The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-08
THE FATAL DICE GAME
Pare Nust Be Tried For Kill
ing Harry Fraser.
ATTACK on THE WITNESSES.
The Defense CcnterS Its Efforts on
Discreffting Their Character -
Pages Many Friends

The preliminary examination OK PaNa
T. Page on the caarge - rnGr0eFlhs flaf-
l. Fraser commenced last Monday
rsara.ng. was eoucl 4dsa yesterday after
rcgr with tie evidence o. the state IEas
.fessazs Offering no evidence. justice Of
sae Peace gfcElwain held Page 10 ans~ eF
70 tie charge OF murder In t4le mrs. oe-
gree III the superior court. TIE chaE e
rot being bail4ble. PAGE was returned -
his Old quarters IN the county jail ~
await his trial, whlch his lawyers All
seaeayor 70 brlrg on a. as early data as
rasssgf,se The chances Tor taa4- however
az moi very goog, Ia view Of me Tact
shat Judge Humss expects 70 80 70 SivS-
Laas in June and as the case OF " aaso&
IL set for retrEal Of May - tae possibility
Of the Page case coming ~ before next
fail IT. easgnew hat slim.
Tne df-est testimony OF the prosecution
Was concluded with the evidence 81
Frank Johnson, one OF the eye witnesses
a. she tragedy. In substance he coFfosso-
rated the ey4dence of the other eye ~ii-
nexaes VINO were all friends % the dead
man. The cross-ex animation waJ manly
directed 70 attacking the character or the
witness. and is sousw nat indicative OF
tne line OF defense that viii he pursued
.n the upper court. Some uucomfortao Die
questions we're pat to Johnson. many 81
which ne wa saved froan Answering ~
the ruling ~ the Justice. bat IS lldEious
croas~auesgiOning and the witness re-
piles the impression was gained mat
Johnson was more or less a professional
gambler and = l. quite evident mat a
bitter fight viii be made IN the upper
court for the introduction o. evidence
showing the history Of every one OF the
witnesses 10 the shooting.
Al n oelock yesterday morning Page.
neatly dressed and looking cheerful b.
ing in court. together with tne four at
torneys. Prosecuting Attorney HASTE
ard n. III. Lindsay, for the prosecution
ana 8. II piles and L, 6. Gilman for the
defense, Judge McEiwain ordered the
case To continue.
Frank johnson, the first witness. testl-
fed that he Was at the Northern hotel on
the evening of the shooting TO meet
Tnan named Butler. at about : O'Clock.
and saw Page there. Page Invited Irefon
a. play casino for the drinks and ireton
secep ID. Josruaon then left 10 look for
Mr. Butter and was gone about one and
Sals hours ara returned. Page Was sfiii
there ard waE Inviting different ones 20
play tor money and asked Mardeu, VINO
accepted. and they played casino. 30 cents
a side Marden was dissatisfied NTH
Pages PLAYING and LETT the game. Page
asked different ones 10 shake dice and
had some money before him At the ia bic
whore ne vas seated Harry Fraser
stsoones and others came In and Page
n,sShed hts money over 10 freton and told
him 20 get up A game Of shaking diee Tor
money. freinu declined 20 take the
money and told him To get up n game for
samseif. PAGE then asked Fraser 10
shake the dice and ne accepted Fraser
bought g. worth Of chips and they played
yor 81 n side Fraser lost $40 or SIS. then
Page went 10 tha rear Of the saloon and
came back n continue the game. Fraser
went 20 the bar for mare money ana on
his return tine game Was continued
Fraser asked Johnson 20 shake for him.
,,sh4ch ne did and then Page said. 'hake
vour own dice" Fraser continued 10
shake and they won back and forth until
Fraser vas out of chips. He then laid
down a $40 bill and page took up the BIN
and pushed over 70 him Two ehis-
ERASER said. ~ am entitled 70 ten chips.
At Pages suggestion previous 10 THIS.
me stakes were raised from 81 10 = a
throw Harry sail Put down your bin
ana viii explain 20 you paN put
down The bin and Fraser picked Il az ard
commenced explaining how he was en-
tttieA 10 change when Page pulled his
err s,o,o Ills hhn pocket without rising
from tho chair. Fraser attempted 10
catch hls arm and Page threw the gun
around and shot him Tn the hip. lteFon
,.rsss,a4 Pages arm with both hands and
Y,hnsoy v,rrrcheA the revolver from his
hara Nargien assisting. The police were
nottfed. Fraser WAS taken ar stairs anu
the notice came in and took Page away.
on eroas-sx animation Johnson admitted
that ne had b~en the keeper OF ciuo
room in Tacoma thai he had been ar
rested once Ira san Francisco Tor carrying
concealed weapons. and twice in Fort
Townsend. once for an assault wiih MS
aat and once for an assault on man
vFtth a cane. Tie said that 10 had rot
aealt faro FOR she last year, ar done any
work except FOR about hair monR3
tending bar a. Nanaimo, When Tag"
shot Fraser he. Page, Was - a sitting %
sgtton and Fraser vas standing and lean
ing forward toward Page, indicating that
Fraser MAS coming toward HIM
johnson was frequently questioned as
10 whether be vas 3 short cart ana
ssoadest dice hunko man. all of which
questions tho court ruled Gus, GA the
ground thar Il was improper examination.
Johnson testified that he hat known
Fraser Tor q year ana = half. That ne had
frequently Nouc 30 hts place ~ business.
tina he was there two or three uueS 'hc
nIgh5 Of thu shooting. that p" had no
business there. At the time - tae shoot
tag ard during the progress of fha dieH
gawas Page sal hehlnd the tah'e nsNt
a. CONNER hal street Fraser Waz on
one end % the table 80 the jeff ~ Page
rrcton 20 ihe rlght or Page ut tbe rna ~
the table. and johnson md MAr1ea wHTo
fn front ~ thg table SO fhat faEn was
completely hemmet in that raec ara
Fraser shook dbre Fraser losing when
Frasar turned Ga tne witnesa and sail.
'sEtc~t. Johnson roll taesn out for me f7r
luck" thas ne. johnson. shook several
times au3 woa. lie further testified tha-
g. was uof fhe rule FOR hanko u'8a 80
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