The Alaska daily empire., 1913-07-23

The deufense in the Macdonald case continued the introduction of it's self-defense testimony yesterday af- ternoon and this morning. Evidence was presented of the struggle between Macdonald and Jones that preceded the shooting. and it was testified over and over that Jones began the attack upon Macdonald. Several witnesses also have testified that Jones drew a revolver Several of them had seen the revolver that had been handed to Rogers by Macdonald. who said that he had taken it from Jones.
 Eye-Witnesses Testify.
 J. H. Mcdonald. bridge foreman for the White Pass. who was employed at Treadweu in 1902. testified that he had seen the struggle between Mae Donald and Jones, and that Jones at tackled Macdonald before there was any shootine. He had seen Jones reach for his hip pocket, but was not in position to see whether or not he drew a gun.
 Like many other witnesses he said that he had not seen Mrs. HiIda Marks. who had said that she was an eye-wit- ness to the shooting.
 Sterling Saw No Woman.
 Harry s. Sterling. now deputy county auditor at Helena. Montana who was bookkeeper at the Treadwell testified that he heard the shots and immediately rushed out of the office to the scene. He said that he did not see Mrs Marks or any other woman about the premises.
 He met Macdonald while on his way 10 the wounded man. and Mae Donald had said 'he came for me and had To do it."
 Sterling also testified to having seen blood on MacDouald's cuff and sleeve. He had seen Jones. he said, earlier in the morning, and Jones was nerv- ous and agitated
 Shoup Never Appointed Jones
 James N. Shoup. United States Mar shal for Alaska at the time of the shooting of Jones, said that he had never appointed Jones to the office of deputy marshal, and that when he was acting as an officer it was simply by appointment by United States Com missioner l.. R. Gillette, as a special officer for specific purposes. He said that there had always. except from the middle of September until the last of November, 1901. been a deputy mar shall at Douglas. Mr. Shoup also tes- dfed to the personel of the grand jury that had investigated the Mac Donald case at Skagway. They were as follows:
 Skagway Grand Jurors.
 T. F. Burns, Douglas: John T. Spick- cit, Juneau; D. F. Kelly. Douglas: Godfrey Chealander, Dr. J. A. Baugh- man. R. N. Becker. Leo C. Kaufman Fl. J. Lynch. Thomas Luke, F. B. Shoe make. F. C. CasweH J. P. Pyles. and Andrew Pet~e. all Of Skagway: R. T. Harris. Juneau; Jack Hannah. and A. PrueIIe. Ketchikan: P Tlerschild, and Oscar H9lme, of Sitka; J. c. Car roll, of Shakan, John McWililams, of Douglas. and J. M Tanner, of Skagway.
 Mrs. Macdonald on Stand.
 Mrs. Joseph Macdonald. wife of the accused man, was on the stand yes terday afternoon, and told her story of the shooting. She testified that her memory was clear that Jones came to- ward Macdonald. He had a stick in his left hand. and came toward Mac Donald, ,gesticulating and Macdonald waved him away, as if ordering him off the ground She said that when the men came close together, Jones grabbed Macdonald by the shoulder and pulled him around About that time she saw Macdonald shoot. and she ran down stairs and out onto the plaza where she tainted.
 Mrs. Macdonald testified that twice someone had shot at Macdonald from ambush within the two weeks before the shooting of Jones. One shot was fired when Mrs. Macdonald was walk ing down toward the wharf with her husband. Another time a shot was fired into the house at night from the outside.
 She also testified that she had told Mir. Macdonald about the threats Jones had made against his life, and that she had seen him watching the house nearly every day She saw Jones about the house the morning of the shooting before Macdonald got up that morning. Macdonald did not get up until nearly 9 o'clock. as he had been up at Skagway and arrived home at about three o'clock in the morning, and went to bed She was so afraid that Jones would do harm to her husband, that when he left the house, she went up stairs where she could look from a window that had a commanding view of the grounds. She had arrived at this win dow, when she saw Jones coming to-