The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-17

mOny was to the effect that Irving and
all their family had lived i'm fear of
Straub for some time past. They also
gave evidence which substantuated Mr..
Prettynlan's testimony regarding the
school meeting etc.
IRVING PARBERRY TEsTIFIEs.
Irving Parberry, who was with
Stnub at the time of the shooting ana
who turned states evidence was the
next witness called by the state and he
testified substantially as follows:
We walked at Il moderate rate when
coming up from the beach and Straub
made me yell every little while cursing
Lanterman. Straub was behind me
and threatened me all the time. Straub
would say, yell, and did 50 because /
was afraid of h i'm. What did you say?
/ said "you G-d-hump backed son of
a beach time. yelled Il few feet be-
fore | got to the log and saw Lanter-
man coming out of the alder on the
left side of the fir tree Leon asked me
what was eating me. He struck at lie
and jumped to one side and struck
him with the fiat side of an AK on the
left shoulder, l keeping the AK in my
left hand. Lanternaii reached down
for club but he had not more than
got it when Straub yelled at him and
he dropped it. Straub ran up on the
log As or 80 feet away. Leon stepped
back few feet. Stranb said yon Cd
bumped backed s-Of a-b I've got
you where [ want you now and I'll
fix you. Straub shot from the log. /
shot twice but was badly scared. Leon
had his hands by his sides. Don't know
when Straub shot Lanterman. Saw
Blythe standing STILL Don't know how
long it was after Straub shot Lanter-
man before he shot at Blythe. Straub
said to me G-d--yOu, why don't
you shoot, and shot two shots ang-
ling into the ground, between Straub
and Blythe. | was standing with re-
vOlver in one hand AMI ak in other.
When we came from the beach Straub
drove me up the hill. did not try to
get away from Lanternlan and [ used
the ak because / did not want to kill
him. [ do not load or unload any of
the guns. I saw Straub shoot at Lam
terman three or more times. Blythe
fell when shot at then got up and run
until out of sight Straub told Deputy
Sheriff Brisbin, of WhatcOm county,
that he saved my life and Strub then
turned to me and said 'aint that so,
and I said yes, but I never told Nor
dyke that Lanternan had a gun. Lam
terman came down that morning to
where was at work, and stayed about
an hour, we had little trouble i'm con-
versation, but that was all. ] was a
guest of Straub at the time. Blythe
came down later i'm the day and we
talked in friendly way. Did not tell
Straub then about any trouble we had
had. Went the night before for my
brother for Straub was afraid brothers
house would burn down. Ali that
have done was done in fear of Straub.
[ told my brother on my release the
truth, and he sent word to the officers.
nailed shoes out of the way. Straub
cursed the Lanterman boys in the pres
ence of Veireck and Roy Griswold. /
was at Straub's house | was working
pistol out of my hand. Straub made ME
drill on tie story that he learned me.
approached the prosecuting attorneys
with my story and not they me.
Mrs. A. E. Blythe, DR.. Wright and
vi WCIc ItCdliSu UShCU a
few more questions and then the State
rested their case.
Attorney Chas. F. Repath opened the
case on behalf of the defense by stating to
the jury what the defense would offer in
testimony and admitted that the gun pro-
duced in evidence was the one that Straub
killed Lanterman with, that the hat and
hob nailed shoes were also his, admitted
that Straub did the killing and that the
tracks as described by the states wit
nesses were made by Straub.
f. C. NORDyKE's TESTIMONY.
Have resided in Friday Harbor five
years. That a person could not he friend
Of Lanternan and Burns without being
an enemy of Straubs, as they Lanternan
and Burns were always curSing Straub
but he Straub never cursed them. Am |
acting attorney for Straub. Have taken |
great interest i'll Straub's case. May have
taken some personal interest as an ac
quaintance. Did you say in conversation
with Parberry that if Straub had killed
the whole family he would have destroy |
ed that much evidence? I stated some |
thing of that kind. walked with Irving
Parherry to the hotel, Parberry stated to
me that if Straub had not arrived on the !
ground when he did Lanterman would !
have killed him.
At the time of going to press Defendant
Straub was on the stand and his testi
mony not being complete we will not at
tempt to print same until next week.