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The Washington times., 1906-07-15
Necessity No Longer Exists

But Captain Hatfield has been dead
for q number of years. his son is the
senior partner in a large business firm
in Seattle, and there remains no good
reason for Withholding the truth long
eT. Therefore on the twentieth ami
versary of the shooting the friends
of Captain Hatfield. after first consult
ing his son, made public the real story
of the killing of Stewart.
Back In lSS6 the feeling against the
Chinese ran high all along the Pacific
coast American labor felt that il was
being cheated Of its birJhright by
these aliens who came to American
shores and offered their services In the
mines in the stores, as servants. in
fact in any and every capacity. The
Orientals We're good workers, they ask
ed little pay. There was no wonder
that they found plenty of employment
and We're crowding the Americans OUT.
it is said that in the cities of Wash
lngtOn and Oregon there were between
ZOO and 1900 Cinnamon at this time
In addition 90 the fact that the Amer
lean lahorers hated the Chinese be-
cause of their Willingness TO work for
so little pay was a strong underlying
race preindice which soon became a
race hatred. The Americans hated the
customs Of the Cinnamon, hated their
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gins paired of. The watches were four
hours. and l was never faugued !
must confess we al felt d pang of dis
appointment as we beat into Hamilton
and made out the Tamerlane there
ahead Of Us. But ii was racing luck.
and All credit TO the 1'amerlane.
The "trip back which We finished
this week was a lark Mr.. Dunlap and
Afr- II sgins had 70 leave us TO return
quickly 10 New York for business rea-
soas. and we shipped Herbert a Ber-
mudan. There were Just the three Of
us. We set sail for home on June TO-
The third Gay out We ran past a school
Of porpOises Herbert said * was the
biseest school he had ever seen. and
he had sailed those waters for many
years. Il was mile WIDE and two
miles long
Il was a. the wheel one day when
a flying fish flew abroad. and ! caught
il. ] promised my husband a surprise
for breakfast lie took the wheel while
I prepared the flying fish on our
chatting dish. II was delicious eating.
Another time I planned li,J.e feast.
The men relieved me az watch. and.
without telling them. / baked s me bis
cult and pies out there on the At
d. ntlc j Had Mother Carey cHc-eas
FIR nets ali alOng tie ocean ra g.
SO tame. and they seemed 10 J. e tGe
pettiHg. Then ] woull ic0S them IN
in the air ard shout g od by. and oif
they would t..
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Tide Reaches Seattle

The tide swept on 70 Seattle. There
were mass meetings in which the
Chinese were reviled, together with me
lax enforcement Of the immigration
laws which was allowing hundreds Of
Cinnamon 10 be smuggled into the
States The situation became more
and more serious. and there was need
ed only the slightest spark to start the
confagration which might have result
ed IN the murder of many Chinese
there being some 800 IN Seattle. Then
came the riots
II was the elimination Of one OF the
most exciting times that Seattle has
ever known. when the foremost ciH-
zens Of what was then a town OF II. 600
persons armed themselves and stood
determinedly in the face OF a furious
mob of thousands, protected the
Chinese and brought order out OF Wild
and dangerous confusion. In the one
moment when rioters and determined
citizens clashed. the man Stewart fell
dead, shot IN melting the mob 20 deeds
Of violence. Thomas Burke. Frank
Hanford, Eugene NJ. Carr. and the
Rev. Lyman Banks were examined by
the Tern u7rial grand jury. but no IN
dictmen- was found against them.
and lney were completely eXoneFated
the evl4encs proving cOnclusively that
none of these man had fired the shot.
The story Of the anu-Chinese riot
begins months before. when the p0pu-
lar agitation against the Orientals had
spread from California mining camps
over the entire Pacific slope In Jan
uary. of 1856. the movement against the
Chinese had become so strong I'm Ia
coma that all the representatives Of
the Flowery Kingdom We're driven
out. The feeling in Seattle became
more and more bitter. and the
vagrants and barroom loafers. or
ganlzed. il is said. by some men OF the
better classes. began 10 threaten
violence.
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The Mob Gathers

on Saturday night February 6. 1856.
the mob gathered. BY Sunday morn
ing IL had reached formidable proper
ti0us. and was preparing 10 drive the
Chinese 10 the wharf and dcport them
on the Queen of the Pacific. then lying
az dock about the foot Of Washington
street.
Early Sunday morning a meeting OF
citizens was called IN the office OF
Judge Thomas Burke. Gov. Watson Q.
Squire was present. and issued a proc
lamation requesting the citizens to
preserve law and order This was read
in all the churches. StiI the excite
ment increased. and the crowds Of men
on the streets grew larger and larger.
and their threats more open.
A meeting Of the business men Of the
city was called, and a fund raised 20
provide transportation for the Chinese
10 San Francisco, since II was appar-
Cnt that the temper OF the mob could
not be grihed with. On Monday morn
ing the Chinese assembled at the
wharf. Most OF them went without
force. The organization Of the mob
was shown by the fact that a strange
man went into private houses and or
dered the Chinese servants 10 leave the
pItv
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Her merry blue ewes twinkle. her lips
part I'm a graceful curve, showing two
rows Of pearly teeth. 1T was a
splendid sail There were hours of
anxiety for my husband and I. per
haps. but never "a moment of fear"
Continuing. she gave details of the
trip.
We encountered a stress Of weather
almost rom tie time we were OUTSIDE
of SANDY Hook. There were my hus-
band, J. L, panlap, and tt. Higgins on
board. ana The men were good enough
To say that I was the mate I ought TO
be a good sailor, I was taught 10 sail
by the compass: / understand every
canvas and rope pf the sloop. ] took
my turn at watch and the wheel with
the others. I would not permit them to
consider me as a passenger.
The men helped me cook. and I
helped them sail. and my husband says
j was probably more careful at the
wheel than the men. l was dashed TO
the wheel, IS were the men, each time
we took our place. This was necessary
because there was no telling when a
wave might come aboard.
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"A shark furnished excitement for
two days We observed that he was
following us. and sometimes came
FiEht mp under the wheel Ny huS-
band had arranged a moose, and
made a east. The moose fell fair over
his head. and I chung TO the rope.
was braced against the mast and held
on until Herbert and my husband help
ed me. We drew the sh .rk aboard and
Mr.. Robinson stunned it with the ak.
We thought il was dead and ! felt OF
its teeth. Then I took its picture with
NV camera. and we dumped the shark
overheard EE>"Id YOU believe, the
moment IL -.rl.k the water II darted
away.
''HerberI to'l re afterward that
sharks play 'rossum. The last two
DAYS we r.nsinto "A fog and had 10
steer entirely by c5Erass. My nus
bard was good enough 20 praise me
wren we mad R0cBdway light Not
bad for stce..rE Ia a f, 8, was it?'
Al mlSh Jt Luled tnIl tEr Gauntlet
had 70 crJSs the gulf stream $50 miles
off Hatte-as. which is one oi the
stormiest regions aion- the Atlantic
c5as.. Also the gaze which the llitle
bo-t encountered b ~ between forty
ard fo.ty avc mics al hour for many
hcurs. Though the coCrsc / Only $50
miles lcug ON Graveseud 10 Hamit-
ton. Eernvda, IL is hiEh!y probable
th3t the Gaunue- Travelled 1000 miles
!. toll .p nrt. effort Feat hoT WaE
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marked the end of her daring ocean
struggle.
Before the smoke from the ships
gun had cleared away Mrs. Robinson
n ew a tiny sIKeu stars and stripes
from the pocket "f her white coat ana
waved il IN answer to the shrleking
whistles and booming guns all around
the p-1ter. Her blonde hair was
t,reshcd from its fasteninGs by the
b .eeze and she stood proudly respond
inc 10 Tile cheers for the little craft
and its ew.
But suddenly the flag ceased 10 wave,
ard the fair hand that held it dropped
despairingly-
Back Of the committee boat lay an
other. sw4ving triumphanuy. II was
the yawl Tamerlane. YET Mrs. Robin
son bricutened up with ray OF hope.
Her husband grabbed a megaphone.
THE Tauer'.ne drish t'.r-e. If you
please" ne called "a the judges.
nty-eiGit p. III. yester-
duy." came the answer
The ray OF hope was sho~t-lived.
The Tamerlane had arrived twenty
five hours and twenty-five minutes be-
fore The Gauntlet. end the latter was
entitled 10 only sixteen hours and ten
minutes allowance, for her smaller
size
T he Tamerlane had won the cup
given by Sir Thomas Upton. but the
Gauntlet had accomplished one of the
greatest voyages ever made by a craft
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SOUNDS LIKE SLANG.

A philologist was talking about words
There are over 1000 words ia the
Fl glish language" he said, but we
only use "a few thousand Of them. The
extra ones are of no use TO US ANY
man could sit down with dictionary and
write in good English "a story that no
one in the world would understand
Here fer instance. can you make head
or tail cut Of this"
And the philOlagist pattered of glibly:
Il will aEaiuby The atabal. You are
asWeyed. Yet thiS is no bushels bO-
banCe, n,r am I a cudden, either Though
the atabal Is derH, sun Will ! agalnDy
il.
Then he translated:
Il viii recover the drum. You are
amazed" Yet this is no young girls
bCasting. nor am a fool either. Though
the drum IS hidden, still viii ] recover
it, kansas City independent
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10 the goal. once when the wind vas
blowing lts hardest the dinghy was
smashed and carried away, but was
finally recovered.
They gave US rousing welcome in
Hamilton. said Mrs. Robinson. As
the Gauntlet drew near the finish of
the race Nj s Robinson was sitting on
top of the low cabin, att5red in a white
Yachting suit Her husband was
bractd against the tiller. holding the
craft of ll.e wind 10 her hest efforts.
John " Dunlop and If. Higgins. the
other two amateurs comprising the
crew, were Al Nle sheets, ready for the
words g. eady about and hard alec
vhen the Gauntlet would be put about
10 cross the line.
As Ire Gauntlet swung around and
pointed ner nose just u windward or
the stake-boat. her skipper doffeJ his
wealbeT-stained cap 20 his we. ana
sne zpTdrg on the cabin 10 take hlS
place. Graspins the helm Win e"th
hands she gave one look al her course,
taen Cli-ns with might ard main 10 t.:e
ash stick. The spray of the Eaa"t
black bow told that her bucyant nap
pine : was Infectious
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Hatfeid's Account

The mob accused Judge Thomas
Burke Of doing the shooting, and his
life was threatened. The sheriff point
ed out th.- Judge Burke could not
have d'ne the shooting for Stewart
was shot with rife, and the Judge
carried a shot gun
Speaking Of the incident, Fred z.
Sander said recently: Shortly before
Captain Hatfield died he told me he
was the man who fired the shot which
killed Stewart. Stewart broke through
the posses line and yelled 10 the mob
TO follow him. He grabbed the stock
Of Gen. +. NJ. Cars rifle and tried 20
wrench IL from him. Carr let go with
one hand and struck al Stewart with
his fist
Stewart struck back and was on the
point Of securing the rifle, when Hat
field. who was standing next 70 Carr,
realized that the moment for action
had come. Without a seconds s warn
Ing he fred. not bringing the rifle 10
his shoulder. but shooting from the
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He discovery or a way TO raise
chickens that are all white meat
like that OF the breast-has
brought F. J. Francis, or Toliand'
near Denver. Col. fame like that earn
cd by Luther Burbank. the yegetaoIe
wizard Mr. francis declares that II
a chicken could be raised above the I'M
her line it would be perfectly white from
skin 10 gizzard Near the top OF the
continental divide is the place where
hz mas been conducting his experiments
Rollins Pass is the highest point on
the Moffat road II is 1850 feet above
the sea. Here there is no timber. 10
vegetation Of any kind. except lew
scattering specks of drying grass and
hardy sage brush.
Il found out what ] claim about the
chickens by observing the nsh, SAID
Mr.. Francis, in discussing his discovery
with a Uarty Of tourists. 4 noticed the
texture Of the flesh Of FISH IN the lake
a Tolland was different from that in
Teller lake. which Is several hundred
feet higher. The flesh of the hsh IN
Yankee Doodle and Jenny lakes, WnlcH
are still higher. is whittier still. ana II
trare was water at a higher altitude
tbs, contained fish I am sure you would
ana the hesh to be entirely white A'
theory is that ehL,kens raised At hlgh
attitude will cortain no dark meal ana
will be a. tender and juicy. even Wheh olu.
as the chickens used Tor spring oroIIeIs
on the bill Of fare.
at Is a well-known fact that all AM
mails are affected by the 2utuue anu
that flesh tissue is light or Ha4h oNoO'1
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of he size, and il was too impressive
q he forgotten by defeat.
Before 3 o'clock the Gauntlet was an
chored in the harbor here. Her crew
were being sought for an account Of
their eNue~ieHres during the nine days
at sea. when the vawl Lila was report
ed working he. way into port. She fin
ished at :: 20 p. M, twenty eight hours
and seven minutes after the Tanner
lane
All three Of the yachts made such
coed time that their crews had figured
on being far in the lead, as they
ne5red The finish But the remarkable
run Of the Tamerlane, which was out
only 5 days hours and ~ minutes,
vas too much fer two competitors
Not untI the Gauntlet anchored IN
tie harbor did those aboard OF her
klow that the Lila's mast had
snapped off Sandy Hook after the
start on June 2f, and that as the
Tamerlane returned 10 GraNesend BaF
with the Lila. the Gauntlet had sailed
on clone for three days
a. seems. however. that the big ad-
vauta2e of three days head start h5td
avaf' ed the Gauntlet nothing; as she
fouchf a mead wind and encOunleTea
seas that compelled her to 20 lar on
shore.
RIr. and Mrs Robinson VIII continue
"a make rhe.r home on the Gauntlet
tbs summer and VIII keep the Htue
yacht. to which they have become
much attached. AZ an anchorage IN
Newark hav az the moOrngs OF the
Bergen Point Yacht Club.
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Used to Sinai Boats

'T didn't mind I'm the least" she
said, smilingIy, apropos of the mar
row quarters. Il am used 10 cruis-
ing aboard smaller boats that the
Gauntlet, YOU kDe7s. And besides, We
lid not dress for dinner every uight,
he added, and the humor of the sit
uaJiOn striking her, she burst into a
merry laugh Mrs. Robinson is well
worth looking al when she laughs.
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TO RAISE CHICKENS Of WHITE MEAT

ing 10 the substance on which II Is nour-
ished. Colorado ranchers md that hogs
fed on field peas have hardly any DARK
meat. and other instances may be cited
10 show that light OF dark meat may be
controlled by conditions Of feeding and
climatic conditions.
We have 100 chickens now at Teller
lake that afe being raised with view
10 proving what ! claim Chickens will
not live in very high altitude. They
die if taker TO Cripple Greek or Lead
vile. and ! am sure they will have
very different flesh from the chickens
of low altitude if raised just at the line
where they ind the altitude extremely
rarined. but not too thin 10 support
life"
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CONTINUED from First Page)

In the FIRST place the Gauntlet IS
only 2S feet over an, hardly a large
boat for an ocean voyage. on the
water line she measures Just - feet.
and her beam is 10 feet inches. and
her draft feet o inches The on
ponents the TameTlane and the Lila.
measured q feet and 50 feet over all.
respectively Aud besides the fact
that the Gauntlet could hardly be
called an ocean liner on account Of
her size. or rather, sack of il. there
was but one small cabin. This cabin
had 20 house Mrs Robinson, her
husband and J. /. Dunlop and Henry
Higgins, the others of the crew.
American women get more or less
training i'm dressing i'm confined quar-
ters I'm the modern sleeping car. but
it's an easy bet that Mrs. Robinson
could give them points uu putting up
hair and i'm other feminine arts under
trying circumstances.
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| WENTY years ago a man
was shot down IN the streets
Of Seattle. Wash -Four 9TH
er men were accused Of the
shooting. They were all ac-
quilted. The man who actu-
aIIv fred the fatal shot died shortly
after his victim, but before he died ne
told three friends that he had done
the shooting. For twenty years. IN
fact until within the past two weeks,
these men. all of whom are prominent
i'm the business and social worlds Of
Seattle. have kept this secret
The shooting occurred during the anti
Chinese riots when the great majority
# the citizens Of Seattle rose en- masse
against the Orientais and demanded
that they leave the community imme-
diately. The mob was Tn an ugly mood
and the situation so serious that Cleve-
land. who was then President or the
United States. approved the governor
Of Washington's order for martial law
and himself ordered "a regiment OF reg
uIars 10 Seattle TO help maintain law
and order.
The man who was shot was a lead
cr of the mob named Stewart a man
Of great size and influence with the
mob which was following him. The
man who did the shooting was Capt
John A. Hatfield. who was at that
time serving i'm the Home Guards,
company which had been organized by
the citizens who stood on the side or
law and order, and which was guard
ing a terrified group Of Cinnamon from
the attack of the infurIated mob. when
Stewart was fatally shot The men
who kept the secret a score OF years
are ex-Gov. John II. McGraw, Fred r.
Sander. and w. N. Sheffield,
There were several reasons why
Captain Hatneld's secret should have
been. and was. faithfully kept by his
friends. In the first place, II was not
~ an improbable that the vengeance
of the mob or al least of Stewart
particular following, would fan heaV-
uv upon the man VINO killed its leader
il his name We're once disclosed. As
il happened. Judge Thomas Burke.
one OF the four men who was charged
with killing Stewart, felt the weight
Cf the mob's power long after the
riots although he had been acquitted
ny the grand jury. When he ran for
public office ne was Overwhelmingly
defeated by this element Added 10
the fact that he might have received
a bale, iu his back on dark night
was the peace and quiet of Hatfield s
wife who. if the truth had been known,
would not have had a moments peace
of mind. His son. too, was under age.
and he might have been greatly handl-
capped Ia after life if IL had been
known that his father killed a man
who had the support of great share
Of the citizens.
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hip. The ball struck Stewart IN ths
groin. That was the first shot, buI
IL was followed by several others and
the mob scurried 10 cover.
Captain Hatfield said that he i'm
mediately told Sheriff MCGTaw what
he Hsd done, and wanted 10 clear Up
the charges against the other men
Bt the sheriff told him he would be
very foolish 20 do SO and expose him
self 10 the wrath OF the mob. lie had
acted not as an individual but as
sworn officer Of the law, and had done
no more than his simple duty ia shoot
ing down Stewart. Captain Hatfield
tod me that " n he was dead he
would like 10 have the matter straight
eued out if only 10 make the history
Of the trouble correct
And the matter is Strengthened out
but before this consummatiOn had been
achieved twenty years elapsed. And
during that long period those in the
secret, including the edItor Of a news
paper. preserved their faith 10 The end,
and not even the widow Of the man
who did the killing was allowed the
slightest hint in regard TO the most
impenetrable mystery IN the history
Of Seattle, Wash.
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4 Peculiar St0rq

-Four men. Burke, Carr, HaHford.
and Banks were charged with murder
in an affidavit by a man named De
tier. Warrants were issued for their
arrest. but the men voluntarily gave
themselves up. were admitted 10 bail
and held TO await the action OF the
grand jury.
The matter was given a searching
investigation, many witnesses testify
ing that there was not the slightest
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SteWQrt Is Shot

BY this time 200 home guards had
been sworn in by the sheriff OF the
county. They comprised the home
guards" under the command OF
George Kiunear. Two other military
organizations were then on guard
patrolling tho streets of the city.
AT the wharf a writ Of habeas cor
pus was sued out by James Nc
Naught. 1t was served on the cap
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eral were wounded. but Stewart fell
and died shortly afterward. The com
pany Of Seattle Rifles and the militia
came and stretched in Gordon around
the covering Chinese. The guards
were increased and Governor Squire
placed the town under martial law
and sent a telegram to President
Cleveland. The President approved
the establishment OF martial law and
ordered a regiment Of the regular
army 10 Seattle TO help maintain
order
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evidence that any of Theses four men
did the shooting which killed Stewart.
They were regarded more az heroes
than as men under a charge % muir
der. In June the grand jury submit
ted its report. dischaTging the men
4 peculiar story has been circulated
about the trial. though IL received lit
tIe eTedeHce az the time. u was said
that on tire grand jury were seventeen
persons including several women. for
grand juries were then often compos-
81 partly Of women. when the men
were being examined Ii became appaT-
eat that testimony would BE- given
which would reveal the name OF the
man who did the shooting He was
then dead. having become i'll shortly
after the riot HIS widow sat on the
grand Jury as one Of It's members.
Only fourteen persons were required
for the fury and 20 save her from the
knowledge that her husband had kill
ed the Tioter, she was excused, and
the testimony OF The witnesses on this
point never made public and il is be
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tain Of the vessel and the Chinese
taken off and allowed 10 say whether
they wished 10 go or stay. Many
wished TO stay and there was not
room aboard for all those who wished
10 go. So the vessel sailed leaving
many Cinnamon on the wharf
These were esCOted up town along
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Although a Number Of Men Were Tried in
1886 for the Killing Of the Leader Of the
ARH-Chinese Riots at Seattle, Washington,
it Was Only Last Week That the Name
Of the Slayer Became KROwn-The Sc
cret Was Kept So Faithfully by a COterie
Of His Friends That Not Even the Widow
Of the Man Who Did the Killing Had the
Slightest Inklin8 Of the Truth

clannishness. their ideas Of home liss,
IN fact hated the Chinese.
In Tacoma there was bioodiess
riot 1t ended in the deportation or
the entire Chinese population. The.
were other disturbances. howev IT.
which were more serious. and nuT1>
her OF the Celestials were shot 10
death
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ThoHaht lheN Fad Won

It seemed ba ely more than minute.
but il n..s nearly live, before a gun
biazed from the Royal Bermuda Yacht
Cubs committee boat, and the far
fr &c at the helm had sent the Gauntlet
QUITTING across the imagInary line that
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"RQGIRQ Luck"

The Gauntlet was tossed about in
big seas for three days. and we had
to work close hauled When IL was
nesessary 10 make sail 1 took the
wheel Ny husband and l stood watch
together and AIr. Dunlap and AIT. Hig-
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1t was here that the collision occur
red. the rioters trying to take the
guns from the guards and striving 10
break through their lines. Stewart
was al the head Of the rioters, uEing
them 10 kill the chiuks." Then the
shooting commenced, the guards nring
six or eight shots into the mob. Sew
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lieved she never found out the truth
OF the matter.
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|, WENTY years ago a man
was shot down in the streets
of Seattle, Wash. Four 9TH
er men were accused OF the
shooting. They We're all ac-