The times., 1897-09-13
MARKED FOR SLAUGHTER
Continued from First Page.

been fleeing " hen they Were shot down
This statement was carefully investigated
by The Times reporter today. The man
most competent 10 speak Is, OF course,
DR.. Keller, OF the hospital where thirty
nine OF the wounded are. DR.. Keller
said:
'''rhe best answer to your question would
le an inspection Of the wounds For your
self. l can tell you the facts il you wish. L
wish you to verify them with your eyes.
OF the thirtyn nine nlen who Were III this
hospital, There are only twelve whose
wounds could possibly have been m1de by
shooting in the back. or these twelve, the
Wounds of several are not as deep Is they
would have been if they had been hit by
bullet direct from a gun OF the kind
that was useti by the deputies. II is very
likely these men We're struck by bullets
that had passed through the bodies of
otaeT men. Some of tile wounded have
wounds III the side, as if they had been
hit W hen side wise TO the rifle. In one or
two of these cases the bullet went through
both legs, SO tile force of the bullet ca1
be fairy estimated. They would go through
a nuns body If the body was :he first
object with which they came i'll contact"
In addition 10 this statement by the doc
| tor, the reporter got an explanation to-
day from one Of the lead ers ofthe mob that
shows how possible wounds IN the back
were made. In telling the reppr ter the
story OF the shooting lie said:
Il was parleying with the sheriff. He
had man by the arm and was pointing
his pistol at him. Tile arm vas struck
down. l heard a voice say, One, two,
three fiji e. and the next moment there
! no, hot 10
5ies had fired blank Cartridges at US for
moment. Some of the men turned and
ran. The Others stood their ground, ami
the shooting went on.
II is likely, the friends OF Sheriff NJ
tin aud his deputies say ,.that the bullets
intended fpr those Nvto stood their gr0uud
we've the ones that hit the fleetiug men
in the lack, If any were hit ia The back.
with Indignation running as high as il
is, aud exaggertton of everything the
o-ticr of the day, it is bard to get accurate
| testimony from eye-wltnesses. There
weIe many eye-wftnesscs 20 the shooting
besides those persons who weIe i'll the
Is.oL, but their stories differ widely. An
example is a story of school teacher
printed in New York yesterday, He was
actually an eyewitness. He told how
TIE mob was led BY TWO boys how they
Il arched at the head, arm III arm, and
how, later, they We're found dead, liasped
in eacF others arms. Fer sympathy
aiGusing story that could hardly be
beaten. DGt no small boys such as We're
desc ribed Were killed.
The deputies who fired ON the mob
FidaS were not Irresponsible men, such
as are often picked up toy sheriffs III case
of trouble. One OF them was Calvin
Pardee, Jr.. son OF a mine owner, whO
used t. be president OF the Lehlgli Coal
and Navigation Company. Mr.. Fardee Is
now superintendent OF the Hollywood
CollieTv. lie is "a Princeton graduate
Harry Douglass and Charles Warrner
Two other deputies, are Lehgh University
men.
Rowe Bartholomew, another, is a grad
cate OF Lafayette. William Young, an
othei, is I.ehigh man, and is the Ward
MCAllistcr or HaZletoiI society. T.. B. Ehy
another deputy, is ex president of the
Ha2leton National Bank. A. E Hess IL
the civil engineer of the Lehigh Trolley
Road. Robert Turner, another deputy, is
superintendent OF the telephone exchange.
Thomas Fall, another, Is prominent busi-
Te>s man here. John Tiuback, another,
is the assistant mana ger OF the 4 tIantiC
Oil Refining Company, and Robert McShsa
is q school teacher, 1t was over tire at.
tempt 10 arrest Mr.. Hess today that til
conflict came between the civil and lhf
military authorities. Hess is one OF tn,
deputies who remained in the town afte
the shooting. Nearly all the others went
away, and they are now with friends il
ether cities or in hiding, So strong is tnC
| public iealtng against them.
i bout ) o'clock thts morning Constablel
Queer and Airy, armed with a warrant ro
the arrest of II eSs on the charge OF mur,iel
and another on d charge Of assault witt
intent to Kill, Went to the Ninth Regimen
camp, which is at Hazleton Park. Hesi
had heard that some move was to pt
made against him, and he sought tn,
protection OF the soldiers. The consta bic
tried to walk through the picket line ant
were halted. They demanded that Hes
be TUNED over TO them.
They were told that they could not take
him. FOL the orders were TO afford him ever!
protection. The constahles tried again
to get through the picket line and wer
told that if they moved step they woul'
be shot. They went away later. Hes
said he would like to go home and a squaC
of soldiers were sent with him. Queer an,
, Airy, reinforced by Cons ables McGarve
and Kroop heard that Hess was coinin
and went to his home. They demanded
I Hess The mau in command of the squa,
= refused.
just then another squad, in conman
= OF Capt Mier, came up. The deraan
: was made of Capt. Mier and he said hl
: orders were to keep Hess if he had to us
). force 10 do it.
Q Constable Queer stamped his foot ant
a. declared: IN take him dead or alive
.r Captain Mier ordered his squad to SUI
= round the constables, and in a momen
u they were under arrest and were marches
a off to the guard tent. Later all bu
;, Queer We're released. H e was kept unit
Is this afternoon, when friends called q
Ir Gen. Goblin and begged that he be re
.r leased. They guaranteed that he woul
II not naoiest Hess. Gen. Goblin ordered tn
n Goblin ordered the release.
Later the general told The Times re
porter that be would not allow any c
i, the deputies to be molested while the trooI
n were on guard.
Coroner Mckee, OF this county, is tt
major of the Ninth Regiment. He sal
he had left the matter of an inquest
u the case in the hands of his deputy E
thought it might not be held before tn
end OF the week. The Austrian govern