, 1859-04-29
District Court for The Second Judicial
Dist, W. September Term.

squally jim alias Yelm Jim. "'u'Oer 0i " H. " ni'e
For rOsecDtioa-Anderson and Cheno-
Heth.
For Dsfensc-J. S. Smith and W. H.
Wallace.
The following testimony was submitted
in the above entitled cause:
Mrs. Margaret Ruddle, being sworn,
said:-On March I'd, 1856, as we were re.
turning from CHURCH ope Indian came up
on the road and shot at him Mr.. White).
This was in Thurston county, about hall
way between Campbell's (Conner'S then
and Eaton's; my husband jumped and
caught the gun, and had skulfie; after we
got short distance away, looked back
and saw five six or seven Indians around
him; we were travcllingin little one horse
cart, and the horse scared and carried US
off; Mr.. White was walking by the side OF
the wagon at the time; Mrs. Stewart, my
sster-nlaw, was with me- The Indians
was riding on the road behind Us, and came
close up to us when he shot; he was so
close then that my husband could catch his
gun; he fred the gun at William White.
The Indian was dressed in q cap-had on
blue soldiers roundabout coat-his face
was painted in red stripes; he was heavy
set Indian-broad-s shoulders--as be was on
horse back ! could not tell his height
broad faced Indian. looked to see if he
was friendly Indian-I noticed his face
did not know who the Indian was, nor do
now; the defendant favors my idea OF
the Indian very well; have not seen the
prisoner except on last Friday in court
here; can't say positively that this is the
Indian; it still seems TO me as If had his
countenance in my mind. The Indian was
on horseback until got out of sight Of
them. .......... ..
Mrs. Jerusha Stewart, being sworn,
said:-As we were returning from Mr..
Connell's at the time saw the Indian come
up, there were two of them l think at first;
| supposed one Of them aimed to catch the
horse-the other shot at Mr.. White;
White was walking; the horse IN our cart
started to ruu-he was started by fright;
be continued 10 run until we came to Ea-
tons; we did not try to stop him. | saw
nothing more Of the Indians. Mr. and
Mrs. White, now Mrs. Ruddle, were with
me at the time; we were travelling in a
one-horse cart. We had just come from a
point Of .timber--it was prairie when the
Indians came up-I saw the Indians few
minutes before they came up-cant say
exactly how long. The Indians came up
behind us; the first 1 saw Of them was
when they run in the point of timber; l
was sitting down in the cart, my face to-
wards the horse. We had been at Conner's,
and came to Parsor's; we had gone there
for meeting. Mr.. White had no arms at
the time; the Indians were on horseback,
coming as fast as possiblej, there were two,
can't say positively that there was morei
they came up one behind the other; these
were followed by other Indians. "-
70 Mrs. Raddlo, being recalled said:--
When saw the Indian, he was one or two
hundred yards distant; afterwards saw
other Indians--one rode around our horse
as if he expected to catch him.
Stephen d. Rudde, being sworn, said:-
knew William White; the last l saw of
him l helped to bury him; be had been
shot in the right shoulder wound iu-
flirted by q knife, as l supposed, in the
left side; il had been cut through between
the ribs---the cash from four TO six inches
in length, and exposed his lights when he
was raised up. lie had received two other
wounds back Of the left ear-thc skull was
broken in, two holes in which l could put
my fuger right into his skull; wound
under the right nostril, to all appearances
the shot of gun; the nose aud forehead
were all thrown up, and a hole in the left
temple, as if the ball had escaped through
it; there were other cuts about his head
and neck, but cannot positively describe
them; his left hand was cut one Or one and
One-half inch down between the fore finger
the palm Of his hand was cut across, aid d
cut on the little finger by tile same cut.
He was naked all but his boots; it was in
wagon at William Pattison's. Sr., on
Chambers Prairie, some eight miles south
east from Olympia. This was on the Sd Of
March, 1856. l dressed the wounds and
assisted burying the body. '. si|
James Pattison, Jr., being sworn, said:-
l knew William White in this county;
saw him dead on the prairie between Con
ner's and Eaton's in this county; we found
his body on the prairie close to the edge o.
the timber; the body was found with arm,
outstretched on the prairie. The cut
think was on the right side; wound dc
scribed as by Rudde 7''. 90
George Edwards, being sworn, said:-I
know the prisoner--he is known as Yeln
Jim; | heard Jim say he had killed hi:
master. This was in February or March
l did not know who his master was, or tha,
he had one, except Mr.. White; this con
versation was at my house, on Yelm Prai
rie; the prisoner here was at times in the
employ Of White, and it is their custem tc
call such person their Iyce There was
some eight or nine Indians with him; he
had a soldiers ceat on him. 1t was on
Sunday, on which Mr. White was killed
can't say that have ever heard him cal
White his Tyee His military coat was q
long-tailed over coat; did not see that he
/ had any other cOat-don't know that he