The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1901-07-11


Nrre YOU from guye drue store
/ when you heard the nrst shot
About block
How did the FIRST shot impress
! yeus'
1t was like bamh shell then
| heard another. much the Same, ouly
mufnrd 4
Do YOU remember seeing Tommy
/ UsNauf"
- heard HE voice"
pu YOU remember whether John
/ tuusidine was IN croushmE puHi.
I ton during the struggle"
IL might have been. but DO M,
know
Where was the revolver found on
{ M Meredith o."
In his right hand coat peckctf"
.hld yuu notice blood on John
/ eeusidipe.z head and fare"
HHW HoWe powder burns
At thi= tlme the state Will rest
said Mt Fulton
Frat witness Tor Defense.
" a. Thompson member ~ the
seattle bat NaH thu utat witness
called for the defence Mt 1bumu.
Huu said that be wac al Smith a
ksnurdy'a druE store when be- heard
an explosion seemingly from a shot
gun
You think 4, ,yas shot gun re
port. 40 YOU
= du
What dld you dbsthen
remained on The CORNER by tn
dfuE HtntH aud heard another re-
Uft much the HamF. buI mufnrd
How many more uhata did you
bear
Three mere
DO you think n there had been
previous shai nrsd. that YOU would
have heard ~
I might ~ might not
ba Nuu think yuu could hnVt
heard r w~tr II nrrd lu thc vicinity
90 Guys druE starar
I might have"
Mr. Han examined the NIt.
f#-es a. this point
ilr asked che witness nf hia 81 here
bout previous ta fhe shooting. fol
lowing with fnr question uaw lauz
was g between the hfst and nrguud
Fhuts
About two or three second
Mr. Thompson then said that he
vent down toward uuys arus sturs
and met a LADY " De Waa coming out
~ the place White taking Is her.
- heard three rapid shots
Yuu might have overlooked
fret shot. might you not asked
NJ Hart
I misht have. hat Do not r..
member our
,arvIa shank Haa The next vHItz
fHHz fHr the defense lie naid 4
aaa coming down second avenue
llHfHs after 9 aFlHth en- tho after
room - THE e5th. aui - hen reach.
- Nraltr way I tatrded "a ar going
a B
heard au explosion in the direction
- Guys drus store Immediately
following I heard a SECOND explosion
The ar then started few rods. nj
when 70 VAS almost opposite GuY IS
drug store = crowd nufrrd hack
ffou ihe pavement tusi - the
rhr raHsrd over the second avenue
car tack heard i.ree shots In
rar-f succession
Hos many shots dla 500 hear IN
az
. heard ave
scion ? Williams. an atfarues
was ihr afHt sifHrsa called HR ere
defence after fh- star went g. press
yesterday afternoon ffr sa11 that
BE- Haw John and Tom guHsIdlur
crossing issief way diaEauaIfY from
Sartnrls saloon 81 Gue drug store
a. Hr ordinary walk Hrakr 60
them. ani then they Hiaa .,prarri
shortly afteraari heard an ~
laainn- sas then bee TIE danru b
- TIE PaFtHr biloxi heard anHth
90 report after Whieh { started to-
ward GUYS drug store
white yau were standing IN tn
feerNay Hf the EaeIus block ser
there ans ptsiai shots arsd - vat|
fahrd
" AIRY one dld ere. 1t "a. done
very quietly
Mf Hart took the witness He
derIf 90 fhr point thaf U Mr. WI
1ian5a aid NOS hear the last thfs-
fhafa Dc might easily have over.
looked ore alleged to have been hrel
before Meredith discharged his shot
gun.
John Collins Tss .hsa.
Hon John Collins. formerly mayor
- Seattle. uaa next called witness
ztii DE uan iH hia office lr the Col
Tins huitdjnR Al the tiu5e ~ the ahauf
IrE looking out - The window
heard tWa shots. said NJ col
Inns. In the direction of Guys DRUG
store. and then hard three more. In
ell heard i've shots
Nj Hart oross-sSamined the alt
reas
Was your window open or clos
Cd
It was closed
II there vas a pistol shot. you Id
not hear Il ="
I did not"
All that you DID hear we're nve
fhota
Yes I've shots"
Do you tell the court that there
vaa no FIRST shot
II there Vaa one I think I would
have heard Il. but I ala not hear
one
n a man said that he saw and
heard that shot. what would you
say
7 am only ,estifying Tor John col
Inns
There We're onty FIVE shots
q. =. circuit an expert accountant.
was next called 90 the stand IL
testified that be MAS going down
Ycslrr way. bout 10 feet from Guy'H
GruR store when he heard an eN=
rIuHlou Itr then saw pun ~
smoke Just outside the store.
~ all Mr circuit heard only Eve
shots
N there had been revolver shot.
would you have heard it,
+ think ! would.
Mr. Fulton then cross examined
tho witness.
BEFORE You heard this shot WIS
there any one running near Guys
drug store
II don't think no.'
WIN YOU swear that sou did not
see people running before the frs.
shot heard hy yuuf.
I will not
Whom have sou talked - re-
gardluE This affair
"GulY q frw friandr
John 81 TaRRnII 4 hafhnr dining