The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-06

WiIkesbarre, Pa, Feb. 5.-The first
week of the trial of Sheriff Martin and
his deputies ended today with the case
well under way and the jury having a
lot Of evidence to think about Sunday.
There was large crowd at this morn
ins's session.
The first witness. Michael Nicholson.
described the condition of some Of the
wounded on the road near Lattimer.
one man died as he watched him: five
others whom he saw We're badly
wounded The witness came upon
dying striker and was Joined by man
named Costello. While they were try
ing to aid the man. a deputy named
Alfred Hess came up, and Costello.
with great Indignation, said II was
scandalOus piece OF work the deputies
had done, whereupon Hess replied,
You shut up, or I'll treat you the same
way"
The defense objected to this reference
to Hess, and the evidence was stricken
out.
MINERS MEETING.
The next witness. one of the most
important of those to be heard on be
half OF the commonwealth, was John
Esler. secretary Of the HarwOod union
OF the United Mine Workers. lie told
how. on the night before the shooting,
a meeting had been held at HARDWOOD,
and the men gathered there decided to
march over to Lattimer that day to
show themselves to the men at that
place. at the request of these men.
Witness got an American flag and
nailed II on u long pole he had cut.
They agreed, he said, to march I'M
armed and to behave peaceably. Speak
ing of the meeting with the sheriff and
deputies at west HazletOn. witness
said: They rushed at Us and pointed
their guns in our faces and told US to
stop. I explained to the sheriff that
we were just going TO show ourselves
to the Lattimer men and were going
to do no harm to anybody. The sheriff
said: If you get to Lattimer you must
kill me. Burgess Jones Of west Halle
ton said he could march through the
streets. and so the sheriff and deputies
Went away and we marched on to Lat
timer"
SHERIFF DREW HIS GUN.
The witness said that at Lattimer
he again told the sheriff they were not
armed. and would behave themselves. .
The sheriff pulled a couple Of men out
of the ranks and drew his revolver and /
witness saw him trying To shoot one .
of the strikers. The revolver did not F..
explode however. and then a crowd T.
formed around the sheriff. At this time
there was a shot and then three or /
four shots. and at last a VOlley. Wit +
ness fell down between two men. but
did not think the men were shooting
ball cartridges until he saw one of
them bleeding. Then he got up and ran
with the rest. and the bullets kept
about his ears. He saw lots
Of wounded men, but did not go near
the deputies, as he was afraid.
on crOss-eXamination Egler admitted
that when the sheriff told them to dis
perse, he said: we amt going to;
we are going To Lattimer."
After the animation of Egler
the court adjourned until Monday
at 10 o'clock.
MUST FURNISH BAIL.
District Attorney Martin addressing
the court, asked that the defendants
be required to furnish bail or be COM
nitted to jail. Their bail he said
has been forfeited since the last term
If court in November. when their APP
)earance here absolved their bonds
men. BY 9 mistake their bail was not ,
hen renewed. and We have discovered
hat they have lot been under bail
since that time. They are charged
Win the highest crime on the calen-
lar, and the court should not discrim-
nate between them and the ordinary
riminals They should either furnish
,ail at once or De sent to jail"
Judge Woodward said that the de-
endants should furnish bail on Mon