The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-22

fact Mr.. pa-ns stared that he was post
tive ae Shot the rohoer IA tAc eye, oAt
s'fcn was net the case. There WA A iaFEe
piece Of s4sn found N ghs dead nan ,
mouth While searching fer 3 bullet Role
TIE face. neck &nd aands were sslnourn-~i
ous the hands showed no Signs Of hsrs
work.
.sro Kill. or he Killed"
Superintendent Dame told ths following
story OF the ATasr % the PoSt-Intsihgen-
Ger correspondent after he had or0aGht
the passengers safely 80 town
"a made the trsp ever the line for the
oeing done. Ne made the run 20 Stella
COON ard were On ear Wy back. / was
HAn9.ssts the meter. as ] Rlsnw1 10 see
lsTst how web the work had aesn done.
The reg gulaf motoruan. Weilrssn. was
standing alongside ne While en- - sharp
GRADE Just above Whites station we pass
81 Z man, who called CUT 10 stop the gar;
] immediately aFplied the brakes and
brought the car 10 a stop
The stranger jumped on the car, and
holding pistol in front OF my face COM
TO the rear 81 the ear. We obeyet and he
followed IN. he had a mask over his face
that looked Ike a hood As he entered
the car and he told the people 10 throw up
tnelr 1AnGs. which they diu. l believe 1
backed out toward the rear compartment.
which Is used for the mail and Tor bag
gaze. kept my eye on the robber all
the while, and when ne got a little care
less and ceased watching me / made up
my mind 10 KIN him or Re killed, as / am
a deputy sheriff AID special officer. and
as such am expected 10 enforce the law.
Il took cut my gun and walked eau
uoUsly down the aisle. AS luck would
have II. Mr.. Hacker, who IS very large
man, was between the rohher and me.
Just as l got alongside Of Hacker the
masked man stopped down 70 pick up a
coin he had dropped and | gave u 10 him
in the face. / thought. AT this Hacker
jumped To enc side and We went al IL |
felt singing sensation in my left arm.
but paid no attention 10 IL. All ] thought
OF Was bringing down my man. l know
he shot several times. He was edging to-
ward the door. and as he turned 10 80 out
I shot him in the left side. as il lookedsto
me. With this he fell OF the platform
ana rolled down the emhankment.
Il followed. and found his dead body al
the foot OF the embankment. With the
assistance of several of the passengers
and the conductor l placed the dead rob-
ber aboard the car and started for the
city as fast as we could go. That Is all
/ know. In killing the robher ! but did
my duty as man and a sworn officer Tor
the law; consequently. have no regrets.
w. z. Hacker. the popular college man
and athlete, who but recently returned
from the East with his bride was seen at
the Tacoma hotel by the Post-Intelligen-
Ger correspondent. and made the following
statement
The first | knew that there was any
thing out OF the way was when some one
commanded the men who We're running
the car TO go 10 the rear, and almost inn
mediately afterwards ordered every one in
the car 10 stand up. / looked around. my
hack being TO the front end Of the car. and
saw man With dark mask over his face
and a pistol in his hand. | stood up in
front OF my wife. so as TO protect her. III
necessary. The robher went through Mr..
Evans. taking $40 in money and a gold
watch He then passed on to Mr.. Smith
but did not get much from him. / was the
next He asked me for my watch. and I
told him he was foolish 10 take that. Just
then Mr.. Dame came alongside me and
shot the robber. who Immediately returned
the fire. | jumped toward my wife. where
] remained until after the shooting was
over and the robber had fallen down the
embankment | was under the impression
that Mr.. Dame shot the man in the face,
and cannot understand how he was bit In
the upper part of the arm. The whole af-
fair did not take more than few Sec
onds."
Probably Case the Train Robbrr.
During the evening a thorough search
was made for other bullet holes. but with
out avail. the two holes in the shoulders
being the only wounds. They were In al
most the identical same spot on each
shoulder. Physicians believe the one that
entered the left is the one that caused
death. as IL extends downward toward the
heart and lungs.
A stream OF people viewed the remains
during the evening up 10 10 o'clock. A
man named Al James. who Is on his way
10 Portland from Victoria, says that the
dead man is none other than John Case,
an ex-convict and bad man. who operated
about Ashland and Roseburg. Or James
says Case and a man named Poole were
arrested down In that country several
years ago for holding up a Southern Pa
cific train. They were tried and found
guilty but the Judge dismissed the case
and released the men on their own recog-
nizance. They skipped and have not been
heard OF since. While In this city not
long ago Detective Welch. of Portland
pointed out Case TO local officers as
''con" Just released from the Portland
jail.
w Bowie and J. A. Allen. Of Old Town.
said the dead robber looked like a man
they knew as Thomas Yauer. VINO worked
nj one time in the Port Hadlock mill. This
was in 1898 and 1894. lie disappeared about
that time This would tend TO strength
en- the belief that Case and fauer were
one and the same as he dropped out of
sight from 1894 until last fall. when he
was again noticed In this vicinity. An
other clue that points 10 his having been
i'm Ashland Is an Ashland hatters mark
in his hat.
An autopsy viii be held on the remains
tomorrow and an inquest MonuaS'
DR. T. F. Smith dressed the WOUNDS OF
Dame. Wellman and Smith. Dame was
struck twice. once in the left forearm. the
bulIet coming out Just above the elbow
This shot shattered the bone and may
cause stiffness In the arm. The other
wound was on the right arm, but just
grazed the flesh.
smith was shot through both legs just
below the thigh, the bullet seFering
nerve in one leg. causing paralysls oI ,iast
lt,nh one bullet Just grazed Weiiman's
lef, evslld. and splinter from another
made nesh wound in the left breast.
fust above the heart.