The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-20

IaughIFn, G. T.. Carlson. Berg Moss ana
Or Mcintyre were the witnesses
THE Jury returned verdict. THAT the
deceased came 20 his death at the hands
Of parties unknown 70 the jury by
wound III the left shoulder
Brought TO Seattle.
After the Inquest the body was placed
| fn charge OF Bornev & Stewart. under
takers. and was brought 20 Seattle on the
/ steamer Rerton. arriving al rs O'clock
| Last night. The remains were accom-
! panied BY D. X Howard. son-in-iaw NJ
SIR. Lyons: Frank Lyons, a son: L. ".
Bonney Of Bonney & Stewart. and
! James Green. The remains were taken 10
the family residence. 10 Sixth avenue
north.
| Up 10 this time the bullet had not been
removed from the body and 1t was not
known what size of leaden peiIet did the
fatal work. II remained for James Green,
! foreman Of Bonnsy T. Stewards. to re-
move the bullet. which he did last night
AS the direction taken b. the bullet and
size Of IL may become important factors
IN the mystery. Mr. Green's report is
given as he dictated II to a Post-Intelli-
gcncer reporter. ''rhe bullet / believe To
be from n 4s-caibeF revolver. IL entered
the right side OF the neck one and q half
inches above the right ciavfcle. took
downward course to the left and piercei
the vertebra. striking the sixth rib. which
IL followed half way and then. being
spent. dropped into the left pleural cavity.
AS the bullet entered the neck il severed
tho carotid artery. Death was due to in
ferusl hemorrhage"
While the body was being taken 10 the
family residence events OF Importance
connected with the case we're taking pace
in the lower part of the city. II appears
from statements made to a Post-inteli-
-, t.Att II
| Patrolman Powers that Frank Lyons. son
of the dead man, who went to Port Blake
ley and then to Riderylie yesterday
morning soon as the news of the kill
ing was made known in Seattle, was
somewhat. suspicious of two men who
came over on the Renton al the same
time that the body dill
When these men went ashore young
Lyons followed them up Washington
street and pointed them out to Patrol
man Mefford Mefford followed them and
observing Detective Sam Corbett and Pa
troiman Powers advancing toward him
from the opposite direction gave them the
signal that he was after the two men.
Powers and Corbett came up and stopped
the men. who Immediately asked why
they were arrested. One Of them Is re-
ported to have said that he wished that
he had remained in Port Blakeley and
then he would not have gotten into trout
BILE
Powers took one of the men and Corbett
took the other Powers said that he asked
his man where he was Friday night. ana
he replied that he was in Port Biakeley
and was not In Ridervile at any time dur
ing the night According TO Powers state
ment the man said that he slept In room 80
at the Port Rakeley hotel. When asked II
he was intoxicated on the night Of the
shooting he replied that he was not, as he
had only 20 cents. and spent that in pay
ing his passage to Seattle on the Renton.
He stated that he was robbed by some I'M
known person in cabin near by few
days ago.
The man to whom Corbett was talking
told him. according to Corbett, that he and
the man with whom Powers was talking
had been rooming together in No. 80 at the
Port Blakeley hotel but that they were
intoxicated the night OF the shooting and
slept in separate rooms. He said that he
had been robbed OF $40 at Rideryille
| Frank Lyons told the officers that he
found the man to whom Corbett was talk
ing asleep in the Lyons hotel according to
the way the officers understood him.
Powers said that he had witnesses to
prove that one of the men under arrest
| had said 70 Lyons q day or so ago that If
| he knew who got his money he would kill
| him. and that he had the gun TO do il
| with.
| Powers man denied having a weapon on
| his person or In his pack at Port Biakeiey
Powers also says that one of the two men
| who were in the saloon when the shooting
/ took place is "A shipmate of the two men
| under arrest
| 1t will be recalled that according to the
| testimony given at the inquest two shots
| were fred in the saloon. II that is true.
what became OF the bEllets7 One OF them
| lodged in Mr.. Lyons neck and caused his
! somewhere. II. X. Howard tried to solve
| this problem yesterday. He told l.. W.
| Ronney that ne searched the room high
and low bat could not find any trace of
| the second bullet. II the masked man
/ fired two shots in rapid succession NJ Mr..
| Lyons. and Mr.. Lyons was behind the bar.
| II IS reasonable to suppose that the bullet
| struck the back mirror If there s one or
| bottle. or a drawer or something behind
| the bar. Mr.. Howard removed the bottles
| and searched carefully In every place 10
| get trace OF tho bullet. He found no traces
! Of il. He looked carefully at all the walls
! OF the room and still found no evidences OF
/ the second bullet. Where did It eoe
! II VIII be observed that throughout this
/ story things crop out which make il diffi-
cult matter 20 decide what was the motive
/ I'm The crime. There was no robbery. The
/ nearest approach 20 il eamc when. ac-
/ cording 10 one witness. the man who did
chain. There was money. watch etc. on
( Mr.. Lyons person when he died. Fur
/ thermors. the outer door 81 the safe in
the saloon was unlocked The thin inner
! door VAS locked. according to a statement
/ made by T. W. Bonney. Looking at the
] ease from what is now known, the only
/ way 20 figure out that Il was a case OF
/ "hold~up' IS 10 say that when MI Lyons
/ ducked behind the bar the vobher thought
he Was after a revolver. and shot him the
I moment no rose up. The course of thu
/ bullet shows that Mr. Lyons head Was
( bent forward when re was shot because
/ there Is no sNldc0co 20 show that the man
/ Was on top OF the bar and thus above him
But again the story seems 70 carry th,,
idea that X was a case Of hands IN
( hang. hang. This does rot look Ike thA
/ work Of hiehwaymen. II * more o., the
style OF cold biooded murder. and the
! most searching investigation should he
made 10 solve the mystery of the second
shot and the motive behind the whole af.
/ fair.
An old settler.
" J. LYONS IS an oh settler on the
] Sound arf IS well known from OIvn7nia
+ - Victoria lie cana "a Port Tatdlov
! with his family ir lssa ard VAS then on.
/ gsvetr 5n the mill Al Ludlow his first
/ wife died ana after four or Eve wears
+ 'n the employ Of the min he opened a