, 1889-10-24
THE THUGS IN COURT.
SMITH AND LUDWELL HELD IN
$1,000 BONDS FOR COURT.
STRONG EVIDENCE WORKED UP BY
Marsh [ DELANEY.

| When the crowd of pedestrians on
Water street yesterday afternoon saw
by Marshal Delaney they did not have
to ask who the prisoners were as every
! one knew they We're the two men who
held up Mr.. StOckand Saturday night
and the crowd followed the officer and
| his wards to the court house. The
! large room had to he used for the hear
! ing; as every one wanted to hear the
evidence and listen to what the thieves
would say for themselves. When the
marshal opened the court room door
the men marched through to the plat
form where their handouts were taken
off and they were told To sit down
Prosecuting Attorney Calhoun then
read the complaint to the men but they
appeared to pay very little attention to
it. Smith, the larger of the two,
looked among the spectators with an
insolent stare, and seemed rather
pleased than otherwise at the position
i'll which he was placed.
james Stockand was called and testi-
fled to seeing the men ahead Of him as
he walked home Saturday night and
to turning toward Smith with the in
tention of speaking to him because he
thought he knew him, but on finding
his mistake he walked nearer the fence
leaving the man on the outer edge of
the sidewalk. OF hearing the fellow
draw the club and looking back saw
him holding it with both hands over
his head in an attitude ready to strike
him. Mr.. Stockand gave description
of the event in detail and told how he
fell in the road, both men ran toward
him but retreated when they saw some
gentlemen come from house in the
vicinity.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Stockand's
testimony Smith questioned the wit
ness and asked him if he did not
know there were no electric lights on
the hill and Saturday night was one
of the darkest nights that ever blew
Mr.. StOckand replied that he could sec
him well enough to know that he was
the man who assaulted him.
Marshal Delaney testified to the ar
rest of the men and to Smiths saying
he had been in business i'll Tacoma.
(Smith interrupted the marshal here
and denied making the admission).
William Miller testified to going into
his barn near the Hammond place
early Saturday morning and to finding
both prisoners asleep, and to their be-
ing ordered away. The men told him
and Mr.. Jones that they were cold
and slept in the barn in preference to
going down town. After the men left
the barn he found club where they
had slept. 1t was a piece of heavy fir
with handle shaved down. The men af-
terward came back and asked for a
lantern, saying they had dropped two
twenty-five cent pieces, when they
came out they told him they had found
one of them.
Marshal Delaney was recalled and
testified that he had searched the men
when arrested but found nothing of
value on either of them. On Ludwell
he found knife in the blade of which
he found several hicks which CORES
ponded with marks in the clubs where
they had been shaved down. He also
found some shavings about two blocks
from where the assault was made and
that they corresponded in every par
ticular with the marks in the club. At
the conclusion of this testimony the
men We're held in $1,000 bonds to appear
at the next term of court.
Smith then said that he would prove
his character in Tacoma and stated
that he was alone on the hill Saturday
night and that he went there so as to
be out of the city limits where he
might build a fire and dry his clothes
which he got wet while fishing for
crabs on Saturday. He stated that he
came here to report for a newspaper
and that he intended the work if he
could have obtained it,
When the club found i'm the barn
was exhibited low murmur went up
from the audience and it needed only
a leader to spur the men on to lynch
the Williams.