The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-01-09

Special to HERALD.
PoTTsvILLE, Jan. 9.-This mornings
session of the Briggs trial opened by District
Attorney Ryan calling Robert Parft as a wit
ness for the Commonwealth. The witness
testified: live in the East ward, Gilberton.
and was there during the riot on August 2lst,
last, ! was up against the dinkey. l saw
Amour, Weavill and Briggs on the car and
they carried firearms Amour was on the
front platform and had a gun right along
side of him. l saw shots fred that night,
one by Mr.. Briggs. He fired it from
the front end of the car. He came out
Of the car on a rush and fired the gun
over the south side rail and shot James
Parit. am first cousin Of the deceased.
saw others about the car that night, among
them John F. Reynolds, Foley, Stone and
Flo Mahony. / saw Mahony before and
after the shot was fired. He wss wrestling
with Briggs for the gun. He had one loot on
the bumper and got the gun from Briggs
The struggle was right after Briggs fired, As
soon as the shot was fired Mahony grabbed
the gun. l heard Briggs make some eX
preston, but ! couldn't tell what it was.
After Mahony got the gun couple more
shots were fired from the dinkey, | recog.
nized Weavill as one Of the others who fred
the other shots. He was leaning out one of
the windows on the south he of the car and
fred southeast. l know where Kerns
butcher shop is. 1t was southeast of the
dinkey and Weavill fired southeast. Briggs
fred the first shot and Weavill fred the
second,
Mr. Brumm objected to testimony as to
what Weavill did, on the same grounds
stated in the early part of the trial. The
objection was oyerTuIed and exception
granted.
Witness continued; About 10 or 20 seconds
elapsed between the first and second shots.
could not tell what became of Pardt after he
was shot. next saw him in Russell's hote
aud they carried him over to his house Par6t
was perfectly sober that night. He was not q
drinking man.
CROSS EEAMINATION.
I was perfectly sober and cool that night.
didn't sec a great deal of excitement there
Weavill fired from the west window on th
south side Of the car. The window was up
l was standing close to Weavill at the time
next to the car platform, front end, Weavil
didn't have his head out Of the dinkey.
stood at the southeast corner of the southern
steps of the dinl5ey. Weavil fired past m,
1 saw the gun out of the window and the fas
, from it. About a foot or Is inches Of tn
/ muzzle prouuted ont Of the window.
] didn't see Weayilrs face when the shot wa
, fired, but did a few seconds after. As 500
p as he fred jumped in a southwesterly direC
, tion to see who did it. didn't see auybod
but Weayil in the dinkey st the time
J After the shot was fired by Briggs l stoo
r there and didn't run until the third shot /
d cama from the dinkoy to the best Of M.
. knowledge it was fired to the north, To thi
Z shot 1 am only tesIiyiug to what thought
s 1 didn't sec OF hear any shots other tina
those from the dinkey. l didn't see OF hea
f any stones thrown, / didn't see Jane
S Hilihan at all that evening l know him
. 1 didn't see him jump ON the car about tn
p time Briggs gun was fired although l wa
& standing close to the southeast end Of th
e dinkey. / helped Holland into Russell
G yard. When was going down the stree