The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-06-27

| near the temple. 1t was thought that
Gale was killed, and as he was in an
| exposed place he was left lying where
| he fell for twelve hours, but towards
evening he was removed when it was
| discovered that he was not dead but
| severely wounded
Every effort was made to induce
Ethel to surrender and to dislodge
him from his retreat. but without
| avail, and finally as a last resort,
Sheriff Harry Stark set fire to the
house. After the fire had gained con-
| siderable headway, Ethel threw a note
| from an upstairs window addressed
| to his wife, written on a linen color
| and tied to q hammer for a weight
The note was farewell message writ
ten with an indellible pencil. Shortly
afterwards three shots were fred
within the house, evidently the signal
that Ethel had ended his life before
the flames reached him. The house
was completely consumed by the fire
| and a number of the posse remained
with the sheriff 70 hunt for evidences
of the remains of Ethel as soon as a
search could be instituted this morn
| ing. The balance returned to their
homes last evening.
Ethel has been a fugitive from
justice for over year. He was ar
| rested on the charge of blowing up a
sawmill belonging to John Hone, the
result of j 1eighborhood feud and
was bound over to appear in court,
his bail being fixed at $1,000, which
he managed to secure He failed to
appear at the time set for his trial.
and was supposed to have left the
country. Several months ego the
sheriff received information that he
| made occasional visits to his home,
and word was sent that he would be
at his home on Thursday night,
Sheriff Clair Ward left Conconully
Immediately on the receipt of this
information and that night picked up
posse here composed of C. E. John
stOn, Chas. Gale and d. B. Crandell
They left Oroville about $50 the same
evening for the Ethel ranch. arriving
there some time after midnight. At
the first appearance of daylight they
entered the house and aroused the
family. The Ethel home was a large
two-story, frame structure, and the
family slept up stairs. After consid
cradle delay Mrs. Ethel and the child
rem appeared down stairs but Ethe'
refused to follow, and would make no
reply to the summons of the officers.
A search was instituted, but his hiding
place could not be found. The officer
knew that he had4constructed double
wall about the upper story, and find
ing no entrance, started at last to
chop through the partition. AS soon
as an opening was made, Ethel began
shooting, wOunding Crandell in the
hip and knocking the revolver out of
Wards hand. The officers returned
the fire but were driven from the
house, climbing out of window as
they dared not take the stairs. The
family had been sent away previously,
thus leaving Ethel in sole possession.
j. B. Slagel, who is engaged to one
of Ethel's daughters, but when Ethel
disliked, was present, and he brought
Crandell to OrOvillc Immediately that
his wound might be cared for and to
secure reinfOrcements for Ward and
his small posse. Deputy Sheriff J. W.
Carel', A. w. Mitchell and j. Ledbetter
went from here. Sheriff Harry Stark
was notified ami he started with
dep, ~ from Concon ny in an auto.
arriv ng on the scene late in the after
noon BY that time others mad ap-
reared from Nelson, tiayillah, River
81 C end the surEC al ing country,
to the number Q; ab)rt fifty and the
premises were thoroughly oicketed by
guards.
There were eight windows in the
upper story of the house from which
Ethel could see and shoot, and it was
possible to reach the house under
cover the wood shed while these win.
dows were guarded. The sheriff and
a number of the posse effected an en-
trance in this manner and found the
door to the stairs heavily barred.
When they started to chop It Ethel
opened fire from above shooting down
through the door, and thus drove the
officers out of the house.
A continuous firing was Kept up
by the posse in the hope that they
could dislodge their quarry in that
manner, but that proved Ineffective.
and to avoid the chance OF Ethel es.
Gaping after dark. the house was ired
by Sheriff Stark about sundown. Even
this failed to induce Ethel to show
himself, as he preferred to die by his
twn hands, leaving his b,dy to be
consumed by the flames that destroy
| ed his home.
~ ItSuHle tHc StOTyJ llldu HAIL
ed Featherkile, working around the
premises even during the heighth of
the firing, was unmolested by Ethel.
| The sheriff and others entered the low
er story of the house with Feather
| kile. believing Ethel would not fire.
| but he commenced shooting through
the floor, and the invaders had to re-
| treat. The sheriff announced so that
Ethel could hear him that he would
burn down the house unless he (Ethel)
would surrender, but received no re
sponse. Indeed, Ethel did not say a
word that could be heard, or expose
himself to sight. during the entire day,
with single exception. When Gale
was shot Mr.. Johnston started from
a wood shed, where he was in hiding
to help the wounded man, but three
shots whistled past his ear in quick
succession and Ethel cried out "John-
ston, | will wing you the next time II
you do not get off the premises" and
Johnston did not wait for second
invitation to get under cover. Late
in the afternoon the paper on the walls
of the first story was set on fire. The