Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-08

ney5 German and Ienahan. He said
the court had not fully heard or real
lied the words used until they were
seen IN tha newspapers, or they would
have been osalt with as they deserved,
and if there was repetition of the
affair the parties would be punished for
contempt q court.
Then estne severe denuneiation of
the seszsaUJaaiism Of certain news
papers, in winch, the court said, ten
deavoring TO pre- Mt justice BY an eX-
aggerati3n OF he Facts and the incidents
Of Che trial N paiat and pietorially."
lie would, he said, not mention any
names at present, hut if the astound-
ing falsehoods and misrepresentation
coHtsaae the representatives of the
paper viii 1la the door Of the court
closed to them.
"This IS a court of justice, 4" continued
the jaaSe, g. rgaged in the trial OF a
case dealing with the life or death of a
nunlaer Of men, and is not a concert or
a po5t.co1 convention. The dignity of
the coar6 must and will be preserved"
The first witness was Silas Jones,
justice of the peace of West Hazleton
He stated that he had seen the meeting
of the deputies and strikers and wit
messed the shooting.
He was asked what the spectators
said after the shooting. The defense
objected to this on the ground that the
evidence was not relevant.
After listening to all the arguments
the court sustained the objection, thus
shutting out the evidence. Counsel for
the defense asked the witness if he was
not frightened when he saw the sheriff
surrounded by the strikers and the wit
ness answered that he was.
John Yeager, a Slovenian, who re-
quired an interpreter, said he had seen
the deputies on their way to Lattimer
on the day of the shooting All We're
armed with rifles, but he could not see
whether the sheriff had any weapons.
He pointed out number of deputies in
the courtroom whom he did not know
by name, and others he named.
The court accepted bail for all the &C
cused deputies and the sheriff in the
amount of $4,000 in each case, making
q total of $402, 900 i'll all Bail was
furnished by Philadelphia surety
company.
When court resumed Yeager con-
tinued his testimony. He described the
meeting with the sheriff, and said the
sheriff drew his revolver and pointed it
at the strikers. He grabbed one of
them and pulled him out from the
others, all the time holding the pistol
at his breast. Then some one shouted
to shoot and the deputies fired.
''After the first few Shots said the
witness, "there was a volley and then
number of separate shots, and II men
were killed in five minutes and lots
wounded"
The witness saw two men run for
ward several PAGES from the line of the
deputies, but could not remember them.
Mr.. Lenahan conducted the cross-ex-
animation, but did not change the wit
ness story materially. He reiterated
with emphasis his statement that num-
erous shots were fired after the first vol
ley and that he saw several men fail.
The defense called up in front of the
witness stand John Hampton, chief of
coal and iron police. Yeager was asked
if he had seen Hampton with the depu-
ties. ''I es, he exclaimed, ''he was in
the line and was holding his rifle this
way, and he illustrated The defense.
when its time comes, will prove that
Hampton was not on the scene at all,
but was III Hazleton at the time After
getting this lot of contradictory evil
was concluded.
Thomas Hall, clerk of the Valley
hotel i'll Hazleton, testified to a CON
versation he had heard on the Sunday
following the shooting from the lips of
Deputy John Turner. Turner was in
the hotel talking to some friends and he
said, speaking of the shooting:
1--WE all marched out to Lattimer and
as the strikers came up heard a shot.
1t seemed to come from the ranks Of the
strikers, and then we opened up. |
shot nine of them and killed fiye.'
On cross eXamination Hall said he
did not know whether Turner was
Glowing" or making a statement of
facts
The next witness was Christopher
Brehn, a miner of Cranberry. Brehn
said he was at West Hazleton when the
strikers arrived and that he talked with
Bornheiser, zone of the deputies, who
wanted him to join the deputies Born
heiser said everyone of these d
strikers ought to be shot"
They have as good right to strike
as anybody" the witness replied, 'and
| would not stop them"
You're d coward" Bornheiser
said, "or else you would get gun and
go out with us to shoot them %
a few days before the shooting the
witness had talk with a deputy named
Dodson, who said 1--WE ought to get
SO much head for shooting down these
strikers. l would do it for l cent head
to make money at it.
On cross-examination the witness ad-
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