The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-01

~. x---n doors os The psnssentsary are
waiting for lanes Murphy the slayer OF
PAL paws. he has run his course In the
labyrinth cs the law ana The en0 .
reached. and n few dsys Sheriff Aoyer
VII take him 70 Valla Nalla just as ne
id Adolph krug.
Murphy will rot know his fate until he
reads IL ia the P0st-In.elllgencer lila
morning. and then he VIII see the prison
stripes ard the sentence, fifteen years"
staring him IN ths face. he may weep and
wall or be silent and courageous * makes
no difference. the supreme court Of the
Un!ted States has entered Its decree. and
that settles e.
Yesterday afternoon REPRESENTING At
torney HASTE resolved the mandate o. TIE
supreme court Of the Uaited States dis
missing the appeal CT Murphy. and thereby
breaking the last link that kept the muir
oerer out OF the penisentiary. Il IS due 70
the efforts OF Mr.. HASTE that this case, as
well as that OF SordsgroH, Craens- and
Erux. has been wound Up. II he had not
acted with energy and persistence the tax
payers OF this county would have been
waiting and wondering why nothing was
heard Of these cases When Mr. HastR
was in Washington the last time he sue
ceeded In getting "a Murphy case adj
vanced on the calendar 10 January =. ISL.
Otherwise II would have dragged along for
about two years. and in the meantime
King county would have soothed itself
with the coGsohng thought THAI II was Civ
ing Murphy a good home and supplying
hlm with wholesome food
Murpayss case went TO the United States
supreme court on the point Of former
jeopardy, but Ii has been dismissed with
cut any decision on that particular phase.
MuFphy's counsel advanced the - fee
necessary for fling the case. but neglect
ei 10 pay tie fees for printing the trans
cript- This last omission settles Aurphy's
hopes.
The case was set for January q. and
when IL came up IL was discovered that
the fees for printing the transcript had
not been paid. The state made an appll-
cation to dismiss the appeal. and It was
granted. Yesterday afternoon Mr.. HASTE
received the mandate from the clerk OF
the supreme court Of the United States,
not only putting the sentence OF the su-
perfor court Of Washington in force. but
also taxing certain costs against Murphy.
The mandate was Immediately forwarded
10 Clerk Reinhart. OF the state supreme
court. and Ia few days the rernittitgr
Will be received In the superior court.
Then Murphy win be taken to the peni-
Tertiary for fifteen years.
Murphy walked into the Copper Chief
saloon on Washington street. near the
corner OF Second avenue south. one day
and shot Phil Dave, who was tending
bar. dead. The states evidence was TO the
point that the shooting was premeditateG-
Murphy claimed that he acted in self
defense. At the first trial Murphy was
convicted OF murder in the second degree
and was given fifteen years lie got
new trial and was convicted In the second
degree again. Each time he was tried on
a complaint charging murder In the first
degree. The case finally found its way 10
the United States supreme court on
writ OF error involving former jeopardy.
and was finally disposed OF as previously
related
Murphy Is remembered as the man who
was in charge o: the fra department. when
the business part OF Seattle was burnt
down on June 6. 1850. He Is also the ore
who first informed the police OF Tom
Blanck's famous TAIL delivery. Tsass act
viii probably have It's weight In shorten
ting his stay IN the renitentiary.