The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-16
BRAVE SUFFERER.
,asu Corbett Tells the Story Of
His Hard Fight.
,,saMARA ONLY LOOKED ON
nexpcrate Struggle In Which He
almost Lost Life for Duty-Con-
nor Fully Identified.


....cn or Monday morning is stu the talk
b. .ss .ogn. and words OF praise are
svsrvyhere for brave John Corbett.
sAs On q cot in Providence hospital
- body and face literally cut up.
~. .s..'rb suffering greatly from the
49, n the abdomen. Corbett is IN no
s-ssss,e danger, and the attending ply
-, Ia confident that he Will pull
- ALI right A large number OF
100 called on the sick man during the
Z. has, few were admitted. A Post-In-
.g.s.cer reporter was given entrance 70
y ssrk room, however, and when the
-r.dsd man saw who il was. he raised
= .rrbtly. and pushing out one of his in
s-pd hands, said:
-sl,s 10 see you, old man. Sit down
a.,s and I'll tell you all about the af-
as"
=. offer was accepted. and settling him.
~ srmly on his pillow. the wounded man
-:
4 was standing in front OF the Wan
| 4rsr saloon talking TO Mcnamara soon
,aer going on my beat, when a couple OF
sless came down stairs from the Brook
- lod-1ng house and went up the street.
lar after another man came out and
ssst into the saloon. He had no sooner
srn stairs without hat and his panta-
rns cut He said he had been robbed,
Id asked me If / had seen any one come
=. ! told him about the two men that
sat I'D street and about the fellow that
ssn, inside. at the same time going in
H.a him.
How the Quarrel Started.
Well we walked up 10 where the fell
uae e. nd n frG 10 Y
asd him where he came from. He said
n UP stairs. I asked him what he was
eng up there and IL he were alone. lie
I'D be wasn't doing anything In partlcu-
~ and that several people were up
care. ] told him the man with me had
sen robbed; that thought IL looked sus-
sxiols in him coming down from the
agng house. and then told him he had
kiter 80 to the station with me and talk
be matter over with the captain. just
,ssn the man that had been robbed said
as had s. In gold and s. or 81 in silver on
In when he lay down on the bed.
When he made this remark the man ut
aeend OF the bar said. To show you / am
81 rlgnt' look at that pulling out a black
pocketbook In which was about $50. / told
him that did not make any difference. and
nat ne would have to go to the station.
he put bis hand down In his pocket and.
think. pulled out a s. gold piece. Just
then Mcnamara said. Yes, Jack, you
BETTER go TO the station with John
The man called Jack then stepped De-
hind the bar and walked to a small office
81 the north end Of IL. He took a bundle
and put 1t behind the bar and at the same
tine took pistol out of his pocket and
tiled to hide il behind the bar. / jumped
over TO where he was standing and said,
NO, you don't We both got hold of .he
pistol AZ the same time and In struggling
he cooked ii. and put my finger over it.
so That II It went off l would not get hurt.
No Help From Mcnamara.
During the scuffle for the gun Nc
NsmaFa sat In chair as cool as n cucum-
Der SAID. Mac. do you want to see this
man shoot me DOWN He made no move
untd the robbed man started behind the
gar when he took the gun away. i had
the fellow by the neck and started 10 drag
nm along when he whipped out a knife. /
Con know where from, and cut me on the
wrist This made me loosen my grip, and
then drew my gun. He clinched and
stabbed me again and the gun was dis
charged.
The fellow broke away from me, and
started for the back door, but the man
ihzt claimed 10 be robbed tackled him and
got cut two or three times. This was
snough for him and he quit. The cutter
hen started for the front door, and /
.inched him again. We struggled around
or several minutes. in which he stabbed
ne four or i've times. / put my gun
lgalnst his body twice. but the thing
rouldnt go off. He finally broke away
fom me and got a dead bead on him and
aid. Come back He paid no attention
IA a
q his tracks. j don't know what became
II Mcnamara during the fight. which was
be longest and hardest / ever had or ever
sant TO have.
How is the fellow / shot? Is he going
. dle2 He is a desperate one. that fell
CIV"
Lying on his cot on the door below was
'ennor writhlng in pain. His back is bad
= swollen and he has no use whatever Of
lis limbs. He was rational. hut refused
Iasolutely 10 make a statement % the re-
'orter. His physician has but little hope
sr his recovery.
Connor's Former Arrest.
Officer Glassc0ck looked at the man dur
X the afternoon and identified him as
as nan he arrested in 1892 for cohbing an
Italian lodging house on Weller street on
Tune % 1899. and Chief Rogers. after
sorkng on the case al daN, fullN estao-
shed his Identity. though he then passed
IS John Kelly. He was seen and itenii-
aet by colored man in the house. He
bad watch. a package. and Se972 in
money I'm his possession. When arrested
as' Monday he had $66 a.. nearly the same
mount. He was convicted Of burglary on
Feeruary Is. lS9e. bat secured new trial
"a April IL. and was acquitted.
Old time high prices cut into AZ the Gem
iFug Store. Occidental block, Second