Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-08
SHlIRlFT NJ

JlfcSe Serenely ~lDenHunces
the SenEa tinnafism of Newspapers.
tBy Teiegrnph.)F
NtEffLlZ;l !RAl>leE, PA, Feb. 7.-When
the trial ~ S-aeriff Martin and his dep
utios opened this m5rning,Judge Wood
ward. abiding to the outbreak on sum.
day hetwetn Attorneys Ca. IN ana
LenaEan. stated that "a repetition" g. .lle
~eflense would cause the offenders to
be punished for contempt of ciurt.
Then came a severe denunciation of
the sensationalism of certain newspa-
! perS in e~ndeavnr.mg. as the court said.
to prevent justice by an e~Xaggeration
of tae facts and the incidents of the
trial in print and p~ictorially. He
would, he said, not mention any names
at present. but If the astounding false
hoods and misrepresentation continue.
the representatives cf the papers Will
This is a coGrt OF Justlce." contIn-
ued the judge, engaged in the trial of
a case dealing with the life or death Of
4 number of men aud Is not a concert.
or a political convention. The dignity
of the court must and will be main
tanned"
asu, two witnesses We're examined
during the morning session. and they
hrou CHIT out no new facts.
Just before the noon adjournment
the court accepted bail for all the ac-
cUs,l deputies and ihe sheriff in the
amount Of ST, 900 in each case. making
s+32. 900 in all. Bail was furnished by
The Philadelphia Surety Company.
At the afternoon session George Yea
ger described the meeting with the
sarriff-, and said the sheriff drew his
revolver ana pointed it at the strikers.
He grabbed one and pulled HIM out
from the others, all the time hnlding
the pistol at his breast. Then some
one shouted to shoot ana tL.ey shot.
THe witness then pointed out the dep
uties Whom he saw Shooting.
The mon ieaGer pointed out as doing
the shooting We're John Zelrdt. Harry
Zeirdt. Schuyler Rit!sway and Thomas
Hall. The witness could not remtCnl-
Der any more.
after the first few shots" sad the
,,N.tn&*s. there was a vo!ley and then
a number Of eparate shots. and eleven
men We're killed in five minutes and lots
wounded"
Vie said. during the course of exam
ination. that he could point out any
deputy W.lo WAS present at the shoot
ing. ana the defense Immediately
scored a strong point by calling up il
i1ront vf the witness stand John
Hampton. chief of the coal and iror
lpnlice. Teager Was asked If he has
seen Hampton with the deputies.
Yes Gle exclaimed. The was in the
line and was holding his rifle this way
and he illustrated.
The defense, when it's time someS will
prove that Hampton was not on tn,
scene at all. but was in Hazelton a.
) the time.
Thoma- Hall, clerk Of the vafley No
tel. in HaZe!tpn, testified TO a remark
Ihe had heard on the SUNDAY follnwin.
The shooting from Deputy John Turner
Turner was in the hotel talking t.
some friends, and he said, speaking O
the shooting:
.fWt ali marched out to Latimer. AM
IS The strikers came up l heard a SHOT
= 1t seemed to come from the mi o
= thr s. rikarS and TN po we nnpna1 lI
shot nine of them and killed five"
!, The next witness was CIristophe
! 'Srehn. a miner of Cranberry. Rreh1
l said he was at West Haze!ton whe
-, the strikers arrived and that ne talke
! with ~Bornhciser, one OF the deputies
I. who wanted him 70 join the deputies
BCrEihe!ser said Every one of theS
: Cd ID strikers 0usht to be Shot
The have as good a right to strik
: as anybody" the witness replied, IAN
Would not stop them
. You're a d-n coward" Bornheise
" said, "or else you would get a gun an
: so uut with us to shoot them"
a few days before he shooting wit
! ness had had a ak with e deput
named Dodspn who said: We UIlgf
= to get SO much a head for shootin
down these strikers. l wou!d do it #
4 cent a head and make money at it.
n On cross-examination, witness admi
d cd shat he had heen in jail for a wee
IN the charge NJ burglary, but that
e Aad been ba.lea out and aCQuitte'
His or.::inal story was not altered
The last witness was John Costell
." Who said he was helping a woundt
I. man when Deputy 4. r. Heiss al
j. preached him. He was about to deta
she conversation which enSued, and l
~ which the commonwealth hoped
prove malice on the part of the deput
, when the defense objected. There W;
: long argument conducted by Alto
lneys Palmer and Lenahan for the q
rs Tense, and Attorneys Scarlet, Mecca
l" rem, Ga1man and Martin for the cor
Id mnnwealth.
III The court win decide the question
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