The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-04
IA7TlMER'S RIOT STORY.
.rsTtuoyY IN THE TRIAL OF
suERIFF MARTIN AND DEPUTIES.
u,r., witness One OF ths '1en whe was In the
Mobile Remembered oniy the sheet'nE
.-.,,.,, hut Couid Not Recall tho RiotinE. I

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r,r.t witness One or the Nen VINE Was IN the
Mobile Remembered on'S the ssee,'nE
Incident nut eo"'u "o' 'A ~ "e'"N
vuKEsBARRE, Pa Fob. g. Considerable
rroQrcss was mado to-day In tho case OF tho
ran,uon wealth against Sheriff Martin and his
s.nutics for the shooting Of tho riotous strikers
Al Inttimer on Sept. 10 last. Attorney Nc
n.bren made the oponing address for the pros
ecution and several important witnesses were
e1sHin'u' .ou. Siv,r uo "a a Hpnoar,an
ton was Andrew slvar' ne Is hunssrlap
u yea" oso and spcaks English. He said he
had never received any Scnoolhg' as nc nna
worked In the mines since his childhood' he
80 ,hot h, had been one of tho men that
ha'eu ''"s IIorvood IN I,.ttimer on tho
marched from iiu Nv w.. ~ Ia.
.vyo marched from Harwood to Jattimer and
we ..-Ia,on zero s,onnod nv tho SberIn
at West hazietoh "efo e'oDpou os o
md his deputies, who wcro Armed. Some OF
,.nrt,es ,ointed their guns at tho strikers
t@e ua.r ~, ,hot 1, tbov aid not uo bao,, thew
rould be shot. Some OF our fellows told the
c ~O that we intended going to Lattimer to
induco the men there to join tho strife and he
told us not to do so. but to go home, but we re-
800 N do so md marched on to Lattimer.
fused 10 uv s"n - Wet uo,Ioton to,d no to
- around tho outskirts OF West Hazleton to
- Io,,;mcr. and we followed his advice.
reaeh =, ~ "a III, aon,.;os cot -, +ro,.
We saw the Sherlh anu his uepu.,eS o VI 'ioi
Law cars and when we got to Lattimer wo found
~. ,hov had reached the place ahead of us
tnas tno, 80 tho road,
And nneu up aeio'' INV -"
"The sheriff stood about twenty-five yards
- Tho dcnuties. When We rot neart O
aneao u - ~ .,a, b,,t ,o ,vo,t on Thon
him he told us 10 s'op, wv We n
he grabbed a man by the collar and snapped his
..vo,ver Mt him, but the revolver did not go of.
TT S snSSenly I heard a shot, then another,
Ineh ~ n whole yolley. / dropped to the
snu and did not lift my head again until
gTouha. gne had stopped. Thon / got up and
say mSns trying To hide behind the bushes. I
anu ~ n,an that mad been shot in the head,
saw oIV who had been shot in the breast, and q
severath o had wounds in the back"
i rev Syitness WAS then turned over to Mr..
aaS for cross.eSamination When Mr..
fenahan attemntod 70 bring out the we'll.
Llee,hsntIcated facts that the body of men that
euihen.ohed from Warwood to Lattimer that
1aa na cnun,itted numerous outraged. such as
9aysnau ,nnn ont NJ their houses and %colnpell-
araek thsm TO ioin the ranks of the marchers,
ing .nsu thsU Snmercifi,Ily when they refused
peaSns NH heating hucksters and beer wagon
ionoans and coT,nitting other acts Of yiolenco
drivers, ana co 9hn iri,nass oy mot ali oneries With
ana lsHiu answers ~ don't remember III aid
INC sui ~ " ~ San,t know. and the like.
Mr. tenannh ho ot Hnryvood there had been
before tne H. In tbe region' and rho War,good
otner s,Iihos ~ ,,nated IN ether riotous demon
men nau paI.,uip".eu nn;strict Attorn,y Mar
STATIONS eiseMnere, to any aItemnf on the
TN oD}ec tSa defence to cross.sxamine the wit.
nesses LOT the nnnuions s,r;hoa Nv marches
luclpatl9n N any plS,iou2S anohan ronljed