The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-19
THE DEFENSE OF PAGE
sensational Evidence to Show
He Was Being Robbed.
AND SHOT TO PROTECT HIMSELF,
vrYtnesses Say He Was Eager to Gam
bic and Cheated, but Weaken
Under. Cross-Exsmination.

sasyss4y IN the cTOs&-eG animation. The line
fegIowed By the defsrse clearly showed n :
sn.erfon 70 be 10 prove that Page found
~ had fallen among gang OF gamblers
uao were trying 70 rob MIN and that re-
sred the fatal shot IN seif-defense A.
.hs pace a. which the trial Is now rnov-
trx tae four days predicted for IL Will
DRAG into week In point OF time II "A
sasa 10 say that about half the tesfirnouv
for TIE state - IN
To say nothing OF the four minor Wit.
posses. two Of the most important actors
n TIE tragedy Of April . told their stories
they we're william Ireton. an sx-har-
keeper and friend Of Fraser's. and = q
Alaraea barkeepsr on duty at the North
.rn both witnesses to the tragedy
Taey with Frank Johnson, who has no.
SCI been called. are supposed 10 DE the
only persons nov living that saw the
sheotlng. The most sensafh onal incident
Of the day was the manner in which the
counsel for the defense exposed the past
Hres Of several OF the witnesses. The Al
tefneys were loaded with 1vpser4tfev,
records Of crimes the witnesses were sun
posed 10 have committed, and Of innum4r-
able other unlawful acts. This was done
10 as 10 show to the jury the class OF men
~ho we're eye-witnesses TO the killing. and
% Uphold the theory that these men plot
tel to rob Page and that he pulled kis
plstOs and shot in self-defensg
Both the counsel for the state and the
defense had long fight over the question
81 the admission or certain testimony
TIE question leading 10 the argument was
ssksI Of Marden by Col. Lewis. and was.
ibid you. while living at Portsmouth. Me
beat man and then rifle his pockets un-
der the guise Of a policeman" X. II. Lind
sAy for the prosecution. objected to the
question on the ground that It was irrel-
eyau incompetent and immaterial and
was asked OF a witness and not a prisoner.
James Hamilton Lewis. who. with s. III.
Iales, appeared for the defense, stated
that ne asked the question to determine
the witness credlbiliiy. The court sus-
tainesl the objections.
In order 10 let the jury have a perfect
tiea Of the place where the shooting occur
rel Judge Humes permitted 1t to go down
70 the Northern hotel and examine the
barroom. the location Of the table where
the shooting occurred. the billiard and
other rooms. Page was allowed TO go down
IN custody Of deputy sheriff. and looked
around the room with a great deal OF in
ferest. While In the barroom several OF
TIE Jurors sat down to the table, assalm-
.rg the positions the players were supposed
to occupy the night OF the shooting. The
court informed the members before they
left that what they saw would not be al
bowed 10 80 AZ testimony. but was simply
for the purpose OF giving them a correct
hea Of the place.
one OF the most dramatic incidents OF
the proceedings occurred just after Lewis
bad got through his examination of Mar
den as 10 the alleged dragging and beat
lng OF n man named Duggin at Lowell.
TIE court overrIhed the question, when
Lewis jumped to his feet. about twenty
feet from the witness. holding tough
bokirs satchel in his hand, and asked IL
be knew the valise. Marden. scarcely look
iag at the satchel, said, hurrfedly. mo. I
know nothing about IT" Not satisfied with
this the attorney came right up to the
witness and opening the vahse. commenced
TO shove loaded dice. bottles Of quicksilver
and small wise and numerous other
things under Mardens nose all the time
asking him IL he ever saw this or that.
Mardsn was paving the air to get away
from the rapid attorney. and kept saying,
NO. SIR. never saw them" Finally the
Judge came to the witness rescue and
ruled the questions out OF order. The
crowd in the room was laughing by this
time and tho Judge told them IL they felt
~ all mlrthful 10 step outside 10 quench
their feelings.
There was n large crowd in attendance
al day. including a few women. Mrs. Fra
ser dressed in deep mourning, sat close
TO the attorneys for the prosecution and
listened attentively TO the evidence once
during the cross examination of Marden.
when Lewis was pressing him with aues-
tons about his life in Honolulu. she could
rot repress a slight smile. On leaving the
courtroom ar the noon recess Mrs. Fraser
turned ma looked Page full in the face
He met her gaze with a steady eye. but
there was nothing in his manner TO indi-
cate brayadp. Pages sister was with him
al day and was accompanied by Maj
and Mrs. 4 NJ Moore. Of Mount Vernon.
ard Mrs, Yandell. wife or Or. Yandell, OF
this city
T J. r Scoones. the auctionecr. was the
first witness called by the state. lie testi-
hed that on tho evening OF April % he saw
Fraser in the barroom OF the Northern
hotel. lie (aitness) was there twice, thu
last time az IFS. taking a nightcap. At
nat time he saw the defendant. but did
hot know what he was doing. The first he
saw OF Page was AZ table throwing dice
WIN Fraser lie watched them for about
minute. Ito left the barroom at about
/ Page. Fraser and Niarden We're the only
ores IN the room when he left Page threw
ne dice out ono and two at time. and
fraser said, Throw them out all to-
ss'her' That was all that happened while
he was there
me defense won an important point by
oAy asking ono question on cross-exanl-
E&lHn, 20 which the answer was. There
were mora men ia the harroom than I
s'@'ee On direct examination"
Page Eager 20 Gamble.
70 btway was next called by the state
ana said he saw Page at-he barroom OF
tae hotel ~ S o'clock on the evening OF
Ap11 : raSe came m 20 him and asked
sun u Join kiu in a game or cards. Wit
- refused and Pare then asked riIv
.~f21. Who cr~~suted and they played
tNo ERmes. Page drank two cocktails
~" a's'nfhe 7rrirE the game. After the
,tea-Gn game Page began banterns PEG
- 70 play either sevcn-up or casino for
cents game. Nar3en himself PLAYED
20 q" Sf-cHa ~ cassino for 70 cents
ttfaH T. Has stIu5oM. Tage ordered
saotaer cocktail with snsinthe After this
aAIAe lre'on played PaEe "A couple cf
sAmeF, and rare won Witness left at
sTame.
20 question as 20 vha. games PAGE
'a's1 % t'ay. witness satd. ANY kind"
Bringing out His Record.
IN eSoss-eNa1 .u1t5on ne said the reason
Int 70 the saloon was 20 attend
80 re said ne was not averse 10 play
= 'aF2S hNt 3ii rot care - play on this
,@'o. lie h8A htcu a harkeeper for
tS.@ Years. ana never. To his 6nowl-
H. ia ne play for money IN this cry.
ICES asked h'-0 where he hal worksd.
= ~A3.ly eawe down to The NJ. 4 y. and
=. nat is the utos- notorious gambling
So. ID town. isn't 60" W. Lindsay on
- 20 TIE question. saying that ar.
49, vas not on tAe stand. The Oh
80 VAS Sast4;ce4 He was asts
So, pa went r. tAe saloon 50 early on THAI
c.Ns ans ~at1 Fra~cr WAS an old friend
- a's aaa Re va~tst 60 attend the ra1fie.
,.@. .c4Soa he went 50 long before the