The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-13

E IN SPOKANE
than he really was, too, but few
men ever cared to dispute his
claims. He was holding the town
in terror considerably when Plat
Corbaley, a cousin of Gordon C. Cor
bailey, present day prominent res
ident, was constable, and one day
when he had two big Colt revolvers
on him and loaded for bear, Cor
bailey went out after him. He was
not long in realizing that to tamper
with Knox alone was dangerous
business and he deputized a fellow
named Percival to help him. Knox
was in an extraordinarily bad mood
that day, for he backed up against
a post in front of the California
house and stood the both of them
off with his artillery. S. Heath, a
few hours later, got the bad man
into h s store, coaxed the guns away
from him. locked them up in his
vault, and called Corbaley to arrest
him..
HANK VAUGHN WORST DEs-
PERADO EVER HERE.
Hank Vaughn, a native of east
ern Oregon, was, believe, the
worst and most daring desperate
that ever invaded this territory. He
had killed man down in Oregon,
several years before. when but a
mere boy. and that with the author
tiles looking for him. started him
to the bad, right. He married a
pretty halfbreed. said to have been
the daughter of one of the Indian
chiefs down in the lower country
here and he was the one man of the
whole lot who could make Bob
Knox look meek and humble. He
was all nerve and l don't believe
he knew the meaning of the word
fear, though in business dealings he
was perfect gentleman and was
polished in manner when among the
better class.
ut seemed like he couldn't be
killed with bullet, for one night he
got into a DISPUTE with another gun
man in a billiard hall down in Ore
gon and. taking nositions at oppo-
site ends of billiard table, each
emptied five chambers of his re-
volver into the others body and
neither of them went to the floor
| 1t remained for a cayuse, another
thing Vaughn was never afraid Of
no matter how wild. to fall down
and send the gentleman desperate
to his everlasting unknown.
CHARLES GIGER AMBUsHED BY
INDIANS.
There was considerable trouble,
too. with Indians who had become
embittered against certain white
men and kill them from ambush.
Two of the victims of this sort of
murder were Charles Giger and Jim
Rusk.
! "Giger was a great friend of Dr.
Morgan, who owned the land now
known as Morgan's addition to Spo-
kane. He was tinsmith, and each
night rode a pony out to Morgan's
place, on the North Side. One
night, while making the trip, an
Indian shot him off the horse. kill
ing him almost instantly. The shot
was heard and some one found
| Giger's dead body shortly after
| ward.
A RUNNING BATTLE WITH
| MURDERER.
Enraged inhabitants of the town
Immediately organized a posse to
go in search of the murderer All
| adjacent camps were searched
without avail. and it was finally
learned that Giger's slayer had fled
to a part of the Kalispell reserva-
ton, which was a rendezvous for
renegade Indians. Jim Gillespie,
daring man from the middle west,
volunteered to go in after him, but
learning on nearing the Indians
hiding place that to invade the
renegade rendezvous meant almost
Gel tain death. Gillespie returned
without him. A year later, Sheriff
Martin OF Rathdrum heard that the
murderer was in Standpoint. The
Indian knew Martin. making
chances for a capture all the more
difficult. However, Martin hurried
to Standpoint and caught sight OF
the fugitive just as he was enter
ing a store. He darted across the
street and into the door right after
him. The ever alert Indian espied
the sheriff before he could get to
him, and with one bound went
through a glass window at the rear
Of the building. Martin was right
alter him with repeated commands
to halt. The Indian kept on going,
and each shot from the officers
! gun seemed only to give him more
impetus. With five shots gone
from his gun Martin ceased shoot
ing. and in an instant the blood
thirsty Indian turned and with
knife drawn rushed upon his pur
suer. When but a few feet away
Martin raised his gun and fired the
enc last shot from his revolver,
which the Indian thought was emp
ty, and Charles Giger was avenged.
| The Indian was dead.
JIM'S RuSk'S TRAGIC DEATH.
"Details of the tragic death of