The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-09

chadweli got his man on that occasion.
Rev. Whites latest shooting affair wno
|-8n the yard OF Mrs Lucas. an old woman
who kept hotel. but was forced TO Leave
town and 80 10 the country. II was last
summer. She had sworn in court 1T bar.
louisville that VIII White. who was shot
and killed by Tom Baker, had In her
presence threatened to kill all the Bak.
ers. This testimony was given ut Tom
Bakers trial and II was only few days
later that Bev. White came to her house
and abused her. saying that she had
sworn TO lies about his brother. She de-
MED she had told fnlsehood and then
Bev. began shooting In the air above h@r
head. The old woman n a. courageous
az an Amazon and she told White he
could not scare her by shooting on 4 re-
voiver. He then began firing into the
ground near her feet She went into the
house and shut the door and he fired
through the window several times. He
then fred several bullets into the post
ONCE which. was In one corner Of Mr..
Lucas yard. breaking one OF the lock
boxes. For shooting into the possOffcs
and destroying government property he
was reported TO the United States district
attorney by Jason Bowling and this II no
doubt the reason bowling ran away from
home last week and went TO the town Of
London. The Whites had been told that
he had informed on Beverly and they
were preparing to make It disagrseabie
for him.
The Bakers and the Whites were the
best OF friends ten years ago. A leading
attorney who practices at this bar said 10
the Star correspondent today: the
Whites and the Bakers are not hereditary
enemies, and the feud has none OF tn
elements OF the Cors!can vendetta. a. %
many able writer's have tried 10 make IL
an TAs t.v 49,
Of friends when 0arrard Baker. q cousin
Of Tom Bakers father. was wnylaid and
killed by Tom Wilson ten years ago
was employed 10 defend Wilson along with
Judge James Black. Of Barboursviile. Tho
feeling against Wilson ran high. II re-
quired three trials to dispore OF the case.
In the hrst two the juries hung. by this
time every man In Clay county had FORM
Ell an opinion. ~ the trials were largely
attended. A jury had 10 be secured from
All adjoining county for fhe third trial,
and we had the satisfaction Of seeing our
client acquitted much TO the disxust u
ths Whites AMI ether friends of the Ba-
kers. Some Of these men even went %
far as 20 abuse Judge Black and myself
In violent manner. and they scored TIE
Judge for sending out Of the county for
a jury. The feeling against Wilson was
so strong that he left Clay county ana
went 10 Madison. where he lived until
last year. when he came hack 10 Clay.
and In Ices tran a month he was allied
from anbush by John Baker. son Of tho
man he Killed nine years before. Had
John killed Wilson Immediately after ne
WAS acquitted for numbering his father.
the Whites would have rushed =. hts re-
cue. bat owing 10 the changes Of tho past
year they were so anxious TO kin Bakers
that when John WAS recently wayiah and
shot TO pieces the crime was laid 1T the
door of the Whites.''
Another leading attorney. who for obvi.
Gus reasons does rot wish his name used,
said. in conversation With the Star cor.
respondent: The mar who killed Tom
Baker from Bob Whites house was tho
most nsrvy mar ever heard al. He
nsust have known that detection meant
death or n nfe term In the penkentiary.
and do not believe man would take
such an awful risk for money. There
must haDr neen some ether motive than
money Then who did III Certainly =
man who dreaded Tom Bakes and WIG
wanted TO get revenge on him. Tom vas
the most dangerous man on the Baker
side, and the Whites ard Towards breathe
easier now that he - dead. l believe Tho
Writes will not try 10 kill any more Ba~
kerr unless the latter XIII some member
OF the White faction.