The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-04-29
Desperate Is Later Oyertaken by a
Posse in the Woods Near PuyaIlup
and Shot While Resisting Arrest
"Crazy Hermit" Had Killed lnoffensiye
Stranger Before Shooting Sheriff

the day out lie found the pulse
hardly pereeptihle II NaH decided
90 have the man nsnt u this city
FOR treatment I'm the faint hope that
BY careful care ana attention he
might be able to pull through.
Haruen. died At 10 o'clock iaat niRht
Richard Holland. a boy - Is years.
who was also shot ~ the myrte
rious recluse. told the story 81 the
shooting
I'VE were broke when we. that H.
Barnes and myself. arrived In Tacoma
Yesterday morning On the Portland
train from Guhet and -. AZ We want.
80 e. get q Seattle ct the earliest
possible moment. We decided - walk
60 a cutoff known - Menhnrs june
ton, whore 9e could catch the train
Tor Seattle naid he ~ had pMHnfd
through ruyaliap aua were some dis.
lance from the town when We vets
caught in rainatorm.
'narues spird a small deserted cab
ia some distance from the fuad aaY.
and Hntd 70 me that We had better
take shelter ln the hut while the storm
lasted The hut vas a Famshachlr
affair. with no windows in Il and vas
apparently deserted We eouid see no
signs 81 life about the place. - went
up 20 the deer ard tried g. oren Il
As We did -. 80 we're eunfruntrd hy
a tail white man Wha Leaked like a
wild man. II one ever I'D lock Ike
enc.
Can We rut shelter here IN your
hut while the storm iasta.' asked
uarusn 81 the rnan.
without paving any apparent attrn-
ton 10 the remark q ny companion.
the man asked what - wanted and
said u IN nasty and unpleasant way
Harnsa repeated his request and asked
him ~ he would not sllow ua % 81
into the cabin an he for one. Was set.
ting vet 20 the skin.
II do not kuow what wan The mat.
ter with the uan far be sgdfsni ~
drew a large revolver and with the
exclamation. tSaw you sit he opened
fire on barnes. Harness was unly
about two feet away from the fuar
when he drew his gun. and At the flrn'
shot dropped t. the Eruuud Ike n dead
man did net stop - look but a'
coon as n pulled the Eun I started
90 run. but he saw me ard shot al
me I felt an awful sensation IN ms
had winged me- The ahork caused ms
10 fan into smHi. usl-ahaped
gullsy that was in frung ~ me. and
before I could escape : was soaknd
from head 70 fuot with water that had
accumulated iu The sink-hdie.
AS I got to my feet and started on
run away from the place the mar
started after me aud succeeded lf
shooting me again. this time the bullet
hit me IN the back behind tho ief'
shoulder blade. Although staggered
I succeeded iu reaching the tail hrgat
and underground. ard - crawling uf
my hands and knees succeeded ~
getting away frum the fIcni ~
walking NEARLY an hour I guess,
reached n farmhouse ard was cared
for. che man. MIR stsuek. and hi
hired man. Thos ponshough. brought
me 20 PWynilup IN a wagon. where Or
Douglass examined my wounds and
dressed them"
The murder occurred IN an almost
uufrequeuted portion q the reHerva-
tion some two miles and half from
Puyallup.
After finding that the murderer had
escaped from the shack Marshal Mick
ems and officer McCauiey and Mr.
Birch searched che surrounding neigh.
borhood. bat without result.
The marshal and the sheriff n
Pierce county are making thorough
search for the man. but have found
no trace 81 him.
The marshal WIS able 20 furnish q
good description - the man. and hi'
capture 10 looked for at almost any
moment. lie believes that the mar
has come e. this city and furnished
the police with the description Of tn
murderer. and the police will aid IN
the search.