Accused Killer Kid Wilson Evades Capture in Wenatchee Country
A man who claimed self-defense in the shooting of Pat Cooley is now a fugitive, and deputies have issued a descriptive circular.
Kid Wilson, who shot and killed Pat Cooley in the Wenatchee country some time ago, has escaped from the officers. The story he first told of the affair is contradicted by eye-witnesses, and the probabilities are that it was a cold-blooded murder, instead of an act in self-defense. Deputy Sheriff Arthur has issued a descriptive circular of Wilson, and authorizes his arrest.
“The probabilities are that it was a cold-blooded murder, instead of an act in self-defense.”
The manhunt for Kid Wilson shows how frontier justice often blurred the line between self-defense and murder. Today, such cases would be subject to modern forensic investigation, but then a deputy's circular was the best hope for capture.
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