The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-14
IIlsT THEIR TAILS.
- Suffer Through Spite
AGAINST Their Owner.
.ocosp tuLpa'T ON TRIAL
aeieusnt Of the Dyer Case
!. -. msrphy Essponsibis3-
shsa street Car Line.

..,sv array OF country folks throng-
- HuuesP court room yesterday
- ,r.si Of Charles iddings. charged
- MALICIOUS mischief il disaguring a
-. tegongsng to Herbert S. Upper. Id
- u~es near O'Brien, and was ar
- lat November, In company with
Z. Taawaster, Charles Petty and Thomas
800 charged with having committed
a rrsnse from a spirit Of wantonness
- ,ssek and dlabolica! revenge.
8 the preliminary hearing II was shown
-, ar Uppsr, who owns place near
srpx,sn had fenced up a private way
s.-,.x his land and had pasted notices
..,ning the public not 10 trespass. This
"a 10 have lncense5 the neighberhood.
a 70 have resulted In the Disagreement
"a his horses
~ Upper went TO his farm one day to
81 tha.four of his horses. one OF them a
s,ased animal which had been brought
,a4s state from Ontario, had been strip
a Of their sweeping tails and glossy
S.res. by some n!screants. who in blind
81 cruel hatred OF him, had applied the
Ma 70 tie poor beasts. He investigated
q ease. and, believing the aboye-naIned
.,r:.ss to be guilty. swore out a warrant
- shelr arrest. The preliminary examin-
x.,as resulted IN their being bound over.
rhs case OF Charles Iddings was tried
/ .s.efaay. and the decision. which will be
| nacunced this morning. will determine
| s6esher the others Of the accused viii be
/ .csecuted. After fifteen witnesses had
Me- examined. twelve OF them for the de-
s.rke the case was given TO the jury at
.seut 40 p. m. An agreement was
escaed fifteen minutes later. but In the
sussntime Judge Hurues had ordered -
e,6Ied verdict. The jurymen are as fol-
bxs; +. II. Renick. T. j. Qulgley, r. J.
wilson, H. g. Turner, II. Bronson. j. ".
Young ]. b. NolI. ]. r. Elicook, NJ. A.
scrssa, Isaac Woods. "A. Lynes. r. c.
lnannon.
TIE main testimony against the accused
gess furnished by Thomas Iddings. sup
eose3 to be an accomplish In the crime,
saa bis statements were at variance
Mn the evidence ne gave at the pre-
anlnary hearing. He said that he had
.tsn testified against his companions be-
t.ase no feared the consequences. The
flrclusion TO be drawn from his appear
snee In court yesterday was that MS tes-
1nony was hardly reliable. The other
r..nssse. except Mr.. Upper, and Deputy
fhariif Thomas McCorrie. who made the
its case except that they had heard some
one say that the horses names and tails
la been cut Off The case did not appear
parsieularly strong for the state upon
ne showing made, yet more than one felt
morally certain that the accused was the
getty party. 1t will not be known until
fals morning, however, what the jury
tAlnks about the matter.
One OF the picturesque scenes after the
iars had retired was a thin-visaged
grandmother standing In the midst OF the
esantry folk calmly smoking pipe. 1t
brought 10 mind a picture OF pioneer days.
shen many women who did not dip
took their places by the fireside along
With the men ana enjoyed their tobacco.
Some diversion was afforded County
Clerk Gordon BIZ complaint made by a
cuTly headed young fellow OF Is. named
". II. Toombs. who said that some one
kaa signed for his witness fees and had
thea sold the certificate 10 buyer or
warrants An inquiry showed that w.
IL Toomhs had signed for the certificate.
re young man then acknowledged that
De had not been served with subpoena
and had not testified. but that the other
Tcombs had. This statement settled the
case. and Mr.. Gordon stopped the invssi-
gallon.