Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-02-07

wounds of the injured, of which the fol
lowing is a summary showing the dlrec-
tion OF the shots: Direct front fire, s.
indirect side fire, 8; direct rear fire, 81
indirect rear fire, s. Total, Al.
Rev. b. f. Stoilet, pastor Of Hazletou
Reformed church, met the strikers on
their way to Lsttimer. They were
marching peaceably, without noise OF
demonstration, and had no weapons that
he could SOC. An American flag was
carried at the head of the column.
The last witness of the day was An
drew f. Adams, q commercial traveller.
of Glen Falls. N. Y. He was in car
going TO Lattimer, when twenty OF
twenty-five deputies armed with rifles
boarded TO- He heard a conversation
among them, but here his testimony was
stopped. The attorneys began to argue
the question of the admissi6ilty Of such
evidence. Mr.. Scarlett, for the prose
cution, made a brilliant plea that the
utterancc of one or more mem berS OF a
posse, band or mob on trial for a spscific
crime should be admitted, without sepa-
rate identification.
The commonwealth said they would
prove by the witness that ons deputy
said on the car: why did the sheriff
not give us chance to shoot at Halle
ton?" Another replied: This would
be good place TO NOW them down"
1t was matter of fact that this body
OF men boarding the car armed with
rifles was part of the band OF deputies.
EI-Attorney General Palmer, for the
defense, argued that the defendant must
be proved to be such, and fixed by name
or recognition. Judge Wood ward sus-
tanned the objection and refused to
admit Mr.. Adams testimony.
The fifth day of the trial, Saturday,
began by calling to the stand Michael
Nicholson, who rode on the electric car
with the deputies from Hazleton to Far
ley's hotel. He arrived on the scene of
tho shooting about five minute after it
occurred. He heard Joe Costello say to
Deputy Hess: 1T is scandal to do such
a thing to human bchys," and Hess
raised his gun and said, shut up, or
will do the same to you
John Eaglcr, one of the strikers. re-
pested the details which took place be-
fore, during and after the shooting. He
saved himself by lying on the ground
until the deputies had emptisd their
guns.
As court was about to adjourn for the
day, District Attorney Martin called
for the commitment to jail of the mur-
derers or else that their bail be renewed
Immediately. He said: "At the No
yember session the bail in this case
should have been forfeited. 1t was not
done. These defendants are here now
without bail and | ask that the bail be
renewed at once or the defendants com
mitted."
The attorneys for tho defense obiscted
to this. Attorney AcGahren, for the
prosecution, protested against allowing
their social standing to have any weight
in the question, but Judge Woodward
decided that bail could be renewed this
morning
The arguments on this point led to
very disgraceful scene in the court room
enacted while the court WAS still in ses-
sion.
Attorneys Lenahan and Garman were
disputing the matter when the former,
who bears the eI-distrct attorney con-
siderable lll-will for having superseded
him as the representative of Luzerns
Democracy in national and state coun-
ellis of the party, used language which
astounded oil present and which WAS the
most disgracefnl ever heard In Luzerne's
courts. Garman replied to the deputies
defender with words similar to his own,
and both were about to meet in q fistic
encounter in opsn court when mutual
friends interposed.
The sheriff and deputies are in court
every day. The county officer is the
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