The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-20
aIERS ON TRIAL.
purfh Day Put in By the
Defense.
r,srsAl DENIAL or FACTS.

VS1CuS0s
o1dr1AL DENIAL or FACTS.
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- sAs Csss.
InrsoA day Of the trial Of the Com
- - the Unitsd Stats court
I11nv - occupied BY the dsfsnss.
- q The prisoners went on The
- essti6sd In their own bsnaif -
"a snusssl dsnial Of any overt Get On
- - IS YaumA Ali admitted bsing
vhen The troubis commenced, but
- 111a ennl1 esats clearly how Is was COM
- = uho vas at fauit for the shoot
- esaof Of their evidsnce wss 70
- tAas cry vas raised By some
~ ~ deputies we're backing the
&c = ~ beidgs for the purpose Of
f166ne - Den into the river and that
r13jpg On Of the brakes was - .
y seif-protsction. All claimed 70
- - knowledge Of the rod being
koe1s of the United States court,
~ deputies told them %. They
0okfng thsir way 70 Washington
n ufne the trains whenevsr pos
clnlIy % - there Vas tac1t
o6n6lne between the deputies and
uIsss tkas they could cisndsstinsiy
uoos 81 them he'd clear idea - 70
- wanted TO get 70 Washington
u whst the Coxsy bill TO
nled 70 congress Wa. bus
hopsd, Micav bsr-ilke, that
~ would turn up. somehow and
uEDJp, In their interest; they wsrs
kous work, had bsen unable 20 se-
- and had joined the Industrial
~ ssiisf from pressing necessities.
- he burden Of the testimony
l. ~ the fifteen men; even the rec
lsadM, John Byers, made Il appear
1 ~ ~ - miId-mannsred - possible
~ oocnston OF the trouble and had
- - 10 with either starting the
~ ineiting the man TO stay on the
- ~ dsputiss who tsstitipd to the
~ uege mistaken.
$1,000 hes about ten more Of the
DsD q put on the stand. and these
1ohahiy Close the case for this batch
'11U asxs Monday aftsrnoon, % far
3eytdeees b concerned.
togi6once IN detail was g follows:
~ Thompson, Of the Seattle contin-
Amogican. . barber, was st YAKIMA
- day Of the trouble, on the car
= he one the firing occurred on;
ko - the result Of cries that ofii-
xsae backing the train to dump
- into the river: Vas driven
Palmer; went 70 next car
1Aea eight occurred on car
~ LEFT; saw deputies Chase
6ner wfslding clubs; saw Deputy
Ii esing > gun" saw him shoot
- uhsn man fell and attsmptsd 20
pursst shot at him again and
hin o.: witness had no gun or
- Aad 20 connection with the fight.
ensthiag of road being In the hsnds
esecslysf o. ofaoer acting under order
pest; Ousets hrsd three shots, two at
-; hard some Of the deputies on
- III the men: Boys, ve are
Gsso1ss We don't mean you NO
4 ~ ~ want II the IS day."
oo HeAhse. Of the Seattle contin.
Qolltofnian and iaborss. Joined the
eooauss hs could ind no work:
= - row on the train In Yakima
e. name ear; took NO part In the
- Meno brake. bat heard cries, "Put
- -; the deputies are backing the
= amp you In the rivers" Vas sit-
- On tho car by his blankets
- shooting commenced; Deputy
eeoe q him twice. cured him and
- hin on; gun looked awful large
~ ma said and done nothing up to
aene. and when fight commenced
uy1ne 70 get down; was drummer in
ss1y"; whom joining the s'army" all
= svser allegiance 70 United States
Ansesean citissns and to uphold the
assasa: 10 20 along peaceably and
- no disturbance on tho way to
laeton; had no gun or arms and
- allowed; only had . spoon abous
7; ~ oe1csrs oil told ~ 10 ret or whom
u eleelsd and TO get on again whom the
sensssd; oil they wanted vas their
asy; u Eliensburg officers told them
sox eer uas on the track which the
sculd TAXA
s. - discrimination Heffnsr became
49, confused. and conceived the
hsA Of answering yes" and
9sssnatsly to everything until
~ the court; his testimony was
evnas weakened by his replica
seah byssa In Seattle q moath before
the army; paper hanger; idle .
49, american. born in Indiana: ut
s. I'M during the trouble and on top Of
- when the shooting occurred. In
aosning vas sleeping in q lumber
vaen the train came in; went to the
snd found about 100 or ITO Common
heard the trainmen say the train
y ~ not pail out for taree or four hours:
- among the men, " no said they would
s; eli got aboard and the train
down about q mile, where moro
marshals got on and the men then
- somseody said "Boys. get of. and
- wv can get on again" We got of
a. a'ani care then what did for
elsgasisa with tho whole thins.u
~ osfk 10 town and Was persuaded by
NOT to desert the boys; returned 10
- .n and all got on again; the train
- up Tor about two miles, bst mar
80 sers unable tho clear the train and
s-.-s sas effort was given up and the
~ said, Boys, get on and ride
- shsfe the train was laid up:
- back TO town and tried to induce
" sask out of town; citizens advised
81 1sa TO stay there aud insist on riding
- VAN First saw the man in the
= =. esothss; the men finally returned
- VAN and sot ca Al the suggestion OF
49, iAkima; could never distinguish
~ -. eausens and tnarshals; some ono
-. neys, the marshais are going 10
= ss 1ain TO the river and dump yoa
~ The brakc,." saw al. ,,ao a. 90