The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-02

back TO the saloon. Only short interval
elapsed from the moment he left the
house until the fatal shots We're heard.
1t appears probable that when Ross en-
tered The door at the lower end OF the sa-
loon. near the bar he found the robbers
al work. EA-City Marshal s. w. Chandler.
of Ballard. who has given the case con-
siderable study. is satisfied that one man
was at the safe. crouching down, and
that another man was standing in the sa-
loon between the main entrance and the
entrance on 4 street. There is a bullet In
the casing at the left-hand side Of the
door through which Ross entered. This
indicates that the moment he appeared
the man who was stading between the A
street and main entrances told him 10
throw up his hands. He evidently did
not obey. bat lodged behind the bar. just
in time to escape the bullet which lodged
In the casing. There IL Il possibility that
this Is the bullet which went through
Ross left shoulder. Ross ran along be-
hind the bar TO get his revolver. and in
so doing went straight at the man who
Was at the safe There Is a bullet hole in
tho back bar, so low down and fired from
such an angle that II is reasonable 10
suppose that ii came from the pistol Of
the man who was al the safe. II evident
Is did not hit Ross because his right
shoulder would have received the bullet.
The man 1T the safe evidently rushed out
between the end Of the bar and the safe
after he fred the shot. Whether he i'm
rnedIateiy left by the main entrance or
remained long enough tn FIRE the shot that
killed Ross Is a hard matter 20 determine
definitely. Physicians say that neither
Ross nor the rohrer who was Killed could
have done any accurate shooting after
theY Nere bit. II either had been press.
ing thu trigger when the hulle, took effect
.Grras ~.
tary action If The muscles hat not other
wise This leads 10 tire supposltion that
she rCaa who bred first AT Ross aD-
FTo8chcd the har and that baf0Fe he could
E"t 70 sood shot Ross kiled him IN his
tracks. re VAS found with his feet near
an" har snd his head I'm pool os blood
eight oF ten feet from the main entrance.
las pistol lay rear aim There is not one
chance iB ter thousand cha, Ross woui
have Killed. tAe yohher II he had he n
stYsck FIRST. Assuming that Ross fired On
tire - prevent the dead mau F'aru shoot
ing ~ him them IT Is reasonable - sup
pose thAj the robbers Pal fred The shot
which pierced - forehead and Is nov
lodged in his brain
Mystery nj the Hole In the Window.
TT ~ is small round hole through the
window pane second fram the main en-
traHeV ana higher than the average
,hst th{s VS. made Icy the second bullet
fTom Ross Tistnl in one of the following
NO ways After k;liinE he arSt roober
n< ,avueI Au1 shot al ;hc second hut was
wf'3 in h.e ssH1. allowing rhe second rob
ber 90 hi} him ou the retGgn shot. or thar
be rad h5s pistol raised and was about
- shoot TIRE second robber when he was
SHOT iu3cr this last theory x must
have been 81 convUiStve movement ~ the
muscles shat discharged the pistol. There
e also theo~v thRt che hole IN the win
a1w wss ~ ale ~ "a ballet from tae dead
r@bnvT pistol. Aired tl1 g. c0nvulslVe way
when ae was fatally aiL The point against
this is fcuu3 Ia tire probable fact that
- ts the one who opened FIR or Mr. Ross
as Ge entered tee sa.lon. The dead rob
: bsv's pistol was = six-sbeoter and only
! oae cartridge had been exploded. Two
shots acre gore oUt % MIR. Ross pistol
! Gre q geese Killed "A robber ana The
ether mist have gone somewhere. prob
| ai.s uug through yhe wjgdow
Among he FIRST to Fcach the saloon at
teg tas shooting waS eX-Csty Marshal =
" Chandler. He was a block away and
eS hailed IN man with = lantern who
4 that Ross had been shot in his saloon
au5 th&t another man had been killed
tea}ler rushed 30 Gbe saloon There
we've three men and four women present
waeG he entered. Mrs. Ross was behind
fas bar caring for her husband who law
w3sa his head ia a pool % blood I'VE or
SIX feet from the safa Near Ais hand
. lay bis ripe ard revolver Ross revived
sufficiently 70 Uurm0r a few words 70 his
wife 80 the effect thai they tried 10 rob
RE. Thea Nc was carried iato his