The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-21
HIS STRONG DEFENSE
Page Testifies to Being Lured
Into Gambling.
THE STRUGGLE THE ssRRoom
Eever-al witnesses Tell OF Seeing AID
Hearing ft-Others Say Ihat
Page Was DFugged.


Nor bern nofes on the morning 81 April
e He was on the witness stand for Afsoat
ar hour ard ~tood the brunt % severe
sroeE-exarnlnatf1n without weakening tie
detailed mis- actions on tne afternoon ana
eveulng before the shooting up - fhe
-lrne " taking cocktail with ireton and
Jgdw-av but after that time ats mind was
= blank. araf the whole affair seems Ike A
.seloa 20 him Bes1dcs Pages NOM.
which was the feature 81 the day. iHe
counsel for ssfense INTRODUCED several VII
reHn4s whose testimony served 10 sun
sfsmtiste the allegations made AZ the op"a-
tr~ statement ~9at Page was druggei.
robbed and assaulted and shot 20 protect
flrq-saf Taken all together. y msg-1f -
caIle-a field day for the defense. The
resrsrnonv Of me witnesses they had On
the stand. while shaken little IN regard
10 minor points. was noH affected on the
main issue.
Counsel for eq4e state. IS wcE as Tor tae
defense. are making hard fghf and or
terttous are numerous on both sides. The
Jury - extremely attentive 20 AZ points
raised and any new testimony that may he
Introduced.
The crowd yesterday 2as very large al
all times AMI Included more women thar
on the previous days. Those inside the
rail- occupied The same positions. Page
was attended by his mother who APP
,esred in court for the FRY time since
soa beginning Of the trial. she having been
700 ri 10 attend. On mis- left sat his sis
ser VINO has been with him every day 81
the triad number Of other friends were
also with him Mrs. Fraser sat In her az
eu~fomed chair next to her counsel. and
oasd s,rsc, attention 10 everything said.
~aueciaIiv 70 Pages testimony. When
ever the rdstol Is exhibited an inexpressi-
bic look OF sadness comes into her eyes
The unusual spectacle Of the widow OF
the victim ~ a homicide being represent
ed by an attorney aiding the prosecution
a. tho slayer IS explained by the presence
Of ". II Kisfer who IS taking copious
NOTES on the evidence. II Is understood
that should Page be acquitted. the fidel-
sty ard Casually Insurance Company
with which Fraser had ZOO policy on
mis- life viii resist tho claim on The ground
that Pages acqu!ttal convicts Fraser OF
having come to his death through MS own
fault. Mr. Kiefer represents the insur-
THE arst witness called by the defense
in the morning was T. J. +. Scocnes. the
auctioneer.
Mr. piles said: ''Mr scoones. dfa you
hear Page call out to MIR. Fraser on the
nigh, you were talking TO him: Come
here and | will shake dice with YOU "
''If he did T didn't hear him"
on cross-examination by Mr. HASTE.
scoones said the lodge Of EIks did not take
any interest I'm the rafile OF the watch.
which he won to his knowledge
Can't Bring Out Narten's Record.
Daniel Duegin. the logger claimed 20
have been hit over the head by Marden At
Lowell about two years ago, was next
called lie stated that he first met Mar
den at Lowell while ne was tending bar.
Did you not walk into the barroom one
night where you met stranger called
\ l.
dice. which invitation you accepted.
whereupon the stranger beat you out Of
money. shaking FIVE nves and FIVE skies,
causing you 10 quit the game and start 10
walk ost; that Marden begged you to
come back and the stranger caught hold
OF your arm and tried TO pun you back.
that you hit him in the nose. starting a
row. in which Marden hit you over the
head with bottle. knocking YOU sense
iess7"
Measrs Hastie and Lindsay objected
stronuously 20 the question. and the de-
fenso insisted that IL affected MArden' s
crcdihlitv Tho court sustained the Oh
lection stating that II did not necessarily
follow that persons who worked on loaded
dice on another would then assault and
rob him Mr. Piles framed his questions
differently in the hope OF placing the de
sired testimony before the jury. but the
court sustained the states objections
William Orenshaw, cook and waiter.
stated that ne at one time acted as COOK
I'm a restaurant owned by T. u Smith a.
Lowell In fSae Marlen was tending bar
there and he saw Marden the night before
he skipped" out. He remembered Mar
denis sudden leaving. MIR. Lewis showed
the witness a small Valisc and the Wit
ness said It looked like one showed him
by Mr. Lewis He saw Il In Martiens
room at the hotel before and behind the
bar after Marden left.
Counsel for the state objected to any
further questions on the valise. Mr.. Lewis
stated that Marden on DISCRIMINATION
denied that he had ever seen the yalise
and had lied under oath. that the valise
did belong 10 him. aud that n" had in the
past taken part IN just such transactions
as the one which led 20 the recent killing
The objection was sustained.
The same kind Of questions We're asked
time and again by Mr.. Lewis and each
time objected % BY Mr.. Lindsay and ruled
out by the court.
ON cross-examinatton witness said pc
shook dice and occasionally played poker.
lie had talked to StulS. tho detective.
about the case has had not received an
oifer OF any money.
The states BAD BIundor.
on redirect examination witness stated
that ne told Sauls an about The valise 81
what Was IN a. giving description of
everythjnR in b.. 'of finding blood ana a
broken hottie ON the nooe ~ the harroon
the morning Narfen skipped. az 'he bee
lng 81 prggin and al about the aNa-g
that cook place in ne saloon ~ told of
finding some 1pa3ei 3{ce a wise q hot'',
az quicksilver. and q small bottle with 4
poison label on g.
White The witness was telling his mar.
rative counsel FOR defense were cNuckifrE
ipwarf'y for tNey ny this question. Nad
gct ont of the witness all tA3t Nas ruled
ont on direct examination.
ON rocross-eNamlnation his testimony
So fudug the valiso s0l ifS contents WI.
uo' SHAKEN except t'st Pc ha1 given BITS
testimony - Detective Ssuls on two oera-
stoos he 3euiei that he Was ever oGcra.
any money by any one FOR his testimony
lie saw Page RreahluC Down.
Eoh,rt Roberts formerly TRAVELLING
salesman fer We',h & CO. au1 NJ pres .a'
art'rc as receiver far tNN Gosh Murray
Company stated he Ueut tnto fhe h1te
twttv or Monday uisht the H-s, ;'re AZ
o'tnrk. when ne saw four wer p'ayae
cards so ne table. lie noticed N1sr.4ea
Ir-trn TaEe and q stranger sf-'lrr ~ a.,
tahio IL oafy remained r -rW minutes
ana tH.n wc-f upstairs t'- 1ff uot h.2-
Taec speak rut o..e iIf came h3eN
aCala -Heat s. O'Clock AKA saw raSs. r~s
'or ara N7rfru ~ tNe t'tr SO noticed
What EaEe Was VERY r,3f.. So ~rrvh So tr7f
Ne remarked esCrcia'N or nc SsAfs,+
IL. looked - 3. va as il Aa Was very eIrL IS,
was fust rrtt.rE ever severe si-k~e ss
Ne vas shttaE 3' t"r - .c iu "a dropping
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