The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-06-19

% you mean IN sav -. =
e. parkeeper IN This civ - - - -.
~ rot know Johryor.s ts..g-,sg. =
les, sir: Do" D-sAifssS
/ one OF the Guests ON The S..-s
@aarse Atkinson. United s.a,.- -,
-, agent, vho boards a. &C. -
L. = Is the next witness far 80 v.,es
e., 20 being present al ire ~r-F-,.
- 49, Dasroorn on the evening 81 A--sl
;. ne saw Pare sitting a. - - $50. 1..,s
80. as casssno. He watched .hav- -
49, hsnSs: saw two plies % -no.r~r -.
E "Se Know how much there 49, ~vr-o
sA mana re saw AIarsen vxan as -
Aea MIN 20 double the STAKES ua -.
ara returned in about half > : h.~s,
t. -" rage ard another man r.4avsrz
-. 1s~fsea t~o more haads, TIE srxt ore
soaHg 70 the man riavtur ~gfth -.
AFTER this hand Page vantas - -.
iS pct Out the man said. s.e-o. uor,s. a.,
-. : an playing another mans bzrs :,
- t'as saaFdsn, who was behind tha har
out. no. 20 ahead with The rs~s
and don't double the bets an
sht your duties as snarfai r.ra
aseaL aoogt the same as a lara se.s.--
80 asked Ar- Lewis on croSs-exarnlra-
90, 10 oon.t consiter them as such -
-. bat are not the resrIlts the sane -.
DON'T know anything ahog, .Ea 70
Sults. out DO know that nv duties are
not those Of detective"
Says Page Ratified His Cash.
me state called out J e.olss- 49,
Ives al Third and Columbia streets pe
SAL ne was conducting the, billiard r,,nn,
- me NoFthern hotel on April q and savs
fage there during the evening. PAGE
ashesi nm 70 play game OF uool. which
Io a.d- Tney played two games. Witness
sV41haed. lie offered me a quarter fer
the game he lost. and "a / didn't nava ,t,s
change, / went out 10 the bzr ard s,ot !.
ana gave Page his change. lie ~hen
~af'gea 70 shake dice with me. but / te-
ANSs1 having no money He then rro-
posed 10 shake the barkeeper for drinks
lot three and got stuck. He paid for the
afsnSs ana weFFt out. / came back soon
after and Page was still there. 1ingllng SO
% - N MS hand. lie hautered me and
Heton Tor game Of cards. He said:
nat the matter with you fellows out
mere why don't you play when there Is
plenty OF money in sight?
JUST ar this time Fraser and a number Of
men came In and walked I'D 20 the bar
witness then went anto the billiard room.
ar. Lewis severely cross-exa mined the
witness. He asked him II II wasn't true
,fiAt ne was connected with unlawful
transactions in San Francisco before he
came 10 Puget sound. Witness firmly de-
MED every allegation, but under the Sc
we're cross fire wavered several times on
answers as to dates. Mr.. Lewis tangled
1na witness up on minor points but did
not snake MS direct testimony materially.
Mf. Lewis questioned the witness about a
woman named Sadie O'Bren. wife OF a
custom house officer az Port Townsend
with whom he was associated in an arrest
Tor vagrancy, which the witness denied.
The witness denied that he ever told
Jack Mcdonald, after the preliminary ex-
animation. that Page had not mentioned
a game of dice in his presence
Ireton's story Of the Game.
NJ. a. Ireton, one OF the principal wit
nesses for the state, was next called. lie
stated that he went to the Northern hotel
bar on the evening OF April = about .
O'Clock. Page came in about half an hour
afterward. He was sitting at a table. and
rage said. Does anyone want To play a
game OF seven-up2. lie looked straight
at the witness. who said, II don't care II
| do" They played three games for the
drinks, Page winning the first, and wit
ness the remaining two. Page took three
cocktails while playing
After three games OF seven-up Page ask
ed witness TO play casino for half a dollar
but was refused Page then asked three
other gentlemen I'm the room to play ca
sino A general consultation followed. and
at Pages suggestion Marden and he start
ed TO play casino for 81 cents game. He
fecited how Johnson came TO take Mar
denis hand while Marden was called 10
the bar to attend TO some customers, and
after the game with Johnson Page asked
Mar3en to play some more. and Marden
said:
NO Mr. Page I won't play any more:
don't like your game" Shortly after this
Fraser came in with some friends and the
a.. 81 =
several others went up TO a rattle at the
Horseshoe. and Fraser and several others
came back to the Northern. Page was sat
ting at ehe card table, andcailed to Fraser.
who was talking 10 ScOoneS, and said:
Come on. here. and I'll shake you dice"
Fraser said. What do you want TO shake
for?" Page said. For a dollar" and Fra
ser said. "All right" They each took out
five chips. worth a dollar each. PageNon
the first five and Fraser bought five more
from Page. who also won these. Fraser
aheu bought five more from Page. and lost
these also He then went down In his pock-
ct. but only had % cents, and told Page he
only had that much, and Page said;
That's enough" and won that. Page
then got up and went 10 the toilet room
and Fraser then went behind 10 the cash
register and got some money. When Page
got back they started in 10 shake again
for s. a shake, and Fraser lost what he
had. and went 70 the register for more
money. which he also lost. He then laid
a $40 bill down and Page showed him over
two chips and took the biil. Fraser sud,
give me NV change" page said;
.srhere's your change" pointing to the
two chips.
Fraser said. Give me my change. $"
Pare would not do II. Fraser then SAIL:
put the bill down and VIII explain
paro then net the bill down and Fraser.
after Offering an explanation. starred 70
nick Il up. and Page reached Tor X al inc
same time Fraser got the money ana
paga nulled his gun Fraser reached for
It but missed. and Page placed the mH2zie
10 Fraser's left side and fired.
WE, witness saw the gun he jumped
- his fee: and after the shot was fred.
caught hold Of Pages wrist and held II
aover =, The floor while Johnson wrenche1
+ba CIV ont ~ his hand After johnson got
tba r,n loose. he helped Fraser and " ~
sen caught hold Of Page ana chokef hti1-
Narsen then started Cor the of'lce anu W.
- sofs come back here, this man may
-, - a.o.hsr r,,n." He came back and
page was let MP, and TOOK S'A' '-'
chair At the side 81 the room
80, resumed his testimony az y"
,.-s,,,,{,e- Of the afternoon session ltF
v,fs ba and Johnson took Fraser @l,-
-. ars mt him in bod. Or Kline ar
,st-aa soon after they got nm =" taF
,-1ora When he returned rage was "o'
in the harroou1 -,.5.-,,s.
r,s..,,rnir,.- 20 the dice game, the witness
- .1,+ johnson threw the dice sfF-
80 tt,r,as for Fraser and finally sac.
.r,v,-,,v, xonr own dice wnbc1 FeStf
st4 Ia testified that before me o.o"
mo started Page asked ham 10 start
s-,r,a and he said he nat no money
r,,.re1,,>n PaSe said: Here Is eoitae