The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-08

and is assisted by Attorney A. w.
Bertholf, who appears as private coun-
sci for the Frederick family.
The jury which was secured at the
morning session comprises the follow
ing citizens: James Cobb. farmer,
Greenfield; Robert Campbell, gentle
man, Carbondale: Thomas Walton,
miner, Scranton: David Foley. farmer,
Covington; Armit Thomas, letter car
rier, Scranton; w. w. James, farmer,
Yostville; ]. p. H. Raynor. teller. Car
bondale; Thomas NJ. Griffiths. miner,
ermyn; A. d. Van Gorder, photogra-
pher, Scranton; Anthony Gillespie,
janitor. Scranton; James Leonard, jr.,
laborer. Scranton; Patrick McCann,
miner. Scranton.
Attorney Bertholf opened the case for
the prosecution at the afternoon ses-
sion and DR.. j. ]. Roberts, former COR
oner, was the first witness examined.
He testified to having made q post
mortem examination of Frederick s
body. Death was caused. he said, by a
bullet wound in one of the kidneys.
DR.. John B. Corser, who attended
Frederick before his removal to the
Of the wound. County Surveyor Nj.
P. Mitchell. presented map of the
house of Nellie Allen on Providence
road near Court street in which Fred
erick was shot and swore that they
were true and correct.
THE STAR WITNESS.
Anna Hewitt, the prosecutions chief
witness. was next sworn. She testified
that she was Is years old and that her
home is on Brick avenue, though she
has not lived there for some time.
About two months prior to the shooting
of Frederick she was an inmate of Il
disorderly house kept by Nellie Allen
on Providence road but had left it to
go to Charlie Thiel's house in the
central city. Just before Christmas she
went back to live with the Allen
woman.
Frederick came to the house on
Christmas eve, to see her, she said, and
remained all that night and all the
next morning. He went to his home
on Blair avenue for his dinner but re-
turned again in the afternoon. In the
house on Christmas night besides her.
self and Frederick were the Allen
woman. Will Knott and third man
called Jim" whose last name she did
not know. All the party drank great
deal of beer.
About 1.30 o'clock the Allen woman
complained of being sick and sent
Knott to get some medicine from DR..
Corser. She and Frederick stayed in
the sitting room and on a lounge in
this apartment lay Jim who was
very much intoxicated. About 2 o'clock
or thereabouts she heard ii knock at
the door and thinking it was Knott
and the doctor, picked up lighted lamp
and went to the door to let them in
She stepped out of the sitting room
into small hall and from there into
the main hail. When she opened the
front door q man, whom she identified
as Argen;is. bounced in and pushed
her back. Another man, who she says
she did not see plainly was. with him
but remained behind Argentis. The
latter pushed her back until she was
inside the second hall. telling her not
to be frightened. she screamed for help
and tried to shut the door of the
inner hall in Argentis' face but didn't
succeed.
LET LAMP FALL.
In the confusion she let the lamp fall
Frederick came to her assistance from
the sitting room with a bottle in his
hand. He drew this back MS If to strike
Argentis but the witness said he would
have struck her had she not stayed his
arm with her hand AS the bottle fell to
the floor Argentis opened fire with his
revolver and fired three shots, the last
of which struck Frederick. He and his
companion then ran away. She went
and the latter advised that the injured
man he removed to the hospital, which
was done. He died a few days latter.
ON January 2, she was taken from
the county jail whittier she had been
committed for being an inmate OF a
disorderly house, to the North Scran-
ton police station where Alderman Fid-
ler was conducting hearing in the
case of two men arrested for following
women. She positively identified one
of these men as Argentis and said yes
terday that she knew he was the man
because she had seen him near the
Allen house on several occasions. There
were a dozen other Italians in the room
at the time.
On cross-eXamination she denied that
she had been promised anything by the
police II she would identify Argentis.
Lieutenant Palmer, Patrolman f. r.
Ross and Alderman Fidler denied hav-