The age-herald., 1898-02-08
WOULD KILL THEM FOR AGENT A HEAD Has a Declaration Of a Deputy Before
 the Massacre. ONE DEPUTY KILLED FIVE According to a Conversation Had With a
 Witness.
E DEPUTY KILLED FIVE
NEWSPAPERS WERE CONDEMNED
By Judge Woodward, Who Intimated That the Doors of inc Court Room Might Be Closed to Them if Msrepre-
 seniations Continue.

l. Wiikesbarre, Pa, Feb. 7.-Hundreds of persons, anxious 10 hear what action Judge Woodward would take in reference to the sensational outbreak on Saturday between Attorneys Garman and Lenaham, opposing counsel in the Latimer shooting case, thronGed the court room today. Judge Woodward spoke of the incident of Saturday saying that after he had left the bench and before court adjourned, an altercation had arisen between two of the lawyers engaged in the trial which the court did not fully hear, nor realize the words used until they were seen in the newspapers.
 Had we heard" said the judge, what was said, we should have dealt with the lawyers in summary manner, as the af- fair so deserved, and if there is a repeti- tion of it we shall punish the guilty parties for contempt of court"
 Newspapers Condemned
 Then came a severe denunciation of the sensationalism of certain newspapers in endeayoring as the court said, to prevent justice by an exaggeration of the facts and incidents of the trial. He would he said not mention any names at present, but if the astounding falsehoods and mis- representations continue the representa- tives of the papers will find the door of the court closed to them.
 The first witness today was Silas Jones, justice of the peace of West Hazleton. He stated that he had seen the meeting of the deputies and strikers at West Hazle- ton and followed the deputies to Latimer. He saw Martin advance toward them with a paper in his hand. Some of them surrounded him and an aItercation occur red, but the witness could not see exactly how the altercation commenced or how 1t terminated. He heard a couple of shots nrrla 4Ixz~ fall Two of the men who fell near him were dead. He was asked what the spec tators said after the shooting. The defense objected.
 Sheriff Drew Revolver
 After listening to all the arguments, the court sus tained the objection, thus shut ting out the evidence. This is regarded as an important point gained for the de- fense.
 Counsel for the defense asked witness if he was not frightened when he saw the sheriff surrounded by the strikers and the witness answered he was, and that owing to this fact he could not tell clearly just what happened at the moment.
 John Yeagerfi Slovenian, who required an interpreter. said he had seen the depu- ties on their way to Latirr1er on the day of the shooting. All were armed with rifles, bnt he could not see whether the sheriff had any weapons.
 Jnst before the noon adjournment the court accepted bail for all the accused deputies and the sheriff in the amount of $6,0G0 in each case, making $4O2, coo in all. Bail WAS furnished by the Philadelphia Surety company.
 Sherfn Drew a Revolver
 When court met again in the afternoon George Yeager resumed his testimony. He joined the strikers and marched with them to Latimer. He described the meting with the sheriff and eaid the sheriff drew his revolver and pointed it at the strikers. He grabbed one of them and pulled him from among the others, all the time hold ing the pistol at his breast Then some one shot and the deputies fired.
 "After the first few shots" said the wit ness, 't1lere was a voiley and then num- Der of ssingle shots and eleven men were killed in five minutes and lots wounded
 The witness saw two men run forward