The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-06
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DkArn or Wild eoosE Bill.
Dsea11s ~ sAs Rsesas Tragedy n LIZ
eein Ccunty.
Wilbur Register.
SaunTe1 WIsbnr Cuuion. founder az TIE
town OF wzsbW. ana n honor OF wesorn
as town was rku1ed - deaz4 Bax<
Pn1EA rho 1cemex4y drove % C0Erunul-
~ stzge. dead AMEie Dunn. Condon.s
mistress sh0t twice and seriously wuunx1-
cd THIS = the 2fean1ng It one days
harvest In ~ f1e3a Of nnctt love. jealousy
and 1ukemperance a. ths Holns King
ranch. uear ~ old Barry ppstofzice In
Douglas county.
Tne town q wEbur was thrown into
Q fewer It exc3teEncnk ahout s O'Clock
Ttaesdhy evening. when Rnss Burns rode
n from acxuso no ccu1ee. hx1ngiog tho
news Of q terrible tragedy weszch occurred
Monday moon ct The King ranch. and In
wisca Wild Goose HI' and Bart Parks
lost their lives and Mz7sie Dszna receSved
two bullets In ne left arm Burns was
nor an eyewitness 10 the tragedy, and
the story he tells may have been cooora1
before st reached his ears. Condor left
Wilbur last Th<rsaay. and there IL ND
one friendly TO him who couht teSsSfy
positively what occurred thereafter. The
events which cost ham his HE TRANSFERRED
In ths camp Of h. enemies. and aiAow-
ance must be made Cor this fact In road
ing the taae a. told by them
It appears that Comaon, who had been
IN
to his ferry On the Columbia on Tues
day Of last week. but was prevented by
rAe storm Wednesday he spent ne day
taEznking. and as - MS custom took
generous supply CT liquor along glsen he
finally made the start on Thursday. ac-
companied by Bert woodtn He u said
70 have been very quarreisome on the
road. and after reaching his destination,
where It Is saad he had violent aaserua-
t5ons with Wo0Szn and with George
James, the iateer being reported seriously
wounded tn thu abdomen Sunday with q
she'll which exploded In . gun with which
Gordon Threatened 10 ssopt ham and
which James wrenche1 from nas hands
To reas0u2bly account for THESE and
subsequent actions Of Gordon, 1t Is nee
essaxy to ten aomet11sng OF the mans his
tory and Of tho unfortunate Eaison, the
outcome OF which supplies the motives
and causes leading up to the bloody work
Monday.
Samuel Wilbur Condor. known person
ally or by reputation TO almost every man.
woman and chad in the Pacific Ncgih-
west as "Wsad Goose Bill" was born in
Orange, N. J., about sixty years ago
Being from childhood Of an adventurous
disposition he struck out early for the
West IN search Of fortune. He stopped
for time In Illinois. but soon pushed on
to the golden shore Of California, where
he arrived at an early day. Thence he
drifted northward, and thirty years ago
was engaged In frelghting across the
trackless plains Of the Big Bend, from
WaAa Walla to the China placer camps
along the Columbia. From his knowl-
edge OF the topography of the country
he finally settled as a sQuatter in q val
ley through which puzzled little creek.
and married an Indian maiden accord
ing to the rude forms OF marriage prac-
ticed among her tribe. His frontier
ranch. marked on the early maps by che
hardy explorers as wild Goose Bill's
Place." was the ground occupied by the
site OF the present town of Wilbur. For
many years ne lived with his Indian
wife, by whom he has three children,
two grown sons and an imbecile ana
crippled boy about 8 or 10 years old. wt1o
Is entirely helpless, and on whom, from
birth. al the fathers affection was law
tshed. Some time In the summer OF 1893
Condor employed Mrs. Dunn, who had
separated from her husband, and took
her to the ferry on the Columbia, where
he was then living with his second In
dian mate. 20 care for his stricken child.
1T was not long before Mile had alien
ated Condon's affections from his dusky
partner. whom he induced. by the ssft Of
band OF ponies. to return to her people
on the reservation 1t appears that Con-
don was pass!onately fond CT his new
mistress. OF whom he was also insaneiy
Jealous. and 1t appears that she has OF
late fed the fires OF his jealousy rather
more regularly and. assiduousiy than she
cultivated his love. In September last
Mrs Dunn secured q ANAL decree OF d.
vorce from her husband, and Condor has
been. frequently heard to declare that ne
Intended to marry her as soon az the
statutory prohibition OF six months had
expired. A few weeks ago. however. the
woman became enamored Of q fellow
named Jim Bratton. and went to 1--we
with him on the Hollis King ranch,
where he was employed and where the
shooting occurred. Her desertion OF him
preyed strongly on Condon's mind ana ne
drank deeper than usual to drown his
trouble.
According to the story told by Burns,
Condor came Monday noon so the house
on the King place occupied BY Bratton
and Millie. entered and shook hands with
those present, consisting OF Bratscn and
the woman and Bart Parks. a young man
well known through this section, who
formerly drove tho stage over the route
between here and Conconally Parks
presence In the hosse - not satisfactorily
accounted for. It being SAID by some tina.
he was employed to break a team Of
horses for the woman, and by others that
he was also a sustor for q share in her
favors. which were seemingly Dispensed
with lavish prodsgaiity. after a few
words II II said that condon drew a six
shooter and fired two shots at the woman.
who was sy-sng on a bunk IN the room.
one shot taking effect In her left arm.
SCATTERING the bone. At this point Parks
who was reclining on bunk at IRE on