The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-06
RIOT SPIRIT AT LATTIMER.
FURTHER TESTIMONY As TO LAW
LESSNESs IN THE BIG TRIAL.

sheriT MARTINS Deteruinea Ebert 20 Keep the
Peace Shown By the Prvsecutton's wit
nrrses-A Threatening Grove Surrounded
the sheriff Before the sheotinE Beras.
wILKEsBAkRE, Pa, Feb. Sat to-day's pro-
ceodings in the trial Of sheriff Martin and his
deputies for the Lattimer shooting Michael
Nicholson Of Hazelton testified that on tho
afternoon of the occurrence no had walked from
Milncsville to Lattimer. had heard shots, had
met fleeing men. and had aeen n wounded man
lying in a ditch. While he was looking at him q
young man named Costello Joined him. Deputy
Sheriff Hess camo along with q rife in his
hand. Costello said to Hess that It was scan
dalous that such things should be done to hui
man beings. Hess raised his gun and replied:
IF you don't shut up I'll give you the same
dose"
On cross-examination Nicholson said that he
was q saloon keeper and had some Hungarian
trade.
John Egla, a young Hungarian. living at Ha-
zleton, but at the time of the strike working az
a slate picker at HARDWOOD. was the next wit
ness. He came to this country seventeen years
ago and speaks English ~iucntly. He testified
to tho facts of the meeting at HARDWOOD on the
evening of Sept. o Of the mino workers, at
which 1t was resolved to march to Lattimer to
induce the men there to strike, to the occurrences
at West Hazleton and to those at Lattimer.
His testimony In direct examination differed In
no material point from that given by other wit
nesses for tho prosecution.
On cross-exnmination the witness said as to
the occurrences at West Hazleton:.
when we came to West Hazlston We saw
running down tho ash bank, and broke our
ranks. One Of the. deputies, A. Plat. asked me
w SoiSF to So Est Ts sG.nf hs sa asked Z ss %e what sh@s FOE fop, w "nS
l replied to show ourselves thore 70. our. follow
workmen. Plat then turned around and spoke
Tn m man and thip man CAma Tn me- and nnllad
q. paper out Of his pocket and, said he was the
Sheriff of Luzerne county and that he wanted us
to 60 to Iattimer. I replied that we would not
dIisspeEse and that We were going to hattimer.
will have to XIII me first
Gust before you spoke to the Sheriff" y asked
MIR MIR; Lsashe You "y 20 te ssd piGk as t up nr rHfiGal hsd
hearing, last September"
"Whyr'
because I was frightened"
You were frlghtenedi Did you not. say at
""Wcili." replied. The witness, hesitatinsIy. IT
did so partly in fun and partly because l was
7Teli us about the occurrences at Lattimer."
when We got to Lattimer we found tho depu-
ties lined up across the road. The Sheriff
but / did not hear him read 1t. The crowd kept
ERSSSs Push up s5s s R1slhSsd gr ms HR Sst NE me,o Sheriff. riff
Andrew Amen + 'S Nor eR1 9P By the eco. coat Ht collars m' and saw aHs
him draw his revolver. Then I heard the click
OF ii, but II did not go or.
Then suddenly l heard three or four shots
that seemed to come from the ranks of the
deputies, and then a whole volley. 1 threw
myself down on the ground on nv face, and then
l did not look up again until the shooting
was over"
The witness then went on TO describe the ma.
wounded men, and how they and the dead were
carried off.
TT como back to just before tho shooting,
was there much Of ascrowd around the Sheriff'
'Oh, l should say he was surrounded by
about twenty five or thirty men,
II nothing else, the cross -examination brought
the facts that just prior to the shooting tho
Sheriff had been surrounded by an. excited
crowd Of strikers. and that he had ende ca vored
to arrest two of them. BY this time the noon
recess hour had arrived, and as it was Satur-
day, the Judge adjourned the court until Mon.
day morning.
fmmediateiy:after heshad done SO, and as the
spectators and others were leaving the court
room the District Attorney made a motion
that the defendants be committed during the
adjournment. AS the bail bond had expired on
Nov. 80. Mr.. Lenahan opposed the motion.
ants would give any amount of new bail.
This motion has not been made to further
the ends OF Justice cried Mr.. Lenahan, hotly,
but merely for effect, merely for effect. You
would like to lock the defendants up on Sun.
day. They won't run away, and I'll guran-
tee five dollars for every one of bail that is for
Judge Woodward poured oil on the troubled
waters by deciding that he would not commit
the defendants, and that he would take new
bail from them on Monday morning.