The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-04
|TaF CLUB WAS HIS.
witnesses Testify Against
Bannister.
MOVEMENTS ARE TRACED.
-. IN show His Presence Near
scene OF Days Murder On
tho Fatal Night.
. ARE TRACED.

- F<T LIS HaA az R%~ $3.50
~hlrh all the evidence yesterday
"a the safe continued its sf-
r"-~rnv4et David BanniEter.
80 court room the corridor vas
80 a throng Of negroes, surg.ng
49, sassher. witnesses waiting 70 be
- ,heir friends crowding the
49, and leaning against walls and
= sucn an animated buzz 81 con-
So, shat Judge Humes shortly made
- call for "order il q corridor
aNs pt~hards- the first witness called,
- and when ne came IN an hour
81 had given ais evidence. Judge
s~forrned him that rs tardiness
-. him one days fees. He de-
- If watch was SLOW" but Judge
- snly said in reply; Call the next
sssss s,,-,,~ ,,a ,o-e,oo,
sAar attention rfveted by examination
denomination and redirect. on
49, tracks near the boiler mousse az
sn.sar. Deputy Sheriff McCorry told the
- a bis visit TO the scene OF the muir
-vfng Monday night, September q.
- made a searching inspection early
~s.v Morning. having IN his possession
..zn~s which Constable Charles Ed
-. IA taken from Bannisters feet.
a - f0rnd that tns shoes fitted the
=. xn.ca had been protected from the
~ saee. iron. Five of these tracks
= sAsr examined, leading away from the
-. aouse. where Days body had been
- on cross~examinatton, hadn't
-, q practicable to dig Up portions
/ - ground including the tracks 20 bring
-. .hs fry; had thought Of plaster
-. hat there was no plaster available.
s~nrsy Melvin G.. Winstock put the wit
=. shrrs,gh a walking drill 10 show the
ss,srs -; seen the tracks IN question,
: Prosecuting Attorney HASTE objected:
r. sau't think Il necessary 20 put the
.zssss through a course Of gymnastics"
~ Issre Humes called a halt.
9 n Richards. the belated witness, also
IL Aleu-; the exact fitting or the shoes
ms ne tracks During his minute de-
s4sson OF the various trails about the
poashseh the boiler house sits Bannie-
- xxs reused out of has habitaal listle=s-
-. sad leaned forward listening intently.
- spxgs~se4 a question or two 10 his at
,or-sys. but soo7 went rack to the pencil
~ satebook which he kept constantly be-
d. hsu a. II IN emulation OF Durrant.
eansszhle Charles Edmunds, Assistant
snsHn,endeHs Harry Hawkins, and Ed
Nsrtaaala took the stand In the order
.xxa5. and rshearsed the measuring of the
.aeks and the fitting Of the shoes into
.sm. Richards had spoken OF a rough
sss IN ne tracks corresponding exactly
ss break In the shoes. Edmunds had not
esssryed the rough place. Hawkins was
nj wiling 10 swear positively that the
ABB we're made BY the shoes. Mcdonald
vas ssry sarnes. IN manner. and told how
h bad gotten down on his knees to At the
shoes INTO the tracks, and how he had
fond ts shnes tust 1875 inches long by AZ
across the bail Of the foot: the heel ga by
iaeaes: ard the tracks exactly the same.
n he aftsFnoJn d. w. Griffin identified
ss das sla which the killing is alleged
q ave bssn done as one that he had seen
Rssssisr carry. Counsel for the defense
ayosgoef q heavy bamboo cane. which
GHfn sd be had also seen Bannister
ayry.
FrAt~ek Jenkins turned out to be one
siAe states strongest Witnesses. He had
- Baanister as late as II o'clock on tho
-, Of The murder. coming from the d.
sEon OF the killing. Ind breathing hesv-
passed jenkins without replying 10 his
Esisng on Hello, Bannister." jenkins
sly vas told with many odd idioms and
sAY dialect bits OF unconscious humor,
= as stuck by his statements and could
- y moved by the rough handling
sMA counsel for the defense gave him.
Asng explanation showed that the heavy
tMang 70 which he confessed before the
see court was on Saturday night. and
20 Sunday, the night OF the murder.
sly Piumner came right along 10 re-
shTee Jenkins. She had known BAN
IT'S sar several years. knew him In Dam
" III On tho night OF the murder she
~ nn coming from the direction Of the
Efser Shu haf @ tan4nrv nrh4ah ch
Asd n his face: could not be mistaken
SO rs Identity: passed him on a plank
nsesaik. said "How dye do. Bannister?"
Fseh ne made no reply. He vas BREATH
r heavily.
- remalning witnesses for the state
" Walker. Hattie Walker. Louis
So 4 preacher unable 70 read, George
SAaaa and Gideon S. Baily. Justice Of
itaee AZ Franklin. The main point
ssaf cut by these was the fact that
sAaaster had been living with Mrs. Day,
Is furnishing a possible motive fer the
HsTs iAs state rested and Mr.. winstock
ne opening statement for the de-
N brief he stated that he and bis
Saes hoped 20 establish the time Of
where Banuister was AZ that timeJ
saspicious circumstances surrounding
sTs nsn Rannister: the bad character
Nfelsl state Witnesses. and. by record
8 Htasarenents. tho imnosssbiiity Of
statements made by these witnesses.
statement was brief. clear. definite
iFeitie Then the court took q re-
4 agat The frs; witness for the de-
4 D. Green. said ne was pumping
e93er house from 5 20 g o'clock on
or the murder. and was there
Naen rs was relieved. Charles Ed
t@iihed 20 seeing Doth jenkins and
Fia,nfaer IN the saloon Sunday night.
/" atreStrg George Manns Wednes-
heraing, Nho WAS released by Justice
u VII he Observed that Edmund
~ a a witness or both sides Of the
ssss See. night foreman a. Franklin.
IeCieye. 4 Seattle mschinis..
We llrys attention with technical
me former stating that ne no.
~ araress'on la the tunnel air about
etfk Sunday night and LeClerD, as
t@rl stating hat ne fan ~op'a rln
%eFty-aVo minute after the fireman
asd friaE a new fire. twenty min
le IRE assely oar.
ne defense >n~luE a mild SURPRISE
Jack Mcdonald. Nha had been
t'om Scare 20 Investigate the lay
eA2l AZ FftnAir re hal been
ana hs3 tl-eutiv measured
N S.s1t Tire distances OF he
s,se F0'~ tee fs0 raIse ana from one
ae kHew te a-t. He gave ev!-
So" te3t 81 was fu1oss.b Die 20
&c." ha-' 3. t1a distance other
i sa''3. o~ eve~ ttU his color.
rem salt 7e was 81. t1a nay car
.Aat sea- e.