The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-11
EXHIBITED THEIR WOUNDS.
MBN sBor AT LhTTIMER SNOW
THEIR SCARS IN COURT.

Attorney Palmer. for the Derence. Says ne 1s
an Attempt TO Work on the Sympathy or
the JurSmen-An InteiHEent witness dives
Te~siinony for tho Prssecrtiou's side.
wnKEsBARRE. Pa, Feb. 10.-Little evidence
OF vital Importance rs to the real issues involved
was put In by tho prosecution in to-day's pro-
ceedings in the trial Of Sheriff Martin and his
deputies for the shooting Of the riotous strikers
at Lattimer on Sept. 10 last. 1t was mostly
cumulative and interesting only as throwing
some new light on the minor happenings at Lat
timer and West Hazleton. Living exhibits were
also put In evidence. Several of tho witnesses
who had been wounded were mndo to remove
their clothing and show the scars on their bodies.
On direct examination Moritz EnRleman, q
stone mason from West Hazleton. the frat Of
tho days witnesses, said that when he returned
to his homo there from his work at Hazleton no
saw a number OF mon with guns near by and
another crowd of unarmed men along tho road.
Ibid you have a talk with any deputy" asked
Mr.. Martin, land, II so, what did he sayf
ono Of them said to me, You had better get
in your house. or you may get shot
Mr.. Lenahan asked: did not the deputies
there do all that peace officers could do to pre-
servo peace and orderf'
"Ycs, sir. they did," replied the witness.
"well, them" continued Mr.. Lenahan. did
not the Sheriff and his deputies take all peace
able means to induce the people congregated
there to dispersed"
Mr.. Martin objected, and tho question was
not ALLOWED.
Daniel J. Ferry, a young man from Hazleton,
a tea and coffee dealer there. was tho next wit
ness. and the most important ono Of the day.
He was intelligent. and was examined closely
by both the prosecution and the defence. After
saying that he had driven from Hazleton to Lat
timer on the day Of tho shooting In quest Of
orders, he said that no first saw tho strikers
coming along when he was we'll on his road to
Lattimer. They were. coming up behind him,
and turning around he saw a man In tho front
to Lattimer he saw the deputies drawn up there,
and as he evidently foresaw an encounter when
wagon alongside the electric railway embank.
ment and awaited developments. Presently BIO
sew the strikers come within VT : s9mm n hfty yards ards
out of the line of deputies and 60 up to and
speak to the strikers.
strikers" said the witness. "as l was behind
the deputies. / saw. however. the Sheriff
ditch along the road by them. A the same in.
slant l heard a shot and Immediately after a
sirissrs ! fa sGw an sdv then u the enc crowd esSdi began es"n q 10 dis u.s.
perse and ran in all directions"
What happened thenf"
ing men. I saw ono man shot, fall on, the rail-
road track. get up and get shot again.,
w no OF tue ucpulleS uO yOu huON.
~ know Turner. Raught, and Turnbach. I
did not take much notice of the Others"
How, long did tho shooting keep up after
first volley r.
"For about three minutes"
when the ,volley came what were tho
| strikers doing
They were dispensing. running in all direc-
tions."
Mr.. Lenahan's cross-examination. searching
and minute as 1t was. failed to shake the testi-
mony of tho witness in any material point. 1t
only brought out moro clearly the point that
when the shooting began the Sheriff was in q
ditch alongside the line Of fire and therefore in
no danger Of being shot.
shot in tho back under tho shoulderblade. and
by order of the District Attorney took off his
coat and vest and showed the wound to tho
jury. The objection Of the defence to the exhi-
hilton had been overruled by the Court, so Mr..
Palmer had to content himself with asking sar-
castically il Mr.. Martin intended to excite SYM
| patty of the jury by the stripping Of the thirty
eight wounded men on tho witness stand.
John Pentrick. John Urich. and Joseph Mekki
reiterated the oft-told occurrences at West
Hazleton and Lattimer and told Of no new Incl.
dents except that Mekki asserted that one Of
the deputies at West Hazleton had made the
remark that they would shoot the strikers down
like. dogs. Mekki and Harris. the last Of the
days witnesses, had been shot and exhibited
their wounds to the jury.