The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1894-05-31
SENT TO THE ISLAND.
One Yakima Citizen Suffers With The
CoIeyiteS.
MEMORY LAPSE SAVES OTHERS.
James White Sentenced 20 sixty
Days Ter Throwing One stene
Daring the Fight en- May g.
Jssge Hanserd,s Opinion.

The party Of citizens Of North Yakima
TO be punished for melting the Coxeyites
to violate the order of the United States
court by stealing q Northern Pacific
freight train has gradually dwindled from
eighteen down 70 one, and that one
James White-was sentenced yesterday
to sixty days in the County Jail by Judge
Hanford.
The trial was continued at the court
room 10 the Colman block and was brief
and uninteresting, with very few persons
present outside Of the witnesses and law
yers. White came on the scene first Is
witness and said that he was at the scene
Of the riot. lie admitted that he had
rock in his hand, but claimed that Il was
for self-defense and did not know whether
he threw it or not.
Walter Bates testified that he drove to
the railroad in buggy with his wife and
saw White part Of the time while he was
there, but did not see him throw any
rocks. A. w. Ryan also said he was pres
emit during the trouble and saw White
part of the time, bu. did not see him
throw any rocks. II. J. Kuechler, one
Of those who had already been discharged,
could only tell Of seeing White standing
fifty to seventy-five yards from the train
when the shooting began.
Sheriff Simmons, A. w. Ryan and A.
II. Mcguire all testified as to the good
character Of Peter Kelly, the colored man
accused with White, and the prisoner
himself declared on the stand that he was
at the race track and not at the railroad
the whole time Of the riot. Kelly was
thereupon discharged and the trial was
continued in regard to White alone.
j. Bernard, q deputy marshal OF Yak
ina, told Of conversation be had with
White and Deputy Knox about the riot,
in which, IN reply to some remark Of
Knox about the stone throwing, White
said be had thrown rocks and would do
so again under the same circumstances.
Characterization failed to break down
this story.
The argument was then opened by A.
+. Burleigh for the prosecution, who dis
pensed with repetition OF the legal argu.
ment which he had already presented in
the first trial and confined himself to
brief summary OF the facts. He commended
that White was equally guilty with the
'wealers, II not more SO, and that his con-
duct was as deserving of condemnation as
that OF the mob which hooted the deputy
marshals through the streets Of this city.
While the other prisoners had escaped
through the failure Of the memories OF
witnesses, the fact that White was less
fortunate was no reason why he should
not be punished. For the defense James
Hamilton Lewis made an effort to dis.
credit the evidence OF the prosecution
and to show 1t to be inconsistent, but
United States District Attorney Brinker
met him with an able reply in closing for
the government. Judge Hanford then
gave brief opinion, in which he said
"As regards White, there 10 no doubt
Of bis participation in the disturbance.
The Commonweal army was q source Of
annoyance, and the people was anxious
to get rid of them, and this feeling was
shared by White. They were on the train,
and greatly outnumbered the marshals
and were supported by the people Of
North Yakima. Therefore reinforcements
were sent for. These men persisted in
remaining On the train and resisted with
force the force brought against them to
clear them from it. A crowd of people
engaged in giving encouragement TO the
industrials, melting them to resistance.
Those people engaged in melting them,
whereby the industrials were sure to
suffer, both by the force Of the marshals
and the punishment provided by law, are
guilty Of cruelty to those people as we'll
as Of violating the law. This man White
joined voluntarily with them. 1t is not
permitted him to say he did not know Of
the process OF the court. He should
have kept out OF that crowd, and he is
just as guilty as principal as any one
there. Among those engaged in common
the evidence has singled out White and
he must suffer the penalty. think he is
guilty and cannot do otherwise than inn
pose the penalty"
Judge Hanford then called upon White
to stand up and sentenced him to sixty
days in the King county Jail.