael Mccain replied: We VIII put
you where the election Will not bother
YOU
ION tho morning Of the day OF the shoot
ing Michael Mccain went to Cicero's
house between and 3 a. m. and met
Cicero on the road. He said to Cicero at
that time:
You have been talking about me and
my family. You are nothing but a damn
ed bsekbiter. You have no right 70 vote
You ought 10 be in jail'
Cicero replied that Mccain ought 10
know what treatment he would get In jail
as he (McCann) had been there. Mccain
said: - you. we VIII do you VI. and
do it quick. too, and we viii not go behind
the trees. logs or stamps. either
''On the same day McCann went To a
neghb0T's house and said In the presence
OF the neighbor and his wife that ne had
had a fuss with Cicero; that Cicero was
doing all he could 20 keep his son John
from being elected road supervisor. and
that nc had a mind to get his son Jim
Dor said 10 him:
. 'McCann, you don't know what you
saw You viii destroy two families ard
leave these three little children orphans
NcCann replied: I don't care II II takes
the rsuch. Jim can do IL. and / know the
Jail is there fof me.
About Il o'clock he LETT this reighbovs
house anG vent home. About / O'Clock
he went To Cicoro's house. u-esting Cicero
ard three or four other persons rsturl-
ing from Cicero's house, whore they had
eaten dinner. 20 the place thew we're work
ing on the road. Mccain turned and went
hack with these parties. saying 20 one
Of them that II any les had been told
about the road election Cicero had told
them. not ne. Mccain went on % his
house. and short time later John and
James made the assault that ended n
Ioseph Cscero's death"
At thc close of RI. Norris statement
Mr.. Lewis said he would reserve his state
ment, as il would he quite az variance
Nth the prosecutors case.
Bulletins 81 Republican histories VII hs