Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-20

the hotel. met five or seven men in ,
room. Among them were E o. Christy
Mr. Tanner, Harry Layton, Captain
Awl and Captain E. Y. Breck. 1t wa
about o'clock, and we dispersed between
4 and o'clock. Inever had seen Critch
low before the time when saw him in the
mill yard. I described him a week ago tt
Captain Breck. gave the description In
letter to Captain Breck in answer to an In
quiry.
@. Were't you on the Frick pay rolf A
No, sir with emphasis).
| q How was Crttchlow dresseoI a. can
| go into no details. His clothes were dark,
| no bright colors. There was notmng
striking about him. saw him number OF
| times during the day.
| mill yardi A. I should imagine 5000.
Q. Could you identify Oritchlow In such
| crowd? A. Yes, sir. Under the circum-
stances.
Burleigh-state the circumstances.
Brennen-We object.
Here followed a lengthy and animated
discussion as to whether the witness should
be allowed to state the circumstances.
Messrs. Argo, Marshall, Bremen and Mon
tooth for the defense argued that it was IT.
relevant Messrs. Burleigh and Patterson
insisted that it was evidence. The objec-
tion was overruled.
Attracted by Critch1ow's Daring.
The witness: My attention was drawn to
the defendant by his exposed position. He
was away from the crowd One man in my
hearing said to another, pointing to Critch-
low. "There is that daredevil Of Crttch-
low.'
IsaaeJ. Jury: have lived in Homestead
since 1881. l think have known Crftchlow
for II years. saw him in the mill yard
July 6. The first time 1 saw him was
m
gun with him. He then moved up the
river. The next time saw him was about
o'clock. He was in the pump house. He
remained there about 10 minutes and. then
he went DOWN the river. He had either a
shotgun or rife. I didn't see him again
until late in the afternoon alter the surren-
der, about 430 or O'Clock. He was on Ridge
avenue. about square and half from the
mill property. He had nothing with him.
Cross-examined: was a constable at the
time. went into the mill yard in the morn
ing between 1880 and o'clock. l went in on
the Peemickey road. 1 spoke to Critchlow.
told him it was better for him to get out of
the road. He didn't 60 when 1 advised
him.
Under rcross-e1amination by Mr.. Reardon
witness said he had been subpenaed Novem-
ber 18 BY Officer Mills At first he refused
to give the name of the officer. He denied
that he was being paid by H. G. Frick.
Asked what he was doing in the mill ward,
the noise, and went there to see what was
going on. .--- r-. il.
Firing From Behind the Barricade.
Samuel Stewart, clerk employed in the
Carnegie Office, was called next. He testi-
fed thus:
1 have known Critchlow for two years.
Saw him for the first time on the township
road in the morning in front of the general
offices, carrying a gun. I saw him again
about o'clock in the afternoon. He was
about six feet up the river from the pump
house. He was kneeling behind the barri.
third tiers. The barricade was made
Of beams piled three high. The
gun was pointed toward the barges. The
snaee between the beams was filed with
firebrick punched full of holes. The holes
were at least three inches in diameter. From
where Critchlow was you could see INFO the
barges. The door was open into the MNllow
barge. 1 saw him fire his gun once into this
barge. Saw him take aim. pull the trigger
and heard the report. 1 couldn't say what
kind of a gun Critchlow had. 1t was single
barreled.
On cross-examination, Mr.. Stewart stated
that the last time he saw Critchlow he was
behind the barricade. When witness first
went behind the breastworks there was no
firing. He. saw SIX shots fired at the barges
while he was there. No shots were re-
turned from the barges. He saw a man
next to Crltchlow fire gun also. Some of
the bricks were arranged with the holes
toward the barges Others were placed
parallel with the beams.
Other Men Who Fired.
Two men fred before Critchlow. One
was Anthony Flaherty. Witness knew
James A. Hall and James Flannigan who
were behind the barricade. He didn't
know the other men. Hall was on Critch-
lows right Flanagan was at the end of
the beams. After Critchlow fired witness
didn't look to see ii he reloaded. Kept his
eye on Flaherty with whom he
went in. Flaherty had considerable
ammunition. All the men behind the bar
ricades were crouching down. He did the
same. There was no firing from the barges
during the afternoon. Witness kneeIed
down because he didn't care to take any
of the barricade. The length of the breast
back of the barricade to look around. He
did not make any memoranda
Stewart was the last witness for the prose-
of the case tomorrow morning. Stewart
furnished the most damaging evidence
against Critchlow. He was the only one
who saw him fire, gun. The, Common
wealth kept him for the last as fitting
climax.
During the evening William Reardon and
the Cour. had several tilts Judge Ken
nedv requested the lawyer several times to