The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-30
HOUGHTOfg
T|JAN INQUEST
IS ADJOURNED
Following Today's Session Post
ponement is Taken

to be put on the stand in the Than
| inquest this morning Stimach and
John K0lan were the men who cross
ed Deputy Humphrey Quick's guard
line 1T Painesdale the afternoon of
the shooting. the attempt To arrest
whom led to the tragedy.
Stmach testified he had been down
to South Range after strike benefits.
along with twelve other men, and that
the uniCn supplied them with orders
on a range store. ON their way back
to their boarding house they met
Quick ard were ordered to turn back.
Quick, according To Stimach told the
| men h. would will them if they re-
fused. They were in ignorance of the
fact that Quick was deputy sheriff
or Waterman and knew him only as a
trammer boss.
Stimdch testified that he aud his
companion went on aud he declared
hat he could remember no details of
the conversation between them with
the exception of Quick's commands.
When the deputies arrived he. Sti-
mach. was in the house. He declared
that his attention was attracted BY
the noise outside and that he went to
the door and looked out. He saw a
Geputy holding Kolan and then turned
and went back into the house.
Knew Little Of Shooting.
Stimach testified he did not 30 out
again until after the deputies had
gone. lie heard shots when me reach
ed the middle room dining Ioom) and
saw the other men coming in after
him. lie saw Stanko Stepcch Uhe
MIRA who is still in the hospitaD lying
on the stairs. He testified that as he
stood looking AT him he fell "A shot in
his side and hurried upstairs. The
wound i'm his side was three inches
long, ne declared, but was merely q
skin wound. He was So frightened by
what lad happened to him that he
did not recall Putrich BEING shot. nor
any of the other details that did no.
directly concern him.
He was positive. however, that none |
Of the boarders were armed with fire |
arms and that no shots were fired |
from The inside Of tho house. He went
away as soon as the deputies left aud |
slept in Frank Stigich's house. lie
explained this conduct by saying that
he was afraid the deputies were COM
ing back later to shoot the rest of
them He went back To the Putrich '
house Ia the morning and was then
arrested. He declared he saw none of
the deputies in the act of firing.
In his testimony. he made incidental
reference to a rake and when Pros
with the witnesses. Mr.. Galbraith took
up this point Stimach testified he had
found the rake standing outside the
door ana that he had pushed IL into
The yard To p, event the deputies from
breaking il. He did nothing else with
went to the door after nearing the
voices outside.
The prosecuting attorney then asked
the witness more questions. Stimacn
declared he could identify the man
hat had his hand on Kolan. The dep
nties were brought in AMI Stimach
pointed out Raleigh as the man who
had taken hold of Koian and had ii
gun in his hand.
kolsn Put on Stand.
John koan. the man whom tho dep
itics were trying to arrest when the
shooting WAS precipitatcd, followed ,
Stimach on the stand. lie took w tho
narrative ~ the point where Inc first |
Jaw the deputies lie declared that the ,
deputies, headed by "A slight. dark
nan" Jumped over the fence and that
he leader said To him. Come with
ne" He replied, mo
He declared that the deputy pound I
n him over the head and that n"
to get away from him. This |
vas done twic" and then KOlan man
gcd to gain the shelter of the house
Ic heard the shooting while he was in a
he house but did not snow what {
Dom lIe was in when he heard it. n
He then went back to the incidents /;
hat preceded the arrival Of the dep a
ties. He declared that after lcavingI
outh Range he had gore to the post
flee and then had taken the pass IL
hat Quick was guarding. He dcscrib-
Il meeting Quick. the trammcr boss Il
II the path and declared that Quick y
ad threatened them with club. They v
-ent right ahead. however. y
Kolan asserted that they had called
uick no names nor had they sworn
/ him. u
Deputies Excused From Testifying.
The succeeding witnesses. Vincent u
icci. Angelo Rogani Ceaserc Bonini, -
nd Midio Guidi added very little to m
lie information already obtained. lie
hese men all testified that they liv- al
short distance from The Putrich b,
,use and in a general way they saw di
e shooting but knew very little of bv
q detail III
At this point, the deputy shcrffs, bC
mes, Polkinghornc. Raleigh. Cooper,
-off and David, We're given an oppor- WI
nifty to testify. They were called in OF
and Attorney Galbraith. W,
cir counsel in each case. pleaded yo
r constitutional prixiI.pn o,J chair on