The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-16

SHOOTING OF JOHN RErSsHrTH was
IN HIS OWN HAND.
that ye Isua~~t VIII BE Held
TIE fssaaah Black smith Adopted
y strange hus Meth odieai Plan of
Hook Made With Whi~h u~ Puiied
the TrixE~s of IN ola Fashioned
sksfxna-The Charge Pssed En-
tirriy Through His B0dy.

Deputy Coroner Bgsts-worta r.
fafas4 isss nsxnt eroEs Tip across
esssntEy 70 tssAGa&a. where 80
investigated tie shooting os Jehn
.as-worsfs In satisfied from fbs tc@tsEong
of 81 eys witness tksat & was a case %
sGllcfsfe pars sad sf~zgse- No fnsgs %tI
30 reid. The remains @sr@ es0asaf 20
s.attie ssss night ard are n9w a. sasssr-
wsftA's undertaking rooms AWNING ar
r&ngsssessss Tor burial. HeinsrniSn x*s an
old soldier bit there * 10 evidence %
show that be was ever q sTers9l--g q the
r. A. f. As ms was 4 Tus0n soldier Ais
friends az fssagash tsoggat y was se-st 20
haze him egoaznf 20 Seattle where ne
could be buried IN LIE G. h. Il. burial
ground.
Ts1e suicide % Rssne1aish is one az the
most peculiar that has been reported 20
TIE corouAr's office fer mary months and
ia telling Of Il Deputy Coroner Butter
worth sai8.
"fzsinsfnish wen: about committing sui
eide IN a most systematic and deliberate
manner I; aprears that he had ore OF
those ois fashioned ~ zgio. h.reech load
ing sh0fguns. With a lgrg barrel he
went TO his blacksmith shop and made q
steel rod. six Inches longer than the bar
red. On The and OF tns rod he made what
] call reversed tish-hoog- This sort OF
book was tbs thing ne used In firing ths
gun. Having completed the rod he load
Ell TIE gun with a heavy charge OF shot.
Saturday he went around ~ several OF
his friends aud told them that he was go
Ing away for some tirsse. He told Mr..
Earke. store keeper 10 whom he owed
T. that he w0sid never get Il"
" Well. that's all right replied Burke.
- Yes. IT'S ali right, said Reinsmth.
'yois never viii get IL This was about a
half hour bsfara the killing Reinssnlth
al sSsf 10 nd a<rS n
bill OF sale Cor his blacksmith tools. shop
aud garden The amount stated was sen
Finnigan told me ha did not give any m0iIsY
the hssi Of sale really represented dr.
fareat sums loaned in time past.
After Heinanlth had finished all his
business he went hack To his cabin. which
r. IN the outskirts OF the town and near
the railroad track he placed chair
about ten feet outside the from. door and
then went after his shotgun. He placed
the stock Of the gan on the ground In
front OF him aud rested the muzxle against
his left breast. He calculated things SO
that the train came along just in time for
tte passengers 10 see him take the long rod
and give the trigger a push. The gun
went off and the charge went completely
through him. Ills clothes were set on FIRE
and II the men had not run down from the
depot as quickly as they did. guess Rein
smith would have been badly burned
nance In the mans life although his his
tory IL not we'll known He has lived at
!ssaquah for about ten years ard during
that time has made considerable money.
bat spent II for whisky. He told one OF
bis friends some time ago tina, he haa a
daughter living nnewhere near Mime
apois. but could not find out her aa-
dress and the man 10 whom Rcsnsrnftll
told the story I'D not know. H. has A
wife living In the East. bnt no one knows
heT Residence. II apraars that there was
trouble IN the family and Relnslnlth's
wife left him. lie came our to this cojiu-
try ard settled down TO Bachelors life at
fssaqGah.
HE has evidently lived In or about 81
Louis. for he Joined the Union army from
some point near that city and served for
short time He has been an applicant
for a pension. but never got one"
Mr.. Eutterworth had "A long and dis
agreeahie trip after Reinsmish's body. He
could not make satisfactory time by wait
Ing Tor trains. 50 he went out 20 Madison
street. Lake Washington. early Yesterday
morning, crossed the lake 70 Kirkland and
took team twenty miles "a rrssauah
he made the return trip with the body 10
kirkland, vas met by ne lead wagon AZ
Madison street and az . o'clock was AZ
home.