Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-06-19
THE BARBOUR MURDERERS.
"A Suit Decided Against the
Government.
TRIAL OF THE HUNT LYNCHERS.
Found Drowned, Killed his Brother,
Terrible Outrage, FrOmEthe Latin
States, Foreign and State News,
Etc.
me RARRouR MuRpERERs.

r PORTLAND june lb.--JaiutS W II
r lIams, one of the murderers of VIM
j. NJ. Barbour, the Lebanon merchant
in this city, who was held wilhOu
r bail for the crime, is now in th
J county Jail, while Henry Wilson, o
; "Dukes, ras he is now known,is con
p fined in the general cell as a witness
"Dukesv complains because Chas
Davis who was brought down from
Montana. gave some damaging tes
timony against Williams, and ais
put dukes" in a fair way for the
penitentiary.
Davis claims that Williams part
ner, White, who really did the kill
ing, failed to divide the spoils as all
the accomplices thought he should,
and while in jail at Butte, Jimmy
Rire, one of the murderers, squealed
Wilson said that while in Jail With
Williams in Butte the latter con
ftssed that he and one White had
spotted Barbour in Portland, and,
after following him a ways out OF
town, started in to rob him. AS he
showed fight White, or "Leaven-
worth Fatty" shot him, and then
both threw his body into the creek
Rice said that White did not make
fair "divy," and claimed he only
got about $40. There is no longer
any question but Williams is one OF
the correct parties, and the officers
are now tracing White, who is be
lieved to be somewhere in Utah.
AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT
PHILADELPHIA, June l9.-The
jury in the Meyer and Dickinson
test suit against the government to
recover duties paid on importations
of hat trimmings returned a verdict
this morning in the United States
circuit court in favor of plaintiffs.
Plaintiffs claimed goods were liable
to 20 per cent duty, while officials
held they were dutiable at 80 per
cent. The government will appeal
the verdict to the supreme court.
BY the verdict, the government is
liable for from twenty to thirty mill
lion dollars that it collected on
duties from importers of millinery
materials in various parts of this
country.
THE HUNT LYNCHERS.
WALLA WALLA, June 19.-The
examination of witnesses began
yesterday in the trial of Privates
Evans, Muellar, Cutters and Clinton,
! Charles Trumpower and Joseph
Trumpower, the six soldiers charged
with the murder of A. j. Hunt on
April oath. Several witnesses were
on the stand, and detailed the cir
cumstances of the killing. The
most important witness was Sheriff |
Mcfarland. When asked by the
prosecuting attorney if he recognized
any of the defendants as being
present at the time Hunt was killed,
the sheriff replied that he recognized
all the six defendants as being
among the number who lynched
Hunt. On cross-eXaminatiOn Nc
Farland stated that the first time he
recognized the men was when he
was sent 20 the garrison by the |
grand jury to subpoena witnesses.
At the time he served the subpe
mas upon the six defendants, who
were examined as witnesses by the
grand jury, he did not know their
names. The grand jury gave him "a
list of names to subpoena from the
garrison. When he recognized the
men he told the. district attorney of
his suspicious that the men had
been in the mob. The first man he
recognized was Charles Trumpower.
The sheriff testified that in the cor
oner's inquest he did not remember
that he was asked whether he could
identity any Of the soldiers. At the
conclusion Of Sheriff McFarland's
testimony the state rested the case
Private Evans, enc of the defend
ants, was called, and testified that
on the night Of the lynching he was
at his quarters playing cards, and
that he did not go TO town that
night, and did not hear of the
lynehing until next day. Sergeant
Schumacher testified that he saw
Evans in the library at the quarters
playing cards between the hours of
aud 8 p. m. Twelve other prlvates
testified that they saw Eyans In the
library playing cards between s and
p. m. ON the night of the lynch
ing.
KILLED uIs BROTHER.
CARMEL, n. ", June l0-Frank
Fallamale, the s-year-old son of u
mechanic living in Brewster's, w,
was shot on Tuesday morning by
his brother Fred, four years older
than himself. The little fellow died
the same afternoon, after DIR. Miller
had vainly tried to extract the
bullet, which had lodged In his hip.
II was at first thought the shooting
was accidental, but IL now looks as
lif Fred deliberately killed his un.
fortunate brother. John Fallamale,
the father Of the boys, makes state
ment which leaves little doubt as TO
Fred's guilt. The father said that
after the boys awakened, but before
poftinp uD. they had a quarrel.