The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-24

near the fence when heard a shot il,
the direction of the bars and the bullet
came close to my head. / was not far
from the bars, perhaps fifteen or twenty
yards and half that distance from the
renee. 1 was running toward the fence,
as near as l can recollect I was going
Ior tile trail. l immediately raised my
gun and fired in the direction from
which the shot came. immediately
after shot, l saw Leon Lanternian
standing inside the fence leaning on
the fence his hand holding revolver.
he shot just an instant before l did,
L thought, and when I shot he fell. I
was excited; did not know what 1 was
doing. kept OH toward the bars with
original idea, and after / killed him I
realized that could go back home
along the fence and turned back, and
when got almost opposite him 1 saw
revolver and stopped down and pick
ed it up and realized it was mine.
stopped an instant and put the revolt
Yer i'll my pocket and pro :eeded OH my
way home by the trail. Next time I
saw Irving Parberry I was nearly
home, and heard my dog and though
some one had shot my dog. / stepped
up to tree and then I heard Irving
Parberry calling, oh Mr. Straub come
hele quick. / asked him if he shot the
dog and he said no he kicked the dog.
He had both the rifle and my shot gun
and took both to the house. l pulled
the pistol out of my pocket, examined
it and saw that 1t was empty, and then
laid it down on chair. The next time
l saw it you took it out of your pocket
I hi
why he took the snot gun, and he said
there were no cartridges for the rifle.
got some more cartridges and gave
him and ten fed the chickens. We
then concluded to go by his house and
come over and give ourselves up. hid
the shot gun under log. 1 also hid
from the house. It is two and -a-haIf or
three miles to Mrs. Parberry's from my
house. Did not meet any body till we
got near the house of Mrs. Parberry.
Met Charlie Williams and another
est Prettynian. / asked Charlie if he
said his boat was just painted, and [
concluded to take us over. We went
self and changed his clothes and then
we started for Charlie Williams place
and arrived there ut half-past eight and
had supper. Then we came down and
turned the boat over and started for
Harbor and met man Oh the wharf
who took us to the sheriff and he took
us to the Jail and gave us some blankets
nd cd
since then I have been i'm the custody
AS to the shoes they were laying
the boy, if I Ie;ollect, put them in the
water closet. The boy told me about
the shoes over i'm the Whatcom Jail. I
told him | wished l had known it and
[ would have told the sheriff [ told
the sheriff on board the Bay City, conf
ing over what the boy told me. There
was no stove in the Jail in Friday Har-
Dor then. There is now. heard Mrs.
Burns testimony here the other day
with relation to her statement "dare to
shoot me you murderer is untrue. l
heard Irving Parberry's testimony on
the witness stand as to how the shoot
ing occurred, where Irving Parberry's
story conflicts with mine it is untrue.
Never compelled him to go up into
the woods and do any shooting. Never
compelled him to do anything. Adj
vised him to get his tools and come
home. Never asked him why he did
not shoot and never saw him do any
shooting. While In Jail we had some
conversation. The first / knew that
Leon had picked up a club Irving told
HE about it. did make statements to
the reporters. The Parberry boy was
separated from me about a week after
we went there, first time saw him after
that was when he came upon the wit
ness stand. The conversation at the
school election, as reminder it, John
Parberry and the Spencers had some
trouble III regard to it, said they never
could get along as long as the Spencers
run it, and said the Spencers were no
more to blame than others, and Leon
Jumped up in his seat and asked if
meant him and [ said l meant who
ever it fit. told him to come out of
the house if he wanted a fuss, and not
have any there in the school house.
He came at me again and some one got
between US. Later in the day Grove
Gage came up to the desk and got my
attention and told me Leon had IA gun
i'm his pocket. While working for DR..
Smith, John Parberry told he that
Leon had drawn a bead ON his rifle
and said he was only waiting for a
chance to draw bead on Old Straub,
and told me to look out for him. About
two wears ago this fall | began to get
intimate with the Parberry boys. The
Parberry boys told me that the Burns
and LanterInans had always tried to
influence them against me until they
got AGO tainted with me. Shortly after
the school meeting last June 1 met
Leon in Thatcher pass. He was on
land and I was in my boat. He asked
me to cnme ashore and settle the school
matter. He wanted me to come ashore
and shoot with him. [ told him [ had
no gun. Was somewhat frightened as
I did not know but he might fire at me.
He called me an old crippled s-Of Il
b-and told me l would not be there
long. never did tell the Parberry boys
that I would kill Leon Lanternan.
After his examination in-chief had
been concluded, the Defendant Str ub
as witness for himself, was turned over
to the prosecution for crOss-examina-
ton. The cross-examinatiOn was of a
most thorough and searching nature
and was ably conducted on the part of
the State by Thos. q. Newman. We
have not the space to publish the cross
examination entire, it is sufficient to
say that the fallacys of the story told
nv the defendant in his direct exami-
nation were fully exposed aid the ma
terial parts of his testimony was clearly
proven by his own statements to have
been the grossest fabrications. A feeble
attempt was made by defendants at
4ornaNs to holster I'D and repair his