The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-05-08
CREFFIELD.
Shot by George Mitchell in
Seattle and Instantly
Killed.


ers, was shot and instantly killed
On First avenue, near C1esry street
at E:1o o'ciock this morning by
George Mitchell Of Pc tland.
Cfef6 6ield wss the leader OF the band
of Holy R ,ller' that caused So much
excitement at Corvallis, three years
ago Mitchell made no attempt to
escape ait7r the shooting, but stood
beside the body of his PROSTATE
within until patrolman Lacount
placed him IN Ter arrest. H
told the po ice that be bad sho,
Crefield because he ha 4 ruined bis
two sisters, Ms. Burgess Starr ami
Miss Ethel Mitchell.
A soon as he reach the city Jail
Mitch9ll asked permission to eena
a telegram. He sent the following
to Q. V. Hart at Corvallis, TIE
father of C,eheld's wife:
'I've got my man. Im in Jail
here" "GEORGE."
The shooting of Gre field WAS
witnessed by bis wife and few
other pedestrians. 1t took place
outside the Quick drugstore ia the
heart of the retail district. Mitchell
has been in S,attle since Wednes-
day looking tor Creffield.
Mitchell was walking up First
avenue when he saw Crefield COM
ing down First avenue with his
wife oo his arm. Mitchell stepped
in close 10 the drugstore and as
Creffieid and his wife went by he
drew a 38-calibre revolver, sending
a ball through the back of Creffield's
head. The bullet came out above
the right eye. Creffield tell to the
sidewalk and was carried into the
drugstore and Dr.. Bories was sum-
moned.
Crefield's wife threw herself
down by his side and wound her
arms around his neck, kissing his
lips and hysterically exclaiming at
the same time:
IL 1Io oannot die, be cannot die;
he did DO harm to George Mitchell" !"
DIR. Bories lifted her to her feet say.
iDg: "But be is dead, madam"
The woman was taken to police
Headquarters with her hus5s n1's
slayer and held as a witness.
The Crefhelds have been here for
a little over a me nth. They have
been living in little antic room at
111o Fifth avenue. The only fur
nilure in the ro n was two chairs,
Il cheap table and sleeping cot.
The only clothes the woms n had un
was tsttered skirt AMI shutwaist.
Her husbanl yesterday promised to
buy her a new skirt, and they Were
on there way to the store to purchase
it when he was shot.
Mrs. Gre hi=ld says her husband
did not SEE Mitchell She caught
sight of him ju-t as he pulled the
trigger. Mitchell is % years old
and gave bis occupation as labor
'er. At police headquarters he said.
Il killed him; l have been look
ing for him, and l got him. have
no regrets. I am willing to take any
punishment that is meeted out 10
me without whimpe,. | did not
kill a man, I killed a brute. He
obtained a devilish influence over
my two sisters and ruined them
and I did only what any true
brother would do"
The police agree with Mitchell
and gave him the best quarters in
the Jail making bis Imprisonment
as comfortable as possible.
1t developed that Crefield has
been married here twice. Over two
years ago Justice George married
him. The marriage license aud
certificate shows ceremony per-
formed between "Franz e. Carefeld
and Miss Ida M. Hunt" The police
believe that Crefield gave incorrect
names to hide his identity. His
mama is Crefield and not Carefeld.
His wife's name is Maude Hurt.
They lived at South East Seattle
for time with Frank Hurt, the wo-
mans brother.
Mitchell says his sisters told him
that refield, or Apostle Joshua, -
as he liked to be called, was greater
than Dhrist. Crefield served two
years in the penite rtiary at Salem.
While in the penitentiary his wife
obtained a divorce from him. He
got out of the penitentiary in Feb
ruary with good conduct allowance.
He then went to Waldport, Or, and
gathered about him the faithful fol-
lowers who stuck by him.
Threats of lynching drove him
out of Oregon. He came to Seattle.
won his divorced wife back and On
April 8, little over a month ago.
married her for the second time,
Ha went cut to South SEATTLE and