The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-05
RIOT WAS THEIR PURPOSE.
IMPORTANT TESTIMONY IN THE
HAzLEToN MURDER TRIALa

lietous Huiners Wore Not Peaceabie In 1n-
tent. but HAD started Out to Mako Trouble.
WrLKEsBARRE, Pa, Feb. 4.-The defence
scored siRnally in to-day's proceedings in the
trial of Sheriff Martin and his deputies for the
Lattimcr shooting. Out Of the mouthE Of wit
nesses for the prosecution. witnesses having a
strong personal bias against the defendants,
Mr.. Lenahan's cro~ss-examination wrung ad.
missions that were fatal 10 the contention Of
prosecution that the people living in the neigh.
borhood of the encounter between the strikers
and the deputies were not in O state of fear and
apprehension In consequence OF the riotous
demonstrations which had occurred previously.
When court adjourned last evening Charles A.
Guscott, the teacher in the schoolhouso at Latti-
mer, was on the stand, and said In brief that
from the porch of tho schoolhouse where he
stood he had seen the deputies shoot and had
seen men falling.
This morning in resuming the stand Guscott
was asked by the prosecution to identify q num-
Der Of defendants in court as having been pres
ent at Lattimer at the time Of shooting. armed
with rifles. By order Of court the men stood up
as Guscott called their names and tho identih-
| cation was entered on the record. On direct
examination Guscott had said that the children.
whose ages ranged from 10 to 10 years, and
whom ho was then engaged in teaching geog-
| raphy, only o few minutes before the strikers
| reached the scene, had become suddenly
alarmed and had, without asking his leave, fed
| pell-mell from tho schoolroom. When asked
why the children had suddenly become 30
alarmed as to fly precipitately, Guscott an
swered heistatingly that he supposed 1t was
because some mules had been driven past the
! schoolhouse. When the witness was turned
| over to the defence Mr.. Lenahan went at him
hammer and tongs.
"When was the first timo you saw mules
driven rapidly past the schoolhouse at that
hour of the dayi' he asked the witness.
ION Tuesday preceding the Friday Of the
shooting"
Was it not on the same Tuesday that the
marching strikers made their first visit to Lat.
timeri'
Eyes. sir"
And you knew when the mules came along
on Friday what would happenf'
YES. SIR"
And the children knew and became SO
| frightened that, without asking your per-
mission and in the middle of a lesson, they fed
| incontinently from the schoolroom2"
Eyes, they did, but l could have controlled
them"
What was it that excited the childreni'
Curiosity. I suppose"
"Curiosityl Was it not because the chill
drcn were frightenedf'
II think not"
What; do you mean to tell me-" shouted Mr..
Lenahan to the witness. who was now becom-
ing nervous and frightened, do you mean to
tell me that children brought up In o mining
community could DO frightened ont Of their
wits by the passage of a few mulesf"
ST believe said the witness f~alteringly.
tthat is.abSut' rikht.S
'aThen, when you said that the children were
frightened by tho mules you made a mistake
II think these mules had something to do
with It," replied the witness family. shut ! will
not swear to It."
You will not swear to IT," shouted Mr..
Lenahan with exultation in his voice. mo. !
don't think you will"
DR.. H. NJ. Kellar of Hazleton succeeded Gus.
colt on the stand. DR.. Kellar had been the ply
siclan in charge OF the State Hospital at Ha-
z~leton, where the wounded strikers were brought
In on Sept. 10. He retired from the hospital
superinsendency last January and Is now in
private practice. He testified as to the gun
shot wounds received by the men and detailed
the nature of them. Thirty.nine wounded men
In all had been brought I'm, he said. or these
five had been shot by direct front fire, four by
indirect front fire, fifteen from direct side fire.
six from indirect side fire. three from direct
rear fire, and eight from indirect rear fire. This
disposed of the much exploited story that most
of the strikers had been shot in the back and
as they were running away.
Grace Goyle' 2 tseaaoSa9e r In the same me- Se b col
ttand. VT" It was in the cross. exanlinstion Of this
witness that Mr.: Lenahan gained the first Inn
portant yics MTg. for %,t the def defence &c; On On direct hSd s1.
coming. She then went out on the porch, saw
the ranks OF the deputies and then saw the
deputies fire upon the crowd OF strikers. After
Wounded men lay and had brought water to
several, She had spoken TO several Of the depu-
ties tGnss and; n according e. to n 6e fb ST Ssn tssitim sEsy sa II :
a bum. Another she told to go TO Cuba and
butcher people there. One who wore a
thought that he had done 'something so glorious
that he had stuck q feather in his cap."
direct examination. ON cross examination M.
Lenahan tore 1t all to pieces. He at once went
why did YOU GU he asked, dismiss your class
before the regular hour OF dismissal and 80 sud
After vainly trying to evade the question and
giving lame and Inadequate replies, tho witness
said that she had heard the strikers were
from whom did you hear thatf'
"A slater OF one ne 81 9i my aHbd pT1piisdi named name u Cora "a
let her come ful o. as the strikers we're coming
whole olsssi" cried Mr.. Lenahan. rubbing his
hand" af did"
Did, you also at once go to your homo In Har-
Leigh" u.,.os g., -. .,,oo,,oom.
What fort"
"ARi" shouted Mr.. Lenahan te%hissefally there
we have ii. and for that purpose you stepped
out Cd the porch as soon as you saw the strik-
ers comingf'
Yes"
"That is ALL said Mr.. Lenahan and a muir
mur went. through the courtroom as the wit
ness left the stand.
1t was a signal triumph for the defence, for
Mr.. Lenahan had shown by this unwilling and
inimical witness that the people OF the neighbor-
hood were SO afraid Of the strikers that when they
heard they were coming they at once wanted
their children at home instead of at school and
away from their watchful care.
Prior to the examination OF Miss Coyle the
Rev. Mr.. 8. Il. Stofiiet, the pastor of the Eng
llsh Reformed Church at Hazleton, had: testi-
fed that he hal been on the car which had car
ried some Of the deputies TO Lattimer and seen
the strikers approach and shoot.
When court adjourned Andrew Il. Adams. a
commercial traveller, was on the stand. He
had also been on the same car as had Mr.: SIof-
fet and had been called by the prosecution to
testify to certain alleged threatening talk he