The record-union., 1896-04-15

Judge Hinkson overruled the objec-
ton, and DR.. Reith then described how
the two men were shot. Tanibayashi,
the one at the Morgue, had been shot In
the back. The bullet entered at the
ninth rib, passed through the heart, and
was taken from the breast, near the sur
face of which it hao lodged. Death
must have been instantaneous.
| The other Jap, Kuwapa, was also shot
| in the back, but the bullet passed
through the stomach and lungs.
| ]. w. Hughes objected on the part Of
the defense to the introduction in evil
dence Of the bullet taken from the body
OF Tanibayashi, but was overruled.
| Coroner G. H. Clark testified to the
| bodies Of the murdered Japs having
been taken to the Morgue, and the fact
that an inquest was held. The witness
identified photographs that he had
caused to be taken of the victims.
JUSTICE MEYER OF GAIT.
/ Adolph Meyer, Justice of the Peace
at Gait, testified that on the Sd of March
he was notified by telephone from
Arno that two japanese had been shot
near that place, one Of whom was dead.
He at once notified the Coroner who in
| structed him to go out and get the
body of the deceased. In company with
Deputy Sheriff Quiggle he went to the
scene Of the tragedy. They found the
wounded Jap sitting on roll of blan-
kets and apparently in great agony.
The body of the dead man was near by.
Of SC Is
turned inside out. There had been a
campfire near by, witt, debris scattered
about.
The dead and wounded were placed in
the wagon and taken to Gait, as also
was barley sack containing wearing
apparel 1t was open, es also were some
other bundles. The wounded man. Ku-
wana, was sent to the County Hospital
that night, and the next day the body Of
| the dead man TanabayaShi, was taken
to the Morgue.
There were powder marks on the
| clothing of the latter, showing that the
weapon with which he was shot was
held at close range. The witness said
he was familiar with the effects of pow
der fired at short range
RATEN IDENTIFIED.
! John Hartman, a railroad sectionman
who was employed near Gait on the day
of the tragedy, was the next witness
Three men came along, and the witness
| remarked to one of his fellow-laborers
that one Of them was very tall for a
japanese. The other man replied, THAT
isn't Jap, that's a Chinaman." The
tall one referred to was the prisoner at
the bar. The other two were Japan
csc, one Of whom walked in front of
Raten and the other behind him, in
single file.
The witness saw the japanese again
that evening at Gait One was dead
and the other wounded. Raten, the de-
fendant, is the man who was with them
when they passed the witness that day
kuwana, the Jap who brought up the
rear of the procession, carried a rifle
strapped to bundle on his back. AS
the three men passed, one of the section
men made remark about one of the
three having whiskers, referring to the
prisoner on trial.
RECOGNIZED BY OTHERS.
At the afternoon session William JEFF
frey and Tim Shay, who were members
OF the section gang in which Hartman
was employed, gave testimony of sim
liar character, mainly corroborative of
the latter's story. Both also identified
Raten as the man whom they saw with
the two Japs shortly before they were
shot
George Entzminger, who had been
employed on a ranch in that vicinity.
testified that on the afternoon of the
Sd of March-just shortly before the
tEagedy-he had started to go to Arno
and passed the Japanese and another
man on the railroad. They were then
mile and a half north of Gait. He
loentlhed Raten as the man who was
with the Japs. He visited the Moreue
and identified the dead men as the ones
he met on the railroad track.
The men walked in single file. The
japanese in front carried cooking out
Mt, ana the one in the rear carried
among other things a gun, the stock
and end of the barrel heing exposed.
Constable John Quiggle of Gait, who
went out to the scene of the shooting
with Justice Meyer, corroborated the
latter's statement. An open sack con-
| tanning clothing lay by the side of the
dead Jap. Other bundles. cooking uten
sils, ETC., were scattered about. and
there were indications of a fire having
been burning recently. One of the dead
mans pockets was turned inside out
but in the other was found purse con-
tanning small sum of money
William Scott, employed on the Riley
| ranch, near Arno, testified to having
found the dead and wounded Japs near
the railroad about 3:3O o'clock on the
afternoon of March Sd. He caused word
to be sent to Justice Meyer at Gait.
SEEN BY THE GEARS.
U. I. Gear, a farmer residing two
miles west of the railroad and south of
Arno, saw a man carrying a long gun
| pass his house about O'Clock on the
afternoon of the shooting, going west.
The man wore dark coat and a black
cerby hat with very narrow brim. He
was about 100 feet from the witness
and came from the direction of the rail-
road.