Olympia, Thurston County, Washington Territory Saturday, January 22, 1870 The Daily Pacific Tribune SQUATTER TROUBLES IN PIERCE CO. Great excitement prevails in Pierce county, we are informed, on account of squatters. A man named GIBSON made another attempt to possess himself of the claim of WREN, on Muck, by squatting, when a body of the citizens warned him off. This gave rise to much feeling, which culminated in the organization of a vigilance committee, who threaten to proceed to extremities if further attempts are made to obtain unlawful possession of private lands. [After the above was in type, we received a telegraphic dispatch giving the particulars of a fatal collision between the vigilance committee and the squatters, to which we refer the reader.] BY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL DISPATCHER TO THE PACIFIC TRIBUNE. TERRIBLE EXCITEMENT IN PIERCE COUNTY! DOINGS OF THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE! FOUR MEN SHOT! TWO MEN KILLED! FEARFUL WARNINGS TO SQUATTERS! Steilacoom, W. T., Jan. 22d -- 10:30 A.M. The Vigilance Committee of Pierce county shot at GIBSON and McDANIEL, this morning, about seven o'clock, while they were on their way to town. GIBSON was mortally wounded; McDANIEL escaping with one birdshot in his arm The Committee, numbering from forty to fifty men, arrived in town about fifteen minutes ago, and shot McDANIEL, mortally wounding him. After shooting McDANIEL, the Committee took charge of GIBSON, intending to take him to the jail, as none of the hotels would receive him. On the way thither, GIBSON made a grab at a revolver on the person of one of the Committee, which went off and shot Jim HIGHSTREAM in the foot. The Committee thereupon shot GIBSON dead, one ball going through him and wounding LEGARD in the leg. Gloria Lester [email protected] >>^. .^<< ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.