Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-06
THE YOUNKINS TRAGEDY
The States Witnesses Telling
What They Know of 1t in
the Swiloos Trial
Bright Jimmie Allen Tells
What He Saw On the
Fatal Afternoon
DR.. Cross Tells Again His Con-
Versation With the
Dying Man

Dying Man
The examination of the states wit
nesses in the Swiloos murder trial was
resumed in the superior court yester-
day morning, after the disposal OF
motions for the assignment Of cases
and notions which occupied the at
tention of the court for an hour or
more after opening at $3.50 O'clock.
The proceedings Of the trial yesterday
grew in interest during the day and
were watched by a large audience, es-
pecially in the afternoon. The seats
were all filed in the forenoon, but in
the afternoon the court room was
crowded far beyond its seating capacity.
The seats were all filled and the center
aisle and the space around the room
next to the walls was crowded by
standing spectators formed in two
great hollow squares around the two
divisions of the seated audience. The
Indians, large number of whom are
present at every session, were grouped
together in the north aisle In the
afternoon number Of ladies were
present and were given seats within
the rail at the judges left. Among
them were Mss Dawson, Miss Ander-
son, Mrs. Mendenhall, Miss Middle
mas, Mrs. KinyOn, Mrs. G. G. Rogers,
Mrs. Darwin, Mrs. Diehl, Mrs. Ap-
pleby, Mrs. Leavitt, Mrs. Ed
son, of Lynden, and others.
Quite a number of business and pro-
fessional men of Fairhaven and New
WhatCOm were among the spectators.
Jimmie Allen and Harry Freer,
aged Is and l3 respectively, proved to
be exceptionally bright and clear wit
nesses, and their direct and cross
examination was watched with the
keenest interest.
The testimony introduced yesterday
was principally bearing upon the cir
cumstances surrounding the finding of
Moses Gounkins in a bleeding and
dying condition, and his death. NO
direct evidence of the guilt of the de-
fendant was introduced yesterday.
Moses GOunkins, Jr., Of Seattle, son
of the murdered man, was present and
occupied seat near Major Cole and J.
A. Kerr.
The trial was commenced at 1890
O'Clock in the morning. Harry Frecr
was the first witness called. His testi-
mOny, in substance, was as follows:
81 am l6 years old, and live three
miles northwest Of WhatcOm. On the
Goth of January last | attended school
in Whatcom. At o'clock started
home. | went out Thirteenth street
and down the bluff to the railroad
track. 1t was about 4:2O when |
reached the track. 1t was daylight.
The sun was just going down behind
the mountain. / walked on the track
toward home. | saw a man on the
track on the other side of the trestle.
| met a boy about Is years old. He
had very dirty face. About five
minutes before reaching home | saw
two persons down on the beach. At
first | thought it was my mother and
sister, but when | reached home /
found them there getting supper.
About ten minutes after reaching home
Mr.. Bunt and Mr.. Sisson came. |
lighted the lantern and went with
them to where man was lying beside
the track on the right hand side.
| passed the place about twenty-five
minutes before. We, all of us, imme-
diately went to John Benefits, and
Mr.. Bennett went with us to where
the man lay. We carried him to Ben
netts house,
While Harry Freer was testifying
Mr.. Piles arose and objected to Mr..
Kerr's and Major Coles position at the
trial table, directly in front of the Jury
and within close proximity TO the jury
box. The jurors, he complained, could
hear the prosecutors i'm their whispered
consultations, which could not help
but make an impression. Judge Winn
suggested that the table be turned half
around which was done.
John Bennett was next sworn. He
testified:
81 have resided here since 1899. |
knew Moses YOunkins we'll. On the
Goth of January | was at home. About
5 o'clock in the evening Harry Freer,
Mr.. Bunt and Mr.. Sisson came to my
house. took hand barrow and went
with them to where a man was lying
beside the track and brought him to
my house. 1t was Moses Younkins
We found him lying on the edge Of the
trench where earth had been taken tC
grade the railroad. One Of his eyes
was knocked out and his face was
pounded into nothing. The next
morning ! went with twenty men tC
where Younkins was found. saw q
man pick up a hat. There was blood
on the ground where Younkins law
Mrs. Ann Kennedy's testimony con
tanned some important circumstantia
| evidence. She testified as follows:
81 conduct a small boarding house al
/ Lummi. On the evening of the day
| the murder was committed. about
quarter past 6, George Swloos and ,
young Indian came to my house
They called for supper. ! told then
supper would not be ready for abou
| fifteen minutes. George said he coulC
not wait so long, and went into tn,