The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-17
STARKS' BLOODY DEED
The Widow Tells How Her
Husband Was Killed.
sLooMsTRAN's COAT IN COURT.
me Cory Garment Causes Grief
Coroner Horton Testifies ~
to the wounds.

The TAYLOR starks murder trial now pending
IA judge Humes' court drew an immensacrowd
Ill day yesterday and several baiiins we're re-
ouirsd to keep the passageway open tor Wit
nesses TO enter and exit.
There was little OF interest developed In the
trial outside OF q repetition OF facts already de-
fsiled by witnesses the day before. Mrs Bloom
stran widow OF the murdered man, was on the
witness stand and told of Starks' stteftion to
her daughter Chestie, and the opposition she
and her husband had offered to him. she said
etarks asked her husband for Chestie, ana when
his request was refused, motioned to the girl
and the two left the house together, followed by
Nels Bloomstran, her husband, who at her re-
quest put on his coat before starting In fursuit.
she claimed that her husband stopped fer mo-
uent before Starks fred, and then stated for
ward when she heard and saw two or thrte shots
Cred by starks, and then saw her husband Use
his pistol and fire once before falling against the
fence. She hurried to his assistance ard found
him In great sgony, while starks and lChestie
Bioomstran went on in the direction 81 Falls
City.
The bloody coat which Mrs Bloomstfan told
her husband TO put on before going In pursuit
of their departing daughter and her lorer, was
produced In court and identified by Mira Bloom
stran, who sobbed convulsively on behoding
the CORY garment, and when she though OF the
vised her husband to wear this coat her feel
ings overcame her and she broke down COM
pletely. She also identified the pistol which
was in the pocket OF the coat which her hus-
band put on and which she says he drew when
etarks fired mt him, and fired once in return. The
fatal bullet fred from starks' pistol, and three
empty cartridge shells were also introduced In
evidence.
TIlda Bloomstran, the s-year.old daughter OF
~ fx4at was rnfn ha AT M Ian
roborated the statement OF her mother about the
shooting, but could not tell who fred the first
shot.
Isaac Hutchins, q neighbor, testified 70 having
had conversation with Starks a week before
the killing in which Starks said that neither
Nels Bloomstran nor Ben Bailey liked him, but
that he did not like either of them, ana hence
did not care; that he was not ready 10 harm
them yet. but would drop either OF them that
gave him one word out OF the way. This con-
versation, Hutchins said, was called forth by
bis telling starks Of some uncomplimentary
things Bloomstran had said about him.
Mrs. Willis was called by the state but became
avery unwilling witness, and the prosecution
failed to prove by her any threats Stalks had
made against Nelse Bloomstran which abe had
minated had been made in her presence.
Coroner Horton was recalled and Questioned
about the wounds. He said that the wound In
the abdominal cavity was necessarily fatal and
had produced Nels Bloomstran's death. He
was rigidly cross-examined by James Hamilton
Lewis, OF the defense, who sought to prove that
Bloomstrsn being q feshy man the bullet
might not have entered the abdominal cavity,
but might have been turned from its course by
I'll fat and passed arc. nd without entering a
vital spot. DR.. Horton admitted that while such
acondition might be possible they did not exist
in this case, but the bullet had entered the abb
dominal cavity, ruptured the intestines and pro-
duced death.
Sheriff woolery was put upon the stand to
testify as TO Starks' arrest He said that starks
told him he would come in and give himself up,
and he had acted like a man OF his word.
large number OF witnesses are still to be- ex-
amined, and AZ the case is dragging tediously
alt ng 1t may consume all OF the coming week
before going to the Jury,