The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-23

pePtnfeR0enf Dame Receives SSn-
rysfuIasfons. ana Goes About His
work % IsuaI.
Ta<srna Brreau Of ~. Pest -fnselfsgencer.
TACOMA, MAJ 1z-Sothing else was
talked OK or. sn fact. thought 81 In the city
to-day but yesterdays sensational hoid-
no and SIS termination. Crowds congre-
wsted on almost every corner or Pacific
avenue. business nsen conyssse6 with tbslT
customers and clerks. professional men
commented On the affair. and even fne
srnali talk 20 common between fashion
abISs was ssde-trae<ed 90 make place Tor
comments on the tragedy.
The n.or9ue and the avenues Leading 10
Il were fhronseE. Throughout the cay
and evening continuous string OF people
Of beth sexes pushed and jostied each
other ia an endeayor TO gaze on the fea-
lures OF the dead hIghuayrnan, who was
stretched out on slab and placed III
massage way Of Hoska's Undertaking es-
tablisanent, so fhat rhe popuiace could
vlnw the remains and pass into the street
without seriously ohstrrscttug the way 10
,7ns~ following. There were several IN the
fhrunc who thought They recognized In
she features Of the deceased ressnn-
biance 70 some one they knew. but no ore
has yet turned I'D to positively identity
the remains: that -. sufficiently to tel
who and what he VAS
Dame Keeps az work n Usual
White this scene was being enacted In
one part of the city, 6ups Dame was re-
eetrlug the congratulations OF numerous
friends az his once I'm the power house Of
tho Tacoma Railway Company OF % the
street. With the nerve for which he has
already become famous and which hhs
made him the hero o. the hour. ne went
about hts duties thjs morning ~ OF yore
and although the pain from his crippled
arm was intense, he bore up heroicaiiy
and personally directed the management
Of the cornpanys business. He received
the CONGRATULATIONS that were shnwered
upon him In q modest way. rciEarksnE
that he did what any man under the cir
rurs.atances should have done. During
he afternoon his wound was dressed BY
Dr. II. n. Smith and his arm placed IN q
east. the attention giving him almost I'M
mediate relief.
Jovets Smith. vino was shot through both
Tags. ls reported By the physicians as doing
nicely. The nambnsss that caused the
xnedicos TO fear last night that paralysis
had possibly set In. is disappearing ana
there Is hope that the old gentleman VIII
pull cut all right.
Howard Weilman. the motorman. report
cd for duty as usual this morning. his
two wounds simply cut the flesh, and con-
sequentfy did not ineapacitate him from
work.
Course Of the Deadly Ballet
An autopsy on the body OF the highway
man wa held at II o'clock this morning.
II was conducted by DT. Beebe. county
physician. who was assisted by several To-
cal doctors. The wsIldesraoped chest OF
the dead man Was cut open and thor
n. - sxxsrs ID
in the shoulders. As the keen-edged
knives ripped through the flesh. the mag
niacent muscular development OF the man
was shown. AZ the conclusion OF the au-
topsy the breast was soNn up. and 10 a
stsnogrnphsr DIR. Becbe gave the following
as the result of hls examination, which
was flied with Coroner Hoska.
Il have the honor 10 report that held
an autopsy upon the body OF ------------
AT II a. M. Aay - 1881. aud found that
deceased received two bullet wounds, one
OF which was, the direct and Immediate
sExamlnation showed that one bullet en-
tered the right shoulder beneath the cora
cold process and over The anterior aspect
OF the Joint. perforated the joint capsule
and emerged from che shoulder upon the
lower border Of the acroinon process OF
the seapuia. The idirection of this builct
was from the rSwkt front backwards. ana
ia course was relatively ssuperficlaf and
involved no Vital STRUCTURE
Tho other bullet entered the left shout
der in almost the same place as the one
tirxt described, except that the course OF
this one was forN ard, DOWNWARD and
transyersely across the body. This bullet
perforated the anterior aspect or the
shoulder. entered the pieural cavity be-
meath the border OF the third RIB upon the
left side perforated the upper lobe OF the
left lung divided the ascending aorta at a
point threc-faurths Of an inch above its
root passed through che mediastlnal cell
lular tlssa" and the substance OF the lower
lnhe Of the right lung and fractured the
lower border 81 the seventh and the upper
border OF the eighth ribs on the right side.
This bullet was not IN the Tissues OF the
thorHcis cavity nor Ners We sess to ma y
though IL must be There. Its nattcned con-
clifton would explain the difficulty expert
enccd In locating u
hemorrhAge following the laccratien OF tho
aaTta above referred 70 and VAS caused BY
The bullet which entered the left shoulder
The severing Of the aorta accounts for
tho copions now Of blood that was noticed
about the robbers head when picked up
and placed In the car
Nelson Bennett Views the BODY.
People generally seemed willing TO ac-
ecps the statement that the dead man was
none other than Jack case. who with
Tom Poole. robbed the Southern Pacinc
train near Konehefg Or. In July, iSs5. The
description tallies almost exactly with
that given 81 Case. and the manner In
which ne went TO work gpholds the theory
10 some extent. No less a person thai Mel
son pennUtt believes that there IS q strong
probannlt thai the two men are one and
the same. ana Mr. Beanett comes about
as uear knowing "a any one. as he was :
Pullman passenger on the train ana had
the pleasure Of handing over some coir
10 che fsshber. Ar Bennett said.
what makes me think that the mar out
ia the hau yonder aud the train rohher are
me same person Is ttie TACT thar they arr
81 exactly me sR4nS build and have THE
sArao color snastachc. The balance OF tn
train fochefs face was covered with 4
pfeee 81 white cloth. 80 J could not see
fnaf Then again the fellow that did ihs
lob down There VAS facesiouS, character
sssic I believe. thRt was exhibited ny this
man Tne train fahecr 1 have reference
rs vent about hiS work in as tovlai a nan.
ner a. enc ceatd imagine. The gun used
~ the train FossaeT Of my experience was
very similar - that usssi By this man.
have gcssd reason 81 reusclsaeeT the gun Ia
the tram foHswry. As 4 was stuck lntc my
Ffhs and accompanied BY the remark
tsouse. dig up. I'm in = harry T'his Was
aSnr because I WIS laughing at sofne thiu 6
thai took place scrcss the aisle a moment
before he TUNED MS attention 10 ne. / a;
oace get serious. though.
Cases Description Does >et Fi,.
\ railroad ogFseiai tslegraqhea 70 Port.
laas during TIE DAY Ter a description II
Jack Case. and aheut o'clock received
an answer. whsch does not bear cut fhs
theory that the men are the SANE Tbs
Portland dispatch states that Case had