The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-06

feel kindly towards tiss Seattle s.~r.<,s. /
Tor The fsssrsst they rssa-sTr.s,.N = !
being On hsna this Tns-rt.w - f..ss
uniforms and arnsess Il xs@ .b4s
iax and order should pe.~sss
All tbs pesrle Of SeEezsfse nslr 1. tsns /
IL fnr1s be aepwtfxe1 BY the shxrsy !
either frona their ewa EssIssg her 81 frr,Tss
SEATTLE. They esaina that tAe~ ra,s 1
fflen bold the sors under cover.
THE fsas rsr.
At 1888 O'Clock YESTERDAY coraue-
Root empaneleas the following iarr,rs /
70 bod an inqszess ose- The kessv "a +
William Rastoa. 5 no was ksIs4s =
se1castle during the late not. n n
Ballard, q. =. Raymond. \. rhsFha~v i
= NJ Pnerfs, Jae- NeCasm5 - ass8 4
Arnos From. A n9rns.rr ~ -ytfnes~.ss I
we're Sworn, when the iurv ssjisossrr,s.s /
until p m
~ THE afferFsoesa sessiag The fe.ilsas-
ing witnesses mere sxarafrsss /
Ell. L6es. Fred T.ier. n M -.
nes, J. EessMoass. James 9alar- I
kfys William Marshall. sslss Ash-
iey, Burnett MaiArksy. James Cor.
FRANK IeFrare. Caller RAMSEY Rob /
sft Wood, David Worley AMI Ilr.
DaFson. The testimony was vexv
one-sided- The witnesses with the
exception Of ]. Redmond aud Or. /
Dawson we're Knights OF Labor and
81 held firmlv 20 the statement that 1
union f4en did the shooting
The evidences OF James Cor Of tsiImar.
beng more material than that OF the j
other witnesses, Is given below
ara knight Of Labor
from Gilman. / came 10 Nex
castle with 100 ar more Knights
10 aid ia making a peaeeable settle Z
fnent OF tbs trouble existing between j
the Knights Of Labor and the Miners
MON Of that place. I did not see
any Of our men with pistols
or guns. in their possession. 1
Some Of the boys had q gass or two
but were not drunk Ia the morning
We met some Of the men going TO work
did not see any one abused or
hurt, bat for some reason the men
turned back. No shots we're fired
About - Of our men got on the train
and went 70 Newcastle When we we're
getting of the train two men rot into {
list light, and the next thing knew
Llessliyn Jones came rushing down at
The crowd with z dubbed shot
gun. lie was partly nndFess-
ed and his face was covered
with lather. He made q sweep with
the gun at one of the crowd.
aud the stroke was lodged and
the gun slipped from Jones hand.
and Ruston both grabbed the gun
and a scuiiie ensued. Rnstou said
Give II 10 me aud III scare EN-. II
gave kuston the gun and Just then
Jones sister and another woman
ran down and tried to
drag him lJonesl back to the house.
Huston told the woman 70 20 the house
and get out Of the way He was hold
ing the gun this way Here the wir-
ness indicated the position 81 the gun,
the butt vas resting near tine lower
part 81 the abdomen and the barrels
were 20 "a inclination Of about 6 de-
gr8es. About this time the liring he
gan and ] ran behind q shanty,
presently RustOn came roana
aiid sort Of leaned against the
shanty. Marshall asked him ii be
was shot and be said / ann. " About
dozen shots were fred. After the
shooting broke the shot gun over a
rail
The shot gun vas brought ia and the
witness testified that that was the gun
huston had when shot.
The other witnesses corroborated
the evidence OF Mr.. Cox. with slight
variation IN the time and As to who
did the shooting
DE-. Dawson exhibited the ball as
taken from RuSton's body and testi-
fed t. the course Of The bullet after
entering the body The bullet was
much iiattened and bent.
tirsrs
O'Clock The FIRST witness called /
was Ilewcllyn Jones. He was the first /
Miners Union man ON the
stand and testified as follow: /
4 live AZ Newcastle ! belong II the
Miners Union. Atout six O'Clock in I
the morning. while at work. heard +
shots and firing ST the top 81
the slope. Followed by a number IL
union men ! ran up 10 the top where I
saw a crCwd oi unknown men CONF {
ing towards Us. cried halt,
and they stopped They then
sent back and wanted Us 10
send committee to them
to settle the matter and We woui8 not
do ii. Finally the Knights and I Mon /
men met hail way saw Commii. /
sianer Wilkes with a jug OF liquor /
which he was trying 10 aide behind 4
his back did not wait Tor
the train but went home TO wash. 4
While washing ! heard cries OF muir j
der, and upon looking out saw q man /
lying senseless on the platform sup
posing il to be my father. ! grabbed i
my shotgun and ran down to the /
spot Knowing that the gun was /
broken. used il as a club. Losing /
my hold on the gan, | turned I
asaf a
another iativ, Mn sister threw a /
shawl over my head and | could not
see the mems faces. Did not see Rus +
ton when tie was shot then went % 4
the he sse where met my +
father. lie had two reyolyers, I
one 3 and one 32-calibre. examined +
them and neither had been dis
charged. Evans went to work /
with me in the morning. He had no {
gun. bat | afterwards saw him .
with y rifle The Gilman men abused 4
two old men shameiullv. The shooi- i
ing occurred between . and 10 a. IA. /
| did not see the fight at Coal Greek.
Thomas :. Proh>t was tire next wit 1
ness. bat could offer no evidence re- /
garainc the decreased.
John pobson was next called. +
lie showed the jury bal, /
he's hole in his oyercoat 4
ana p8niaiaons: stated that Ru~son
held u ri,le ia his band. and that the
rifle MSS held as II go lie fired Wit +
ness SAW newly made bullet hole IN +
Mr. Jones door, also saw the
rgvoiNCrs Mr. Jones bad, and
noticed they bad NOS hceu discharge,
Witness did not remember hayind +
sces the broken shotgun and cuHlJ .
giFe no material evidence hearing Gi-
reetiy on ibe shooting
Nte -. 81 tue request IF the jury, .
Coroner Root adjoHrned The inquest (
until Monday at | 80 p. m.
nRENITIEs.