The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-07
DUDLEY GULLY MURDERED
WAS SHOT THROUGH the, HEAD
,,uos Fa|ovng Circus Believed to Have Committed the
C[me-Last Seen in Company With Two
Employees Of the Show

That Dudley Gully, who was shot
,s,.o,Iv wounded at the w. & Z. Il.
.. ohout midnight last night, was
u'p .;o.ir of a cold -blooded, deliberate
.sor Is the mistaken belief of Chief
=. Police Brown and the entire police
t,rce who have been busily engaged
: investigating the case. The
theory that was first advanced tna'
,,,,, had taken his own life is scout
Nv tbe officers as every bit of evil
,,0oo secured proves beyond a doubt
t,ot this was impossible. Who COM
uttAd the murder is not definitely
,.,orn hut the officers are of the
ooinion that the murderer is q strang-
=, uho was either connected with or
.,llOving the circus that showed in
VaIa Walla last night.
Fatally Wounded.
Fatally wounded Gully was found
living on the platform of the w. & c.
danot passenger depot. He had
basn shot with a 3S-callibre revolver,
ba bullet entering the right side of
his head about two inches above the
ar and lodging in the left side of the
head inst beneath the outer cuticle.
The weapon with which the deed was
committed could not be located, but
this morning a loaded 3S-calibre cart
ridge was found lying near the corner
Of the depot, near the spot where
man. who gave the first information of
the killing, was discovered standing
after the shot was fired.
Found on Depot Platform.
About u o'clock last night while
Train Dispatcher O'Cunncr anG Con-"
dactor Adkins were sitting in the W.
{ C. R. ticket office engaged in con-
veTsation they were startled by pistol
SHOT outside of the building. They
rushed out onto the platform and go
ing to the western end of the depot
they were informed by a stranger that
some person had killed himself. Lying
IN the middle of the platform, near the
coal bins was the body of a man, who
Was groaning as though ne was in
great pain. They walked over to
were he was lying and found MIN
Heding profusely from a bullet wound
IN his head. Dispatcher O'Connor
went back to the office and called the
pUAce and physician, and returned
10 the platform. In the meantime the
stranger had disappeared, and Con-
Uuc'Or Adkins had gone down the
0acA 10 where the circus train was be-
'Hs made up. AS soon as the police
a''u Dr' Cannon arrived they iden-
'Ne0 the wounded man as being Gully.
tAe physician had him taken to the
"a''a "alla hospital where he re-
,1O'eu the bullet from Cully's head.
""nout regaining consciousness Gully
fingered until 8 o'clock this morning
When he died.
0ao Trouble With Circus Man.
and a companion, Harry
>'"0lleoer, attended the circus last
anu alter the show was over they
Standing outside the tent when
.. 8''ser grabbed their mats and ran
s,,. WIN them. They started in pur-
anu When near the railroad track
nh street they accosted a man
h., ''eS believed was the person who
o~ 'Ommitted the theft. Gully ac-
II. ''V man of stealing his hat when
~ man became very indignant and
or several threatening remarks.
H.. AOff Who happened along at
% ''ine' advised the young men to
Inn way as he feared they might get
tbo. NOu0e' Gully and schonleber
Ncp,,s a',ie up to the city and going to
5a5 'DeS stable, where schonleber
borror.., eiNpioyed a short time ago,
in ~ so two hats from an employe
ac,o.s stable They then walked
rocEs NE Street and picked up several
corr sla' We're lying near the walk
The m sa'o that he was going to hunt
0of with him. '''S nat ana nave 1t
Seen With Two showmen.
scbonIo, 'nen walked down Main street.
'er leaving Gully at the corner