The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-02-11

UNARWED.
An Important Point Admitted in the
Wilkesba~re Trial.
DEPUTIES THIRST FOR BLOOD
They Shouted at the Strikers: If You Do
Not Get Out of the Road We will
Shoot You Down I'll Dogs"
How the Murderous Threat
Was Fulfilled.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. lin the
Lattimer shooting case yesterday Nor
ris Engleman, of West Hazleton, was
the first witness. His testimony ad-
ded nothing new. on cross examina-
ton he said the deputies seemed to be
doing all they could to dispense the
strikers without violence. He insisted
that the strikers were orderly and ap-
parently unarmed, but admitted that
some Of them might have been armed.
Daniel Ferry, a Hazleton grocer, tes-
titled that the strikers were quiet and
orderly before the shooting. He heard
first a single shot and saw a striker
fall. Then there was a volley and a
number of separate shots. He saw
one wounded man shot down again
while trying to walk away. He saw
Deputy William Raught run after the
fleeing strikers and shoot at one
Counsel for the defense asked the
witness If Sheriff Martin was not in as
much danger of being shot as were the
strikers when the shots were fired by
the deputies. mo. sir" replied the
witness, 'he vas quite out of. danger.
He was out of line of the fire"
Joe Kappa, one of the wounded men
at Lattimer, was the mex witness. He
said that when the strikers reached
Lattimer the sheriff stopped them. The
sheriff told the leaders that they could
not go on to the mine, but the leaders
said they were going, and the sheriff
again told them they could not go.
Then about 20 men rushed past the
sheriff, and the shooting commenced.
1 ran and got on the other side of the
railroad track before l was hit. The
ball struck me in the back"
Daniel Murphy was then called. He
said he saw Deputy A. E. Hess give
water to a wounded striker, and, to-
gether with Alonzo Dodson and A. NJ.
Eby, carry some Of the wounded men
to the cars.
August Catski testified that the dep
titles pushed and prodded the strikers
at West Hazleton, and forced them
out of the road; that he and Martin
Locka, although some distance from
the other strikers, were followed by
two deputies, who struck them with
their guns. The witness a he was
standing near the car on which the
deputies embarked to go to Lattimer,
n he heard one Of the deputies, whom
he does not know, say: Let them go
until we get to Lattimer, and then
Wen shoot them" Catski said he was
not at Lattimer, but his brother and
several of his friends were wounded
there. The strikers had been especially
warned at their Harwood meeting not
to carry arms.
John Pentrick, who reached Latti-
mer after the shooting, said he helped
several wounded men, but could not
tell where their wounds were.
Upon the calling of JOIN Ulrich the
defense agreed to admit the following
facts in order to hurry the trial along
by avoiding a continued repetition of
the same questions: First, the meeting
of the strikers at Harwood; second, the
presence of the deputies and strikers al
West Hazleton; third, the fact that the
deputies were armed; fourth, the fact
that apparently the strikers were not
armed.
Ulrich pointed out Thomas H. Hall
as the deputy who struck a striker at
West Hazleton, cutting his head and
breaking his arm. He denied that he
had struck Deputy T. Miner Morris on
the arm at West Hazleton or that he
threw stones at any Of the deputies.
George Yamschack said he Joined the
strikers along the road, and they made
him throw away a small stick he car
ried. AT Lattimer," he said, "the
sheriff grabbed George Novathy AND
pushed his revolver in his face. Their
l got hold Of George and pulled hin
loose. The sheriff then grabbed another
man, and Novatny pulled him loose
Then the shooting commenced"
Joseph Mekki, of Humboldt, said tn,
deputies called out at West HazletoI
to some of the strikers: IF you do
not get out of the road, we will shoe
you down like dogs" Mekki was sho
through the arm while running away
and showed the scars of the wound.
Andrew Hannes and Adam Lapinski
two of the wounded strikers, showed
their scars. Both were wounded il
the back while running away,