The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-13
HATCH NOT GUILTY.
The Uncle Was Not Murdered
for Money.
euT DIED FROM ApoplExY


ID aEs ocsscsnds aEsii n<sxsy nas1nixhL
purfrEg the early part of the evening sev-
srsi Witnesses weFe czgsed who testified to
rsssne see1 G ". hateh ~ Flaxaer April
=. and fhaf - dscsases Tod sh<n that his
nspnes often sent hsm uonxy. ard that be
s1peEfesd eim 70 ksve hsn the anrse} nsoney
with which 70 prove up oe bis caxim
ur w L Ssr:ekiex vax the nsxs& impor-
tans uitress exsie1 He sad. | am q
pAysczan Of eoloya1o srrsngz / have bad
sn sctrFe pr1cgsee Tor sxenfy-ssx wears.
WAS . medical osa<lxa during fhs sar.
heard Dr.. Godsmaa gfvs his testsuasny.
nsiened earsfzily 10 tie description Of the
body OF the ds<s&sed and nat ot
the autopsy. Takiag into eon.sders-
sson the condition q the body and
The results attending The autopsy.
should have insufficient data fcs giving .
positive opsnicn. hus 50 Tar ss tie data
go shousa say that ,hey pozns 10
spopsexv - the mosf probable cause Of hrs
death It noEzd certainly ~ something
extraordinary II death resulted from ir-
lxries o; sreh f<1vlal cAarxrsxr- The
sexsp woaEa VAS apparently . mere
scratch. As 10 The hruzse st was an exceed-
iaxiy issignsEesat woaad- There II no
evsdsnce that she hraiss extended 20 the
skull. hence ! iafer thai the violence rNus-
ing IL vas Of mosf insignificant charae-
ter. II rerson AAd sudsien attack os
zFogdexy and feb to the groand. blood cor
rag tzom hss ears after death. IL wonis be
rxeeedingiy difficult 10 state the cause, snd
IL would k< necezsary 10 search further
ooze from the ear IN case the drum mem
brans Is defective
Dr. srickisr was not plsrei or the stand
this morning. bus Was allowed to make q
few rs marks about his course in fhe case.
G. w. Hatch. defendant. took the stand
and testified: II asn = years OF age, have
bean % very intimate terms with ny uncle.
deceased. lived IN bis family two years
when . boy l have hslrsed hlrn with hrs
noney ever since is-fs Oar relations we're
most cordial hare tvaveaea extensively
i Esnt 70 beaver Last spring. arriving there
April - / visited the land Office 10 see
about taxing up Land went from there
10 Eaxler. The train stopped Al the water
tank. got Cd and went 80 the hotel
met Mcdonald. the proprietor. and asked
bin where i could get . buggy ard team
70 drive 10 my uneie's. He referred rne 70
Heegxn. We drove perhaps tEo and bali
miles out frora F.axier and as the point
nearest the cabin from the road got cut
and he pointed out the direction for me 20
take 10 reach the cabin veas directly to
his houss and from the door I saw him
sitting st the table. spoke fsrxt don't
know Just what greeting took place. We
taiked mainly ah0ut financial matters the
cusire svenins- When l starred beck for
Fiagler he accompanied me half usy.
gave him 80 10 purchase cou. which he
had bought on time saw Keegxn at the
depot and bad general conversation with
him. He did not refer 10 nay uncle ss that
tine. boueht ticket 70 seiourg a1 II
o'clock. noon. on Sunday and went 20
Denver IN the evening Of the same day and
from there 10 Chicago on Monday. From
Chicago ] went to Birmingham. Mich-
While there received telegram from my
cousin. dated 0oehen, Ind, which stated
that my uncle had hsen foand dead on his
claim The shsrsG of Oakland county.
Mica. called and said he had been author
sxed by wire 10 arrest me for murder
lad no Esea what the charge Was After
gaming my composurs decided 70 return
here On the Erss train / brought the
sheriff OF Oakland county. Mich. with NE
MY father Is dead. He died in fg-4
without . moments warning while shaw
ing himself The day before he died he
was feeling exoeeiingsy we'll"
At this point Lawyer Thomas. for the
defense. rnakie motion that the Judge in
ssruct the jury TO bring ir verdict OF not
guilty. because Of the fact that the prose
cution failed 20 produce the slightest fessi-
nacny going 30 prove that . murder had
been committed. saying that IL that case
Was left 70 the jury and ver.iics rendered
OF guilty in one degree or another, that IL
would be the duty Of the eoars 10 set aside
the verdict District Attorney Garrison
followed Mr.. Thomas for the prosecution.
csslsng the attention OF the court TO certain
laws governing such CASES
The ,ary. which had been sent out wers
reaay 20 come into ccrrs, and the Judge or
aere1 she jury to bring in verdict of not
guilty.
The Jury then retired, and in short time
brought back the verdict as instructed.