The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-02-17
THE DEPUTIES TRIAL.
Another Day Of Evidence Against
the Accused Man Slayers.
ONE WITNESS SHOT SEVEN TIMES.

He Lives to Tell the story to The Jury,
and Exhibits the Wounds on His
Body-The First Man She by sheriff
Martin.
Wilkesbarre. Pa, Feb. 1.-THE first
witness called in the Lattimer shooting
case yesterday was Frank Meteshick.
He told about the march to Lattimer,
and then said:
The sheriff stopped us at Lattimer
and got hold of the two men who were
leading us. He pulled them out of the
line and then let them go, and aiming
his revolver at a man standing within
a few feet of him fired. The man fell,
and he cried, 'Oh, God; help me- The
next moment there was another shot,
and then the whole volley. After that
there were a number of scattered
Shots" The witness then pointed out
a number of men whom he had seen
at Lattimer with guns.
Meteshick was asked If he could tell
who the mar was that the sheriff shot.
Meteshick did not know his name, and
has never seen him since, but he
thought he could remember his face.
Attorney Lenahan, for the prosecution,
thereupon asked the commonwealth to
produce him, but the man could not be
found.
Martin S~oforonock told the story Of
the march to West Hazleton. Asked if
the sheriff was intoxicated, he said:
"Well, 1 don't know; he was acting like
a wild man. AT Lattimer, he said,
the sheriff stopped the marchers, and
they explained they were only going
to Lattimer peacefully and just to see
the men there, who had promised to
join them. He told how the sheriff had
pulled two men from the ranks and
then o one down.
Soforonock became very much con-
fused in his cross examination, and on
four occasions was obliged to confess
that he a not told the truth when
he made various assertions.
Before the u adjourned at noon
Mike Mullado, the man who was shot
by the sheriff, was brought into court.
Frank Meteschick was asked if he rec
ognized Mullado as the man he saw
shot down by the sheriff. mo, sir" he
replied.
o Feri was the first witness in the
afternoon. He said he was standing
near Steve Wuch and Mike Cezlak
when the shooting commenced at Lat
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when he came back and was looking
at Cezlak, a deputy, Frank Clark, came
up and kicked him, and he was given
into the hands of the deputies. They
kept him nearly an hour. He saw eight
dead men lying along the road after
the shooting.
Peter Pazgon, of Cranberry, told
nothing new in his story of the march
to Lattimer and the shooting there.
Edwin =. Strauss, of Hazleton, tes-
titled as to Deputy Turner saying,
well, 1 shot nine of them and killed
FIVE" He overheard this remark in
the Valley hotel at Hazleton.
Joel Smith, brother of the proprietor
of the Valley hotel, corroborated Mr..
Strauss story relative to Deputy John
Turner's remarks. He heard Turner
say, Il shot nine and killed five, and
1 guess 1 did my duty"
He also said Turner swore frequently
about the strikers.
Frank Fordish, the man who was
shot seven times and is alive to tell
about it, took off his shirt to show the
five wound in his back. One ball had
passed through his arm, another
through his shoulder, and the others
were imbedded in his body.
The prosecuting committee today is
sued an appeal for money to carry on
the trial.