Omaha daily bee., 1898-02-08
SCORES LAWYERS AND PRESS
Sensational Incident ip the Court Room al
Wilkesbare.
JUDGE THREATENS TO PUNISH BOTH
sequel of Saturdays Sensational In
cident I'm Trial of Shcrin Mar
fin-witnesses Tell of
the shooting.


WILKESBARRE. Pa Feb 7-Hundreds
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w. ~ us W i'' "N''o' 'NHs
woodward would take IN reference 10 the
! sensational outbreak on Saturday between
Attorneys Garman and Lepahan opposing
| cnunse, IN tho Iottiner shooting case
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thFonsed 'he court rooh touay' 1uuse
| woodward spoke OF the incident of Saturday,
saying that after he had left the bench and
! before court adjourned an alteration had
arise, ho,weon +wo of tho ,awvors opgoeed
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III '"c ''l"i' ""i'H '"e 'o"' vi" "Ot iui's
| hear nor realize until they were seen in the
| newspapers Had we heard" said the
| iudgn ",yba, vas said vye sbouId have dealt
80 A. ,sa.,,,na T., s,,,,,,,.n,. ,,,,,,,,o. os
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the analr 80 ueseiNeu ana IL 'neIe is d
| repetition oil IL we snail punish the sulty
parties lot contempt OF court lheh came Z
denunclatioh OF 1he sehsAtIonalisLl % VI
| certain newspapers IN endeaVorlns' as the
court SAID, TO prevent Justice oy an eN-
| asseratlon oi tne ,ae's anu iiio~iuents ~ vi @ .aie
\ trial He would. ne said. not mention any
| names at present, but the astounding
! falsehoods and misrepresentation continue
the representatives OF the paper VIII ma
the doors of the court closed TO tnem'
Inc hrst WITNESS quay was oi,as 'o'i, -
justice of the peace OF West Hazieoon. he
stated 'hat ne nau seen yie ,iiye'.hS VI ,.,I
aep"'ies ana strlhels az Nest thaIe'e,, e ahs ~
followed them TO Lattiiner' ne saw @ oherin III
martin advance .o"uiu 'neh @ VIII pap ~ ~,
MS hanu' some OIL @ lielh SUI lrounueu @ @ ~. mt.'
ana an ai'ertallon i oCIu,i Gu, w 'nI I..o
ness could not see eNaet'y nov tiie a,'e' "a
tlon commenced OF now II te.lliha,eui
ne hearu coupIe vi sio.s any 'nem q
volley and saw several men I4li' TWO Mno
fell near MN were dead ne was asNeu
what the spectators sala alter tne sllooe'nS aii
me detense oOJecteu' Ntel tlsten!ns ~ az
the arguments the court sustained ihe op!s.
tion thus shutting out the evidence. rms
IS regarded as an important point guinea
lor the uelehse. ..
Counsel for the detense asked the wines .,s
II he was not 1rlghtehed "hen ne SAW 'he ne
sherlt surrounded ny the stilNels anu nv
replied he was ana tnat owing TO lhls lacs
he could not tell clearly Just what happeneu
at the moment
John Yeager Slav VINO required an an IN IN,
terpreter, said ne had seen the Geputiss En
their way TO La'tifher on me Hay ut 'ne
shooting. All were armed WIN r!nes, puI nu
could not seel whether the sheflH hau any
weapon.
Just before the noon au1ourheHehI tn9
court accepted bail Tor all the accused
deputies and the sheriff IN the amount OF OF
$4,000 each, making $4US'uvo III an ",,, "a,
was furnished by the Philadelphia surety
company, ~
SHERlFF PULLS HIS REVoLN hN'
When court met again IN the AFTERNOON
George Yeager resumed his testimony. He
Joined the strikers and marched with them
to Lattimer. He described the meeting VITA
| tho sheriff and said the sheriff drew ms re
| volvcr and pointed 1t at the strikers he
| grabbed one of them and pulled MIN from
out among the others, all the time holding
| the pistol at his breast. Then some one
| shouted to shoot and the deputies nreu'
| After the first few Shots said the Wit
| ness, there was volley, and then num-
| Der of single shots, and eleven men were
killed in five minutes, and lots wounded.
The witness saw two men run FORWARD
several PAGES from the line OF deputies put
could not remember them.
Mr.. Lenahan conducted the cross-eXaHlna-
tion, but did not change the witness story
materially. He said during the coulte VI
the examination that ne coulu point out any
deputy who was present at Nhe shootllis,
and the defense immedlately scored stloLs
point by calling up in front OF the witness
stand John Hampton, chief OF the coal ana
oil police. Yeager was asked II he had seen
Hampton with the deputies' A., ,;,,o
YES he exclaimed, ne was III tne iitle
and was holding his rifle TINS way anu he
illustrated the position. .--- --.
The defense VIII prove tnat Hampton Was
not on the scene at all, put was Ill fia%ie''n
at the time.
Thomas Hall, clerk of the Naliey notei III
Hazleton, testified to conversation ne iI Haa
heard on the Sunday following the smootins
from the lips OF Deputy JonH iul nIl nIl
Turner