The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-21

.-e more painful from the fact thar fas can
Afoeiy move ~ . result Of Al acute attack
~ saaAnmatcry rheumatism. When A.
sosney Fairfield asked him 20 point ont
sae man who killed Fletcher, be deliber-
a1eay pointed 10 . respectable farmer
Hsneo Parker. Who 10 serving on the Jury.
an MS direct examlnasio be said that
nuslen came 70 his shack on the svenin
% september 2. shortly after o'clock. and
Isturned rife which he had borro.ed a
a.ys before Tor the purpose Of killing
When Larsen asked HIM II he
As'4ea ne cougar. he SAID that he bad, and
40 remarked that he had just killed =
eos lev moments before down the road
"ay. Euttsr had . shotgun in the
suacx. and, returning the rife. Larsen
gave AIM the shotgun. Continuing. lar
zen said:
When I gave Rntsen his .hosrun I
nsara sofnebody on the bridge I'D top over
iae, ana then something hit the roof.
vent out TO the door ard looked IN.
Di.iy Fletcher there, and looked ex-
e..ea. said 20 him: Billy, you must
s1op THIS rock-tnrosinx business Billy
said ne wanted that - Then
r = Kntts. moving around Ia the house.
|, osdn see him. but / heard A click and
xnew be Was putting shells in the gun.
DIZZY said for Ruften TO come outside and
De would show him what he could do with
hiA- lie went TO the door and looked
out he saw who IL was and said: Oh.
thougnt you Was Capt. Seymore.' Billy
soia nim 10 come up, and asked what he
come up
did Ruttsn t.lt Efs..h ..
DOWN."
Yes. and Billy came down. He said
that u Kutten did not pay him for the dog
ne would M him.
W hat did Rutten say7''
ne wanted 10 kno. how much the dog
was worth. Billy told him il was worth
80. and If he did not pay him the next
morning At 10 o'clock he would fix him."
did Fletcher call him any vile n ames :"
Yes. heard him call him maine"
What happened then?''
Il heard Billy say. Look out what
you're doing, and then Rutten shot
two shots quick. Billy fell back and his
head was rretty nearly shot off,"
What did Ruftsn dor"
lie stood the gun up in the corner and
pulled the dead man around q little and
then told me- TO get some bed clothes to
lay him on. got my coat and covered
his head over with IT,
You were excIed weren't your
Yes. | was. T'haven't got over IL vet. {"
and Larsen rubbed his rheumatic legs
slowly and painfully.
Was Fletcher excited p"
Yes. he looked kind of excitedf'
was Rutten scared ?"
He might have been scared, but
couidn't tell. He looked white in the face
and cold-not excited"
Larsen identified shotgun. which was
produced in court. as the one that Rutten
used when he shot Fletcher. He was very
positive that he covered Fletcher over and
that Rutten did not. In this regard his
testimony vas in conflict with that OF the
other witnesses who followed. While at
no time getting excited or frightened, he
endeavored to be obiiging to eli the attor-
neys. and the last one who questioned him
made him say about what was desired.
But as a whole his testimony was very
material In establishing the case for the
state. he was on the stand from $50
o'clock until IT.
Harry Turner, who was fireman on the
Chehalis At the time of the tragedy, was a
Wiling witness. and though after severe
Contamination he contradicted himself
In one or two important particulars. his
evidence aided materially in making out
case for the prosecution. Turner said:
81 knew Billy Fletcher very we'll. He
shot the dog we saw Billy GO after him,
and turned to the boys and said: That
fellow - big enough to lick two like
Billy Then We left the boat ard started
for the gulch. l heard Billy, who was on
the bridge. ask somebody in the cabin
down below what he shot the dog for.
The voice answered: oh, I thought IL
was the captain; come down. They
talked some more after Billy went down,
and then heard Billy say: Look out
There was noise of explosion. | could see
about foot OF the barrel of the gun stick
ing out from the door of the shack After
the shot Billy fell down. Rutten came
out holding the gun, which was smoking,
ana looking up lie saw US. lie sang out:
Come down here and help me get this
dead man out of here' He then pulled
biliy around. aud then put his coat over
Biliy's bloody head. turned around TO
talk with Charlie Clark. who was with
me. and when we looked again Rutten
was gone. don't know where
ITO whom did Fletcher say, Look out
to-" asked Mr.. Shields. one of Rutten's
astorneys
~ don't know. couldn't see. Some
one in the shack. suppose.
How many shots were hredf'
1T all came together, just rs II only one
shot was fred
ibid you say anything to Rutten when
he came out OF the shack ?"
Yes. | asked him who killed Billy"
What did he say 20
"He said. Il did,"
did he appear excited ?"
mo, he did not.
Then followed long account of how
after being captured by Capt Sevmore.
Rutten was placed In charge of the wit
ness and Charlie Clark. Rutten was
marched to the steamer Chehaiis and there
kept until taken into custody by Sheriff
Joe Pitt. Turner denied abusing the
prisoner, but admitted asking him why
he killed Billy" and told him /, was q
bad Job and would 90 hard with him. The
witness admitted that he thought there
was going 10 be a fight between Rutten
and tho mate. and also said that IL there
had been 4 tight they would have doubled
up on kutten and helped Billy"
The testimony of Burney Aibertson, q
deckhsnd on the Chshalis. was practically
the same as that of Turner. IL, said tina,
c. II. Lilly was there and saw the whole
transaction. The witness went over with
the rest of the crew 20 help Billy should
the big Dutehman show tight. lie said
that when Fletcher started TO go down
into the guleh he stopped him and said:
You'd better NOS 90 down there, Billy.
He might shoot you"
mo he won't. lie wouldn't shoot any,
body" answered Fletcher and he went on
down and in a ies moments his bloody
face lay upturned 20 the sky.
Albertson was a weary witness, and
proved an easy victim for Rutten's sttor-
news hen they began their cros.-examjna-