The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-15

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crossed the bridge. b2t r7es ro cre or The
pay The ssre1f man wss trrea ar four
steps D. hind rhe f7rsc when trey TT into
TIE 1otei bar | et9 not notice any ggrn II
tae hsn&s ef the hrsE man. lt seemed %
rTsa there were l@o shots. / coul3 rot -iud
ans trace OK tEe second shot afterwards.
The next morning. besween : and { o'c1oels.
] learned tEg4t Lyons had 52>en sao. ard
killes1-
C=resai Of Scossy.
TIE testimony of DeDaey Sheris J. r.
8ftaherp confirmed SC0tty-s story in many
points He said:
7 reside in Port Biakeisy ana ar1 depsry
ss4srtx of .s4sSap county. I flrSe learned -
the shooting .! Michael J. Lyons tareslg.n
Mess. one % fAe defendants. L was about
J clock o. The morning Of June - lie
Moss ard Or McIatire 10 t.yons pgsce.
Berg opened the door He said ttls oli
IzAa TA% All rlgAt and vas getting better
Anderson vas t-aain1 the bar pr adcIn-
tfre ard Toss vent ia with ME The only
ores fr the room were Berg and Anderson.
/ called for a iight. and Perg showed IS
ne gay g the oed where Lyons had been
Riaeed We found Mr. Lyons en the bed
Ia doctor pronounced him deas Ice
doctor rolled MIN over aaH found the
wound Berg. Moss and Thomas Ander-
i asked. Where * Scottve' Ferv a id
lie Is up stairs. Berg and Mess tofh said
they wossl3 take care 81 him. thai Re
could not eet away that he would b..
there In the morning we went up stars
after scotty ana found him in room : near
the Read q! the stairs. The door of .ha
room vas .losed. Scotty was IN bed ana
pad bis Shoes c1. / got him Up and told
hlm 20 come down with ne
e returned 80 the barvoom and I took
the doctor out to consult with him as 10
Y DO should he put "a charge of the house
l}ere and Moss ST od by the billiard table
! saw them hosding a whispered CONVEX
sSti5n and called the doctors attention
- II. / tEiak this whispering continued,
.
stairs And .Ion said. Let Us take a
drink. Berg said Yes. come. Scotty,
have drtak. I would not let him have A
ortak Tor he vas sober and in his right
senses.
7 said: Come on. scotty. and 20 with
me A1oss said There s nc one 20 take
Scotty, you might as well leave him with
us. b*r., said. Yes w viii take care OF
IllTn took him over 10 the hotel in
Blakeley.
Il remember Seeing Berg 1T the Inquest
l ueAt saw him at Mr. Howar3's saloon IN
Seattle. on june Il / tol3 hIn / wanted
- see him al Dc ice headquarters. ON the
Wy - police heaoquarJers Berg said:
! ga cannot believe anything drunken
sailor says. Nothing had been said about
~hAt ans 2ilor rad said, nor mad Berg
baen arrested. Neither had he been told
Ihat warrant had been issued for him
Crosa-eNanlnatlou added nothing to this
story save that Berg expressed surprise
wGon the doctor pronounced Lyons dead
The court waS ad dJcurnei until this morn
Ing.
Herg Talks With Corbett.
When court reconvened this morning
the first witness called after the cross-ex-
animation of Mulhorn was completed was
Detective John Corhett, of the Seattle po-
Ice force. He testified follows;
''On Monday morning June q. Berg
came into the assembly room of the iaii
and asked ne if I had two men in tile
cells. he asked me what | thought of
q nd %9 Dt+y t<aA
coming over on the boat. The men re-
ferred to were 'Frenchy and a man
whose name DO not know. They were
sailors. / told fin As soon as we hear
from cudhee we viii let them go | don't
think they mad anything to DO with killing
Lyons. Berg said they acted suSpiciously
on the boat and attracted the attention 81
every one on board.
Berg said: Before went down stairs
] veked up old Tom and then went down
stairs ] looked in the bureau drawer for
the OLD mans revolver and il was gone
/ asked him X he heard the shots and he
said: No. hat he knew there was some
thing wrong fer he heard the man fall.
said: Thnt'a strarge. He said: When
man fails IN that house it shakes the
whole house
Il said what's The matter with that
mSn Moss He said Moss was all right:
that II Moss wanted Ia Kill him he could
have shot him when he VAS out IN the
brush al l0:3o He said he did not think
Iyop was shot fer hts money. bur nv
some one who had grGdge against him.
and that II Moss had wanted to rob him
h. could easily have dora so FOR there was
always from $ltte 10 S703 and from six 10 a
dozen watches in the safe
CToss-examlned. Corbe,t said:
Beers said he was CLEARING land at Por,
Eiakeiey ana had been there six nouths.
After ne was arrested he said he was "A car
pc0ter This was when he was IN the cell.
! said, Way did you tell me you were
clearing land3 He deniad thar he had
said he was clearing Land and / said: You
are a d--d liar
The Last Witnesses.
Henry Lyons son Of tha murdered man
testified or CrCss-exa nina ton that he hal
been away fer two months returning only
the dag before the shooting He spoke of
the fact that since The shooting his fath-
ers revolver. until then kept IN the bed
room upstairs, had been missing.
The last witness 0f the day was Andrew
Peter@nn who lives near Port Blakeiey.
iie old - standing near the hotel with
Lyons 81 j. o'c.eck on the night Of ne
shooting \ man With dark clothes and a
soft aat pulled ever his eyes passed the two
scd staggered against Lyons Though be-
fors th8t he hs5 walked straight. Peterson
did not identify the man as either Moss or
Berg taeueh lie k1ew both