Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-03-10

Matthias Paul testified as follows:
| live on the Lummi reservation.
/ have a farm. have known George
Swiloos ever since | know myself.
Georges reputation is good. Every
body on reservation goes to church
Sunday.
John Pearson said:
| have known George twelve years.
He is good, law-abidmg citizen. He
associates with good people.
/ George WaTbass-Lived at Lummi
since / was born. / am a farmer. !
| have known George since he was boy.
His reputation is good.
Peter James-Live at White river,
| King county. | have known George
for two years. His general reputation
| is good.
On cross-eXamination he said: /
went to Seattle with Major Hallom to
employ Mr.. Piles
/ Hallom-I am 81 years old. lam as
! sistant carpenter of the lulalip agency.
| | have known George Swiloos fourteen
years. He has a good reputation. !
went to hire a lawyer. ! am half Du-
vanish and half Snohomish.
/ Charles F'inkbOnner-l have known
/ George since ! was a boy. His reputa-
tion is good.
/ VIM. Adams have lived at Portage
over twenty years. ! see George Swi-
/ loOs when he goes to church Sunday.
His reputation is good.
Rev Father Boulet-I have lived in
/ this state twenty-eight years. ! know
/ George for twenty years. His reputa-
| tion is good so far as | know. / hold
service at the reservation every six
weeks.
VIM. NcCloslly, the Interpreter, took
! the stand as a witness: ] am Il car
penter at the Tuialip reservation. l
have known George Swiloos about
/ twenty years. His reputation is good.
| He has land under cultivation.
Thos. Jeficrson-I have lived on the
/ reservation eighteen years. ! am 3S
years old. | am farmer and govern
| ment policeman on the reservation. /
| have known George eighteen years.
/ He has the b'st place on the Lummi
reservation. He has hogs, sheep, four
/ horses rake, self-binder and raises a
crop every year. He has a pile Of lum-
/ Der on his place. He was preparing TO
/ build a house when he got into this
| trouble. He has a wife and three chill
| drcn. ! never heard of his getting
/ drunk before
Court then took a recess until two
| o'clock.
The largest attendance Of ladies ever
| seen in the court room witnessed the
afternoon session. Before two o'clock
all the seats within the rail reserved
| for the bar and the front rows i'm the
/ auditorium were occupied by ladies.
Immediately after the jury was
o.. q H.. Il
] Thomas jefferson and eudeavOrCd to
I break down his testimony about
I Georges sobriety.
/ Didn't you tell DeLorimier and Es-
/ tabroOk that you had cautioned George
/ that if he didn't quit getting drunk he
would get into trouble? asked Mr..
. Kerr.
Mr.. Piles objected to the question ON
the ground that. 1t was hearsay. The
. objection was sustained.
George r. Ellis, otherwise known as
/ Old George, a bushy-headed, squint-
eyed, broad-faced venerable Siwash
with scattering chin beard and mus
tache, was the first witness called to
sustain the theory of the defense of the
circumstances Of the tragedy as out
lined in the opening statement of the
defense.
His examination was conducted by
means of the interpreter, and he testi-
fed as follows:
| have lived at Lummi ever since /
was a boy. ] was in Whatcom the day
Moses Younkin was killed. ! came in
a canoe. Landed at Sehome. Saw
George and Henry in SehOme shortly
before noon that day. George asked
Henry to take a drink. Henry and
George and | took a drink. George
and Henry walked over toward Fair
haven. In the afternoon ] saw them
come over across the bridge in What
com. George and Henry were both
drunk. / told George that he better
go home in my canoe. George at first
said he would, but Henry said he
would rather walk because he get cold.
Saw them start to walk toward
Lummi About half an hour later
started home in my canoe. Got oppo-
site little SqualicOm creek when ! saw
two persons walking along railroad.
Opposite Benefits house they were
standing, and then sat down. One OF
the men came down the bank to the
beach. The other man remained on
the track. After man went down tC
beach saw man come from toward
Lummi. He came up TO the man on
the track. They stood awhile and
then both sat down. | saw another
man come from toward Lummi. He
went past the two men opposite Ben
; nett's. The man that went down
walked along the beach toward Lummi
Saw him stagger as he walked
along. When he got past
big cut where the last creek comes
down / saw the man sit down. Didn'
know him when saw him come dowI
! to the beach. Didn't know the tw,
men left up on the bank nor the MAJ
p coming from Lummi. The tide was
well out. The man sat down on a slab
When / got naar to him the man lal
! down with his head on the slab.
: saw it was George when | got up close
! landed canoe and walked up to him
G | found him asleeD and woke him uL