Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-02-09
JUDGE MT SCARED.
Woodwa IDS RI ply to a Threat
enirg Letter.
EVIDENCE IN THE MAR1Is TRIAL.
More Witnesses Testify That the Strikers
Were Not Armed-A Chief of Police a
Witness For the Prosecution More
Stories of the Shooting

Stories of the Shooting.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Feb. 9.-Another
sensation was sprung on the auditors of
the Martin trial when Judge Wood
ward announced that he had received
an anonymous letter threatening him
with harm unless certain things were
done.
The judge said. 1.-The man who wrote
this viii probably hear what I have to
say, and l want to tell him he is q
scoundrel and a coward, and that no
such disaonorable means viii ia any
way affect my judgmen4 Cowardice
and personal fear are not a characters
tic OF the race from which [ come .
Before the hearing OF evidence was
resumed, the judge sustained the de-
Tense and ruled out that part of the
testimony Of John Costello relating to
his conversation with Deputy Hess, in
which the latter threatened TO shoot
him because he protested against the
shooting of the strikers.
Exam Jones, chief of police of West
Hazleton. testified that the strikers
reached West Hazleton ON the after
noon Of the shooting and there met the
sheriff and the deputies. They carried a
flag and talked loud, but they had no
arms and made no disturbance of any
kind
John Lynch testified that he was at
West Hazleton when the strikers arrived
and that they were unarmed and
orderly. The sheriff told someof the
spectators that they had better get ont
of the way as there was. liable to be
trouble If the strikers did not dispense.
The witness pointed out II Deputies and
the sheriff.
The witness said Deputy Manley had
struck him with a gun as he was mov-
ing off the street and that another man
had also been struck. He heard several
threats against the strikers
Herman Pottunger of Hazleton said
that while he was at West Hazleton on
the day of the shooting Deputy Henry
Delhi threatened to elbow my brains
out If did not get off the road. "
The witness pointed out five deputies.
One deputy said II bet l drop six of
them when | get over there. .
The cross examination was severe,
but it did not affect Pottunger's story.
The cross examination of Pottunger
was resumed, and he was asked if he
did not tell Benjamin NORRIS that he
did not know much about the case, but
that he was getting id well paid for
1T, showing him at the same time roll
of money. Pottunger denied this.
John Fortschek, who required an in
terpreter, said that he was at West
Hazleton with the strikers and saw the
sheriff threaten to shoot down several
men. He stated that the strikers had
no n n he Of II, kko%
one of the deputies pulled down the
American flag and tore it. At Lattimer
the witness saw no disturbance and
that almost as soon as the strikers
halted a shot was fired and then came
the volley. The firing continued about
five minutes, he said. On oss-examin-
alton he said he did not see much of
what happened, as he was badly fright
ened and the bullets were whizzing
about his head. He said Chief of the
Coal and Iron Police Hampton was the
man who tore the flag at West Hazleton.
Waldo Perkerski told how the depu-
ties had struck one of the strikers at
West Hazleton with a gun, cutting his
head badly. The man, he said, was
doing nothing. None of the strikers
had any weapons and all We're quite
peaceable.
Sat Lattimer, said the witness, "the
sheriff stopped us and said nobody can
go to Lattimer. Then some Of the men
pushed forward and the sheriff pulled
man to the side of the road and pointed
his revolver. The man pushed the re-
volyer away and ran. The sheriff
snapped his revolver twice. The third
time 1T exploded. | cannot say whether
or not he shot anybody. AS soon as he
shot the deputies commenced shooting
and everybody ran. was among the
last and the deputies fired at us while
we were running. The firing lasted
about five IL inutes