The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-03-23
SHERIFF GRANTS POSSE
KILLS A DESPERATE
Jack Gingles Shot to Death While
Resisting Arrest-ftis Brother and
Leon Macy in Jail.

ing while resisting arrest. Ills Drotner,
Jim Gingles, is in Jail in this city and
Leon Macy. II partner of the pair, Is
also Sheriff Grants guest. jim GinSlcs
was caught March while working on
the place of {. n. Bickles, about six
miles from Prosscr. The arrest was
made by Deputy Sheriff Edwards and
Marshal Owens of Prosser. They got
the drop on Gingles, who was heavily
armed. and took him without II fight.
The day previous Sheriff Grant captured
Leon Macy on the Snake river in the
vicinity of Wciscr Idaho, and brought
him TO this city. The Herald has made
no mention Of these arrests from the
fact that Sheriff Grant requested it not
to: he was still after Jack Ginglcs and
did not wish him to learn the news.
Sheriff Doust of Spokane, with two of
his deputies, Pueh and Doak, and Dep
utv Mcneil of Prosscr, surrounded the
cabin Saturday night in which Jack
Ginolcs was located and waited for day
light to capture him. The plan of Sheriff
Dou7t's party was to surprise Gingles
and get the drop on him, as they knew
he would not be taken without a dcs
perate fight. Three of the officers
Pugh. Doak and McNcil-forced open the
door of the cabin entering with drawn
Il n
throw up his hands. Sheriff Doust and
Grant guarding the outside As
soon as the officers were inside the
cabin. which was dark, Gingles opened
fire ON them without saying a word.
The officers returned the fire, Pugh get
ting hold of Ginglc,' right arm, but he
changed his pistol to hi, left hand and
continued firing until Deputy Mcneil
shot him through that arm. lie was
fighting while lying on the bed. lie
fired five shots at the officers, but none
of them were hit. When Gingles ceased
firing it was found that he was dead,
shot through the breast. the arm and
one leg. He had Winchester rifle in
the bed with plenty of ammunition and
several boxes of cartridges for his re-
volvcr. lie died without speaking
word. His body was taken to Spokane
for an inquest and was brought here
yesterday morning for Identification.
Sheriff Grant has been trying to cap
ture the Cingles' for Il year or more and
has certainly performed a good piece of
work. He says he has evidence to con-
Wet them of number of crimes, eX-
tending over a period of four years. One
is holding up Noah Bcckner's store at
Mabton last March at the muzzle of a
revolver and securing $500 in cash; an
other is the holding up of a saloon at
Arlington, Ore, last fall and robbing it
of 500 The officers also think that
this gang held up Shardlow's saloon in
this city three years ago, securing about
$500 that they held up and robbed John
Cleman and Fred BROKER on a freight
train between here and Ellensburg about
three years ago; that they robbed a sa-
loon at Prosser two years ago; that they
held up a couple of Cinnamon near Spo-
kane, killing one and securing $1,000;
that they stole horse from VIM. Buc-
holZ of Prosser. All of these crimes
cannot be proven, it is thought but the
sheriff has partial proof that the Gin
| giles were responsible for them.
Several years ago Jack Gingles, the
was sent to the penitentiary, were in
holdup at Baker City, Ore, Jack dash
ing out of the court room and escaping.
A posse followed him for weeks. 1t is
also claimed that he shot deputy
sheriff in Idaho
Jack Gingles was about "a years old
and was formerly we'll known in this
city as Jack Allen. jim, now in Jail
here, is about As and Leon Macy is only
81. 1t is said that his parents are re-
spectacle people living at Baker City,
Ore, and that he has a good education.
He claims to have been led into the
crimes by the Gingles boys. There are
three of the Gingles boys living at Stump
ter, Ore, where they have a logging con-
tract, and they will probably be here for
the funeral. jim Ginglcs was taken to
the morgue by the officers Yesterday
morning to see his dead brother and