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the next witness called. He testified as fol-

the next witness called. He testified as fol-
lows:
On July 10, 1887, was working at the store Of
ny urotnerIn-law, +. W. Stewart, on Madison
street 81 near where the power-house now stands
IN the evening Friedrich came to the house and
asked for somethingt 10 eat. After nv brother
in-IaW nad gotten him some bread and butter
ne went across the road ana disappeared in the
-woo9s. 1 noticed fine ring on Friedrich's
nano as he leaned against work bench
Longstaf's crossexamination was one that
must nave made the old man pronounce an
eternal curse on all of the legal fraternity. In
response TO Mr. Tyler's questioning he said
tnat nc mad known nothing of the murder when
Friedrich came TO the houses and also swore that
he had not on the previous trial testified that he
had asked Friedrich If he had heard about the
kiiilng. Immediately the attorney produced the
type-written evidence Of the former trial, where
the witness lad testified that he had asked
Friedrich about the shooting Iongstaff. who
was evidently forgetiul old man, finding HIM
sell cornered, asked permission to refer to his
notes. On producing them he was forced to
confess that he had taken them only last week
from copy of his evidence in the first trial. On
MS evidence as to the manner in which Fried
ricn was dressed the witness was hopelessly en-
oarrassed, and was sure of nothing after he had
been sharply questioned.
T. NJ. Stewart testified to practically the same
iacts as Longstaff, except that his statements
AaoiS OcuultS anu ne Oiu not contradict
himself
Mrs. Augustine De Kaslowsh testified that in
July, 1887, Friedrich roomed at lodging house
which she kept. He did not sleep there on the
night OF the 14th. He had never slept there
after the night OF the 18th. He left what things
ne had there, among them valise. He had
never said anything about leaving. The wit
ness thought scherbring slept with him ON sew
eral nights The men appeared TO be friends.
The last witness of the day, and most i'm
portant one, was ex-Sherif William Coehrane.
He testified:
! was sheriff of King county in July 1887
arrested Friedrich, and he denied the shooting
took him to the hospital, and Scherbring said
that Friedrich had shot him and had then said,
Lie still, Schorbring, it will be all over SOON"
Friedrich was arrested at Slaughter. We had
tracked footprints in that direction and ] sent
my deputies 70 guard all the CROSSINGS. was
present at the hospital when Scherbring's depo-
sition was taken.
The witness was handed a paper and asked to
identify il as the deposition but replied that he
was not sure of Il. The defendants attorney
here interposed vigorous protest both to the
admission of the deposition and TO further evil
dence as to what Scherbring had said on this oc-
casion. Mr.. Tyler launched into a lengthy ar
gument, in which he made numerous citations
ana read from many authorities to maintain his
assertion that the evidence was inadmissible
His argument lasted until O'Clock, when court
adjourned until this morning. Judge Humes
withheld his decision on the question until
TODAY