The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-07

to his home. Shortly after Gully, in
company with two men, entered the
Congress saloon. The two showmen
gave a dance in the rear part of
the saloon and after taking up
a collection they departed, Gully going
with them. One of these men was de-
scribed by the bartender as being tall
and wearing a light colored suit of
clothes. This was the last seen of
Gully until his body was found on the
depot platform. 1t is believed by the
police that the two men induced Gully
to accompany them to the depot for
the purpose of holding him up and
that when Gully resisted one of them
shot him. The theory is advanced that
one made a hasty escape, but before
the second got away the railroad Of
ficials appeared on the scene, and to
avoid suspicion he told them the story
of the man killing himself.
May Have Been Murderer.
Several of the night men employed
in the Hartley barn Immediately op-
posite the depot assert that shortly
after the shot was fired they saw a
man answering the description given
by the railroad men, walk briskly down
Main street and enter a saloon. This
;c fn hov ho
who was standing at the corner of the
depot wlen Dispatcher O'Connor and
Conductor Adkins came out of the de-
pot ticket office. The man was at
tired in a light gray suit and wore a
white hat He was tall and very slen-
der. This description also answers to
that of the-man-tl,sx Gully end Schon-
leber had trouble with on the circus
grounds.
O'connor's Story.
Frank O'COnnOr, night operator at
the depot said this morning: about
midnight Conductor Adkins and I were
sitting in the depot office talking when
we heard a pistol shot. We went out
on the platform and walked to the
corner of the building, when a tall
man, stranger to both Conductor
Adkins and myself, informed us that
some one had killed himself We found
Gully lying on his stomach in the mid
die of the platform near the coal bin.
He was bleeding profusely from a pis-
tol wound in his head and was un-
conscious. 1 Immediately went back
into the office and notified the police
and called a physician. Conductor
Adkins, VINO mad charge of the circus
train, then went down the track to
where the train was being made up.
After I had summoned the police and
physician 1 returned, but in the mean
time the stranger had disappeared.
When the police and DR.. c. B. Gam
mon arrived Gully was breathing very
heavily and the physician had him re-
moved to the Walla Walla hospital"
Hold Inquest Tomorrow.
Coroner Smith announced this af-
ternoon that he would probably hold
an inquest tomorrow. The police are
still working on the case and expect to
have sufficient evidence collected to
warrant the inquest being held. Con-
ductor Adkins, who took the circus
train out of Walla Walla, will return
tomorrow morning, and as he is one
of the principal witnesses, it was
thought best to await until he return
ed to Walla Walla.
Well Known in City.
Gully was the brother of Sim Gully,
a merchant of Weston. and also
brother of Clifford Gully, who con-
ducts a farm near Lowden station. He
also leaves a mother and sister, who
reside at Weston. They were all IN
formed of his death this morning and
thev came to Walla Walla today. The
deceased had been working some time
for DR.. H. H. Davidson, the veterinary
surgeon. but for the past two weeks
had been out of employment.
Funeral Tomorrow.
The funeral of Dudley Gully Will
take place tomorrow afternoon at 2:So
o'clock from the undertaking parlors
of MacMartin & Smith