Evening journal., 1898-02-05
CALLED THEM BUNS.
Miss Coyle's Term For Two
Of Martins Deputies.
GUSCOTT IDENTIFIES MEN KILLERS.
Eome Defendants Hide Their Faces TO
Escape Recognition and Are Called
TO Time by the Court-Points
Scored by Defense.

Scored by Defense.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Feb. 5.-When
lhe trial of Sheriff Martin and his depu-
lies was resumed Schoolmaster Guscott
look the stand again and continued his
testimony. He was chiefly occupied in
pointing out those of the deputies he
remembered having seen at Lattimer
lust previous to the shooting and after
ward when he was assisting the wound
ed Some Of the deputies endeavored
to avoid recognition by bowing their
! heads, and the cott1t was compelled to
order them to arise and come forward.
They were then required to remain in
/ The front row where they could be cas-
Gy seen.
Counsel for the deputies drew from
I this witness the fact that the strikers
we're in Lattimer on the Tuesday pre-
| Vious TO the shooting and that there was
some rioting The witness admitted
| That some Of the children were fearful
| Of a repetition of the scenes Of Tuesday
and that he had allowed them to go
! home. knowing that their attention was
| distracted from their studies.
Rev. S. r. Staffiett pastor Of the
Emanuel Reformed church of Hazleton.
testified that he was going from Mines
! Vile 10 I4dlllIlEI anu NdH1Nu AilN maj NAA-
ng strikers en- route. They were
marching four or five abreast were
uuiet and orderly, and the only demon
Btration they made was TO cheer the
rar as it passed. The witness said he
saw no weapons. Returning on the
same car from Lattimer, he again
passed the strikers as they were ap-
preaching the sheriff.
AS the car neared the end of the
column. he saw the strikers there run
ming, heard a cheer and Immediately
afterward the shooting. Witness then
continued on the car to Hazleton.
/ Speaking Of the journey to Lattimer,
he said several deputies boarded the
ear and left it at Lattimer. He did not
hear them say anything.
Miss Grace Coyle, Principal Guscotts
assistant at the Lattimer school, prov
I'd to be the most important witness Of
The day. She said she was standing on
the porch of the sehoolhouse and saw
the deputies line up along the roadside.
| Then the strikers approached quietly
and orderly She did not hear any
shouting. 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,
md a few strikers pushed past the
sheriff. At that moment shot was
fred Then came another, and in an
Instant a crashing volley.
Il saw men fall" said Miss Coyle
Some of them ran toward the school
house. and when they had got half
way they fell. 1 do not know whether
they were shot just before they fell or
if they were wounded by the volley
and ran so far before their strength
failed. The shooting continued for
about two minutes, and after the first
tolley it was scattered.
II helped many of the wounded strik-
ers who fell near the schoolhouse.
bandaged the wounds Of some Of those
who were shot through the arm or leg,
and we carried one man shot in the
stomach and another in the chest into
the schoolhouse; gave them water to
drink and tried to make them comfort
able. There was blood all over the
schoolhouse floor. It was a horrible
sight.
Il helped about 70 or IS of the wound
ed and did not see any weapons on any
Df them. While I was helping them, a
deputy named Hess laughed at me as
he walked about smoking a cigar
said. You ought to go to Cuba. An
other deputy, Clark, laughed, and
said to him. DO you think you've done
a glorious deed todayg I called two
more of them buns"
Miss Coyle made a good witness fol
, the commonwealth in her recital of al
This. but in the cross examination sh,
also made a good witness for the de
, tense. The defense will try to prove
that the people of Lattimer were yer.
much afraid Of the strikers and becam,
much alarmed when they heard the!
were coming. Guscott. the princi
pal of the school, had denied tina
, his scholars We're frightened but N
] could not explain very clearly why the.
aad boltad out of the school without be
ing dismissed.
Miss Coyle said on this point jus
/, what the defense desired. She said
2 shortly before o'clock Miss Cor,
Heinbach came TO the school and said
q The strikers are coming. and I wan
: my little sister to go home with me
i, ! [ excused the little girl and then though
! Il best to dismiss the class so the
could get home before the striker
rame."
The trial is expected 10 take fou
weeks at least, as there are about 15
witnesses to be heard by the common
= wealth and nearly 200 for the defense.