Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-10
THEORY OF THE DEFENSE
CONTINUED From First Poqe.)

almost broke door. They started out
with lantern. Both took another
drink.
When the jury was out taking the
view Monday, Mr.. Piles called their at.
! tention as they stood where Henry
and George are alleged to have stopped
at John Benefits, to a canoe out on
| the bay, He asked Chief Henry if il
was his canoe that was out there. He
said it was He testified that that was
where he was when he saw George go
down to the beach.
Who told you to go out that day the
jury was out, asked Mr.. Kerr in the
cross examination.
Nobody. / started out from What
com with supplies.
How did it happen that you got out
to that place just as the jury was at
John Benefits?
The wind blew and turned back.
Can a man go in canoe as fast rs a
man can walk?
Lots faster i'm canoe.
Why didn't you get ahead of George
when you went home from Whatconl
| that day?
| was alone and the water was shall
| low.
Francis Charles testified: / known
/ George SwilOos since ! was a little
| boy. / know Henry Williams. | was
| in Whatcom on the day NOunEin was
| killed. | left WhatcOm between three
and four O'clock. / went home on the
railroad track that evening. | saw
| Moses NOunkin and two men standing
this side Of Benefits place, beyond the
| bridge. He pulled out a bottle and
gave whisky to the other fellows.
saw Henry sitting on the bank i'm front
! of Benefits house. Henry was look
| ing toward me. There was another
man sitting with him. He was an old
man, an Indian. / saw George down
on the beach before ! got to where
Henry was. / went on and met jim
mic Allen near Freer's.
/ On cross examination the witness
said he did not say anything to Henry.
| He only saw the back of the head OF
the man who was with him. Didn't
| know him. Didn't see any sllitf on the
| bay.
Richard Squiqui testified that he was
| i'm FeTndale the day after the murder
! He went around the corner of a war e.
house between II and y o'clock and
saw Henry with a watch in his hand.
! When Henry saw the witness he
showed it into his pocket in a hurry.
Solomon Balch, through the inter
prefer, testified to the hiding Of the
watch i'm Georges house. ! have known
| George about five years. | and Henry
are good friends | saw Henry Friday
after Moses Nounkin was killed. We
talked at Georges house. Henry told
me he was at Ferndale the day before
and heard that a man had been muir
dered the other side of WhatcOm and
robbed of watch. Henry said he wa,
scared because he had bought a watch
from a white man. I advised him tC
hide the watch. Witness identified
the watch offered i'm evidence.
We walked into Georges house and
Henry climbed up on the bed and hid
the watch in the ceiling. | didn't see
Estabrook search Saturday. Henry
was arrested Friday afternoon. l tool
the watch from where it was hid anC
put it in the root house. After the
sheriff searched the house Sunday,
brought it back and put it where il
was first hidden. / did not think tn,
sheriff would search the house any
more, so | put it back.
Court then took a recess until this
morning.
The City drug store is now on the cor.
InpT of Mckenzie avenue and Twelfth