The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-02-08

and killed while running al a distance
of one hundred yards from the road.
The shooting continued for two or
three minutes. The witness did not
sec any Of the deputies leave the line.
and run after the strikers 10 shoot them.
His attention was wholly taken with the
wounded men. some Of whom he car
RED into the school house and attended
there.
WilkeSharre. Pa. Feb. THE trial
IF Sheriff Martin ana lis deputies. VII
are Jointly charged with the murder cf
the striking miners at Lattimer on Sep
TENDER 10. was continued this morning.
Charles GuScOtt. the Iattimer school
tpacher. was recalled. He was chiefly
occupied in pointing out those Of the
deputies he remembered having seen a
Iattimer just previous 10 the shooting.
and afterward when he was assisting
the wounded. Some of the deputies EN-
deavored to avoid recognition by bowling
their heads and the court was compelle
to order them to arise and come forward
They were then required to remain in
the front room where they could east
~ lie seen.
Counsel for the deputies e~ndeavored [
prove by the witness that the children .
RlS SCHOOL were HOG lII- ittIitu ~ 1lt
approach of the deputies, but upon th
first intimation of the approach Of the
strikers they became alarmed. 1t was
shown by the witness that the strikers
were in Lattimer on the Tuesday pre-
vious to the shooting and that there was
some rioting. GuscOtt admitted that
some of the children We're fearful Of a
repetition of the scenes of Tuesday and
that he had allowed them to go home.
knowing that their attention was dis
tracted from their studies.
Or. II. VI. Kellar. who viewed tho
remains of the strikers, and attended
many Of the wounded, was then called.
He testified to that q number of the
strikers were shot in the back.
DIR. Kellar. mentioned in orde
each of the thirty-nine patients taken to
the Hazleton Hospital. and describe
their wounds minutely.
The defense in its cross examination.
conducted by eN-State Attorney General
Palmer. asked the doctor to classify the
wounds as to the positions of the men
when shot. The classification was as
follows:
Shot directly in front, five; Indirectly
IL front. nine: directly in the side fifteen
Indirectly III the side. six: Directly in the
rear three: Indirectly in the rear eight.
the thirty nine patients. seven died
III the hospital. two are still there, and
recovering slowly and thirty have been
discharged. all of them cured except one
who is NOW in a Philadelphia hospital.
Rev. =. f. S%taffptt. pastor of the
Emanual Reformed church of Hazleton,
was going from Milne~ville to Iattimcr
and passed the marching strikers e
route. They were quiet and orderly.
The witness said he saw no weapon. Re
turning he again passed the strikers Il
they were approaching the Sheriff. \
the car neared the end of the column. II
saw the strikers there running. beard Il
cheer and Immediately afterward tn
shooting.
Miss Grace Coyle. principal Guscott's
assistant at the Lattimer school proved
to he the mos important witness of tn
day. She said she was standing on tn
porch Of the school house and saw the
deputies line up along the roadside.
Then the strikers approached quietly
and orderly. She did not hear agy
shouting. The sheriff stopped them an
some of them gathered around him bat
she did not see any of them attack him.
Some Of them cried go ahead and 4
few strikers pushed past the sheriff. At
that moment a shot was fired: then came
another, and in an instant a crashing
volley.
Continuing the witness said:
Il helped about twelve or fifteen of
the wounded. and did not see any wcap-
ons on any CT them. While | was help
ing them. a deputy named Hess laughed
at me as he walked about smoking a
cigar. | said, 'You ought to 90 to Cuba.
Another deputy. Clark. laughed and [
said to him. DO you think you've done
y ~cloriouS deed to-day" l called two
mere of them buns"
Guscott, the principal OF the school had
denied that his scholars were frightened.
but he could not explain very clearly
Why they had bolted out of the school
without being dismissed. Miss Coyle said
on this point just what the defense Gcsir
ed to get at. She said: SHORTY before
four O'Clock Miss Cora Heinbach came.
to the school and said. The strikers are
coming. and | want my little sister to 80
home With me- | excused the little
girl, and then thought it best to dismiss
the class 50 they could get home before
the strikers came
The trial is expected to take four
weeks at least. as there are about one
hundred and fifty witnesses to be heard
by the commonwealth and nearly two
hundred for the defense.