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Spokane Falls Chronicle...July 1, 1886
"A pistol shot was heard in the direction of the Bay Window house Friday night about midnight. Officer Gillepsie going to investigate found in the open hallway a man dying with a bullet hole in his neck and bending over him the proprietress, Ray Raymond. Investigations develop the facts that the man, James Finch by name, had gone into the house under the influence of liquor, had been ordered away, but refusing to go the keeper of the disreputable place, Ray Raymond, had shot him. The woman says that she endeavored in a peaceable may to induce him to leave, and that only when the man struck at her did she resort to the pistol. About 2 o'clock Saturday morning the man died. The woman was taken into custody by the officer Saturday morning the coroner's inquest was held, and the verdict marked that deceased had come to his death by a shot from a pistol in the hands of Ray Raymond. The matter was referred to Justice Peel, complaint entered before him by Prosecuting Attorney Hyde, and a preliminary examination commenced Tuesday. It is not yet concluded."
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Spokane Falls Chronicle...July 8, 1886
"The preliminary examination of the woman Ray Raymond arrested for the killing of James Finch resulted in a decision that she be held to await the action of the grand jury on charge of murder in the first degree. The decision fell with crushing might on the accused. She was taken to Sprague and brought back here early this week on a writ of habeas corpus. Considerable time has been spent by the attorneys for the defense, in an endeavor to show that confinement in jail would be very detrimental to the health of the accused, would perhaps endanger her life. Should this endeavor prove successful, bail may be received. Under the laws of the territory murder in the first degree is not bailable, where the evidence of guilt is strong, except in cases where it is shown that the above mentioned dangers are very probable. Yesterday nearly the entire medical force of the city was called to testify as to the woman's ability to bear the confinement of the jail."
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Spokane Falls Chronicle...July 15, 1886
"Judge Turner decided last Saturday that Ray Raymond should be held only on charge of murder in the second degree, and that a $5,000 bond would be received. The judge also ruled that bail would necessarily have to be granted though defendant were held on charge of murder in the first degree, in as much as her health would not allow the confinment of the jail. Bond has not yet been given, but will probably be soon. The woman is now in jail at Cheney."
