The lawmen find outlaws Lake and Barker in the Hobo Jungle. Lake threatens the lawmen and a gun battle begins.
The two men who had earlier been encountered in the hobo camp by a fire were, it was later learned, Kid Barker and Jake Lake. Barker, whose real name was Robert A., turned out to hail from Florence, Colorado. Later he told officers he'd come from Montana and met up with Lake who was a sheepherder at Wallula, a small town several miles east of Kennewick. Barker related that, prior to the break-in, he and Lake had been to a fair in Spokane, Washington and were now returned and camping in the trees.
When the Kid and Lake saw the lawmen and others returning to where they were camped Jake told the Kid that: "We'll make the bulls hike back up town; get your gun."
Kid Barker was standing behind Lake when Jake stepped out of the trees and asked the lawmen why they were following them. Lake then ordered the lawmen to "throw up their hands." At the same time as his forceful words were issued, Jake "threw his rifle on them." The law party, those that had weapons, reached for their guns and Jake Lake began firing. It was also later reported, by those still alive, that Lake also said: "Good evening, gentlemen. You are looking for trouble and you'll get it." Those words, it is reported, were followed by a rifle being fired.
With that first shot, the young Deputy Joe Holzhey became hours away from the end of his life. Roseman, who had stayed somewhat back in the trees since he was unarmed, heard more shots being fired. Then he saw Marshal Mike Glover fall.
Sheriff McNeill was still firing his revolver and continued to do so until his bullets were gone. He, too, was wounded but made it back to the railroad tracks. It was there that Roseman found him and got him back to Kennewick.
Back in town, Roseman gave the alarm. Soon a posse was formed and "galloped to the scene of the shooting."
When the posse got to Poplar Grove they found Marshal Mike Glover already dead. Deputy Holzhey, though wounded in the abdomen, was still alive, but not for long. He died the following morning.
Shootout at Kennewick, Washington continued.
