The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-02-08

wILKESSARRE. Pa, Feb. 7,-Hun-
dreds o. persons. anxious TO hear what
action Judge Woodward would take In
reference to the sensational outbreak
on Saturday between attorneys Garman
and Lenahan, opposing counsel In the
I.attImer shooting case. thronged the
court room to-day. Judge Woodward
spoke OF the incident OF Saturday, say.
Ing that after he had lef, the bench and
before court adjourned. an alteration
had risen between two OF the lawyers
engaged In the trial. which the court
did not fully hear nor realize the words
used until they were seen In the news
papers.
Had we heard" said tho Judge.
what was said, we should have dealt
with the lawyers in q summary man
rer, as the affair so deserved, and X
there Is q repetition of It we shall pun
ish the guilty parties for contempt OF
court"
Then came severe denunciatlon OF
the sensationallsn OF certain newspa-
pers, In endeavoring. as the court said,
to prevent Justice by an eSagseratlon
OF the facts and Incidents OF the trial.
He would, he said. rot mention any
names at present, but II the estound-
inu talsehoods and m!srepresenta-
tious continue the representatives OF
the papers will find the door OF the
court closed to them.
The first witness to-day was Sllas
Jones, justice OF the peace OF West Ha-
z,eton. He stated that he had seen the
meeting OF the deputies and strikers at
West Hazleton and followed the depu-
ties 10 LattImer. He saw Sheriff Martin
advance toward them with paper In
his hand. Some OF them surrounded
him, and an alteration occurred. but
the witness could not see exactly how
the alteration commenced or how II
ended. Two men fell dead. He was
asked what the spectators said after the
shooting. The defense objected. After
listening to all the arguments the court
sustained the objection, thus shutting
out the evidence. This Is regarded as
an important point gained for the de-
tense.
Counsel for the defense asked the wit
ness II he was not frightened when he
saw the sheriff surrounded BY strikers.
and the witness answered he was. and
that owing to this fact he could not
tell clearly Just what happened as The
moment.
John Yeagcr, q Slavonlan. who re-
qulred an interpreter. said he had seen
the deputies on their way 20 Latt!mer
on the day OF the shooting. All were
armed with rifles. but could not see
whether the sheriff had any weapons.
The men Yeager pointed out as doing
the shooting were John Ze!rdt. Harry
Zairdt, Schuyler Rldgway and Thomas
Hall. The witness could not remember
any more. but he mentioned Edward
Turnbach. John Cook. Richard e.
Jones, George W. Fri:Zinger, Frank
Clark and r. P. Platt as being present
with guns In their hands, although he
was not sure that they Shot
AFTER the hrs. few Shots" said the
ness, there was yolley, and then
number OF separate shots, and eleven
men were killed in Eve minutes and
lots wounded"
The witness saw two men run for
ward several PAGES from the line OF
the deputies, but could not remember
them.
Mr.. Lenahan conducted the cross-ex-
animation, but didn't change the wit
ness's story. He reiterated with empha-
sis his statement that several shots
were fired after the first volley. and
that he saw several men fail. He said
during the course OF the cross-exam-
ination that he could point out any dep
uty who was present at the shooting.
and the defense Immediately scored q
strong point by calling UP in front o:
the witness stand John Hampton, chief
OF coal and iron police. Yeager was
asked II he had seen Hampton with the
deputies. YES" he exclaimed, "he
was in the line, and was holding his
rifle this way" and he Illustrated. The
defense, VIXEN Its time comes, will
prove that Hampton was not on the
scene at all, but was in Hazleton at
the time. After getting this bit OF con-
tradctory evidence from him the cross
examination was concluded.
Thomas Hall, clerk OF the Valley Ho-
tel, in Hazleton, testified TO CONVEX
satlon he had heard on the Sunday fol-
lowing the shooting from the lips OF
Deputy John Turner. Turner was In
the hotel, talking to some friends. and
he said, speaking OF the shooting:
I'VE all marched out 10 Lattimcr. and
as the strikers came up heard shos.
It seemed TO come from the ranks OF
the strikers, and then we opened FIRE.
I shot nine and killed five"
On cross-examination, Hall said he
did not know whether Turner was
blowing or making 4 statement OF
facts.
The next witness was Christopher
Brehn, a miner of Cranberry He said
he was at West Hazleton when the s,ri-
kcrs arrived. and that hetalked with
Bornhc!ser. one OF the deputies, who
wanted him to join the deputies. Born
heiser said every one OF these id
strikers ought 10 be shot"
"They have as good 4 right TO strike
ns anybody" the witness replied, "and
would not stop them"
You're d-d coward" Eornhelscr
said. ''or else you would get gun, and
so out with us to shoot them"
III you want to shoot them, all
riuht." the witness said, and then
Bornhelscr went away.
A few days before the shooting the
witness Ind n talk with a deputy
named Dodson, who said: eve ought
to get 30 much Il head for shooting
down these strikers. | would do 1t for
cen, head ta make money +, H..
On c!oss-cxain!nation the wItncss al.