Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-08

Representatives of Certain Pa
pers-Will Hold Lawyers to Ac-
count for Improper Proceedings
at the Bar-One Witness Who
Went Too Far in His Declarations
and Aided the Defense.
Wilkesbarre Pa, February Hum
| dreds of persons anxious to hear what
action Judge Woodward would take in
reference to the sensational outbreak
| on Saturday between Attorneys Gar
man and Lenahan, opposing counsel in
| the Lattimer shooting case, thronged
| the court room to-day.
Judge Woodward spoke of the Incl
dent of Saturday, saying that after he
| had left the bench and before court
| adjourned, an alteration had arisen
| 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 newspapers.
Had we heard" said the judge,
what was said we should have dealt
| with the lawyers in a summary man
ner, as the affair so deserved, and if
there is repetition of it we shall
punish the guilty parties for contempt
of court"
Then came severe denunciation OF
the sensationalism of certain newspa-
| pers in endeavoring, as the court said,
/ to prevent justice by an exaggeration
! of the facts and incidents of the trial.
| He would, he said, not mention any
names at the present, but if the as
| founding falsehoods and misrepresen-
| tatiOns continue, the representatives OF
| the papers will find the door of the
court closed to them.
THE FIRST WITNESS
| to-day was Silas Jones, justice of the
peace of West Hazleton. He stated
that he had seen the meeting of the
| deputies and strikers at West Hazleton
and followed the deputies to Lattimer.
| He saw Sheriff Martin advance toward
them with paper in his hand. Some
| of them surrounded him and an alter
cation occurred, but the witness could
not see exactly how the alteration
commenced or how it terminated. lie
heard couple of shots and then a vol
| ley and saw several men fall Two
men fell near him, dead. He was
asked what the spectators said after
tho ~;
listening to all the arguments. the
court sustained the objection. thus
shutting out the evidence. This is re-
garded as an important point gained
for the defense.
Counsel for the defense asked the
witness if he was not frightened when
he saw the Sheriff surrounded by the
strikers and the witness answered he
was, and that owing to this fact he
could not tell clearly just what hap
pened at that moment.
John Yeager, Slovenian, who re-
quired an interpreter, said he had seen
the deputies on their way to Latti-
mer on the day Of the shooting. All
were armed with rifles. but he could
not see whether the Sheriff had any
weapons.
Just before the noon adjournment
! the court accepted bail for all the
accused deputies and the Sheriff in the
amount Of $4,000 in each case, making
| s402, 900 in all.
BAIL WAS FURNISHED
| by the Philadelphia Surety Comnanv
The men Yeager pointed out az
doing the shooting were John Zeirdt
Schuyler 2idgeway and Thomas Hal.
The witness could hot remember anv
more, but he mentioned Edward Turn
bach, John Cook, Richard E. Jones.
George w. Frizinger, Frank Clark
and R. P. Platt as being present with
guns in their hands, although he was
not sure that they shot
After the first few shots" said the
witness, there was volley and then
number of separate shcts and eleven
men were killed in five minutes and
tClS WOUlueQ
The witness saw two men run for
ward several PAGES from the line of
the deputies, but could not remember
them. Lenahan conducted the cross
examination. but didn't change the
witness story. He said the sound of
the shooting was like the explosion
of three boxes of dualin. He reiterated
with emphasis his statement that nu-
merous shots were fired after the first
volley and that he saw several men
fall He said during the course of the
examination that he could point ont
any deputy who was present at the
shooting, and the defense Immediately
scored strong point by calling I'D
IN front Of the witness stand John
Hampton, chief of the Coal and Iron
police. Yeager was asked If he had
seen Hampton with the deputies.
Yes. he exclaimed che was in the
line and was holding his rifle this
way" and he illustrated The defense
when it's time comes will prove that
Hampton was not