Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-26

and learn electric engineering. He
would then go to Texas and join the
cowboys. He said if he could get some
of them TO come back to Whatcom with
him Hell would pop. He asked me
what | would do if man would break
up my family in this way. ! told him
! believed | would kill him. He said:
Then they would hang you. replied
that | would not care in that ease.
In crOsS-eXamination the witness
said he had known Long rs "a hard
working, industrious, homc-loving
man.
A. j. Lawrence, who was city mar
shal at the time Of the homicide, tc.ti-
fled describing the appearance Of the
room and the bodies when hc rot there.
Sheriff f. W. DcLOrimicr testified
that he arrested the prisoner on Lummi
island on December 80. The witness
was at the home Of Longs sister, Mrs
llattlcr, when the defendant came in
with Louis Stimson.
Major Cole then announced that the
state rested.
Colonel Lewis demanded that the
state produce before resting the other
witnesses endorsed on the information
particularly Ida llumcs, J. NJ. Miller
and r. G. Austin. The demand was
denied.
Mr.. Lewis then proceeded TO deliver
the opening Of the defense which Occu-
pied more than AN hour lie traced
the career of the defendant from his
birth. He was born in FrccpOrt, H.,
i'm 1892 lie moved early in life 10
Danvillc, Mo, where hc married his
wife. Their only child, "a daugl ter,
dWarlcd in stature and Of feeble mind,
was born there. lie has "a brother iu
an insane asylum. lie came to What
com about four years ago and bought
the property upon which he made his
home, Of Hugh Eldrdge. On the night
of January !, 1891, he went with his
family 10 the Salvation Army meeting.
A young man Of -crpcutIikc eyes, red
dish hair and daredevil dcmcauOr
sat behind them. II was Norman
iumcS. lie became Intimate with
the family and -cduccd the weak
minded daughter Long came 10 dis
| trust him and learned that his wife
had become infatuated with him.
They carried on for months "a criminal
intrigue. They had a code of signals,
by which the guilty woman would
summon her paramDur 60 her house
when her husband went out TO earn
their bread. The mother was anxious
that llumcs should sbccOmc the hu-.
band Of her daughter. The father OBJ
jcctcd, saying she was but "a child, and
hc wished hcI To- go To- school. Ilumc-
and his wife insisted upon the mar
riagc. One night hc was taken death
ly sick. An examination Of the loaf Of
bread Of which he had eaten showed
that IL had been poisoned with -trych-
nine. Last November his wife left him
and went 10 Humc5' house ir -chOmc.
He became almost mad from the sense
Of shame and wrong endured and knew
not what hc did. He went about the
streets cnquiriug Of everybody friends
and strangers alike, for his wife lie
went under llumc5' house To- listen and
there heard his wife and Humc5 plot
ting 10 forge a deed To- his property.
On the night Of the tragedy
he went to the house. lie had the
revolver which he brought from Texas
and which he had always carried Of
late. While hc was listening under
the house hc heard his daughter sob
bing. She was demonstrating with
her mother and husband against their
proposal that the three Of them occupy
the same bed for the night. The
mother threatened 10 whip the daughter
if she did not submit. He could not
stand it any longer and went up the
rear steps and entered the room. Humc5
and Mrs Long both -prang at him a.
he entered. He drew his revolver.
Both assailants grabbed it,. In the
scuilc he fired five times. Having
shown all this, as we will do," con-
cludcd Mr.. Lewis to the Jurors, 1--WE
will come TO you ~ citizens 10 citizens;
a. we would go TO the throne Of God,
asking fOr-ju-tice.p