Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-30

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tl0n of tie Chinese camp. I fired nv
gan sben the order vas given. We had
h@en there Saturday night. and saw
armed nsu there. and srpeeted ve
might have troable- Testified that We
went there 10 drive the Chlrauseu Of
and di9 not intend 20 Use oar aruss sr-
sept II self-oefense. | fred becau.e
the comuAnd Was given to IRE. We had
g1s: got over the fence when the shsf
vas fred. ! vas over the fence, wait
ing for the others ] went there with
out any real object, except TO help scare
the Cinnamon OF. / did not IRE till
ibs command was given Ne one at
tempted 10 pail down a tent till after
the shot vas fred. ! did not pail one
teut partly doxu 1naided. Before ths
Coroner did not msntisu Perry Bayue's
zAne As the ene vho gave the order to
nre- ! xas excited at the time the shot
wss fred, bet cooled down soon after
ward
Reeess Of a. boar and quarter.
Rooertson's examination resumed
After firing one shot, | attempted 10
throw another shell int my gun. bat
could nst. ! told Perry my gun was
broken. and be said, Never mind the
gun, keep still. asd commence tearing
Gown the teuts." | FIRST tried the gun
81 Iibbetts' store. IL worked all right
then with one esrtridse- When | pot
10 the SIX cartridges It would not vork.
90 took out four Of them. / looked
for q rAmzer, waen my cartridge got
fast. over st Mr.. Wold's. bat could not
ind tie rsmmer, II was not IN tie gaa
/ opened ana closed the slide of tn
gun at Mr.. Wold's- On the way over 10
No4d's. ! heard no one say ve were 90
ing to kill tbe ChiRameH- That sas aos
our intention After the FRS; shot "a
ired. ] moved forward and fired. when
tie order Was given lssu no one el--
pat his land on toe trigger. /. WAs
dark. Al the CoTooefs inquest. todd
about Perry telling Ramsey 10 keep his
ID mouth shat. When | eos the
guu from lndisn Joe. Mr.. RrmseF uss
WITH me. ! told Indian Jee that the
BOYS iold me tbsy we're going 10 Coal
Greek 10 run tse Cinnamon cot. and he
let ne take ans gun ! did DOS take it
against his Will The reason vhy did
not 20 and gel more cartridges wss be
eAass hbt-etis told me thai box of ~
sSlihre vas All be bad Don't know
sheth-r / told 81 the iBq7est thai Perry
SsyBe told ME to keep nv mouth shut.
! am the same Samuel Robertson Who
sas been indicted IN this case. and IN the
other iso eases. bot ! enly koex from
oeA-sAy that the cases have beck dis
missed as 20 me, IN fwo instances.
The evidence taken before the Coroner
vas submitted 10 The Niteess for identi
hoatlen. and be recognized his sigma
iGre. ssgned it ST Mr.. Tisbesss' in
the presence Of the Coroner. | have
been sick three weeks today. An re-
covering pos. Had typhoid fever.
Redirect--I vent into TIobetts' store.
Mr.. Rumsey told He TO 90 TO Coal
Creek wish them and drive the Chinese
out. told him had no gun. Hesaid
Indian Joe had one. and that be and
Joe Day had each got a gun there Ia
dian Joe said taere sas one against the
vail which | might have. | asked him
for cartridges and be said be bad none.
Ga Sunday evening. 1T Wilson's barn,
Ramsev came along and stuck bis head
10 q window and said, We want you al
Iibbesis' at $50" and he left said
to John Wolf: i" wonder what's going
On / expect the boys are goisR over to
N Weld's- | think they acted foolishly
Tor going there Saturday night"
then related TO them vhst took place
saturday night at Mr.. wold's place.
About fifteen seconds elapsed between
the time Of the first slot and the order
we got to shsot. Oar crowd stood along
IN a line by the fence. We were not far
apart when the shooting was done.
Asoa. y shots we're fired that night.
iney came from behind me and along
side OF me. Perry Bsype. Joe Day,
| Ramsey, Cariey, Johnnie and the other
boys ! have mentioned were there.
Perry xAs BY my side, little in the
| resY. All the white men were over the
fence when the shooting took place.
JOHN DoNLIs.
Live in Squak. Was at Mr.. Tibbetts'
| hop-kilo September 7th, IN the evening
Sax Perry Bsyne and Daniel Hughes
aud others. Mr.. Hughes had q gun.
Could recognize a man thirty or forty
feet. Mr.. Hughes was only about ten
feet from me while at the hop house.
INDIAN JoE.
Nv name il Joe. | live in Sqaak
That is my gun. Sam Robertson tsok
| IL on Monday night before the shoot
ing. Another man got an old gun Of
me. | don't know him by name.
Cross ex4mination.-lt Was the same
kind ~ a gun as this. but shorter.
worked for Dave Denny and Ret the
| gun. before the lst Of July. Mr.. Denny
gave me the gun at his house. It would
shoot 10 times. | got no cartridges
from Mr.. Denny, and never shot the
gun. Ii was ivo inches shorter than
this. | only had two gans. Another
man came With Robertson when be got
the gun. IL xss dark, aud / could not
See who the other man Was. The hrst
came as $50. and II was dark when
Sam came. sam came and told me be
was going over 20 Coal Greek 10 send
the Chinese TO Seattle. He did not ask
me to 90 along. | dad not ask sam
whst be wanted of the gun. | had no
cartridges. | have used tie gun. l did
not want 20 loan the gun, ss % vas new,
but Sam said he would take good care
of II. | did not make any reply. My
gun vas hanging mp on the wall. and
Sam took u. he did not ask me for
cartridges.
Redirsct-Sam did not ask for Am.
munition.
CLOSE OF THE CASE.
Mr.. Ronald here stated that be would
close the case for the Territory for the
present.
,. c. HATSEs,
Attorney for Bayne, then outlined lhe
theory of the case for she defense. Fol-
lowing is . synopsis of bis remarks
The testimony OF the prosecution. much
of II vill MT be denied. That the de-
sendani vas st the Chisese camp the
evening Of the shooting. We shall not
deny. The defendant is blacksmith.
With family, who bears q good reputs-
ton. and IL q man of inteliiGence. He
Is a man quick 20 sympathixe with the
wrongs of others. bot the last 10 dip his
hands in blood. The evidence will show
you that his shsp and house were not
far from the store OF Mr.. Tibbess. which
Was q sort Of headquarters for the set
tiers. The evidences vill show yoa that
raising hops Is the principal industry Of
the valley, and those who do not raise
heps rxske q living by picking and car
ing hops for those who do raise them.
Mos, Of them are new settlers. engaged
in opening up places for themselves.
aud depending upoR snch work for 3
living. No objection vss made 20 Ia
dians. because the money earned by
them is expended in the community.
The evidence will show that Void