The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-08-15
SMITH J. N. EAVES ALSO LIKELY TO DIE

broken-hearted mother weeping ovei
the wretched end of q married life D
forty years, q sister mixed up in an i'm
probable and slanderous embroglio ant
two young ladies, innocent and refined
dragged into the filth of association In
. remote degree with the patricide-
Charles McConigle lies in the county jai
and the shadow of retrbutive justic,
looms darkly over his semi-crazed head
The wagging tongue OF scandal has broker
up Q home, agitated peaceful commun
ity, caused endless trouble-aud met {
climax in trail of blood.
On Sunday night last at nine O'Clock
Charles McGonigle shot his aged fathel
to death and seriously, il not fatally
wounded Blacksmith caves, OF the An
tanum. The scene OF the tragedy was
the old Harris ranch, which McGoniglt
has occupied since June 10, 1894. 1t il
about six miles southwest of this city
The direct cause OF the most sanguinary
result was the circulation OF sanderous
reports as to the character of the two
daug hters Of ]. M. Eaves, who lives
within two miles of the McGonigle place
II is claimed by those familiar with the
details that Charles McGonigle has beer
for some time too attentive to his adopted
sister, Ida. He was of jealous DISPOSE
ton, and did not want her to have any
thing to do with other girls in the neigh
borhood who had frequent male compan
ions-particularly the daughters of Mr.
Eaves, who we're somewhat popular
The girls of both families, however, re
Gently were together at Soda Springs, and
enjoyed themselves on the outing as
young girls usually do, associsting with
the young men of the camp as the other
merry-makers did. The attentions OF
two young fellows in the Wide Hollow
iseem' to have been particularly acceptable
according to reports from the springs
To this Charles McGonigle took excep
tions. He ordered his foster-sister to have
nothing whatever to do with the Eaves
girls; and he proceeded to try to make
such association all the more impossible
by circulating reports throughout the
neighborhood that in his opinion, the
Eaves girls were but little better thar
prostitutes. An account of his alleged
attachment for his foster-sister, and of ar
episode at Soda Springs of questionable
nature having appeared in one of the city
papers. young McGonigle followed the
lead in another sheet on Saturday last
and gave publicity to an article which
but famed the embers already shoulder
ing, into a blaze. In this step he was
emulated by the sister, Ida.
Mr.. Eaves had heard the numerous
lying remarks made by McGonigle con,
corning his daughter, and on Sunday
evening he made up his mind to try in
some manner to stop them; and in that
determination began the first chapter Of
the real tragedy. The jury impanelled
by Coroner Heg examined many wit
hesses, several of whom gave evidence
which shows what was in the mind Of
Mr.. Eaves when he drove down to the
McGonigle ranch on Sunday night, ac-
companied by his wife and one daughter
The first witness called was w. w. Dick
erson, who testified as follows:
w. w. Dickerson-Live so miles from
here; was at Woolsey's on Sunday after
noon, and at Henderson's in the evening
with other neighbors; heard shots abou
8 o'clock, and said: "They're at it now,
and we ran over to McGonigle's; saw
McGonigie lying near corner of the house
with his family and III. Kinne, Frank
Woolsey Harris around him heard three
shots-one shot, then pause, then two
almost together in quick succession, thu
last shot being weaker; when we got t.
the house we picked up McGonigle, car
ried him into the house and put him OF
the bed; there was bullet hole in thu
middle OF the abdomen; the reason
said They're at it now" was, l hac
read considerable of the affair in thu
papers and 1 concluded from what
knew OF 1t that the men meant business
and so when the first shot was fred
said They're at it now" / saw Eaves
before he came over; he drove up in his
buggy to Woolsey's with his wife and
daughter; Mr.. Woolsey and his son and
others were there; he asked for Franz
Woolsey, then Eaves, Woolsey and
walked on toward Henderson's; Eavel
wanted Frank Woolsey to 90 over to Nc
Gonigle's and tell Charles he wanted Il
see him; Frank came back and said
Charley wouldn't come, aud that ii Eaves
wanted to see him to come there; Eaves
got In his buggy and drove on to McGon
igle's, and We walked on to Henderson S
; ha hadn't been gone long when the shoot
ing commenced, and We ran over; haC
3 talk with Charley Sunday morning a
10 O'Clock; don't recollect all that wa
said but know We talked over the al
fsir and the pieces that appeared in th'
papers; said he hadn't ought to carr!
the thing any further, or the first thinl
he knew he'd kill Eaves; he said; 50
don't propose 10 bother Eaves il Fave:
lets me alone" when | was talking t
EAves he said to me it was time thi
.thing vas put to a stopland he meant t.
have it settled; that he didn't want hi
daughters called indecent names, ant