The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-23

.u1re Aver vii charge the jury In the
.s~fsr case this morning. The state
.~<sssded fts testimony at an early
s.xr Yesterday morning. and by SO
I s<s<~k yesterday afternoon the evil
80 FOR the defense had al been given.
= .safs introduced but single witness
: ,vbssfaI. Having other matters set for
ss.v Judge Aver rather insisted on an
ss~ssng session. and finally adjourned
.rsg 20 O'Clock. and the night. until a
= hour vas given up 10 the argument
4 he attorneys, AesSrs. Wright. Dors
- Crsss representing the defense. and
s-s.scutiBg Attorney AeEIroy and Dep
- Prosecuting Attorney Hart the state.
sze defense made out a much stronger
- Yesterday than even their friends
sz<d for. There was no attempt to
.sxzte or paIliate the heinoEs nature OF
a. crime that had been committed. but
M<<x was a very strong hxht as 10 the
xx<fion OF Hunters identity with the
srsf~trstor Of the crime. @. -.
hlsxhary, weather observer for
a. city. testified that since the
~ OF the crime more than four
.<s<s OF rain had fallen and there had
- violent winds. weather which would
8 eaicuiated TO obIitsrate all such traces
~ the ground az those claimed To
hss been found by Deputy Sheriff Lane.
;rsr1iah Sears testified that ne had seen
mar closely corresponding Co the de-
e-spfion given by Katie Simey OF her
zzs3lant. near the scere OF the crime
.sost noon OF that day. and that he was
asltiys the man was not Hunter. The
estlmony was corroborated by that 81
q n. Butler. who had also seen a man
SRI as Katie described. at Keith. be-
seen 1870 and l o'clock p. m. OF that
az.
OF course the witness around whom
nnss interest conferred was the accused
rnn himself. Newton Hunter. He bore
ssasalf fairly wen on the stand. and
sale his story could not completely es-
nbsh an aiihi. n was straight and To
o. point. His chief business had been
rettiuE and delivering wood 90 various
pssons and establishments I'm and about
~ city. He testified that on the morn
~ IN question he had gene 10 the Seattle
sandry on Eastlake avenue. Lake Union,
b get an order for wood. Having Sc
sursd this he went back along the rail-
rad track. reaching home about , O'Clock
IN. His route did not lead back by the
s.Aooi house OF course the weak point
bic story is that 1t does not otherwise
srount for his whereabouts precisely al
- time the crime is alleged 90 have been
eamitted. AL the material parts of his
asy. however. were corroborsted by
~ evidence of Louis KyRser. an empioye
TIE laundry. and Sarah Humers. Hunt
rs mother. who testified a. TO his ieav-
M and returning home and also To the
~ important point that on the day in
essstIon he wore pair OF boots into
y&fh his trousers were tucked.
ne Importance OF the latter point I'm It's
kznzg on the case Is hard 10 oyeresti-
sss since one of the very strongest
~ % Hunters identity with The crimi-
ssl has been the pair OF shoes which hs
sd on when taken. and which CORE
seand remarkably with the tracks about
Dc ground where the assault took place.
fAree ''Jail birds" figured as witnesses
~ the defense. and testified unanimously
tat the shirt which was marked as one
q The exhibits In the case. and which was
IMPOSED To correspond with that which
Kaiss slmey had described as worn by her
sssaiIant. did not. after all. belong 10
Hunter at all. but 10 Robert Donaldson.
These three men were Donaldson himself
kahert Dolan and William Sharp. Don
3ison testified that the shirt was his and
bad been his for months that IL was hang
Sc up In the jail when the officers came
aas took IL away as belonging 10 Hunter.
Joseph Lyons testified that the bog.
Eagene Sears. had told him that II the
eH-H tAtt N@tFA9Att ttA ssft URA
have one thumb gone. then he was not the
rsht man. As Hunter has no deformity
e this kind. the force OF the evidence Is
EASILY seen.
G, j. Chalier. one OF the deputies In
Sheriff Meyers office. testified that within
i've days after the crime occurred Katie
sfney had stated IN the sneri.I Office
tat her sssailant had red mustache and
lark brown hair. neither OF which can be
iscrieed 10 Hunter.
All the evidence In now before the fury.
Alter the court gives Its instructions this
iarenoon the Jurors will have 20 wrestle.
h@ with the horrible nature of the crime
ecmmit,ed which Is not denied by any
sfy connected with the suit. but with thu
saesiion as to whether Newton Hunter Is
lAs criminal.