The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-20

20 him I'm not forget you IN thousaAa
years. you coward. Peer paid no atten-
tor 10 him. and took aim 10 his cell. on
croSs-exa n1inatioa he said Il was not IN
common for drunken men TO make such
remarks.
G. :. Reed. night clerk at police head
quarters told of the conversation he had
wiz Page a. headquarters. He asked
Page: What was the trouble down
there" 10 which Page replied: Case Of
high card and bad whisky
on cross-examination ne said Page an
swered every question asked. but ne
thought the prisoner was under the infu-
ence Of liquor. He suggested several
names and occupations and Page agreed
10 them all.
Detective Wells stated that he saw Page
At headquarters about 5 o'clock on the
morning Of the shooting. He had 20 call
Page several times before he would an
swer. and Page would insudibly humble
something about bad whisky. high card.
and then fal into a slumber.
IretOn was recalled by the state and ask
ed If he was armed or II any OF the others
We're. He answered, No
on cross-examinatlon Ireton admitted
that he slipped into the court room That
morning. hid behind A pillar and listened
To the testimony OF Johnson after being
ordered by the court 20 remain OUTSIDE
The Doctor on the Bullets Course.
The last witness for the state was DR..
H y. Kline. family physician Of the Fra
sers who testified as 20 the nature OF the
wound, the supposed course OF the bullet
and the cause OF death. He also told OF
attending Fraser between the time of be-
ing shot and his death.
The witness was severely cross-exan1-
inea BY Mr. Lewis. who showed himself
TO be as we'll up in anatomy as the doctor.
He first asked him the direct course OF the
bullet and where il was found. After ask
ing several questions about probing Tor
the bullet and on points OF anatomy. Mr..
Lewis asked the witness II, when he
probed for the bullet. IL went straight IN
or downward. Witness said it went in
straight for a short distance. when II
struck a bone and was DETECTED down
ward He said the exterior of the wound
was comparatively clean. Mr.. Lewis ask
ei him II II was not a fact that bullet.
on entering from slantng posluon'
would cause the wound 10 be Jagged.
where one entering straight Will cause u
to he more even. Witness said that such
had not been his observation.
Defense made a strong point on ire
question OF the entering Of bullet ana
the distance claiming that the testimony
introduced by the state all went TO show
that Page was standing over Fraser when
he shot him; also that the gun was some
discharged. The defense's contention is
that Or. Klines testimony showed that
the bullet went straight in for a short
distance and that the clothes were pow
der burned.
At As the state rested its case and an
adjournment was taken until 40 in the
evening.
Opening Of the Defense.
The evening session was opened with a
statement of the defendants case by s. II.
Piles. lie began by detailing Pages his
tory from infancy to the time he arrived in
this city. and said the defense would prove
that he had always led an exemplary life.
He made arrangements here to go to Alas
ka with his friend Hagar, to retrieve his
fortune, which he lost I'm a farming ven
ture in Montana. Mr.. Piles said the de-
Tense proposed to prove that Mr.. Page was
robbed in dastardly manner by crowd
of sure thing men" They would show
that lust before 3 o'clock on April % he
went to the banking house of Dexter Hor-
ton & Co and cashed a draft for $3.50.
which he had brought with him. He made
ARRANGEMENTS TO have sent to the city a
boat he had purchased at Lake NashinS-
ton to take with him to Alaska. That
evening he went into the Northern hotel
and inquired for his friend Hagar. but
found he had gone out. He wrote letter
and then went down to the harroom ana
there met these men, lretOn. Marden
and others who invited him to play cards
not he them Ireton met Page on the street
either on Sunday or Monday afternoon,
and told him that he was a guest at the
hotel and was thinking of going 10 Alaska
on mining venture. but was detained on
account Of the detention of his hacker IN
San Francisco. y man named Roberts,
Webb < Co. s travelling man, was invited
10 play by these self same men. but re-
fused. and later returned and saw Page
playing with them. Mr. Piles said the de-
Tense also intended 10 prove that from the
position Of Page and of Fraser II would
have been impossible for Page to shoot
him the way Ireton and tho others said he
did \ witness they would introduce
would prove that he found stuffed away
in Fraser's pocket 81 ir fine, crisp bills OF
so each, Pages money.
seen Choking Page.
Another witness would he introduced
who would testify that he saw the three
men grab Page by the throat. hut think
ing 1t only haUrooT row walked out and
got as far as the cigar store next 10 the
Northern when he heard tho shot. but
thought. rs the policeman on the beat id.
that il was the breaking OF a bottle. 4
reputable man would testify that he heard
Fraser say 10 Marlen the night before the
shootine
we viii get that roll OF money from
Page tonight If We have to drug him"
Another witness would tell o. ovcrhear-
ing Johnson say 20 Ireton How are
things going on in tho business"
oh rne We VIII have Pages money
tonight sure" was the reply
Mr. Piles then told tho TRY that the de-
fause would show up Johnson and these
other men I'm "A manner that would show