The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-02-15
AATTIWER
TRAGEDY.
Another Day of Damaging Evidence
Against the Deputies.
The MERCHERS WERE INVITED
One witness Testifes That a Delegate
From Lattimer Attended the Meet
ing at Harwood and Urged the
Strikers to March to
That Place.

Willesbarre, Pa, Feb. 15.-The 14th
day of the trial Of Sheriff Martin and
his deputies, charged with the killing
Of the strikers at Lattimer, opened yes
terday with the jury somewhat refresh
ed by their outing Of Sunday, when, in
charge Of officers. they too a trolley
ride and a long walk.
John Pusti was the first witness call
ed. He testified as follows: Il was
with the strikers on the 10th of Sep
TENDER last when the shooting occurred
at Lattimer. When we approached the
sheriff he walked to the middle Of the
road and told us to stop. Some few Of
the men went forward, and l then heard
two volleys from the deputies. None
of the strikers were armed. l was shot
in the right arm, and as I started to
run l was shot in the right leg, the ball
entering from the back and coming out
in front. l saw six or seven of the
deputies leave the line and shoot as
they walked away OF the deputies I
can only remember seeing John Cook
and Pardee there"
Andrew Stult testified: 81 was at the
meeting at Harwood, where we were
told not to carry any arms. l carried
the flag in the march of the strikers.
We were stopped at West Hazleton by
the sheriff, who had a revolver in his
hand. A similar scene occurred at Lat
timer, where the sheriff seized one Of
our men, and we pulled the man away
from him. l saw the sheriff pull the
trigger of his revolver three or four
times. I laid down on the ground when
the shooting began"
Marcy Guncavage testified hat he
was marching with the strikers at West
HazletOn, when the sheriff seized him.
He begged to be let go, whereupon the
sheriff said, You seem a good fellow;
you had better get away from this, as
there is going to be big trouble here
today" Continuing the witness said
that when the strikers arrived at Lat
timer he was about so feet behind the
marchers. He then heard the sheriff
give the order to fire" and a shot fol-
lowed. The shot came from neal where
the sheriff stood.
Michael Malody, the next witness
called, also testified that he was with
the marchers. Sheriff Martin, he said,
stopped the men and held in his hand
a revolver. He seized one of the men
and pulled the trigger of his revolver,
but 1t did not explode. The strikers
puSllth dlltlu VI lllG blltllllt anu lIlt
firing then began. A number Of the
men were struck by bullets and fell.
Malody was put through a severe
cross examination. He said he was a
saloonkeeper, and voluntarily Joined
the strikers on their march to Lattimer.
George Rescter in a long story of the
shooting brought out a fact not given
before, tina at the firing of the first
shot the flag bearer at the head of the
column of the strikers fell dead in the
ditch bordering the road. The witness
did not know the mans name. He saw
two other men wounded while running
away.
Andrew Sivar No. l, as he is called
to distinguish him from his nephew,
told how after the volley fired by the
deputies at Lattimer a large number
of them ran after the strikers and kept
firing as they ran. He could not men
ton the names of any, and under a
evere cross examination finally stated
hat he was at an artesian well at Har-
wood when the firing took place. This
well is quite out Of sight of any part
of the scene, and it would have been
impossible for the witness to see any
part Of what he described.
Peter ZuCelk showed a scar on the
top of his head where a Winchester
ball had p%loughed up the scalp to the
bone, for about an inch and a half. He
was running away at the time.
Peter Rudney, Mike Tuchar n Jo-
seph Poniatowski testified, but added
nothing new.
Thomas Raczick, in speaking about
the meeting at Harwood the night be-
fore the shooting, said a delegate, Jo-
seph Caltick, came over from LattimeT
and asked us to march over there the
next day and invite the men employed
there to join the strike. The giving of
this delegates name is new evidence.
Today being election day, Judge
Woodward decided to hold no court this
morning, in order to allow some Of the
jurors to vote. Court will at
2 o'clock this afternoon.
The prosecution committee of the
Lattimer strikers gave out a report last
night that two of the eX%-strikers who
went on the stand to testify last week
have lost their employment. 1t Is al
legged hat when the men went back to
work the foreman of the mine told
them there was no more work for them.
The names of the discharged men are
Joseph Mikka and John ]Sorrovitch. The
foreman who it Is claimed ordered the
discharge of the men could not be seen,
but it is understood he denies the
charges.
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