Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1903-04-20
MOTHER OF POSSE FATALLY INJURED
Brother Of Man Who is Killed Fires Shot
Which Finishes Outlaw.
FIVE MURDERS TO MKlNNtrs CREDIT
All but Shooting Of Last Officer Were Gold
BloOded, Deliberate Grimes,
NUMEROUS PARTIES WOUNDED BY HIM
In Daring and Nerve the California
Man Proved HimSeIf n Fair
Rival for OreEOn's
Tracy.


| BAKERSFIELD, Cal, April 19.-The long
and exciting pursuit Of James Mckinney,
| the outlaw from Klngman, Ariz., ended
in a battle with the officers Of the law
within a few blocks OF the business center
Of the town today. two men being killed
and one fatally wounded.
The killed
! JAMES M'KINNEY outlaw.
| WILLIAM TIBBETs. deputy sheriff.
Fatally wounded;
Thomas ]. Packard, city marshal.
The battle took place in large two
story brick building on the outskirts OF
Chinatown used by the Chinese members
| OF the Sui Ong Tong as lodging house
opium den and joss house. Here McKin-
ney had been secreted for two or three
days. He had a companion. Al Hulse, an eX-
convict. who. being member OF Chinese
secret society, was enabled to enlist the
aid and sympathy Of the Or'entals In har-
| boring the outlaw
| Shortly before IL o'clock this morning
Sheriffs Kell OF Kern, Collins OF Tulare
and Lovin Of Arizona, with oGlcers Will and
| Burt Tibbets, Gus Tower and City Marshal
Packard, surrounded The house In which
Mckinney was known to be hiding.
viii Tibbets and Packard approached and
ordered the outlaw to surrender. McKin-
ney answered by shooting VIII Tibbets
was shot through the stomach and died
shortly after Packard was shot through
the neck and shoulders and dangerously
wounded Burt Tlbbets, a brother OF the
dead deputy sheriff shot Mckinney through
the mouth and neck, killing him.
The house was regular fortress. Nc
Kinney had a sawed-off shotgun in his hand,
while Hulse used a pistol. Hulse would
not obey the order to surrender and the
fire department was ordered 10 the scene.
Hulse then surrendered. He was taken to
the county jGil.
Another accomplice Of Mckinney was
known to be in the house where the battle
took piece. but ne would not surrender.
The building was set on fire and In fifteen
minutes the man, who refused to glvR
j his name was smoked ort arr tuiken ~
jail. The feeling runs very hfsh keainSt
Hulse, the evidence tending TO show that
he is the man whose bullet killed Deputy
Sheriff Tibbets.
story of His Crimes.
BAKERsFIELD, Cal. April 1s.-what
Harry Tracy was to the Puget sound coun-
try James Mckinney. the hve-time muir
derer and outlaw was to the San Joac-
quin valley and the state OF California
While he did not kill as many men as the
famous outlaw of the northwest did dur
ing his battles with the officers of the law.
Mckinney has still no less than four cold
blooded murders to his credit besides the
officer killed today and four men whom his
rife has brought near deaths door.
McKinney's criminal career began ten
years ago in Tulare county. He is a native
of these parts and but for whisky and
nasfo
quiet. inoffensive and law-abiding citizen.
But the latter vices caused his ruin. In
Tulare county ten years ago he shot and
badly wounded a man in a saloon row.
For this crime he served seven years in
San Quentin prison
, On his release he turned up IN the min
ing town Of Randsburg, in this county.
where he resumed his old habits. following
, the occupation OF barkeeper and gambler.
While there he got into trouble for as
saulting a frequenter OF one Of the re-
! sorts where he made his headquarters He
was arrested by John W. Kelly. at that
, time constable at Randsburg and now
: sheriff OF Kern county, but escaped prose-
' cution.
After getting clear of this trouble he
r appeared in Bakersfield and in Dec csmber,
, 1900. he shot and killed IN cold blood his
friend and gambling partner, Tom sayers,
in what is known as Jap alley. While 1t
was generally believed TO have been cold
blooded, deliberate murder without a
single mitigating circumstance or provoca-
tion, no one saw IL done and Mckinney was
acquitted on trial.
From bakersfield the murderer after his
acquittal, went to Porterville. in Tulare
county, and there last July shot and killed
Billy Lynn and severely wounded two
; others, one the constable Of Porterville.
He was arrested, but a few weeks after
ward made a sensational escape from the
, Jail at Visalia, fleeing with a price upon
his head and was protected and aided by
the friends Of his boyhood days. wno stood
by him in his trouble. ST;In Porterville
after stopping some time at the ranch OF
. a friend near there he sought refuge IN
the mountains OF Kern comfy In the viein-
> ity Of Glenville, Inns VALLEY ana Kern
4 VILE. Here he had hosts Of fhends who
protected him, supplying him with provi-
sions and warning him OF any pursuit. But
r there was little effort made TO capture him
! few officers caring TO take the chances o.
falling by his unerring rife.
New sherin Not So Easy.
At the November election MeK'n.
ney's escape from the custody o
Sheriff Parker was made a polItics
y issue and resulted in the defeat o.
t that offcial for reelection. His successor
w. W. Collins Immediately took up tn,
matter and pursued the OUTLAW unrelent
;. ingly. The latter left the vicinity OF Glen
n dale. going south into Sonora, Mexico
n About eight weeks ago he was located a
! Hermosillo and an effort was made to ap
prehend him and secure his extradition
" The necessary papers were issued. bu
=, when Sheriff Collins reached Hermosillj
the Mexican officials had allowed the out
" law to escape.
For a shcrt time nothing was heard from
the fugitive murderer, but a series OF hold
) ups and Tobberies occurred in rapid sue
p, cession along the Arizona Mex co border
IA which are now believed TO have betn tn
3 work OF Mckinney. The frst definite new
2" Of his doings came from Kingman. AriZ.
m where. on April l, he murdered In coll
| n. N a.