The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-03-04
LAYS TWO DEFENSELESS PEOPLE
Without Apparent Cause John White Murders Will
lam D. Schwink and Woman Passing
His Wife.

the rest of the way and turned her tc
one side, permitting the upper por
ton of her body to rest on the land
ing.
keIty's Marrow Escape.
Hurriedly leaving the woman where
she was, Kelly continued down the
hall and saw White standing over the
prostrate body of Schwink. White
nad a revolver in his hand and ap-
preaching him, Kelly called to him to
stop shooting. White turned like a
flash and pointing the weapon at
Kelly said: ''I'll take shot at you,
too. You're all murderers up here. y
/ With this he pulled the trigger, but
| the pistol was empty.
White now deliberately walked
down the rear stairs and onto the
street. Here he reloaded his revol-
yer and stood on the sidewalk, still
holding his revolver in his hand. At
ter waiting few moments he leisure
ly started toward the north side, go.
ing in the direction of the Northern
Pacific passenger station, by cutting
across the vacant graund between the
head of South Twenty y-eighth street
and the station.
| Aftar White hoa
| went to Schwink. He found him still
alive, as Schwink breathed a few
times, and then expired, without hav-
ing uttered sound.
White Is Arrested.
Officer Salisbury was seated at head
quarters. Both telephones began to
ring and he was informed that man
had committed murder over the sa-
loon at the corner of Minnesota avenue
and Twenty-eighth street. He hur-
riedly left the Office and hastened
across to the south side. In order to
lose no time he ran in the same 'di-
rection from which White was COM
ing. The two met on the Northern
Pacific tracks. White had his re.
volver in his hand. The officer showed
him his star and told him he would
have to arrest him, at the same time
making grab for the revolver, which
White was holding by the barrel
Mr.. Salisbury had hold of the handle
and although White made momen-
tary effort to retain his grasp, he
relinQuished it and permitted the po-
liceman to take the weapon from him.
The officer now walked the prisoner to
the station, where he searched him.
Had Second Revolver.
A second pistol was found in the
hip pocket of the prisoner. This he
was carrying muzzle up, the handle
resting on the bottom of the pocket.
A watch, $202.2O, some papers and
other trinkets were also taken from |
him.
While in the Office and after he had
been locked up in the Jail in the base
ment White talked freely Of the shoot
ing. He made no effort at denial, but j
on the contrary admitted without re-
serve that he had shot the couple,
claiming he was justified in doing it.
He said they had tried to murder him
and he shot them in self-defense. Sub
he made another statement,
saying that the woman had come
into his room and taken one of his
revolvers, which she had pointed at
him, telling him at the same time
she would shoot him. Believing him
self in danger, he said, he had quick
" drawn another revolver from his
pocket and shot her.
Physicians Are Summoned.
Telephone messages were sent to
different doctors Offices Doctor Clark
was the first to respond When he
arrived he found the man and woman
n the positions described. In a few
minutes afterward Doctor Hedges also
arrived and at the directions of the
doctors the woman was carried into
one of the rooms and placed on