State v. Stowe

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

Between 10 and 11 o’clock on the evening of the 5th of October, 1889, Enoch Crosby, an inoffensive and respected citizen of the city of Tacoma, was shot *207down in cold blood in the public streets of that city. The victim of this murderous assault lived long enough to give a brief account of the murder. His statement was that he had been down to the depot to see some friends, and on returning home, while walking quietly along 0 Street, two men started out from the side of the barn which fronted on the street, and when within five or six feet…