The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-11-23
ACCUSED TESTIFY.


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saw you" He said 'wait. Anthony, have
some whiskey in my house, come in and
have a drink"
We talked some more and the Others went
to Koras' house, and me and Anthony Stenk-
awicz stopped and talked with Rutkofski
We he'd worked together before that and
never had words together When we got
through talking l went across the street TO the
Block of Blazes." Rutkofski went into his
house. Some of the crowd at Koras' were on
the porch and some on the street. The next
time saw Rutkofski he was standing at the
gate The three Stenkawiczs' were chasing
around with Zugarenski. He had run up
and hit Anthony Stenkawicz with billy.
Zugarenski came from the other end of the
street aud was beating Anthony with billy
and the latter was holding up his arms and
back ing away. Anthony hollered "Zugaren-
ski is beating me-" Then John and Peter
Stenkawicz ran after Zugarensk and Frank
Dolshis pulled him into Rutkofski's yard to
save him, but Joe Rutkofski came and put
him out The stenkawiczs then chased
Zugarenski to the other side of the street.
Rutkofski was standing at the gate laughing,
and didn't do anything.
Q. What next happened2
A. l imagine that Rolls Bubnis hit Rut-
kOfski Frank Dolshis knows it all
Judge Henning said imagination wouldn't
do.
The witness made other replies as follows
| saw ROLLS Bubnis come out. l am a de-
fendant here and some may not believe me,
hut am telling the truth. ! know for fact
where Bubnis came from, for l was standing
ten yards away from Rutkofski. ROLLS
Bubnis ran out of John Lutskps house,
located in the Block of Bazes' across the
street He ran across the street to the fence
near Rutkofski and kind of bent himself
across the gate. He ran over like a tiger.
| didn't see what he hit Rutkofski with. All
l saw that he bent himself across the gate.
Q. State whether or not you knew Bubnis
was going to do any harm when he ran
towards the gateP
A. What can | know what's in so nebodys
mind If 1 knowed that wouldn't walk
the street. l didn't see Bubns have
hatchet, or anything, that day
Q What were you doing when Bubnis
struck Rutk ofski2
A. l was standing about ten yards away
l never had a quarrel with Rutkofski Bub-
mis- ran back to Lutzki's yard.
Cross examined by the District Attorney :
Tell how you met these defendants that day.
and where2
A. In the morning was with Tom Bubnis
and another man. Tom had keg of beer
Andy KOras and Joe Suchinsky came there
Then we went to John Weaver's where
John Stenkawicz and Joe Suchinski board
There was a keg Of beer there. At this place
| met all the other defendants. We then
went to Ben6er's and stayed about Z of an
I ~. 1
want to go home We then went to John
Sinsawicz's. l did not see ROLLS Bubnis let
an axe fall and did not see him strike stone
with the axe l did not see Brozoskes fire a
revolver. They said he fired it. saw Peter
Stenkawicz have stick when Zugarenski
ran out
Q Did you hear any one say that a Zukas
would go down that night.
A. didn't hear anyone
O. Enoch Machunis testified that you said
"Out of the Zukas will be sausage and
throats made"
A. No l just said in fun that meat would
be cheap and sell at ten cents pound
Wiouis was in fun and we were in fun
Q. Did you hear, just before the blow was
struck, Andrew Koras say Give it to him
give it to him, as Frank Dalshas testified?
, A. No, sir; l didn't hear anything like
that.
q. Eva Sinkiewicz has testified that it was
said from the crowd Where are those bul
frogs, the Zukas?' Did you hear that?
A. No, sir. l heard none of the threat:
about the Zakas. | didn't hear anyone say
'We fixed one. after Rutkofsl1i was hit.
Q. Did you see, before the killing billy
! in the hands of Andrew Koras2
A, No, sir. After Rutkofski was hit saw
him taken into the house and went int
Lutzkis yard. l then went home and did
not see any of the defendants, except two
after the blow was struck.
q. Were you one of the men whom Mrs
Bender said were under the porch of the
J, Koras house. that all at once there wa,
silence and or men came out and crossed
the street to Rutkofski's; were you one oi
that crowd?
: A. No, sir did not see one of the Bubnis
strike a match and examine the clothes o.
the other
Q. If you were friend of Rutkofski, did
you go to his assistance?
A. Frank Dulshis and Joe Suchinski took
him into the house.
, didn't go home right away; l talked tt
Koras. Lutzki and others were talking in
Lutzki's yard. Koras lives in the same
yaru. just SAID he was struck without
cause. Lutzki said ''T'he foolish Rutkafski, he
was mad with the Bubnis and yet he stood
there" 1 left Lutzki's about 10 o'clock and
went to bed about H. did not got to work
next morning and was arrested at Shenan,
dOah, where / went to sober myself up.
was on night shift, but don't work on Sunday
nights.
Continuing his testimony Machulis said
himself Koras, Mike Ratzuski, George
Natzuski, Mike Levinski, John Skennatis
Joe Urban, the Bubnis brothers and Others
were at the Bubnis house and no conspiracy
was entered into to hurt or kill anybody
The people there were both Paprnokas and
Zukas. He met the three Stenkawiczs and
Joe Shinkinski at Weaver's, after leaving
the Bubnis'. There were good many Others
there. John Stenkawicz boards there.
Peter Stenawicz, another Of the defend
ants. was the next witness He said he
boarded with George Nokas at VIM. Penn.
, Nokas is the one Wylonis called KOras'
r monkey. The first time / saw any of the
other defendants / was at Weaver's ! went
there because was told on Saturday there
would be a key of beer on hand. l went
there about O'Clock. There were men and
women there. At WeaVer's we entered into
no conspiracy to hurt or kill any Zukas, OF
anybody, at any time previous TO the killing
Of RutkOfski, or at any place formed
any conspiracy for that purpose. From
Weaver's we went to Bender's, myself, An
thony, and John Stenkawiez Joe Shakinsky
Joe Urban, Andrew Koras, the Bubnil
, brothers and others. / drank Temperance
and whiskey at Bender s. We had no plaI