The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-24
CHARGED WITH
MURDER OF
OAN|ELUk
MISSING WITNESS APPEARS
AND GIVES EvIDEN
AGAINST LockovITcH.

witness on whom the prosecution
depended In Identifying Mike
Lockovitch, a Montepegrin, as one
of the men seen with George
Dan:eluk before the murdered body
was found, and who dropped out OF
sight yesterday and caused the po-
lice alarm for his safety, reported
to headquarters later, saying that
at the hour he promised to report
he was taken with an epileptic fit
and could not.
1t was his evidence at the coro-
ner's inquest last night which
formed the connecting link in the
testimony adduced.
The jury's verdict was that
Danieluk's death was caused by
hemorrhage from stabs inflicted by
Mike Lockovitch and John Doe,
whose true name is unknown.
Sullivan is a waiter out of job
and went to the Great Northern
yards to see if freight train was
going west. 1t was 6:15 when he
found aswitchman who told him
train would not leave until late.
Sullivan started to return uptown
and had reached an arc light on
the corner of Bernard and Ferry
when he saw two men forcing a
staggering, drunken man between
them towards the dark railroad
yards. He stood at the inside of
the walk to allow them to pass.
The taller of the two men looked
at him. Thus he got a good view
of his features and wearing APP
parel. This man was Mike Locke
witch, the prisoner. He did not get
good view of the smallest of
the men. The drunken man wore
gold trimmed glasses, was stockily
built and wore a mustache. Next
day the witness read of the murder
and went to the morgue. He found
Coroner Witter and others there
did that man wear glasses?"
he asked, before the remains were
shown to him. On being informed
that the dead man had worn
glasses, he described his general
appearance 1t tailed with that of
the murdered man. He was shown
the body and the Identification was
complete. He then went to the
police and to Detectives McDer-
mott and Herndon described the
taller of the two men he saw sup
porting Danieluk. He did not see
enough of the smaller man to fur
nish description. Detective Nc;
Dermott arrested Lockovitch. Sui
livan positively identified him.
An important witness was w. c.
Walker, a negro cook, who had
been reporting regularly for work
at the depot restaurant. He lives
on the island in the river, and on
the night of the murder rowed to
shore in boat, then boarded
string of passenger coaches going
toward the depot. Soon after he
alighted he saw three MN punched
under the arc light about 100 feet
away.
Walker stopped and watched
them as they came toward him.
When within yard of him the
taller man dropped his hat. The
art light shone on his face AS the
three passed the colored man the
tall one said something.
IF you'll get him to say niger
in his own language l can recOg-
nize his voice, for l could tell by
the way he looked at me that was
what he said" Walker told the
jury.
He positively identified Locke
witch as the tallest man. He said
there was no installing the long,
thin features, small mustache and
long black hair Lockovitch looked
on with venomous glances toward
the negro as the testimony was
given. 1t was exactly $3.50 by the
Great Northern depot steeple clock
when the witness continued his
trip to report for work.
A few minutes afterward the
body was found by A. d. Gorham,
yard foreman He described hav-
ing passed the spot Is minutes be-
fore, and returning saw hat. BY
the light of his lantern he saw the
body of Danieluk. He looked at
the face in the light of the lantern
and saw a deep cash on one cheek
and the face muddy and battered.
He called to some trainmen, then
went to the freight house and in
formed Nightwatch DeWolf, who
called the police.
A Russian, whose name sounded
like SHABBY" testified to being
with Danieluk all day of the MUIR
der, and that in John Jahde's sa-
loon, corner of Front and Division,
he left Danieluk with crowd of
10 Montenegrins. When he return
ed to the saloon Danieluk and
about half the number of Monte
negrins were gone. The time was