The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-06-26

spectators rushed into no drugstore
on the heels % Meredith and Gem
si1lne after the first shot Waa fred.
In almost TO more time than u
takes 70 write G.. sheriff cudihee
Who happened % be at police head
quarters Just above the drugstore on
Yesier wav. rushed 10 the scene 81
the shooting lie was accompanied
b Police Clerk Frank Kennedy. De-
tective Lane and several policemen,
They arrived al the beEignlnK % The
struggle foe the possession ~ MsTe-
dith's revolver. but could net inter
fers 81 time go prevent the fatal ter-
miuatlan ~ 10. II u said that De
tective Lane seized Tom CousiHIne,
but the latter threatened - shoot
him. aud broke away. nuflnE the
struggle John Consldlne yelled 20 hts
brother Give e 20 him. Tom. Give
Il TO him, Tom
John consieIne SuFrenssrs.
As soan as Meredith was down on
the floor and there was m doubt
that he was dying. John eonaifinr
ian 20 sheriff Cudihef, placed him
self IN the sherifFs custody and sur
rendered. hla revolver Tom Con-
sidinc did the saue with the rcveiv-
eF he haataksn fFotu the dying ehiWt.
Tire prisoners we're takrn 90 police
headquarters End. With the sheriff
and Acting CHIEF Sullivan. we're
eioseied a little While IN the latter =
} private once. Then they we're tax
en- q ths county 1afl IN a carriage
/ ~ sheriff Cudlhse and Sergeant
/ ward. where they are HtiIi confined.
consiaina WAS nsrt.
John considlne was painfully. but
net seriously wounded. Meredlth'H
I second shot with the double barrel
I gun struck him. but not fully, IN the
back q the neck. one % the buck
shot lodged under the scalp at che
Z base ~ the brain. The wound hied
I considerably. IL was dressed at the
I county jail. No serious results arc
7 expected from 4. Tom cons!dins
waa not hurt.
In the meantime a great crowd %
3 excited people had collected IN the
streets and attempted TO crowd into
Z the store. Policemen kept them out
I - main strength All this time the
I body % the bleeding chief lay
where u had fallen.
where the euIIsts Strsek.
Coroner Hoye. with great difficulty.
finally succeeded IN making his way
through the crowd to the body lie
Z took from the body the chiefs priv
! ate papers. a small dirk knife from a
T est pocket and two more rsvoivers.
Then the body was removed T. the
Z rn0rRue al Buttarworth's. An ex-
animation there revealed that ons
bullet had entered the body between
, the chin and collar hone. second
[ just below the left nipple and a third
I below the floating ribs on the LETT
side. Hla head was badly battered
I a. a result % Tom Cunsidiue's blows
I with the revolver. The autopsy will
determine whether the skull - frac-
/ tuFcd or not.
Hsrro~ Escapes.
/ DR.. q. O. Guy, proprietor 81 the
| drugstore. and several other persons.
| had narrow escape from death IA
1 the fusilade. Dr. Guy was busy be-
/ hind the prescription case.
At the first shot be looked out.
| As he did 80 Meredlth's second dis
| charge OF buckshot smashed bot
| tie OF drugs on a shelf close bv the
/ side OF his head. He remained be-
| hind the case then and saw no part
/ Of the struggle.
/ q. ". Houston. "a train deapatehsr,
l wh0 happened to be in the drug
store. was struck IN the left fore
arm by two dying buekshot. He was
I sent 70 Providence hospital where
/ Dr. Russell removed several pieces
/ 81 shattered bone, and dressed the
| wound.
Policeman Menord received a
slight abrasion Of the skin from con-
tact with the gun as Meredith showed
Il past his cheek.
Witnesses to the Shooting.
other witnesses Of the shooting
were q. W. McCauley. n clerk iu the
| drugstore. Fred Snyder. Of South
I Park. u balllr in Judge Emory'a
| court. Policeman Thos. Rowan, and
! Dr. J. v. Crichton, president OF the
/ city council, who cav two men
struggling IN the store while he look
/ ed from the window Of hia Office n
I the Collins block. Their stories DIFF
I fer IN respect 70 details, but agree az
I 20 the main points as related here.
| IN the ceiling Of the drugstore. Just
over the entrance, Is n nest OF q
dozen buckshot holes from the FIRST
shot Of Merodith's shotgun in the
I entrance whom he missed Considine
IN the vail 81 the south end IL q
cluster OF eight buckahot holes, and
at the rear Of the store, where Dr
Guy had his narrow escape ls an0th.
er patch Of holes. There is also q
shot hole IN the frame Of the mir
r0r in the prescription case. Last
evening there vas scarcely a spot IN
the drugstore that Ola not show
rome mark or reminder Of the trnR-
edy.
To Save NY osn Life.
John ConsiGlne said 20 a Star re-.
porter this morning that he ran "a
get away from trouble, and shot only
when he believed HIS life was In
danger. He said he regrets having
killed Meredith, but that he had Il
do II 10 save hts own life.
The hat John CouHidlne wore nj
the time ~ the shooting haa two
/ holes Ia the crown Sheriff Cudihea