The evening world., 1908-12-24

case in Joe Mangles place near the
station at Baysidc
lie had also seen and talked with
Lieutenant. Detective Butter of the Dis
tlict-Attorncy' office.
How much have YOU been paid on
This case SO far
Two dollars aud ATTY cents dav."
Tie boy SAID hat one OF the culurcd
witnesses had made a Kick that SOL
was NOT enough, aud So he was paid 81
day. Sl.urn prufcsstd ignorance IA to
whether his omr' ov cr. named L-nhv.
had 20; any money while nm" lad was
in attendance ~ tho Court House.
Story Practically unshakon.
Mr.. Mcintyre worked hard to show
thar the youthful Baysider was coached
IN the damaging story he had told to-
duN. hut tup lad. although pretty badly
frightened. wthstUod the skilled cross
examiners tactics very well for half an
hour ol more.
Altogether on the DAY of the sh ooting
Skura said he drove about fourteen per-
sons OF both sexes TO the clubhouse
from the station. He wouldn't be posi-
tive that he could identity any OF them
now, because he didn't have much
lie hadn't testified at the Coroner's
inquest or IN the preliminary hearing in
the Magistrates Court at Long Island
city or before the Grand jury which
indicted the two brothers
Justice Crane interviewed here to pro-
teCt the witness because he thought
Mcintyre was giving his own interpreta-
tions TO the boys words and twisting
little Skura's statements of the other
day TO suit his own present purposes.
Restrained by Judge.
Mr.. Mcintyre thought he was treating
the witness fairly. The Judge thought
the best way to settle the point would
he to read over the transcript of the
testimony which Mcintyre was purport-
ing to quote. Mr.. Mcintyre did read it,
and ii turned ont that the alert Judge
was correct. as he usually is when 1t
comes To a question OF what has gone
into the record.
Repee teddy. Justice Crane had TO put
the cross examination on the right
track, because Mr.. Darrin was so busy
reading notes and taking, them, that
he didn't appear to catch what was
being said and done.
Skura admitted that Hams had been
taken through the witness-room where
he sat last week after his failure to iden-
MED that anybody had pointed out
Hams to him then. He insisted also that
he had recognized both the Hams broth
ers on the night of the Ccroner's in
room whore the trial Is now going on,
and pointed out the place where the TWO
brothers had sat.
Springs Trap.
Finally, Mr. Mcintyre sprang a trap
which he had been batting and setting
Skura 10 say he had talked at Bay.
side for half an hour once to Lawyers
Young and shay OF the defense. and he
had examined a paper which one of
be a summary of his statement.
Mcintyre proceeded TO read the state
ment sentence :, by ssenteneei getting
s6Tra 8, q an ss, 10r eacd Before
that in his statement Skura had said:
The Captain was standing there as
Il in da2e. He did not seem to pay |
any attention TO what his brother was |
doing
Continuing along the same line skura
admitted lie had told Young and Shea |
that the two brothers had not men
TONED Annis on the trip. that he had |
been questioned only about real estate
and that he had not been asked to
,heck UP his carriage and let the stage
pass him.
This language also occurred in the
affidavit. for such it presently turned
out to be:
When first saw him on the depo:
A statue. His face was pale and drawn
and his eyes We're staring. He didn't
move until T. jenkins Hams called
him"
The statement went on TO say that
Skura had found a paper wrapped pack
age In the carriage seat after the broth
ers left. This was almost the only I'M
portant point in which Skuras signed
lnony to-day
Statement Under Oath.
After causing Skura TO own up that
Young had sworn him ON Sept. 8. 1908,
at the time of drawing up the affidavit.
Mcintyre read II to the Jury, making
the most of those paragraphs wherein .
Skura was quoted as describing Capt. .
tIains's peculiar manner and the ad-
mission that Annis's name was not .
mentioned al any time during the ride, ,
Having done this, Mr. Mcintyre said 10 .
Skura:
Your father is dead, is he note"
Yes"
You have mother and several little .
brothers ana sisters, haven't you?' +,
Yes"
"pid YOU ever tell man named STAT
ford that you We're only telling these
things against the liainses because You
had mother and family dependent
ON You and you had to do it?" II talked
DID you ten Stafford that Detective
Eugene Talou and Lawyer White
wanted you 20 say that Thornton Hams
mother and brothers to support and
ma, you didn't want to get into trou-
le2" Yes"
When did you see stafford" Some
time in November There he sits yon-
der pointing out a stoutly built man
IA the crowd, who looked like a process
server,
Did you tell Stafford that White and
Fallon wanted YOU to say that Hams
said, We've got him now" 40. |
didn't tell him that
mostly" the Truth.
did you tell MIR, Shay and Mr., Young
the TRUTH" Yes. mostly"
do you deny that YOU told Stafford
you had family TO support and didn
want to get into treunle?' "Yes-no,'
srammered the miserable boy, cOnfus-
elly
What do YOU mean by that"