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

piStoi III tile ia1uS Oh farDeffy! Yes.
When did you first see it? When Par.
berry and Straub jumped on the log at
the same time. Where was Parberry
when he struck Lanterman with the
ak? He was standing at the foot of a
big fir tree. What position was Lam
ternan? Standing facing each other.
What did Lanterman do when Parber-
ry struck him with ak? He grabbed for
the handle of the ak. Can you show
on this map the position of the stump
aud logs you mention? Yes. This was
shown and we'll explained by witness. J
Did you see Parberry do any shooting?
No. Did you hear HIM shoot? | could
hear reports from two different guns
After Parbery used that language did
you ask Lanterman if he was go
ing to stand that? l did. You followed
the tracks of shoes showing the
| tracks of hob nails close together near
| the beach to this upturred stump and
near the log and up towards where the
body was found? Yes. Did you fird
any tracks of that character near where
the body lay? Yes. In what direction
did they go? Southerly, towards the
fence. Running i'll a northwest direc-
ton is the line Of TRACKS that you fol-
lowed up to the potato patch? Yes.
Where did you find his hat? Behind
the stump. Do you knowiwhether Lam
terman had any weapon of any kind?
He did not. What was Leon's position
relative to Straub and Parberry when
Straub did the shooting? He was fac
ing Straub and his left side to Parber-
ry. Did you not say this morning you
looked around after Straub quit shoot
ing at you? Yes. What was Straub do
ing at that time? He had his gun to his
sh oulder and shot at me. Who was
with you when you found. the
hat? John Lanterman. Who was
with you when you examined the
tracks behind the stump? John Lam
terman. Was John Lanterman with
you when you followed the tracks
through the field? Yes Could you
recognize the clothing if you saw it? [
could. Is it here in Court? Yes. Is it in
the same condition as when taken off
the body? Yes. When you turned
around and saw Straub shooting to-
wards Mrs. Burns dill you see anything
of Lanterman? No. Did you see any
thing of Parberry? No. Was il bushy
where you saw S.raub at that time?
Very little between us. You said on
redirect examination when you went
to the house you found no one there
and on cross examination did you or
not so state? found she had been to
the house. How do you know that
Mrs. Burns had been to the house?
Cause the boat was gone.
MRS. BURNS TEsTIFIEs.
What is your name? Pauline Burns.
What relation are you to the deceased
Leon Lanterlnan? Sister. Where was
Leon living at the time of his death?
Decatur island. What did you do on
the moning of August 80? I attended
to my household duties. Who was pres
ent at your house? My brother Leon
and Percy, % tny son, IL years old. What
did you do after that? Percy and l
went to the potato field. Did you see
anything of Irving Parberry that mora
ing? Yes. Was he in the vicinity of
where you were working? No. Did
Leon go down that morning to where
the work was going on? Yes. How long
was he gone? twenty-five minutes.
Ralph heard Irving Parberry calling
my brother names, swearing, etc. How
do you know he was calling names?
My brother is round shouldered and he
called him Il hump-back s-ofa b --.
Where were you when you observed
anything? In the opening. Who did
YOU see? Parberry, Straub and Leon.
Where did Irving stand? Bya big tree.
What did you hear? He swOre at Leon
saying you bumped back s--of Il b.
have got you now and ] will fix you.
When you caught sight of Straub what
was he doing? He had his rifle AIMED at
my brother. What did you do? l ran
and heard him fire. What was Irving
doing? Standing with Il revolver in one
hand and an ak in the other. Did you
hear any more than the one shot refer
red to? | heard a great many shots and
heard Leon say l am killed, Straub has
shot me through the body. What hap
pened next? | looked around and saw
Straub coming after us. When you
faced him was anything said? He said,
[ will kill you. Who was lie address
ing? He looked right in my fac, and
then turned and ran and he pulled
the trigger and shot me. There was
stump near by and fell to make him
think was dead; remained there a
few moments and then ran towards the
bars. What was he doing? Aiming a
me. What then did you do? Went to
the beach; united the boat and had
my son Percie row me to Mr.. Spencer's
about one mile north of there. Were
YOU bleeding at that time? Yes. What
was done after you arrived at Spencer's?
I went in they saw was wounded and
they took off my bloody clothing and
dressed the wound; Walter got in my
boat and went to Port Stanley; my
clothing was at Spencer's.
The cross-examinatiOn simply sub
stimulates the above testimony and it
is unnecessary to take up space by re-
viewing same.
DR.. Wright was next called to the
stand and his testimony simply related
to the character of the wounds, and
what was done at the inquest held by
him.
John Lanterman was next called up
on to take the stand. He related to the
Jury what he knew of the the case and
the testimony given by him is in sub
stance the same as that of Mr.. Blythe's
which is given above.
JOSEPH PRETrYMAN TESTIFIEs.
Jos. Prettyman was next sworn and
his testimony runs as follows:
Do you know anyone Oh Blakeiy
island who owns rife? Yes, MIR.
Straub. Would you recognize it? Yes.
Is this his? Yes. How do you recognize
it? By battered place on the side.
What caliber is it? 1856. Do you know
who made applications to teach in that
school district? Some. Who? One was
Straub. When were those applications
maize? Early in the summer. Who
were the directors at that time? Mr..
Spencer, Leon Lanterman and myself.
Was Mr.. Straub employed? No. Was
Straub there that day? Yes. What oc-