The Portland daily press., 1895-07-13
LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE.
Judicial Inquiry into Circumstances
of the Riot.
Mrs. La Sueur Saw Ross When He shot
Four Men Were Beating Him with
Clubs.

Clubs.
Boston, July 12.-Harold G. Brown
and John Ross were arranged in the
East Boston District Court today for pre-
liminary hearing on charge of murder
ing JohnsWills on Border street, after the
Little Red School House parade July A..
They.were represented by Lawyers Emery
and Boutwell,. The government was
also represented by Lawyer Fitzgerald,
and Inspector Dugan of the police head
quarters had charge of the case.
Medical Examiner Harris testified as
to the nature of the wound which killed
Willis. He said Wills was a big, rugged,
muscular man. The bullet entered his
side and pierced rib, then it went
through the lungs The bullet took an
upward course of 45 degrees. AS near as
he could Rsay. the--pistol from which the
shot was fired NUT have been within 10
inches of the body. There were no other
marks or bruises on the mans body
John j. Harkins of IS Kennard street,
Cambridgeport, told the story of the
trouble. He was at the bicycle parade
during the afternoon, and walked down
toward Border street alone. There was a
big crowd there, and a lot of boys and
singing down Border street, opposite the
Atlantic works. He couldn't tell whom
the crowd were following. He thought
there was some excitement there, so he
went down. When he got to the crowd
he saw Ross and Brown on the sidewalk
The crowd was behind. Once or twice
Brown turned. He had a pistol in his
hand
Harlins heard few pistol shots some
where in the crowd Soon he looked up
at a doorway and saw Ross standing in
| it with Wills in front of him They
were Standing pretty close together. He
couldn't say whether they were clinched.
He could not see Ross's face, but he
| saw his hand and there was pistol in it.
just in front of them on tine sidewalk
was Blown. Brown was fourishinglhis
pistol. 1t went off several times. Harkins
could see the flash.
The crowd was surging about, and
everything was excitement.
Them was a shot from the doorway
Harkihs could not tell who fired it. In
a moment he saw Wills turn from the
door with his hand to his side. He stag
gered across the sidewalk and fell behind
Harkins or. the street.
HarkinS saw Ross put up his pistol and
run down Liverpool street.
Luther A. Prince, employed at 27 Sud
bury street, Boston, said he saw Wills
drop. He saw Ross frefthe revolver three
or four times after Wills was shot, Wills
was in the middle of the crowd then
Prince couldn't say any one was struck
by the bullet.
There were 200 people or so in the
crowd. Some of them had big sticks.
They were pieces of boardsEmostly The
crowd was crying out "A. P. A. and
"Take it away from him. " He didn' t
see any pitols in the crowd at all. He
didn t see any one striking Ross with a
EIlsk O.. d club
Mrs. louise La Sueur. II Border street,
was looking out the second story window
when the shooting took place. She was
standing on the curbstone right under the
window, when four men came up to him
and began to beat him terribly. A big tall
man was in the crowd Ross submitted
to the beating for some time when ht
took his pistol out and fired He did moi
aim it at any one in particular. Their
the big man fell back into the crowd anG
in little while the police came andsstooE
him away Ross did not turn toward
the crowd when he fired He raised the
pistol in his hand and fired it over hi
shoulder. Some one was trying to take
| it away from him at the time. Mrs
LIE Sueur saw another man come away
from where Wills lay with wound OF
and the man under the window fireG
five shots. The first line of the GROVE
that followed Ross down the street car
ried big, long, stout sticks.
The hearing was continued until to
| morrow