The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-08
SUICIDE THEORY EXPLODED
GULLY WAS MURDERED
Coroners Jury Decides That Man Was Killed By Unknown
Person Harry Schon|ebe Chum Of Dead Boy IS
Charged with Crime )

Following a verdict rendered this
morning by coroner's jury that Dud-
ley Gully, the young man shot down at
the w. & G. r. depot Tuesday night
came to his death by a gunshot wound,
inflicted by unknown parties Harry
Schonleber, a companion of the dead
boy, was formally charged with the
crime this afternoon. An informa ton
filed by Prosecuting Attorney Wilson
was served on the young man and ne
was placed in the county Jail.
Up to 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon
the death of young Gully was deeply
shrouded in mystery. The theory that
the young man had met death at the
hands Of some of the employees of the
Norris & Rowe shows was we'll
grounded until it was ascertained that
Gully and young Schonleber had been
seen together as late at 1880 o'clock
L uGSOdy HlSiIl 0CllOlllCUCI w as
closely questioned by Chief Brown yes
terday afternoon, but he stoutly as
serted that he had left Gully at II
O'Clock on the night Gully met death
and any amount of questioning could
not make him change his story. Cor
oner Smith then took the matter in
hand and sent for Schonleber to meet
him at the Mcbride stables. Upon
the advice that ne had better tell
everything he knew of the matter
Schonleber finally consented and told
the coroner a story to the effect that
Gully had killed himself, he being a
witness to the tragedy. He was then
taken in charge and placed in the
county Jail to be held as Il witness.
Inquest This Morning.
An inquest over the body of Dudley
Gully was held at the undertaking
parlors at o'clock this morning and
was conducted by Prosecuting Attor-
ney Wilson and Coroner Smith. The
following jury was selected: T. F..
Ladd, Sam Lowell, w. A. Cantrill, A.
F. Evans, r. A. Smith and H. S. Cope
land.
Harry Green, an employe of the Nc
Bride stable, was the first witness
called. His story in substance was
that he had first met Gully Tuesday
afternoon in the Congress saloon.
Gully was looking for Harry Scnon-
leber. This was about 4:30 in the af-
ternoon. Gully left but came back
later and together they went out on
the street to watch the circus parade.
They met Schonleber and together
they visited the circus grounds stay
ing there about half hour, wnen
Green said he left them and went to
supper The first he heard of the
killing was about midnight. He said
that Gully was well supplied with
whisky and drank freely from a beer
bottle. He knew of no reason why
Gully should kill himself.
Where the Gun Came From.
N. r. Norman, proprietor of the East
End saloon, gave a clear version of
where the gun that Gully was shot
with came from. He said that Tues
day night he returned to his saloon
from the circus. About II o'clock
Schonleber entered the saloon and
asked for the loan of his pistol, stat
ing that there was dog at the barn
ne wished to kill Norman passed
over the revolver, a 3S-caliber bulldog
and Schon1eber left About a halt
hour later he said that ScnonlebeI
came into the saloon and calling him
out onto the sidewalk returned the
revolver with the remark that he was
sorry that he had borrowed it as Gully
had killed himself. He asked Mr.. Nor
man to say nothing about the matter
and left. Schonleber did not appear
unduly excited. Norman said he
thought Schonleber was only joking
and gave the matter no further thought
until about IL o'clock when he heard
that Gully had been shot. 1t devel-
oped that when Chief Brown ques-
toned Mr.. Norman about the shoot
ing yesterday that he had denied any
knowledge of the affair but turned
over the revolver to Officer Wolf late
Yesterday afternoon when requested
to. He did not offer any explanation
as to why he did not tell Chief Brown
that Schonleber had borrowed his re-
vo1yer the night before or thai
schonleber had told him that Gull,
had killed himself.
eehonleher Tolls of TRAGEDY.