Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-04-10

This bullet is in my possession at the
present time, with the mark for
identification placed on it by thc
coroner, and the blood and flesh still.
cinging to it,
Il wish to state also, that l was NO.
present at the time of the autouy.
| neither was Quimby, contrary tn
AbeFs statement in his letter, as he
well knows. There was one deputy
present at request of the undertaken
and coroner, to keep some semblancs
OF order, as there was a large and
eagre crowd at the door OF the
morgue, all desiring to see the re-
mains Of the man who had terror
lied the country for so many months.
This was E. M. Hoover, chief deputy
of the Office.
"As to the reward, wish to sag
that, at the time this matter was
J taken up by the commissioners, Abel
was present in behalf of the te;rE
of Blair and Lathrop. so he said, ans
in the presence of several besides tha
board, he instructed the county corn-
missioners that they had a perfect
right to pay said reward, and ne
went as far as to cite cases wherein
rewards had been paid under simular
circumstances. He also had ap
preached Quimby and desired to rep
resent him in this matter, whick
was refused; and from then on Abe,
has worked against Quimby's getting
the reward.
Just before legal proceedings
were started by Abel, | was called 20
the telephone at the office about z
O'Clock in the evening, and upoa
answering it, the party said This
is Abel ! replied, I recognize your
voice. He then said, How does
Quimby feel about dividing that
county money? l told him couldn',
say. He then said: I will be in my
Office at O'Clock this evening, and
you tell Quimby If he doesn't com,
legal proceedings at once told
him then to go to it. That is your
business and if he desired to ses
Quimby he could go and look him up
himself, as he lived in town. Ths1.
evening Quimby and his wife and
baby were over to my house visiting
when Abel drove up in his car and
gave Quimby a lengthy talk. was
unable to hear what it was. bur
Quimby, in his answer to Abels let
ter, has stated what it was, and
Quimby told me at the time tina,
Abel had stated to him that unless
he came through Abel would see thas
Quimby would not get any of the re-
ward, which accounts for the suit
started Immediately afterwards TO
prevent payment of the reward.
Taking up the matter of Tornow
being shot after death, wish tn
state it as it happened. was the
first one to the body when we ar
rived at Tornow's cabin. The resr
of the boys, seven in number, went
into the cabin and | went to- tnp
tree where it was reported TO me
by Quimby Tornow had been stand
ing while the battle was in progress.
particularly noticed the position oi
Tornow's body. called to the boys,
saying:
Here lies old John, as dead AS
he will ever be- and they came over.
They stood there for several mir
utes and then commenced firing their
guns and shouting. Abel states that
one Con Elliot grabbed the corpse by
the hair of the head and fred his
gun into the side Of Tornow's head.
I never disputed or affirmed this
statement at any time. A man di-
rectly after I got home, who may
have been in the employ Of Abel, at
tempted to get me to swear that ths-
(C0ntinued to paRa aaelfl