The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-08-17
NEGRO SHOOTS
COL0RED PAL
Days of Carousing Ends in Shoot
ing Fray in South First Street
Cclored Club.
OLD FEUD EXISTED
SAY SCORE OF FRIENDS
Wounded Man Claims Affair Was
Result of Poker Game Row
Attempted Assassin Gives Him
self Over to Police.

AS climax to a day of carousing,
attended with the usual half a dozen
fights, William Knox, colored, last
night shortly after 11:30 o'clock,
sent IA bullet crashing drought the
body OF Abraham Lincoln Plaza, col
ored, and then walked to the police
station and gave himself up. The
shooting took place in the negro
club on South First street. shortly
after the men had mixed it, in a
saloon row. A hasty examination by
City Physician NyWening. showed
the bullet entered the right side just
below the armpits and ranged down
ward.
That the shooting was nothing
moro than the elimination of an an
cient feud is the opinion of a score
OF colored men who were in the
neigh borhood at the time. it being
established that the men had had
trouble some weeks ago besides
fighting about half an hour previous
to the shooting. Plaza who claims
the assault was the outcome of a
poker game, denied having quarreled
with his attempted slayer, claiming
the shooting was nothing more or
less than an attempt to take his life.
Claims Poker Game Row.
Plaza's story is to the effect that
a party of four, of which he and
Knox were meAbers, were playing
poker in the club when they became
tangled in big ''Jack pot" after
de draw" he said last night after
the shooting, II had three jacks and
he showed down queen full on
deuces. [ sad dar dat niger drawed
out on me. and he pulled a gun and
fire" To this story, Plaza who was
convinced he was going to die before
reaching the hospital, cling, repeat
ing it several times.
At the station, Knox told OF having
quarreled with his victim shortly
prior to the shooting and said they
were playing solo when the second
row came up. He declared that fol-
lowing a volley of abusive language
which Plaza directed at him, he got
up out of his chair and started for
the door. Knox said Plaza was be-
tween him and the door and that he
(PlaZa) suddenly produced a long
knife and started toward him.
The prisoner declared he backed
into the corner, at the same time
drawing his gun and warning Plaza
to not come any nearer. when he
didn't STOP" finished Knox, II let
'em have it an he went down."
The two eye witnesses, both color
ed and travelling under the same
name, that of Thompson, had not
been found up until a late hour last
night. n
Tell of Old Feud.
A score of colored men who are
acquainted with both men. declare
the shooting is the climax of an old
feud dating back several months.
They say Knox was a witness in a
case against Plaza and that on the
formers testimony. the case was de-
cided against Plaza. Several rows
and at least three fights. they say,
have occurred between the men since
the first agitation.
Plaza, who has recently been en-
gagged as a cook for Attorney II. j..
Snively on the latter's ranch. bears
the reputation in ''colored Yakima"
as being bad man and a trouble
BREEDER. having been one of the prin-
ciples in at least two bar room fights
Tuesday.
Plaza was taken to St. Elizabeth S
hospital where physicians viii probe
for the bullet. Knox is confined in
the county Jail.