The record-union., 1892-10-05
Afternoon Session.

Mr.. Wagner took the stand again in the
afternoon, but the attorneys soon excused
him.
j. E. Camp, the hop-grower, was then
called. He was in Wissemann's saloon
when the tragedy took place. Witness
was conVersing with Nick Dole, when
Palmer walked from the saloon into the
rear room, where Phleger was sitting.
Il was in a position" said the witness
where l could see Pleger who sat at a
table reading. l did not see Palmer go
out at the back door, but soon after saw
him come in. Phleger sat reading a
newspaper, which he held in his right
hand. Palmer stopped within three or
four feet of him, stood a few seconds and
then commenced shooting. After the
first shot Phleger dropped the paper and
arose and as he did so the second shot
was fired. I did not see the last two shots
fired. L got out of the place as fast as 1
could"
WAS RATHER CLOSE.
Jacob Lowenstein, a harness-maker,
testified that he was reading a paper in
the rear room Of Wissemann's saloon on
the day of the shooting. He had been
there a short while when Phleger came
in and took a seat at another table near
the witness, and he also began to read
paper. Some more men came in and took
seats at a table some distance from the
witness and Phleger. Suddenly he heard
a shot. He thought the report came from
the front of the saloon at first and looked
in that direction. The second shot di-
rected his attention TO the rear of the
back room, where Phleger had been sit
ting. He saw Palmer advancing toward
Phleger with revolver in his hand. The
witness waited to see or hear no more
but got out of the place as quickly as he
could.
On ncroSs-examjnation TovanS+aip caid
he was sitting with his back to Phleger
The latter was facing toward the north
west in his chair-nearer to the north
Phleger's left side was toward the door
way from which Palmer emerged when
he commenced shooting The witness
said he got considerably excited, and did
not recover his mental equilibrium for
five or six hours afterwards. He did not
think, however, that he could be mis-
taken in any of his testimony.
AN IMPORTANT WITNESS.
Enoch Dole. the most important wit
ness to the shooting, was the next wit
ness called. He was in the saloon and
had been talking. with Palmer. Phleger
was sitting in the rear of the back room
reading a paper and smoking a cigar.
Palmer went out into the back yard and
he, witness, watched him, as he knew
Palmer was mot at himself" and feared
there would be trouble. Palmer re-en-
tered the room, started toward the front,
stopped, started again, and then drew his
pistol. The witness cried Hold on -
and at that instant the first shot was
fired. Phleger retreated, and Palmer
followed him, firing all the while, until
his pistol was emptied. The witness
started toward the men. William Leman
had taken Palmers pistol, and the wit
ness placed him under arrest.
Being cross-examined Dole said he had
come directly from home that morning
TO Fourth street, where he met Palmer
The latter was talking with Leman The
witness said, Hello, drunk again,' TO
Palmer, and the latter laughed. He and
Palmer then talked for some time. Pal
mer having lost his horse and buggy and
was inquiring what had become of the
rig. }. E. Camp and Chris Wagner
Joined them and Camp invited them into
the saloon to drink. Palmer took an un-
usually big drink, and Wagner and the
proprietor OF the saloon remarked about
it. The witness and Camp were talking
about some pasturage money Dole owed
when Palmer went out into the rear
yard. Palmer, he thought, hesitated for
a second as he passed by Phleger on the
way out. Palmer had been laughing and
joking up to the very moment he began
TO shoot at Phleger. The shots were
fired too rapidly for Palmer to have taken
aim.
Regarding Palmer's condition, Dole
said he was about the same on the day OF
the shooting as he had been for year past.
During that year Palmer had drank a
great deal. Dole said he never heard
Palmer make any threats against Phleger
al any time.
GOOD sPRINTEB.
George Wissemann, proprietor of the
saloon where the tragedy occurred, said
he was waiting on his customers at the
time. Dole told him to keep his eye on
Phleger, as there was liable 10 be trouble.
A short while afterward he heard Dole
cry out, Hold on - and he looked into
the back room. He saw Palmer point a
pistol at Phleger, and then the witness
fed.
Nissemann acknowledged, on cross
examination, that he probably ran faster
on that day than ever before in his life.
lie thought he beat everybody else out of
the place, and doubted if even one of the
bullets could have caught him.
}. \. Buck, being placed on the witness
stand. testified that on the morning of the