The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-18

tnue3. "aad I aid 70 the Chinaman.
the matter. Charlie. wlth the
coaee. It's weak and cold
Charlie answered that ten or twelve men
Aad been da@n 10 breakfast and ~ had 10
puf IN water.
= Eaid he ought ~, 10 ID that. am Ne
sAidt You - - you always
gr9wl'
showed the coffee back through the
hole am he threw II down on the roor. 7
eot M 70 20 OUTSIDE 70 get my hat. which
vas on the vegetable box. Just then The
1hlnaman came out with an upilftad
hnife. and came at me. crying
Aoa - / Kill you I
GRABBED him BY the arm. turned him nart-
~ around and got the knife away from
nm Then ] partly turned 20 get nv hat
70 70 on deck. when I saw a stooi raised
"a the chinaman's right hand. lie tried
. nit me on the head. but I threw IN my
4@tt arm and caught the blow. What he
aid with the stool do not know. but he
tHeh reached inside the galley and got A
- KNIFE. We grappled and in the
.-He the Chinaman was cut. 7 Do not
KNOW exactly whether I threw the knife
on me rail and II went overheard. or
"netner ] threw II overheard al one fling
taFtsT stopped and Mr.. Cav continued
me examination nv asking II he had had
..-uoie WITH ne ChInamsn. 20 which Car
Ter replied: Never before"
Mr.. HASTE took NJ the cross-exaui,,-
tIoh ana questioned Carter closely as TO
WY ne did not step hack when ne saw
tfe chinanan with a knife. Carter vyas
ny nervous IN the lesat. and replied that
ne oelleVed II vas safer for him TO try 10
axe the knife away. Mr.. HASTE COM
49, putting four or five questions into
one out Mr.. Gay protested and Judge
Graves said that Mr.. HASTE would have
10 confine himself 20 one question.
sir" No.
Did cali him any names during the
i1". NO sir. ] asked him why ne call
Cd me a -"
Were you ever arrested before" YES.
three times for minor onenses."
Is II not "A fact that you went into the
Ediiey 70 cum the Chinaman and stabbed
him when he was fleeing from you?'
No. Sir. replied Carter. with emphasis.
that is not so"
Mr.. HASTE then commenced ntastioning
Carter as to his feelings during the trou-
bic. and Carter said that ne was somewhat
scared.
After a consultation between the prose-
cutting attorney and ar. Ronald the state
dropped the witness.
Mr.. Cay then commenced a redirect ex-
animation 70 show that Carter immedi-
ately after the tragedy went to the cap
tam, surrendered himself and asked that
the boat be returned 10 the city. Mr.. Has
lie objected. claiming that II was not evil
oence. but Judge Graves said he was will
ing TO hear everything connected with the
arair. Garter then told his story Of what
he did after the stabb!Ls.
In order 10 make 10 clear 10 the Jury that
Carter was really struck on the arm. DAY
Jailer Burkman took the stand and swore
That he saw the abrasion and swelling.
Capt. Alexander Wood, pilot on the ire
boat, who hassiived in Seattle twenty
years. told the jury he had known Carter
since 1875 and that he had a good reputa-
ton.
The Two Mems Regulations.
W. II. Bergman. pilot on the steamer
Lydia Thompson, who knew Carter for
one year and Charlie Ling for one year
eight months. said the reputation Of Ling
was that Of a vicious man, while Carter's
was the opposite. Bergman had some
slight trouble with the dead Chinaman.
Harhor Master Martin G. Jensen and J.
w Scott swore 10 Carriers good reputa-
ton.
Andrew Payne, a steamboat man who
was evidently not accustomed 20 being
IN a court room. knew what he wanted 10
say about Charlie Ling reputation. but
owing 10 his inability 10 understand the
questions. he no sooner began 10 answer
than the state would stop him.. and Judge
Graves thought il would bee a good idea
10 withdraw the witness. Finally Payne
managed 70 say that Iing was a bad man.
Mr.. Ronald asked Payne if he was not
mixed UP IN a strike on Capt. McGregor's
boat some time ago. bat Payne steadily
denied il.
Louis Bell. another steamboat man. and
william Plank. a fisherman. Swore 70 car
tors good and Ling's had reputation.
Constable Fitzgerald. formerly a steve
dore, said he had known Carter six years
and that he had a good reputation.
Capt. Everett Coffin. mate and pilot on
the Idaho when the killing took place,
swore that Ling was five feet six or eight
inches tall and would weigh 100 pounds
lie had known Ling for four years, and
knew that he had a bad reputation.
The defense recalled Carter. and DC
swore that the only time be went inside
tho galley was before breakfast. The de-
Tense then rested.
prosecuting Attorney HASTE recalled
Peterson % ask him about Ling having %
knife az the moment OF the cutting or
iter after lie occurred. Peterson did not
know anything about it, Hansen was
also recalled. and said that when no saw
ling about ten seconds after the cutting
he al not have a knife.
StenographcrS Not Quite sure.
Miss Ida Robinson. who took the testi-
U,onv AT the inquest. compared her notes
with tho tvrewrftten copy used by Mr.
Ronald In examining Young. and sWoTe
she reportcd the testimony correctly. Ny
Cav. however. commences q close proof
reading operation by having the witness
800 her notes uhIe ne held copy. The
Jesuit was thar several discrepancies were
discovered. His object was 70 show mat
a stenorraphcr might MISUNDERSTANDING sim
la v-or4s epokan rapidly and make or
rors in trsnscrx;ng
charles r. CAY. who took notes az the
ias.iee court hearing. 8 copy 81 wh.ra was
,ise8 in TIE examination Of Young 9y Non-
efs said he would not swear to the 3D.
solnte correctness 81 rs notes IS NJ
m.~t.s ,N,rt f,ur nights trying - tran
s.-5na vaure'S tesr'mouv AMI telephones
NJ Ronald several times In connection
wfth tac matter
Tnsea Graves taen a5journed court IN
81 90 o'clock this morninc. when. at'fr
GAYS testimony Is c~oncIussi' me 7t~'-
rants VII be begun.