The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-05
MARTINS MAN KILLERS.
Another Day in the Famous Murder
Trial at Wilkesbarre.
THE STORY OF A LADY TEACHER.
Declares the Strikers Were Peaceable,
and Says She Rebuked the Deputies
After the Fatal yolley-Evldence OF
Fermentation Ruled Out.


and Says She Rebuked the Deputies
After the Fatal Volley-Evldence OF
Fermentation Ruled Out.
; Wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. 5.-The witt
nesses in the trial Of Sheriff Martin
and his deputies are brought into court
only as they are required to testify. the
others being kept In an upstairs room.
Many bear reminders of the Lattimer
massacre in the shape of CHASTITY
wounds, missing legs and arms, etc.
Charles Guscott, the school teacher,
finished his testimony yesterday, and
pointed out several of the deputies as
among those he had seen just before
and after the massacre. Some of the
deputies endeavored to avoid recogni-
tion, but were required to come for
ward where they could be easily seen.
DR.. H. M. Kellar, who attended many
OF the wounded strikers and viewed the
remains of the dead, testified that
many Of the strikers were shot in the
back thus bearing out the allegations
, of the commonwealth that the dep
/. uties fired when the men were run
ming away. Forty-six wounds on 80
men were inflicted by Winchester
bullet. and only q small number We're
caused by buckshot. The classification
was as follows: Shot directly in front,
8: indirectly In front, 8; directly In the
side 15; indirectly in the side, 6; direct
ly in the rear. 5; indirectly In the rear,
9. or the SO patients seven died in the
hospital, two are still there and slowly
recovering, and 80 have been dis
charged. all Of them cured except one,
who is now in Philadelphia hospital
OF two who were wounded the bullet
had entered just above the heel and
lodged near the kneecap. Only q man
running at full speed could be shot in
that manner.
Rev. s. Il. Stafflett, pastor of the
Emanuel Reformed church. of Halle
ton, told about going on the electric
car from Minesville to Lattimer, and
passing the marching strikers en- route
They were marching four or five
abreast, were quiet and orderly, and
the only demonstration they made was
to cheer the car as 1t passed. The wit
ness said he saw them carrying no
weapons. Returning on the same car
from Lattimer, he again passed the
strikers just as they were approaching
the sheriff. AS the car neared the end
OF the column he saw the strikers there
rnnning, heard cheer, and Immediate
ly afterward the shooting.
Miss Grace Coyle, the young girl who
is Principal Guscotts assistant at the
LAttimer school, proved to be the most
important witness of the day. She was
very brief In all her answers and ex-
eeedingly nervous at first She said she
was standing on the porch Of the
schoohouse and saw the deputies line
up along the roadside Then the strik-
ers approached quietly and orderly. The
sheriff stopped them, and some of them
gathered around him, but she did not
see any of them attack him. Some of
them cried, GO ahead" and a few
strikers pushed past the sheriff. At that
moment shot was fired; then came
another, and in an instant a crashing
SOlley.
II saw men fall" said Miss Coyle.
Some of them ran toward the school
house, and when they had got half way
they fell. do not know whether they
were shot just before they fell of IL
they were wounded by the volley and
ran so far before their strength failed.
I1hasshaatine ~eNaatisAed for about two
minutes, and after the first volley 1t
was scattered.
Il helped many of the wounded strik-
ars who fell near the schoolhouse. I
bzndaged the wounds Of some of those
who were shot through the arm or leg,
and we carried two men into the school
house, gave them water to drink and
tried to make them comfortable. There
Was blood all over the schoolhouse
floor: 1t was horrible sight.
Il helped about II or 10 of the wound
cd, and did not see any weapons on any
of them. While I was helping them O
deputy named Hess laughed at me as
he walked about smoking a cigar. I
said. You ought to go to Cuba Dep
uiy Clark laughed, and said to him,
DO you think you've done glorious
deed today?' l called two more of them
buns"
Miss Coyle made a good witness for
The commonwealth in her recital of all
This, but in the cross examination she |
Also made a good witness for the de-
fense. The defense will try to prove
that the people of Lattimer were very
much afraid Of the strikers. and be-
came much alarmed when they heard
they were coming. Miss Coyle said on
this point just what the defense desired
to get at. She said:
Shortly before o'clock Miss Cora
Heinbach came to the school and said
The strikers are coming, and ] want
my little sister to go home with me-
] excused the little girl and then
thought it best to dismiss the class, SO
they could get home before the strils-
srs came"
DR.. John J. Corrigan, of Hszleton,
testified 10 the fact that he dressed the
wounds of some Of the strikers as they
were being taken to Hazleton in a troll
ley car, Several deputies were in the
car but said nothing to him about the
enair. Then the commonwealth called
Btephen I. Adams, a travelling man, by
whom 1t hoped to prove that some of
the deputies while journeying to the
scene Of the shooting made threats
that they would kill some of the stril-
ars. The witness said he could not
Identify any of the deputies on the
car. As he was proceeding to tell his
story the defonse objected on the
ground that he could not identify any
Df the deputies and it was not proper
evidence for him to state what was
said. There was long argument, and
he court finally sustained the objection
u the defense, and the evidence win
not be heard.
Court then adjourned until today.
The trial is expected to take four
weeks ct least. as there are aboutE5O
Witnesses to be heard by the common
wealth and nearly 200 for the defense.
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