The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-04-27
placed on streteher and taken to
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placed on streteher and taken to
the hotel.
WHAT ADAMS SAW
Newton Adams was in Chipman's S
restaurant when the shot at Bro
ders saloon was fred. He came out
of the restaurant and there was
crowd of dozen people or more in
front of the saloon. He was with
Osburn after that nearly all the
time until the latter was shot and
and taken to the hotel. His state
ment is as follows: The real
trouble of the evening began in
front of the saloon door. quarrel
arose as to whether or not Ready
could whip Ben Guier. Guier was
in the crowd but few yards from
Ready. The latter pulled off his
coat and hat and hung them on the
hooks in front of the butcher shop.
He handed his revolver to Burt
Turner and his bunch of keys to
me. Some of those present were
talking about betting on the fight.
Guier and a companion went south
a short distance and soon returned
in company with Officer Osburn.
Osburn took the coat and hat from
the hook and told Ready to put
them on. Ready refused to do so.
He also urged Ready to go home.
There was parleying of similar char
acter for several minutes and finally
Ready started south, passing
through the crowd at the saloon and
going southwark saying he was
going to find Guier and whip him.
Osburn, meantime had endeavored
to run Guier off the street, and as
Ready left the crowd, Osburn said,
we will have to arrest him. and
started off after Ready. He follow
ed across the street to the bank cor
ner, but there, Ready, who was
several yards ahead of the officer,
walked out into the street and drew
his revolver. He advanced perhaps
twenty feet eastward in front Of the
bank. There he stopped and as
Osburn kept advancing, he said.
Dave you know what I told you,
don't you come any nearer or I'll
shoot Don't be foolish Osburn
replied as he kept on advancing.
Ready then began to back and move
southwark Osburn' still following
both continued to talk to each other
in similar vein, Osburn counselling
him not to use his gun. On the
pavement in front of Halls there
was crowd, and Ready, passed or
in that direction. Several friends
of Keady's approached him with
the purpose of getting him to give
up the revolver, but he pointed i
; at each, and warned them not tt
come near. James Dunn was in The
. crowd and he tried to get Ready te
give up the gun, meeting with th'
5 invariable defy. The pistol, in fact
5 kept everybody at bay, while Kead,
: passed through the crowd. All tn
time Osburn~ was following. A
: Ready left the crowd, he took t
: the street again, walking backward
: towards the post Office. This tim
f both Osburn and Dunn followed
They were perhaps 10 or II fee
t distant from Ready. When Kead,
l had passed to point within abou
Y four feet of the postofhce pavement
/ he warned Osburn again not to com
: nearer or he would shoot. There
Ready halted, and as Osburn an
], Dunn continued to advance, he dis
: charged his revolver at Osburr
i The latter crouched as Ready free
4 and staggered about half aroun
J, when Dunn caught him. Kead
: stepped at orce on to the pavemen
4 in front of Vidito's barber shoI
i where he was joined by Turner
|. Osburn was lifted to the pavement
l and assisted by friends to the hotel
1 where physicians were summoned.
AS TOLD BY OsBURN.
In voice made strange by th
effects of the wound in his neck
David Osburn told in brief, Jerk
sentences, the story of how he wa
shot. He was removed from tn
hotel Sunday evening to his pleas
= ant home at the corner of Jackso
l & Eighth. 81 could have kille
: Ready several times, if I had tried,
: he said. II did not think he woul
t shoot me. was on the best c
= terms with him. I could alway
5 do anything that I wanted to d
: with him. Several times while
was following him up the street, b
told me to stop or he would fire
t Each time [ kept on advancing
and on every occasion until tn
last, he lowered the pistol and GO
: further away. A moment befor
: he fired he told me. to stop or b