The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-28

reka house. waz struck on the head with
q billiard cue in the kIondike saloon Sun
day pigat and Is now IN a prscaT!0Gs con-
dltton The attention Of the police was
first called 70 Shomo after the recent SAFE
cracking Jobs. fnforfna ton reached head
quarters ,hag Sbomo would be a good man
- keep track Of. especially as he had a
wide Acquaintance among uleu Of q dan
GeTous character.
Ia the midst OF this investigation came
the word thar A -. Davis. who was not
well up In The ways Of the world. had
been robbed Of 81 in Shomo's saloon
Christmas morning. f.. j. Burt and Jonn
Cunningham arc bow in jail on the charge
Of doing the fob and vii be given hear
ing before Jngtice Austin tomorrow after
noon The police did not think II was time
10 act, however. and were waiting for de-
veiopments.
Yesterday morning between II 20 and Il
O'Clock Officer Shenaman telephoned up TO
4 headquarters that q man had shot HIM
self in the Mirror saloon. Detective Will
Sans and Capt. Sullivan rushed down 20
the place. which is only a block away. and
found man lying fat on his back in
front of the nar apparently dead In his
left hand he eIutcbed loug-barreled 81
csisber hammeriess Smith * Wesson pis-
iol. His fOrefinEer was still on the trIg~
ger. The moment the officers looked at
the man they saw that IL was Shomo.
Williams stopped over To take the revo.-
yer out Of Shonfo's hand. but found that IL
was held In d dsath-ilks clutch. Finally
he wrenehed II loose. A moment later
Shome's yes commenced 10 twitch and ne
suddenly came To a sitting posture.
Detective Williams asked him how u
happened and he answered In rambling
way. There WAS nothing intelligible In his
remarks hut they were something like
this; What happened? Where am T.?
It's not all Off with me yet
Shomo was taken 90 Providence hospital.
where Dir. George Vi. Horton and DIR. c.
A. Smith dressed his wound The bullet
went through his neck entering on the left
side near the ear. Tn the meantime. Capt.
Sullivan had been inquring into the par
tculafs OF the shooting. From the differ
7nt reports he received II appeared that
Slon1o entered the saloon deeply intoxi-
ated and whlle drinking champagne with
Nance Lewis and Peter Burns had taken
pistol from his pocket and shot himself
Nicer Shenaman told Capt Sullivan that
'homo said netting 10 the effect that
dance Lewis and Jim Foley were the
Of the trouble. The Foley he re-
erred TO IL the one who had the trouble
with the woman who committed suicide.
Eoley was not in the saloon when Shomo
hot himself
Capt. Sullivan was satisfied that II was
plain case OF attempted suicide from
the discovery Of the pistol elutched In
Shomo's left hand and the fact that the
bullet entered ON the left side. He was
surprised about o'clock by the entrance
of woman who Is known below the
''dead line as Ada bat who says that she
Is Mrs shomo. She was excited, and
Capt Sullivan was inclined 70 the belief
thar she had been drinking She said she
had Just came from Providence hospital
anf that shono sad Nance Lewis and
Foley had tried to murder him. Capt. Sal
Ivan listened n her and finally sent oct
the detectives 10 End more witnesses
Hugh Cadaway. ~ ii2 Fifth avenue was
found. lie Is IN Seattle on his way 70
the klondlke ard f. vel known TO differ
ert members 81 the police force So far -
can he discovered Nc has NOT the slight
est interest ore way or the other in any
cf the partieH mixed up IN the ease He
said that u was : case az attempted SUI
eide without doubt. II fact he saw Sh
mo raise the pistol 20 his head After
sh0mo reaehed Providence hospital he told
the attendants that he was all right lie
desired. however. a liberal allowance II
rorphina and opium He said he was In
the habit ~ using 81 worth every dav-an,,
that everybody knew H. After Ada
called on him IN the afternoon he went 20
sleep.
brakeman Killed.
thaTles II Wtnk}rr = brakeman on
The Columbia & Puget Sound railroad. Was
Knocked down ana kG'vd yesterday MORT
nss about d q cio,a by i freight cal. The
accident toek place EeAr the foot os ;aa
incline w6.eh leads ~ 10 Fhe ~ / coal
buukers
A crew WIS 1T work making up a
freight trGla II WAS darA rainy and
win6y. walker Wss Oh the incline with
another brakeman named -. \. George.
ThFee ears had been hauled down eff az
bankers. bat emily one Of them was want
ed. The last fHo were detached and
seked down the track. which runs
close 10 the incline AAoa; this ti.ne
brakeman George missed Niukier. and
tearing that something might have hap.
pened. ne Immediately commenced search
Ing. II took An only i mlrute 10 dis
coNer N;akis~'S lsHscTp under fhe las,
oS the two eats that had been Kicked"
down the track. NiBklerS body w8s agSc
undef thv ear g0d when il Was taken
Hyst By YafisgasleF Sutton Conductor R5d.
-@"G and Easinvvr Tom Thomas lile mad
gore.
tf is supposed tsat Wink'er Stoned siosyr
n tnc inrll't~ to waik afase thc yatf
where there is , network ~ fy4ck~. ant
'hat owing 10 tho da fkpes-. rain Mad sos
Noise 30 a a uot notice th4t th., X rssf.l.
r5rs we're Approaching Hnftl Ae VA
knocked down Tire UactiS ,f3 ret 81
over aim. t1' his face w8s bruised yNhvr.
r struck she ties tf'tr the beEr aAr
tgt.4 rrulsNas3 fss Is .sftsr vro~th.4 updarta x
t0K roor,s Cerauer Yan7eji aela q ta>s-
H0ortsm examination. u ws~ discover,
that gre ihlrd. fouFth. Ff.h siNth AN.
seventh T3hz uN tba Refs s5&e H1E fa.r
broken a0a ths' Gro - shegn hzA pierce.
he ''f; iaey* 'oho of che osrES ana en-
'sTesi the heart an aaca. nrRfA VAS re.5.i,