Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-12

oRe Of the Hardest FssGht Criminal
Trtals On Kererd In the Ierrfiegy.

One Of the Hardest FssGht Criminal
Trtsts On Record In the Territory.
For the pass eight days the District
Coors has been constantly occupied
with the case Of the Territory Of Wash.
ington against Daniel Hughes, indicted
With several ether persons for the mar
der Of = Chinaman named Mon Goat
q; sq7sk, on the night Of September
7ih, fsSs5.
TIE DKFKNRAST
Il a bacbelor, about thirty I've years Of
age, Of Welsh psren;SRe- He - ab0ui
medium hight. with Jet black hair and
u5lsszche He Possesses . wonderful
eouisoi over bins4if. aud daring this
long trial bis coaBtsnAnce has 40; been
sssn 70 esanRe. Hughes - What -
Enova in the We-i IS = rsDchsr. Three
OF foar years ago ne took up clzio
under the homestead act, on the shores
Of samAmtsh or sqaak lake, where hs
has resided q greater portion Of the
time since.
his sToBI
The Substance Of Hughes testimony,
white on the stasd. was a. follows;
"On Monday, the day Of the shooting
az Sqaak, man rode up t. my house
snd said that tbs citizens of the valley
we're having tFoable With the Chinese,
and they wanted me. ] took an old
rife, which had never shot, and for
which bad DO ammunition, and start
ed down the lake in my boat TO the
road. pulled down to where the road
strikes the lake, and walked over TO Mr..
Tibbetts' store. and asked for ammnBi-
ton bat be had none 10 fis my gan. The
boys were then getting ready TO 90 over
to Void Brothsrs. The night was dark.
vent along with them for q mile or so.
bat fearing We would get into trouble,
dropped behind, crossed the field, and
walked TO my boat on the lake to go
home. Just then heard the shooting.
over at Wolds."
The defendant proved previous good
moral character. but his story vas not
in any material particular,
except that he was With the party when
they left the store for Void Brothers
ranch.
THE PROSECUTION
Underworld to prove, and ii 10 for the
Jury TO say whether they succeeded or
not. that Dan Hughes, the defendant,
IN company with Joe Day, came to Geo.
W. Tibbetts' store, on the evening Of
7th, bringing With him the
old gun above alluded to. and inquired
for some No. 8 balls. Not being able to
get ammunition for his old blunder-
buss, be borrowed Mr.. Tibbetss' Win
chester rifle, and left the store In CON-
pany With Joe Day, Perry Baync, Sam
Robertson and De Witt Rumsey. and
went over to the Indian camp TO induce
the Indians to accompany them over
TO Void Brothers TO help drive the Chi
nese out. He in company with all the
other defendants vent to the hop house,
from there 10 Void Brothers place
where three Chinese we're killed aud
three wounded, by the white men and
lwo Indians, among the white men be-
ing Dan Hughes. That after the shoot
ing Perry Bayne. Dan Hughes and Sam
Robertson returned part Of the
way home together. This state of
facts WAS sworn to by Johnnie
Donlin, Sam Robertson, Indian Jim
Graham, Indian jim Youdepump,
Indian Joounie Laurie. and many
others, bss d Q, all the circumstances
20 TO show that this theory Is
consistent and reasonable. All day
yesterday was taken up with the arRu-
ments, Judge Lewis and j. @. Haines
talking for the defendant, and Prose-
suting Attorney Ronald fer the Terri
Iery. The Prosecuting Attorney closed
bis argument 10 the jury at quarter
past 8 O'Clock, when Judge Greene read
"A exhaustive and able charge to the
iary. giving tue Law on every phase of
the case. At ten O'Clock the Jury re-
tired TO deliberate upon the case.