, 1889-10-10
ALMOST OVER.
Conclusion of the Testimony OIL
Witnesses in the Gillespie
Examination.
Synopsis of the Arguments OF
Counsel---Half an Hours
Filibustering.

Upon the converting of court In the
of officer William Gillespie
yesterday morning the defense pro-
cecdod with the examination of wit.
nesses. Mayor Fred Furth was called.
Mayor Furth tostlticd desire to
correct my statement made on the stand
two conflorters from the relief tent. My
wife Informed me that she could pur-
chase no bedding, and I asked the pcr-
son in charge to send the same to my
house, which he did | was completely
burned out. had means to purchase
with, but could not obtain them any
where else.
MR.. M'ELHINEY's TESTIMONY.
G. W. McElhincy testified ns follows:
handled orders signed in blank. gave
out between u dozen and twenty OF
them. ! do not recall any of the pcr-
sons to whom given, Investigated the
cases and used my own Judgment in dis
tributing them. | had been in
the city about month.
never gave one for over so. !
did this by order of Wilson and Taylor.
never gave one away that was not
fllcd. For the first four or five days
after the origin OF the tent we gave out
goods ourselves. The police and fire
men took their meals there. They used
to come there after the meal tent WAS
done away with. We had u cook for
four or five weeks to feed the help.
was employed there. never carried
anything from there for myself, but
did to some others on Hayward 5
order | heard lngis tell Gillespie
ftF Ina hp anNtlI hstN
| heard inglls tell Gillespie to take the
cabbage If he wanted 1t. The cabbage
was rotting there. ! spent most of my
time between the tent and the depot.
luglis was in charge OF the tent when
Hayward was away and hc dealt out
all the goods. Gillespie was around
the meal tent and relief tent guarding
the interests Of the people by keeping
buns away. The goods that came by
the Northern Pacific railroad, | took
charge of. l had orders from the reliei
committee and the mayor upon Stim.
mel, the agent, to have him deliver all
goods to me. The orders were shown
him which lie identified, mr.. Stimmel
told me one day that there was lot of
goods there consigned to W. w. Wither.
spoon. They were left at the depot
several days, and was or.
dered by HAYWARD to have them
| did. did not know Mr. Wi,hcrspoon
at that time. took all the goods from
the railroad to the tent, | can't tell eX-
acuy, but ] think that consignment con.
sisted OF one case of crac kers, one box of
soap, three sacks of flour, corn meal and
canned goods. heard lnglis say that
he had authority to sell goods. | saw
him sell goods two or tn rec times. THIS
was done while they were feeding and
ulN Itxr. "a a.. q o
originated. IL was done openly in the
presence of many witnesses. lnghs re-
ceivod the money. Hay ward was there
every now and then, and he would run
through the tent. am 20 years OF age.
There was "a great deal of drinking going
on among the roustabouts employed in
the tent. lnglis was present when this
was done, and think, they became
drunk.
knowledge there were no other consign-
mcnts to MIR. Witherspoon. do not
know anything about u man named
Wolfe getting a hundred blankets.
MR.. 'opoNHELL's TESTIMONY.
George O'Donnell testified: did not
notice the condition of the load of fruit
took to Gillespios house. Gillespie
was present when | loaded it. | may
have been mistaken about the time be-
ing % q clock when went from GILES
pies house to Duehcr's; IL might have
been about o'clock. There was moth.
ing secret about il, but | was not out OF
the wagon, and could not SEQ in the
cellar. No one tried 70 Keep me from
looking in. II was u basement where the
goods came from. No one told me not TO
look in, and did not ask or try to get
in the cellar. There was no light there,
MIR. M'ILniNEy EECALLEp.
Mn McIlhincy was recalled. Redirect
examination by counsel Tor defense:
spcut good deal of my line looking for
sufferers from the tire. No goods ever
came to the tent without my knowledge,
The first car was from Wallu Walla,
with an assortment of goods consigned
to- the mayor of Spokane Falls. ! was
hired by Hayward, and he hired most
all of the help. / took all of my meal /.
at the relief tent and slept in my own
room,
Cross-cxamined: do not know wheth.
er Gillespie WAS aware that drinking was
going ON in the tent.
Redirect: The help would frequently
be drunk ut the tent.
TESTIMONY or G. A. LYONS.
Charles A. Lyons testified: was on
duty as u militiaman. | heard Inglis
lNll blIicSple w luhV uNity SOlnc cuDDNgt
which was spoiled. | also saw lngls
sell potatoes for money, but do not
know the name OF the person to whom
they were sold. ] also saw some spoiled
green fruit there, which had been thrown
out of the tent as worthless. have had
a good deal of experience in the grocery
business, and know that they were worth
less. ! saw drinking going on. Don,
remember who the parties were.
CAPTAIN MARTIN TgsrIFiEs.
Police Captain Gus Martin testified.
am captain of police, and was SO EN-
ployed ut the time Of the fire.
Officer Gillespie was detailed by
the mayor and chief of po-
lice to serve at the relief tent. He was q
fireman also, and is ut the present time
a member of the police force. McKernan
sent word to me that police officers
that were married could get orders. lie
got this information from lnglis. | went
down there and received from him two
hams, bucon, a box of canned corn, 10.
matoes and fruit. did not think was
stealing. Somers said it was not neces.
sary to have any order, Us Mr., Cannon
had lett orders that all married men
could have goods If they didn't make
hogs Of themselves. Officers McKernan
Shannon, Barlow and Lewis received
goods In tho same way, This under
standing was well known among the of
ticers.
THOMAS THwAIT's TESTIMONY.
Thomas Thwait testified: l lived
across from the relief tent and wa,
around there good deal, saw them
loading the cabbage. ssrcceived a sacl
Of the cabbage, but 1t was worthless and
my wife gave ID TO squaw. saw {
good deal of drinking going on at tn,
tent, and they sometimes became yer.