The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-12-12

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some answer. and as l passed them I
passed near enough so that our coats
rubbed.
Juss a Glance.
Il wouldn't be positive the four men
were not ir. the shadow of the electric
! light fixtures. because 1 didn't pay
enough attention to know; it was just
a glance 1 gave them when 1 passed;
that is al. never would have looked
at their faces unless they had made
that remark wis>n he was looking at
me l wasn't looking at him, not partic-
ular. l was looking at all Of them;
just merely turned my head; didn't
notice any humpbacked person; 1 did
not look at them that close. His hat
might have cast shadow over his face
a little, because, if recollect right, he
had it kind of pulled down in 'front.'
Told Of Their Clothes.
After being harassed by cross-ex
amina ton he said he told somebody
how there fellows were dressed" He
testifies that he described the dress
lof these four men to the police at the
conference supra as follows:
'One had on a sweater, ole had a
derby hat and overcOat on, a black
overcOat, or as near as / could get at
it: one fellow had cap and another
a SLOUGH hat, and one had, as near as
could get at it, a black sweater and
a pair of overalls; looked as though he
was logger or Understanding of
that kind. They were going down the
sidewalk. l was going south and they
We're going north anu one was going to
the southeast and the other looking to-
ward that platform that runs back of
that building the northeast cor
ner the one that had his back
to me had on a black hat The
one that was next to me, l think had
or. SLOUGH hat and a pair of overalls
and the sweater just one of these
! little brimmed kind of a light hat. l
don't recall the color. & S He had it
kind of pulled down in front. There
was one taller than me and the others
should judge about my height"
Brought Dalton Out First.
| In company with these officers he
then went Into the strong room,' the
cell doors were unlocked and Dalton
was called out first for the purposes
| of identification; and Dalton, standing
! in his cell door, under the laticed shaj-
ows of the strong box and under
the light Of the electric light shining
through the interstices. was looked at
for a short time. Officer Thompson took
him in, and, yet, although he went in,O
pose of Identifying Dalton, after seeing
| him he indicated very little interest
| in the result of his attempted id5ntifi-
ication, for he says he didn't tell any
of the four until he had left the jail
an was out on the street, when, he
said. he stated to Mr.. Richards, of the
Washington Water Power company,
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arrangement, that "Well, they (the
two Or three or four mer looked at in
the jaiD looked to me very much like
the same men,"
Arrested-and Acquitted.
| After this time and before the trial
Mr.. Lord was arrested (by officer
Thompson. l am informed) and tried
before Judge Hinkle for larceny. Au-
gust 80, 1905, and acquitted, although
the other man, tried at the same time,
was convicted. Thereafter Mr.. Lord
made another Identification before
the grand jury However, finally, he re-
fused to swear positively that Dalton
was one of the four.
| In view of the statement made by
Alex Mcdonald, one of tie officers in
charge of this case, that what l con-
sidered the strongest evidence against
Dalton was the testimony of those who
swore they saw him in the vicinity of
the spot where the crime was commit
ted shortly before it happened" This
gives US the police estimate of the
comparative value of the testimony of
Mr.. Lord as compared with the testi-
mony of Sam Eder ex-convict. Nellie
Hughes. ex-convict and prostitute,
Edith MarchildOn. a prostitute. MUIR
ply, prisoner in the county Jail. Lib
bic Morgan, who kept house where
Miss Hughes and Mrs. MarchildoL.
son and Mcdonald, the latter of whom
himself characteriZes his own testi-
mony and that of Thompson as weaker