The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-03

! corner Of Third avenue ana Union street
When Ha1erIy was II Muasoas ssosc
he had a 50 check. He WAS n fteiase4
S%oEe w.th the same check. 80 there i
{ no question about the same man oelAs
IN both stores. Mr.. Munson = Texan.
I ard Is thoroughly acquainted wiSh tue
different towns and c92ptics III - ne
has been a deputy sheriff. AMI as socA
/ has been trained III remembering faces
/ After ne saw the dead man at the
/ rlorsue he told enc Of the Bancroft po-
lice system men that he mad talked win
him. IL this way 4 observation-disclosures
/ reporter learned Of the affair.
I Il am positive thar The dead rooaer IS
/ the same that was in nay store christ
mas eve" said Mr.. Muason last night
There were several people waiting when
he entered and he said thar ne was n
4 hurry. When / got around % LaiN
with aim he showed NE & $50 cheek on
the First National bank, signed by a
nan named Williams. He told me- mat
ne was working on a steamer and that
the check had been given him TOO late
in The evening To get Il cashea. without
asking me 10 cash IL. le said tn@E as
had moved into the Third house around
the corner on Uaion street, and taat no
intended 10 do his trading with ma. IL
was necessary 10 have provisions cor his
family and ne would like 10 make a pur-
chase. / told him that / did a cash
business and did not keep any books. 50
/ could not trust him. He looked 10 me.
however. like an honest man. ana told
him / would loan him 81. You shall
have Il back BY noon tomorrow he re-
piled. At that time ! did not think Of
ii being Christmas or / would have men
toned IL 10 him. He purchased sparinS-
ly OF -four, sugar. butter. etc, and nnally
took box Of salmon. running the bill 10
Sis. As he was getting ready 20 go he
M. r. .. ana mall =
ferty.' | asked him if he had been III
Texas. and he replied that he had. |
asked lin II he knew Jack Laferty
who lived in Fort Concho about 1Ss0. He
said that Jack was his brother and Went
on 70 describe aim accurately. Before
he went out in came Apgene Mcconnell.
who is also from TeSas.s lie asked Half
ferty some questions. and Rafferty, told
HIM about seeing d noted bad man killed.
lie also said that he was acquainted with
Luke Short. "a noted Texas gambler. Nc
Connell remarked after Hafferty went
out, that he would Ike TO talk again with
him. as he must have seen considerable
CT rough life. Haiterty did not come IN
the next day, and / let il run along a
day or SO more. Finally L commenced
an investigation. and discovered that no
such man had moved in on Union street.
Then found he had been in Hensels
store with the $50 check. My wife also
cd4iSG GItSHDo0 10 the TACT tnat, WHi4e
he said his name was rafferty,. he said
he was a brother of Jack Lafferty. After
the Ballard killing / CHANGED TO go into
the mof6ue and immediately recognized
Haiferty. He had changed MS clothes,
however. They did not seem to take any
stock in my identification, so / got Mr..
Hensei 10 look At him.. He recognized
him, too" Mrs. Munson said she felt
sure Ii was the same man.
Mcdonald and Lienple to Re Held,
Deputy Sheriff Lane and Detective Will
Jams have given much time TO Investigate
ing the dougs of the men who were ar
rested at Ballard the night of the shoot
Ing on suspicion. Williams is positive
Mcdonald knows who did the work but
does not feel certain lie had an actual
hand III IT, As 10 H.mple, he is uncertain.
Deputy Sheriff Lane believes that both
Mcdonald and Hempic were III close
touch with the job and does not intend TO
let them escape the clutches of the law
for a time at least. Mcdonald told Lane
yesterday That he was sometimes known
as Murray and also Rafferty,. 1t is sin
gular coincidence that the man who was
in Munsons store said his name was Half
ferty. too The possibility that the man
who told Muns0n his name was Hafferty
assumed one of the aliases of friend,
is not out OF the question.
Mcdonald and Hempie admit having
Sta3 AtA OUT III tSdiidtu Oh the evening De-
fore the shooting with third man called
shorty" Mcdonald and Hemple were
slightly under the influence of liquor.
They had fight and although Mcdonald
gave HempIe a black eye, Hemple was
getting the better of Mcdonald wncn
shorty" pulled him off. About this time
two strange men Joined the gang and,
according to Mcdonald and Hemple
shorty" went off with them. Hempie
claims 10 have left Mcdonald and gone off
alone, no one knows exactly where. Me
Donald allows himself TO get within two
blocks of the scene Of the shooting when
ii took place but no nearer.
shorty" is the man Deputy Sheriff
Lane is after now. He Is described as five
feet six or seven inches tall lao 10 lis
pounds. y or % years of age smooth face
and sandy complexion. lie wears a gray
or sunburnt brown suit of clothes, soft
black hat and soft shirt with laced tie or
narrow four-in-hand. 1t is possible that
he has a small light moustache. He is
slouchy in appearance.
Three Robbers in the Saloon
In figuring out the number of robbers
with whom Mr.. Ross foug ht Lane takes
the position that there were three. His
reason for 50 thinking is that the bullets
accounted for and the number fired out
of the pistol of the dead rohber prove that
there were two 3S-caliber revolvers and
bs4c f4-GitAOc4 tt44 Iltfti lyuSS on MI tsuSS.
Lane says there was one 32-calber bullet
in the dead robber. one IS in the door. one
38 III Ross shoulder. one II In the back Of
the bar and one Il In Ross head. There
Was as a matter OF fact, only one bullet
missing from the dead mans revolver.
Lane said he would make the statement
first and rely on the autopsy 10 prove that
tho bullet in Mr.. Ross head is H. 4
reporter was told by a physician that It
was IS II Lane is correct in his nam