Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-09-25
THE NORTHWEST


shot his wife. He claims the affair
was accidental, he being drunk at the
time. The woman is fatally wounded.
In searching an old coat belonging
to Lewis b. Burrell, deceased. his at
torney at Portland Saturday found
$3.50 ia bills sowed into the lining of
the coat
While working on a wood saw at
Moscow, Idaho, Saturday. Scott Smith,
one of the owners of the saw. was
struck by a broken belt and so badly
injured that he may die.
The plant of the Puget Sound Tim
Der Preserving company at Everett
burnel to the ground Saturday night,
causing a loss of about $50, 900. This
is the second time the plant has
! burned.
Sherman Branter of Clinton, Mo,
son of William Branter, police Judge
in that city, killed himself at Butte
early Thursday by batterng his head
against the side of his cell during a
drunken frenzy.
c. Hickman, a loader at T. H.
Williams mill at Snohomist gave the
signal that caused his instant death a
few DAYS ago. The cable caught on
the top log and pulled it onto him. He
was killed instantly.
While sweeping the floor at her
home in Lebanon, Oregon, the other
day, Miss Bessie Turniabe swept up a
cartridge, which, when it came in con
tact with the fire. exploded. The ball
entered her leg below the knee, caus-
ing a painful, although not serious,
wound.
Fred j. Pritchard, laborer on the
c. NJ. 4 St. Paul road at Taft, Mont.
was killed by fall of rock in the
tunnel in which he was working. An
investigation showed that the tunnel
had been properly timbered and the
company is not held responsible for
the accident.
Japanese residents of Superior,
near New Westminster, B. c., have
collected 1925 for the widow and child
rem of C. Dynes, who was killed by
street car some days ago a few hours
after his home had been burned to the
ground. No contribution has been made
by the white residents.
While being taken to Nome, Alaska,
on the steamship Victoria, on the
charge of having murdered his wife
and buried the dismembered remains
under the floor of his cabin. Lee John
ston, who was arrested in Seattle sew
eral weeks ago, jumped from the
steamer Victoria and escaped. He
has not yet been recaptured.
While dressing a duck in a saloon
cafe at Butte, Mont, Saturday, George
Morehead and another man became in
volved in a quarrel and the other man,
Arthur Ryan, sliced a butcher knife
and plunged it into Morehead's abdo-
men. The wounded man died IN a few
minutes. Ryan was arrested.
Remorseful over sauandering his
mothers fortune in drink, Elijah Pay
att, a Yakima Indian aged 26, at
North Yakima, shot himself in the pit
of the stomach, death resulting almost
instantly. Some time ago Poyatt's
mother sold her reservation land for
$500 and the son spent the money
The opening of the duck season at
Parma, Idaho. was marred by the
death of Clay Jones, 13-year-old son of
Frank Jones. The boy was out on the
slough in a boat when he reached for
his gun. 1t is presumed that the gun
was cooked and in handling the oars
and gun at the same time it was dis
charged, resulting in his instant death.
w. McF. Stewart, wealthy ranch
er and railroad promoter, living near
North Yakima, has written a letter to
the Republic of that city in which he
says that he has been hypnotized by
woman who came to his house in the
guise of a friend. He declares that
he was involved in heavy lawsuit at
the time and that the woman was paid
by his enemies to hypnotic him, so
as to make his mind wander and con
fuse him during the progress of the
trial. In addition to this she robbed
him of $1,000, a valuable horse. and a