The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-23

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took hold Of Cicero's coat collar with MS
left hand and holding the gun against the
back Of Cicerofs head. fired. he then gave
Cicero a shove and the latter fell over 10
the ground fnsensiole-
John helped Jim to rise. went across
the road and picked NJ Cteero's rife ard
then came back 10 Jim. put his arm
around him and helped him home. neither
Of them saying a word 10 Us as they
passed US | noticed that Jim held ore
gun close up against bis breast while
holding his left arm @fth his right hand.
and that John carried the other gun, but
which had the rife and which had the re-
voIyer ] cannot say.
What Led TO the Quarrel.
Half an hour before the shooting old
man Mccain came along past Ciceros
house. and spoke TO Provan. saying ne
wanted 20 see him. They walked off down
the road. stopped and had a talk Snort
iy afterward Cicero and Davis went down
the road 70 go 10 work and / went with
them. We passed Nr. Mccain and Pro-
van. ! heard the old man say that he
didn't want Provan 20 think he was a
damned liar. II Cicero had anything 10
say or was uttering faIsehoods, he didn't
want Provan 10 think he was the one
that did it. Cicero was damned liar, he
said. Cicero undoubtedly heard the old
mans remark but he said nothing. Short
Iy afterward Mr. Mccain went on toward
his home and after while the boys came
up, with the result as / have told you"
Other Witnesses Refuse to Talk.
G. W. Hutchinson, the other eye wit
ness, who says he saw the entire ARRAY,
and who was on horseback about twenty
or thirty steps further away from the
scene OF the shooting. refused absolutely
TO speak 10 the reporter. He had good
a
ARRAY about what he saw and heard. but
after lawyer White had arrived and eau
toned the witnesses 10 say nothing
Hutchinson closed up like an oyster
From those he talked with before the
lawyer arrived. however, IL was gathered
that his version does not materially dill
fer from Parms. He and Parm talked
the matter over in the presence of others.
and their stories seemed 10 agree in the
main. As the result OF Mr.. Whites eau
ton, most Of the witnesses, moreover.
were 10th TO tell their stories 10 a reporter
Saws McCanns Abused Cicero.
Thomas S. Provan. district road super
visor. witnessed the fist fight, but did rot
see the shooting. Cicero had also told him
about the alteration with old man Me
Cam in the morning. but he understood
Cicero at the time TO mean the Mccain
boys. Mr.. Provan says that Cicero told
on the road and abused him in the pres
ence of others about the election for road
supervisor which will take place in Sep
TENDER. John Mccain expected TO be
candidate. and the old man complained
that Cicero was trying 10 defeat John. and
was very sore about il. Cicero did not say
that the McCanns had threatened him, hut
he related the substance OF the alteration
with the old man as If II was a serious
mattel. He said that what Mccain ac-
Cuscd him OF was untrue. Shortly after
Cicero told him about the alteration Pro
van says he met the Mccain boys, and. as
he had gotten the impression from Cicero
that the alteration had been with the
boys. instead OF the old man, he spoke to
them about the matter. asking them IL
they had said anything TO CICERO to incite
a quarrel. bat they said no, they had not
spoken with Cicero for year or so. Mr..
Provan SAYS he stu later met old man
Mccain. in fact, Just before the Mccain
boys appeared In the last act, and that the
old man had said that the boys had spoken
20 him about what Provan had said TO the
boys, and that Il was he (the father who
had had the words with Cicero in the
morning. The old man went home. and
the boys appeared on the scene. Mr.. Pro-
van continued:
They went UP 10 Cicero and asked him
what he meant by abusing their old faith
er. / didn't hear Cicero say anything in
reply, though. while I was only about six
feet away. he may have said something
and not have heard ii. as am just a lit
tie hard OF hearing, my former occupation
having been boiler making. At any rate,
l heard Jim Mccain then say:
{" This thing has got 10 stop. and you've
got TO stop meddlng with our old father
II don't think Cicero said anything in
reply 70 this, either. At any rate, Jim
commenced To hammer Cicero in the face
t.tst 4 J. ens 70 ss-hs
back"
Mr.. Provans account OF the remainder
of the fist fight tallies with Mr.. Farms
with the exception that he did not hear
Cicero say anything about coming hack
when ne started for his home Indeed he
does not recollect Cicero's saying anything
from first to last. He also saw that one
Of the boys had the rifle and the other tho
revolver. as they left the scene OF the
shooting
Ahner Davis was one OF those who were
at work on the road where the fight took
place. He saws that the Mccain boys
came up walking fast. They were In their
shirt sleeves with vests on. and Davis no
ticed the handle OF pistol sticking ont Of
Jim's hin pocket As Jim walked over to
Cicero. John pulled off his vest and threw
II on a stump. saying something about
abusing his old dad. Jim" he said,
knocked Cicero down without saying a
Jim didn't give him a chance. John was
also going TO take a hand. but told him
10 hold on. that two on one was too many.
and John didn't hit Cicero. when John
afterwards walked up 10 Cicero. he said
20 Jim. Give him the gun / don't recol-
lect hearing Cicero say a word l didn't
see any more Of the ARRAY after the boys
followed Cicero up toward his house. AS
I came up 10 where Cicero lay. met John
and Jim going homo and noticed that Jim
had the revolver and John the rife
Cicero had told me about his rev with
Mr. Mccain IN the morning He told me
that Mac had threatened 20 have him
Cicero and Mr.. Botsford put in iail for
something wrong about the elections. He
said Mac told him that John was going
20 run for road supervisor. and that he
had told Mac he would use his influence
to re-elect provan. He said this made
the old man very angry. and that he lad
called Cicero gambler He said he told
Mac that u he gamblcd he had done so 10
support his family and not 10 put a mort
cage on his place. Cicero seemed 10 make
light Of the entire affair"
Did Man Met aims Anger.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Sale Will be very
important witnesses. IL seems that Mr.
-icCann N,s!tcd the Sales about 70 O'Clock
on the morning OF the shooting RE was
greatly euraEed when he arrived. saving
/ that he had had a fuss with Cicero on the
way up. tbat Cicero had threatened hts
/ life in some indefinite manner and that
/ he had told Cicero that he was not afraid
/ 60 die. that ne had oriy few more years
+ 20 Nve anyway. Tie said Re hal told
Cicero
/ "Nou can c0 behind tree aud f.lW mo.