The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-08

~<,~ths-r tar. lie STOPPED. boxed over
ana sa& through The hEg Ef13oT. bDs
could uos So Ensrs TIE ns@a we're. heard
nothing inGfcatlag any unusual excite
nenr. ah8u1 thar5y ssconsfs Afterwards 20
SAW a man waIE in ar Ordinary gsfr
from the tar room 70 the telephone n tss
hotel oftce ard call ~ sorne ore. tae
ease ard Gonposurs Of this man led him
~ thtnk that aotnlng UNUSUAL rad hap
p@nel. He Their started or. ard gor about
haf way Up the alley on Washington
street when ne heard ths patrol sagon.
and saw Il 70 % tire Hotel Northern. Bs
Taen went back 20 the hotel. and wttn
5aiier Peer took Page 20 the wagon and
from there 20 the station that ~ Page
stepped in he said. Easy. boys ana ne.
Ward. said. Easy goes" In sna wagon
Peer told Page 70 move forward. and ne
I'D 80.
" Peer. nigh. 5ager. testified the
same as Ward relative 20 taking Page %
. -" station When he got 20 the station
mere vas another call and ne left the de-
PENDANT IN charge OF Mr. Ward He
saorJiy returned and undertook 20 secure
the prisoner. when ne denuFree. and
hnally Peer gently slapped him in the
Taee- Page told him that Was cowardiy or
something 70 that effect Peer referring
mat such an occurrence was not unusual
Wnen prisoners resisted being searched.
a%1 WIZ dftsFF ana SAID ne WOHtZ E@<
even with him If Il took thousand years.
which threat ne repeated when taken
down stairs He had no further trouble in
searching him. In going down 20 the jail
they had 70 descend twenty steps the first
ten being dark Page experienced no DIFF
fic3ity Ia going down.
Detective ~ Cudihee testified 70 the
same facts In regard 10 the arrest as given
10y Ward and Peer. except shat be re-
NAMED N the bar room 10 make an iuves-
tigatbon after Page was AIKEN 10 he
station.
on croSs-examination Cudlhee testified
that he did nor ind or the table by which
the shooting occurred either cards dice
boxes. dice or chips. He was also asked
II Marden Ireton and Johnson dId not all
state AZ the time he made the examina-
tton. that there vas no rambling going on.
This was objected 20 and objection sus-
taiued.
Marden vas recalled and on cross-ex-
animation testified that before the officers
got there he picked NJ the dice. cards and
chips and put theny behind the bar. 50
that there was nothing Ia sight when the
officers got there.
II vas then argued nv tho defense that
cudihee ought TO be permitted 20 testify
that Aardeu. Johnson and Iretou all
claimed that there was no gambling or
dice shaking going on ut the time Of the
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was iuadmissable on cross-examina ton.
Detective Wells testified he saw Page
about s O'Clock sf the morning in the faH
and said to Page: Hello, Is IL you?'
Page answered. There was bad whisky,
gun" and something about foolishness:
he thought he said "a foolish notion" but
was not positive about f. Page was di-
rected - Wells 10 the steel tank some
feet away. 20 which he went and asked
whore ho would lie. He was directed 10
pull down n bunk against the wall. which
he did. and got IN. experiencing 10 diff
Guilty In doing 50.
The denomination developed moth
Ing material.
This ended The case for the state and az
customary IN preliminary examinations.
the defense Offering no evidence. the jus
tee held the defendant 10 answer before
the superior court without bail.
The complaint filed in the municipal
court the day following the shooting.
charging Page with an assault with in
tent TO commit murder. was dismissed by
Judge Glasgow yesterday. on Application
OF the prosecuting attorney.
In the report Of the testimony of T. ].
r scoones in yesterdays Post-Intelli-
gencer he was enormously quoted as say
ing that he heard Page tell Fraser 10
throw the dice all out together Instead 81
one or two al time. MIR. Scoones, In
fact. testified that Page threw out the dice
one and tao at a time. and that Fraser
remarked: Throw them all out together
like "A man.
Many well-known citizens Of Washing
ton are moreor less acquainted with Page
and some of them were in the court room
during the hearing. Among them are
State Senator Sargent, of Pierce county:
Representative A. NJ. Moore, Of Skagit
county and his wife who have known him
from childhood as we'll as his mother and
sister Prof. Friars. principal Of the Sno-
homsh city schools. 6 L. Faust, r. W
padden and Henry Apologize. of this
city; Theodore Mentzer: ex-Representa-
tive H. l.. Davis, formerly cashier Of the
Brute county bank IN Mitchell. now an
expert accountant - Tacoma.