The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-08-20
ALBANY, OREGON, AUG. 20, 1880.
LOCAL MATTERS.


umns OF detciiant'S paper. charging Jas.
Ii. Lunn, of the dry goods firm Of Johnson
& Lunn. Scio. with striking or otherwise
i!I-using Mrs. Bi own. and driving her out
of his store ut Sco. The first witness
for the State called was Nc AIonteith, who
testified that Pottinger q Barnes were
publishers OF the Neraid.
JAS. IL. Lunn called : | was waiting on
Mrs. Phillips, a"d upon looking up | saw
Mrs. Brown the opposite side of the
store, conversing with her sou. | asked
Mrs. Phillips to excuse me moment, and
walking acro>s the store to where Mrs.
Brown stood, touched her on tie right
shoulder with my right hand, and as she
turned her face toward me l stepped back
and poic.iug with my left band toward tie
front door OF the store, ordered her to
leave. Upon turning around she said
- Why, Mr.. Lunn." With my left hand
still raised and uoiLting toward the door
| again ordered her to leave the store.
Mrs. Brown went ont lei<ureiy, and when
she hailed ir her progress l repeated my
demand for her to leave the store As she
passed toward the door, l followed to the
end Of the center counter, and then crossed
the store to where had been waiting Oh
Mrs. Phillips; in tile ineau time Mrs.
Brown passed ont OF the door of the store.
On being cross questioned. Mr. Lunn
swore positively that he neither strucll or
pushed Mrs. Brown that liz, merely laid
the fingers of his right hand her
shoulder, her back being towards him, 10
draw her attention, aud then ordered her
to leave the store. He also sWnre that
Mrs. Brown had not been in his store since
he ordered her to leave, on ;he l7th day of
July and that to his know ledge She. had
not been III his store previous To that time
tor eighteen mouths or more.
w. W. Ritchardson called Ills testi-
mouy corroborated Mr.. Lunn'S. lie swore
positively that Mr.. Luun did not strike or
otherwise misuse Mrs. Brown-and lie
Closely watched Lunn during the whole
time ul'til he went back to his place aud
Mrs. Brown left the store.
Mrs. e. W. Phillips: Testified that Mr..
Lunn did not strike Mrs. Brown or push
her with his f>t, or maltreat her in amy
way that she witnessed tile whole affiir.
paying special attention Throughout !; 7i,,-
did not think or guess bat WAS
most positive la her answers.
P. II. Raymond Testified that tlss
papers containig the libeous article passed
through the mails as usual, except that
Judge Powell and some others did not get
their numbers.
~ III, :.
the whole transaction, and was positive
that Mr.. Luun used 40 violence in any
way lie ordered Mrs Brown to leave tie
store, and zhe !ei>urely departed, doing
more or less talking as She went out.
O. +. IIollrege, dentist The evidence
of this witness taiIicd with the Others fof
the State WIS colti,ent that no force was
used in any way, that Mrs. Brown went
ont of the store without assistance OF
amy kind.
'fhe prosecution rested here.
The Court then repaired to the residence
of Judge ID. Il. \. Blackburn, where Mrs.
Brown las been staying during I,cr stay in
! The city, 10 take her evidence.
! Mrs. j. J. Brown saw Mr.. and Mrs
/ Richardson in tile store whea [ went in
! I had been i'll the store about five minutes
| when Blr. Lunn came to me. | was talk
! ing to my son, John L. Brown. when MIR.
! Lunn came up to me. took hold of my
shoulders with his hands, and pulled the
around, and asked me TO leave the store.
| don't reco!lect whether | was angry or
not. | turned to leave the store. | llaG
| gone, | think, about ten feet towards the
! door, when Mr.. Luun placed his left lau'l
! on my shoulder aud felt the blow on my
left side. | first thought that he had
struck me with a knife, | first felt sort
| of tingling sensation. | stopped before |
/ got to the door and spoke TO Lizzie Brown,
| my daughter-iil-law. She asked me :
6 How dare you to speak to me-you have
slandered and detained me- / went OH
out of the store, but L told Mr.. Luul
| lefore I went out THE reason you order
Inc out of the store is because l ordered
| your wife Mrs. Lunn) out OF my house.
| You can write to Camp Point for it..
went on ont of the store got to the Scio
! hotel, about a block away, when | began
! to feel sick. | did not fad any one about
| the hotel. l met DIR. Martins little girl
aud went on over the bridge to DIR. Mar
tins house. 1 felt sick and dizzy when [
got there !; washed my face and felt better.
For halt hour felt sick again washed
and felt better. The affair in the store
took place OH Saturday evening. | stayed
atl night Saturday at DIR. Martie's. On
! Sabbath went to AIR. Baldwin's, and
stayed there until the following Friday.
| Went from there to Corvallis. told my
sister-in-law about MIR. Lunn striking me j;
she was the first one / told about it.
! Came from Corvallis to Albany. l was
hurt once before about six years ago.
| Was thrown from . buggy. told Mr..
Kirkpatrlck about the trouble also told
nv son. Z. NJ. Brown, about it after l be-
came SICK. [ did not want my son to
know it, for l was afraid there would be