Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-30
DAVID 1. LONGS DEFENSE
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came TO the door and asked for father
l.. Byram-I was clerk of the Par
apon Hotel last October. On the even
ING of Saturday, October 10 | was out
and returned about II O'Clock. | was
told bv the boy i'm charge that man
and woman had taken room l6. went
up stairs and smelled gas escaping.
located the gas in room IS. The light
was out.
Andy Brandt am working at the
Cornwall mill since last June. | knew
Humes. One night when he was llv-
ing at Sehome he asked me to come TO
his house and stay over night with
him. He said | could sleep either with
the old lady or the girl. He told me
that he was laying for Long and
showed me a revolver.
J. p. Smalley-I knew Humes. Last
November / was at Keeslingville with
an express wagon. Humes rode down
town with me. After we started he
said, drive up, there's Long; he's rals-
ing hell with me and his wife. II he
does it again I'll shoot the s. Of b.
| saw the butt of his revolver. After
the shooting | took Mrs. Humes' goods
to Hallins house.
Mrs. Ira f.. Rodenburg, who was
next called, was seriously i'll and had to
be assisted into the court room. She
testified as follows: knew Long and
his wife. ] visited his home often. |
never heard him say an unkind word
to his wife. | saw Mrs. Long with
Humes at Longs house the first Sun
day in April. Mrs. Long introduced
him as Hames.
VIM. Lemm, a German grocer of
Keeslingville, was a German with an
imperfect understanding Of English.
He testified rs follows:
/ have known Long two years. |
got water at Longs well. Mr.. and
Mrs. Long appeared to be happy the
first wear | knew them. They both
worked hard. Mrs. Long worked in
her garden. After she became ac-
quainted with Humes she lost her
interest in her home. Humes would
come there often when Long was
away. AS soon as Long would go
Humes would come. He was there
almost every day. Last August Mrs.
Long bought loaf of bread of me
The next day Long brought the bread
to me and said it was poisoned. | saw
something in it. | took a grain of il
on my tongue. 1t went all through
my system We shook powder out OF
it. Long often told me of his troubles
After his wife left him he appeared
strange and wild.
TThe cloak of Mrs. Longs, packed in
the box by Mrs. Hallin, was then iden.
tilted by the witness.
The witness was then subjected to 8
trying cross-eXamination by Mr.. Fair.
child
You say Humes would come there
whenever Long went away?
Yes.
Now if it should transpire that he
was working in the Cornwall sawmill
almost every day from the 10th of
June until he was married in October
you would be mistaken, would you not?
l don't remember the days. could
not swear as to the months.
Will you swear before Almighty God
that you saw him come there ten times
from the 10th of June until October
when he was married?
| do not know the months or days.
Mr.. Long came to you with a piece
of bread. Did not Mrs. Long come to
you with the rest Of the loaf and did
you not all examine it there together?
Yes sir.
Mrs. Ella II Brown was called TO
identify the cloak. She said
Mr.. Stimson, my daughter, Mrs.
Lemm and myself, went to Longs
house last January to take care of the
goods in the house. The cloak was
passed to the witness. | found this
cloak on the bed. | picked it up to
put it on the line to air. Something
hard in the lapel struck the door.
examined il and found something was
sewed up in it. | cut the stitches and
found a bottle in it.
Is this the bottle, asked Mr.. New.
man.
Yes sir.
Louis Stmson was next called. ]
was present he said, when the cloak
was found. | saw it laying on the bed
in Longs house.
You have taken an active interest in
this case? asked Mr.. Fairchild in cross
examination.
/ have, sir.
You remember the day of this occur
renee?
Yes sir.
Were you with Long that day?
No sir.
Were you with him the day before?
| was not.
Now, Stimson, did you not take
drink with him in Chris Seaman
saloon the day before the shooting?
Mr.. Lewis opposed a strenuous Obiec
ton TO this line of cross-examination OF
the ground that it was upon matte
entirely foreign to anything touched
upon in the direct examination. Mr.
Fairchild insisted upon the states righ
to impeach the witness. The court sus
tanned the objection.
The counsel then took another tack
Mr.. Stimson are you the Louis Slim
son who was indicted for murder an,
convicted Of manslaughter?
/ am.
That is all, said Mr.. Fairchild.
Mr.. Stims0n, asked Col Lewis, VIII
was your attorney when you were con
victed?
Major Cole and Judge Weisenbergel