The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-10
nIDN,T PICK OUT THE NAN.
-.uURE AT AN IMPORTANT POINT
FA Nv THE LhTTIMER TRIIL.

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vr,,e.. who Asserted That Ne Saw
star ,,nr,,n nud Two Deputies Hheet at
I'.,-. ,1,,ers Makes = Mess or NJ n At
C.,,., tn identify ono or the Deputies.
vuvrsp.RRE, Pa. Feb. 9.-Much stress has
h.en laid by those who are pre1uosinE 'ne caso
commonwealth against Sheriff Martin
Oh ~ J~ennti,s. on trial for killing the Latti'
nv uInors upon the idcntiications by Hun.
me, snd Polish witnesses OF the deputies
eStN"n a, the Lattimor shooting by picking
pea,, In the courtroom. Even although Ill
,lp.l rrfoir means are resorted to to bring this
- "a was asserted to-day, the prosecution
80 Ia worry little success in the matter. To-
Us - ,ho prosecution attempted to have one OF
AZ Identities pointed out by a witness. Accom-
N.s,.d nv the District Attorney, John M. Gar
- v- Ienahan Of the defence and tho ste.
A"-..rh.r the witness was led along the seats
-Nrnr;od bv the deputies. He pcercd into their
s.cos and finally. slapping one OF them on tho
shoulder, exclaimed:
This Is the man.
rho prosecution was not at all satisfied, for
N. man selected by the witness was not the one
.,., tho prosecution wanted identified.
..your Honor" said the District Attorney,
Aha, addressing the Court, "the man we have
IN mind has left the courtroom and we ask per-
,,,sion to repeat our attempt at Identification
when he returns
Mr. Lenahan protested vigorously that the
....un, Mt identification had been made and
failed. and that another should not be allowed.
He WINS ovcrruled. however. and when the
horr,v in question had returned to the court
,oom the attempt at Identification, was tried all
over again. IL was x a SIGMA Sn and rsi doWn N ali
around the benches occupied by the deputies
and scrutinized Their faces carefully. he finally
gave It up and said that he could not recognize
"subseouently A. E. Hess, the deputy IN oues-
ton. said TO THE Sun corresDondent that he
hnd seen Mr.. Garman trying to point him. out TO
he searching witness, butthe man was too'stupid
~ follow Inc movements OF Mr.. Garman's in.
Sex finger as t~hey:walked along the rows of
When Y court opened this ~%9Tnirg Judge Wood,
any letter; ,S SCnt sbonIs I SSnd det them over yS en to 'f the
Mstrict Attorney. John Yourshekowisz was
he first witness OF the day. His testimony as
no wise from that offered by other: witnesses
except in that he said:that Deputy A. p. Plat
was the man who tore the flag out OF the hands
out Mr.. Platt among the deputies in the court
room. At Lattimer the witness saw the
sherif, With a revolver omna,v AND Ni,S saw otb MIN POI point M, t.
ness then started to run away: When he got
about fifteen yards away from the line Of shoot
ri qhs as. The witness atiS PRODUCED the hat and
On cPross.examinatlon the witness said that
Tho reason so many men. at most 500, had gone
70 Lattlmer to induce tho men at work there to
Join the strikers instead OF a small COMMITTEES,
was that II only two or three went they would
be discharged by the company:
"But. asked Mr.. Lenahan "the mon working
st HARDWOOD were on strike, were they notf',
well, they had been stopped by the McAdoo
'Oh, they had been stopped by the McAdoo
p,en, and you wanted to do the Same thing to
the Lattimer peoplcl'
NC Just talk to them"
And Il you could not make them CONT out,
ycn would go back to work."
John Jusko. II Magyar. the next witness.
was asked on cross-cxamination 4 he did not
have q stone in his hand at West Hazleton. and
reason why they thrashcd hint. He said no.
which caused Mr.; Palmer to exclaim;
"0h. why don, you tell the truth and ac-
knowledge you had q stone in your andf'
John Andreosky was called to the stand. His
testimony was the most sensational so far
given at In ne trial: he ! was mss asked tsav whether n1enSrd fh no
LAttimer, and replied simply, None, save God,
and then went on to say to questions put to him
BY the District Attorney in reference 10 the &C.
%currences at Lattimer:
Tho hrst shot was in the air and came from
the. vicinity OF The schoolhouse: Then came a
vollcy, and | threw my self OIL the ground near
Q water pipe running under the tracks of the
electric car. When the first volley was over 1
looked up and saw the Sheriff and two men
step nut Of the ranks Of the deputies. and I
heard the tall, thin man call out to a man who
was running away, Come back or III fix you
Then the two men raised their guns and fred
two or three times at the men running away"
DO YOU'D know.who the tall. thin man wasf"
tsked Mr.. Martin. mo. I do not"
DO you think you could identify him among
the deputies hercl'
" will try" replied the witness.
The first attempt, as referred to above. was
then made. The witness picked out Deputy
Frank Clark. This was not the right man.
and the second attempt, as has been said, was
made, and also failed signally. Mr.. Palmer then
proceeded 10 cross-cxamine the witness, but be-
fore he had gone very far the time for adjourn
ment had arrived.