Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-04-25
THE STATE.
MURDER TRIAL AT 6ENZoNIA.
Matters of Fact. Fiction and Gossip.
The Wright Trial.

BRNZoNiA, April %. The Wright trial
is now under full Roadway. The testimony
of Wm. A. Marshall, brother OF the MUIR
dercd officer, was continued yesterday.
The cross-eKamination showed that he had
proceeded to Aral in the evening after
hearing of the murder, armed with rifle,
as were others, during the general hue and
cry after Wright HIS rife was taken
from him by the officers when Wright was
arrested, about | O'Clock in the morning.
The witness would only answer in respect
to confronting Wright with this rifle, that
he could not say that he intended to shoot
Wrights He osy intended that wright
should not get away. He saw rope about
the neck Of the Indian Lahey, but he did
not urge on his Gching. Being questioned
his participation in or knowledge OF efforts
TO organize a party to lynch Wright, the
witness guardedly disclaimed information
of the subject, but indirectly revealed that
a high degree of feeling against Wright
and excitement pervAded the community.
Newman Clark, a middle-aged farmer at
work for Wright as teamster in August
last, was the first witness called. He said
that two or three days before the murder,
Wright inquired of him whether he had
seen those jayhawks from Benzonia about
, Sheriff Case and Deputy Mdrshall-and
explained that they had come to stop the
: saving OF logs on the roll way, but he
(Wright) Would roll in the logs when he
got ready, If he had to shoot some one.
q After the shooting of Marshall and Thur
Der witness sought out Wright near the
store and urged payment OF his wages.
Good God, Clark, wait until the excite
meat dies down and then I'll pay you.'
Being further pressed Wright went to the
store and paid off the witness. While in
store he heard Wright explain to MIR.
Fuller that "He had TO shoot those men in
seif.defense; they were not after his
hlIt haarfis
redirect the witness related when and
where Wright was arrested, coming out of
the woods to near the highway fence.
Wright was armed with revolver. 1t
was at night Many people beside the Off.
GERS were present, and there was a general
hue and cry. Wright disclaimed being
armed. but the witness saw him disarmed
of the revolver by Officer Ames.
The next witness was ). w. Hall, a col
ored man. formerly employed by Mr..
Wright in the sawmill He heard Wright
say to Will Deverne, an Indian, on the
morning of August 10th last that he would
put the logs in If he had to do so over dead
bodies Wright at the time was armed
with rifle. He saw the dead bodies there
afterward and told of the wound near
Thurbers ear, believed by the witness-to
be caused by pistol shot The mill shut
down that morning for lack of logs, and the
logs at the rollway were wanted for the
saw. The cross-eXamination developed
nothing of Importance.
Thus far, while nothing direct has been
has been advanced, the testimony is closing
about Wright, showing his motives and the
situation. with the view TO make palmer the
actual circumstances of the encounter in
the road which resulted in the death of
Marshall and Thurber The defense has
not succeeded thus far in diverting any
thing from the strength of the proof ad-
vanced by the people. They have some
what increased IL by questioning, which de-
veloped that st the time the two officers
were shot they had abandoned the attempt
to forcibly hold the logs. This was point
claimed by Prosecuting Attorney Covell in
his opening.