Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-09
on TRIAL FOR MURDER


Hiro4 B1fBonQhs - 80 With ne % Mi
Ief'a and Golman's places. A. Wa a.
pFuaahod Mixers On oar raanrn froEn
Colman's tha dogs st up Z loud bagk
inR, and the lights we're snddanly uui
oat at Millario hoass. Hard z noiss
llke cara bsing thrown into q boat It
Wag SOW quite dark.
OEoW xamlna1ion-Waa acquainted
with 0oiman. know how maRy narnes
wUEe en he mhpnaa. / had served At
81 1hsm szoap8 KILLERS boy. Do not
ehink eonld tmitate tie naiaa I haard
withont 8 boat and oara.
BsA Onlmam, recalled 6ho i&snff.
noa th8 hat, puckatbook ana falls faefh
as helonRine q NJ. Colman. ms hal
hna q buils9 hole in tbe left a1da
Never INST Miller bnt twioa. Was q
hts inndina oncs whem ha had eanian
our bcak He wns q cur bouse ones
thBt kBow of. He cane with & man
named Wells and took bFsakfasf. We
did not a1eai MliisR'a vegetables. We1i
20 vacant MeNanQha plaas 20 Qsk a0me
uilth0weFs; while thaeo MillaRss aon
cane and o1ols our bana, leaVinQ ne ana
tWo small chiidren ave miles from home
and theDs Was % road. Wksn wa wenl
70 Mlllef1s landing b. told Us our boat
vas a6Fift. AfeefWard Be tod na 4 va
o. a6aEs. We fonnd 4 pulled np 60 faI
thar 4 eouid not b nsen aa ws passed
Ihls Waa the only time I eTeg talked
With Miller. he looked with snaans1
hatred at Mr.. Oolman and I whensyel
ne met. 10 waa whan We wont 10 Rse the
beat thaa be aooased me Of stealing ths
thiuRs.
Osons examination filler told me y
bad the MeNauRht plaee rented. Did
not tell mo thai any one had been steal
1na vegetables before went % the place,
Little Jack (Endian) sworn-HaA been
on MeFceE Lsland huntina deer oa San
day, she day before the murder. Went
on tie tnlAnd Ia the forenO0n. Landed
nt TIE ed cabin iust aast a south poInl
% island. We had i've canoes and alse
me. We put The dogs into the WoOda
uids Of the ialand about $50 % o'clock
took my oanoe and started around q
intarsept tho deer at the opposite side
met man il beat paadling ou1 Of q
little bay iuse on She west side. Never
saw the man before that t1@s mex
time saw him was IN iail 80 seattle
That man (pointinQ 10 hiiler) vas The
man saw 10 the boat and afterward Il
jail. When / frst saW him he was look
lBR straight ahead. but as be got neaI
turned his head away and lsoked ouI
eeross The lAka. Proctor told me eiRhi
days aataFward Of the murder, that Dol.
man waa missing had been killed eight
days before about 7 O'Clock 10 the 1oFn.
ina. Was padding fast when I met ths
man. He vas padding slov. We vors
both close 10 shore. but was the near
est. Game back shout o'clock oVeI
same rontes bat saw no more Of Milisl
OF boat.
George Colnan ealled-Ths hast sau
Of my father was when he cot into ths
boat % 20 70 Seattle that msFnipe
Wilbur Patten vas with him. sanday
evening We GOT into q discussioa abou
eomsthins 6oating IN the lake near "a,
south end ef the island. ! got into on
boat and roved toward the obisct. Saw
Q nan In beat pail oas from the shor.
bttWeen Stones Point and Htone'l
Landing. Ths man was rowing facins
the stern Of the beat. He would pull |
little WAYS and then stop and turr
round and watch me. This be did asv
eFal times. He vas In black o. darI
boat. AfteF satisfying myself aboa
lhe floating oh3ect ! turned TO 90 bach
when tbe man neaFsd the island by q,
old cabin be tnrnsd back and pulled 3.
wheFe be started from. The man look
ed like Miller il GiEs and appearances
Have eeen the aane boat once ct Mill
eF's landing. foanR Pattea Vas visit
ing 40 our hoass. when he left In th,
buas that morning be were . dark sui
% clothes and heavy overcast; also
silver watch whioh vas in running con
Mrs Julia Maahiason testifsd-I Isv,
on the western shore Of LAKE Washing
ton, opposite Oolman's. Got up q
O'Clock en- tbs morning Of February eth
Aboat O'clock saw 3 white boat Gem
around the aoutA end Of Mercer leland
Seen after seeing the boat heard thre
oR four shots from the island. Could 10
tell Just hoe many shots, but knos {
waa three or four. saW tue boat araiI
about half an hour later, coming aOwaF.
eur hoase. ! watched ii. Il eame d
the middle Of the lake and then tnFns,
toward the point Of the peninsula.
Cross-exsminod-L know The shot
came from the ialand after sac th
beat the Grst tine. Tha sun was 10
up. IL vas q little hazy.
Ikttle Jack, ruoallea.-T w.sH aoinl
sAsl uhsn net he boat; did net looI
back after 10.
Goes -examinsd-MFs Prossor a a,
cousin. Proctor h the man Who tel,
ne aheut the murder. Maf Bill Powel
The othaf day IN Seattle % the stree
near ths fail. Powell eold ne net 70 e.
anythfna ahont tha man I aaw IA u
beat on the lake. Frank Dusharm aske.
ne II saw . beat on TIE lake ca San
aay. told hin saw cue boat.
walter Wilson, swagn--Friday morn
ing heaFd Mr.. Colman wns miaSina an
vent Ia search of hin. Cfeasad fror
John Wilsan's plaes, On the west shor
of sbe lake. % NJ ialaad skiFtsd "a
lsland alona ne western bank until
fuand the hoaA IL was pulled q
a@Rlina wEih tha ahoFa and Was tiits
90 the waves washed tn ever oas sidl
fhNeo we're thfoe small tFeeB atandiRl
IN the waeaR nearly an e. aha beat, en-
. log iyina e almos1 the sams anQl
% she eh0rs as The bnat Waa, and onl
aido % 1he beat. The hoaa euaid nc
have drifte& into the position foant
BET mzst havs been placsd there. Thar
Waa ne wind Monday o. Tassdav tha
eoald have arifled the boat ints ths posl
tion where g uaa found. Ths boat "a
szearsd with bleed % both TIE FOuin
asats ca The leks aids of the boas and {
tbs bottom. We found q esae, 6 ssf q
false taeth. and . small poekaa book {
he boal lIdsntthed the articles msr
tioned, also bloody oaxiock
Erank DashARm swsrn-Am rallFoa
eDElneeF o1 The Coiumbia and Puql
Saand railroad. Oa the "a. 50 ana A.
/ e March aearabed for bodies "a Lar
Wsshington. On the 81, foana tso ooai
lying e. the odga of the watsr a q
aou1h end % he lalaBd near tie foos 3
eman alasr tres, whieh marked witi
ny uame aad tAe dats Of andine, a,
fann9 aeaK ne en@aa q PAIR o. red nit
tsna FaxoR and aiik had dkaEuhiaf o.
of the coats was an oveFeoak. On th
tEa fonn6 an tnaeiihle tsAd ueueiL
pieos q hssh, waich Iookad liks hrsfnI
aad hat We foazd fks has IL ahup
; eigh9 feot af water. and tha pensil a.
aeah II absat stx feet, twelve e. hfsee
fse1 fFum shcFa. near Tie end of a 81
daad snaa, whien raateo u1e sd on Il
nAoEs ard ths otneR On . eiamp 8
} baahes aaf u ths uassE. Thare was Il
ons piaca wheEs 3 baat eo1id - ash1l
II thai viainlay. ard fnaa wns rsaht -
tha aiaa e this lee. Tha hruNh e.
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