The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-09-17
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SAD ne would Ak Carter, and Carter said
ae eosld ret TX anybody. Carter went out
q the room on tne deck near tire galley
ooor aud a scuffle was heard. The China
nan MAIDS = noise.
About this time Petersen said ne v-sn.
forward 10 get a drink Of wate~ ans dia
rot know what took Place until ne return
- ard saw Ling lying on the floor Ia the
galley or kitchen with blood OF his
elothes
Was tire struggle continuous
Yes, SO far ss J remember
Mr.. Gay commenced his cross-sxaruira
ton ~ asking Peterson the following
complicated question:
Now. as a matter OF fact. did not Car
ter ask Ling whom he was calling a
-. instead Of calling him 0he China
mani, a -T
Peterson recoliected that Carter asked
him fnat question, but thought I came
after Carter had given Ling the name
back
'How far IS :, from the food hole TO
the gangway door,"
About two feet
Did you see Carter strike Ling or, in
fact see any % the scueieZ'
mo. sir. ] did not"
Was there blood outside the galley door
when you returned from forward 2"
Yes. SIR"
By redirect examination it was develop
- that Carter sat about four feet from
tie gangWay door but the witness did
not know the distance from that point
70 the galley or kitchen door.
lie Only Heard the scuffie.
Hans Hansen. a deck hand on The Idaho.
told or the trouble between Carter and
Ling over the coffee. Ling said some
thing 10 Carter about who he was" and
Carter told him to shut up. Ling kept
on talking and finally Carter got up and
went outside. A short time later the
sounds OF A scufFie were heard. and the
chnaman yelled something that The Wit
ness did not understand. lie went out
and saw Carter standing with knife IN
his hand. which he threw overheard.
When asked as 10 the exact scene OF the
row, the witness SAID he vas not positive
as 10 whether it was inside the galley or
just outside.
on cross-examinatlon Mr.. Cav brought
out the fact that the witness had been &C
Qua!nted with Carter and the Cninaman
only few days.
who sat nearest the gangway door,"
Harry Young
who was in the best position 70 see
what happened after Carter passed out
of the gangway door,
Now I object to that" said Mr.. HASTE
1.-THE defense - trying 10 show that us
witnesses were IN a position TO see better
than the states"
Answer said the court
Hansen then said that Young was sltu-
ated the best 20 observe what took place.
Hansen SAID he himself did not see any
part OF the actual fox.
William A Duggan. the steward. was
over the galley at the time the trouble
occurred, and heard Whit IS going 1h
through a dumb waiter. lie said that
after the conversation between Carter and
Ling about the coffee he DuEsan) order
ed ham aud eggs twice" and steak once,
and received a reply from the Chinaman.
He Called "a spade spade.
What did Carter say just before the
row.
DO YOU want It right out in plain
words?" asked Duggan.
we are after the facts" said Mr.. Has
tic; ~ there are any persons here who
do not want 10 hear they can 60 out
Judge Graves looked over IN the dlrec-
ton Of a few women in the court room,
and said that the facts were coming forth
and now was the time 10 withdraw II
any one saw If.
The women did not move. and Duggan
proceeded % repeat all the technical
phrases used by Ling and Garter whle
swearing He heard n scuffle and saw a
eofTeo not fall of the galley stove. Dug
gan then ran to the captain. after which
he went down stairs. and saw the wound
Cd ChinamAn just going into inc CAREY.
Carter was not there. The state wanted
Tho witness TO tell the court that LAns
told him Carter stabbed him, but the de-
Tense objected as several minutes had
ELAPSED between the time he first heard
the scufie and his arrival At the scene
Carter having gone away in the mean
time. The judge took the matter unIeV
consideration and allowed the eNamina-
ton 10 nroceed. Duggau then told IT
seeing a knife 90 into the water. presum-
ablv The knife that killed Ling.
on accumulation the witness sad
no mad no idea by whom or how the COZ
Zee not was knocked off the stove. ne
heard the Chinaman say something ABOUT