Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1895-05-30

WueIe llG lOuliu the IWO men named, also
Hayes and Mrs. Hayes. Spoke to them
and went right out again. Short remained
in the house. Lots Of boys were there,
standing outside the house. John Booth.
Samuel Harris, Frank Ward, Dave Moore
and others were there
When the disturbance began, the wit
ness was in Williams, heard racket in
Hayes side and at last he heard some one
cry out Booth was cut, stepped to the side
door and saw that Booths head was cut.
and saw Hayes standing with knife in
his hand. Booth told Sandy he had cut
him near about to death. Booth was
standing near the outer door and Hayes
was about i'll the middle of the room.
Saw the blood rinning from Booths head,
but did not see who cut him. Did not
notice Booths cut in the side, but Booth
went out doors, and fell on the railroad.
This witness, as we'll as the Prosecutor
in his opening, made it look black for
Sandy.
Frank X. Ward, alias "snowbalr' said
he had lived in Port Norris four years
He said he was at Hayes house the
night Booth was killed. He said he staid
there about an hour and then he and
Booth went to Port Norris, to the Post
Office.
They returned Immediately to Hayes,
but before doing so they got some whis-
key.
When he went back he stopped into
Williams part, and he heard some words
between Hayes and Shorts, and he
stepped into Hayes.
They We're having some words about
splitting in basin. He went right out
again without paying much attention to
them, he said. After Booth was cut some
body pushed him out the door, and he
went ON the railroad track.
Thomas Short, the man on whose ac-
count the fracas begun, took the stand.
He said he had lived at Port Norris
for three years; he worked for George
Robbins, on a farm.
He had been accustomed to going to
Sandy Hayes house, was at Hayes the
night Booth was killed. Booth went on
the ''H. X. Mulford.'' an that night he
had attempted to go l board the boat
with Booth but the tide was too high,
and they went to Hayes to visit until the
tide should fall. Saw number Of the
boys there, went into Williams part
first Hayes was in his own part.
Hayes a 4 net object to his going in
his part.
This is the man who spit in the basin,
and he explained where the basin was
setting. He said Il spit i'll the basin
thinking Hayes had it for spittoon.
Hayes said, Tom Short don't spit in that
basin, if you do it again Fll gig you 4
said excuse me, Sandy, ] thought you
had it for a spittoon.' He then struck me
lhree times, and Booth came up and said
Men don't raise any row here and
Sandy struck Booth in the head with the
knife and | saw the blood jump out of it.
Sandy then knocked him down, and
when Booth got up, Sandy jammed his
knife i'll him. Booth said, Sandy you cut
me to death, what did you do that for?'
And Hayes said, what did you hit me
lor?' And Booth said, L did not hit
you, ! was trying to part you, and then
Mrs. Hayes pushed Booth out of the
door,
Tuesday Afternoon.
Court opened with Thomas Shorts on
the stand.
On cross-eXamination Shorts said he
had lived in Port NoSss about three
years; he said he came from Washington,
ID. c. He denied having said with VIM.
Smith anything about going down to
Sandy Hayes that night to raise h with
Sandy. He met with Jack Booth, Eddy
Moore, Sam. Bruce, Bob. Stevenson and
others, at Hayes house; and then, he
said, they all left Hayes to go to the
boats to go aboard, but finding the tide
too high, they returned to Hayes
He said they raped at the door, he did
not, but he heard others rap, and Will
iams opened his door, and they all en-
tered Williams part. He said the door
between Williams and Hayes part was
not open. Sam Bruce raped on this
door; he thought Bruce went in first, he
followed and Jack Booth came behind
him.
When he went in he said to Hayes,
"Sandy, you aint afraid of me are you?"
and Sandy said he wasn't. When asked
why he should ask Hayes such a ques-
ton, he said, ''it seemed as if Hayes was
afraid to let them in."
They went in and sat down; they had
been there long time before the splitting
in the basin occurred. He said when
Sandy struck Jack Booth in the head
with his knife, Booth ran behind the
stove and picked up box (of coal) and
threw it at Sandy. Sandy lodged the
box, and come right around and struck
Jack with his fist and knocked him down,
and when Jack arose Sandy jabbed the
knife in him. All saw the knife when
Sandy withdrew it from Booths breast
said he did not know that the stove