The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-22
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The INQUEST into the death Of Alois
Than, which opened before justice
Little Yesterday afternoon was ad-
journed at noon today until Friday
morning of next week, at 10 o'clock
Just before adjournment. Attorney
Angus Kerr. on behalf OF relatives of
the deceased, furnished Coroner Little
with the names Of sixteen additional
witnesses for whose appearance next
week subpocnaes will be issued. At
torney Kerr also suggested that proper
authorities conduct an additional in
vcStiGatiou
The six deputies who are implicated
in the shooting were to have been on
the stand this morning hut they rested
upon a constitutional right-that OF
defendant assuming the right not to
take the stand. Owing to difficulty in
securing an interpreter the inquest
today Jagged
Mrs Antonio Putrich, wife OF the
boarding boss in whose home the
shooting occurred. was the first wit
ness at this mornings session. The
regular interpreter could not he found
and "A substitute was employed. prov
ing so unsatisfactory that the witness
was finally excused for the present and
her testimony stricken from the rec
ord She was recalled later
Through an Interpreter. she testi-
oil H. ulA 81,
took a baby into her arms and ran
down the road" returning when tho
firing ceased She said she saw two
men shooting into the dining room
window. two into a bed room window
and one in a doorway of the kitchen.
She said all Of the boarders were in
the dining room when the shooting
hogan and that none of the men had
revolvers. When asked If any Of them
fired a shot, she said how could they
shoot, the only things they had in their
hands were spoons"
Mrs. Lisa Mitks On Stand.
The next witness called was Mrs.
Lisa Miitka. She is a resident of
Seeberville and her house stands close
enough TO the Putrich residence TO al
low her TO see most of the proceed
ineS from her front porch
She testified that her attention had
been attracted as soon as the shooting
began and that she had not seen any
Of the events that proceeded IT, She
told simply that she had seen tho
strangers" standing close to the
house, that they had their guns point
I'd toward the open windows and that
she had seen the smoke going toward
the house. Here she also stated that
she had seen smoke issuing from the
house. This point seemed to be for
hidden ground to all of the counsel as
one of the attorney nor the coroner
pressed her on this seemingly import
ant detail
Just how many deputies there were
and how many shots they fired the
witness could not state. nor did she
believe that she would be able to iden-
tify the men who did the shooting IL
they were shown TO her, she explain
ing that she was too stunned 10 notice
minor details clearly
ON one point she was positive, how
ever. and that was that no one stood
in the road outside of the yard during
The progress of the shooting. Attorney
LeGendrc carefully cross examined
her ON this point asking the question
number of times but she was hrrn
i'm her denial Humphrey Quick when
on the stand Yesterday testified that
he had been outside of the yard during
the progress of the shooting aud that
he had stayed there until after the
shooting was over
Mrs. Miitka declared there were men
opposite every window and that they
all had their revolvers pointed toward
the house. She said Mrs. Putrich
came out of the house carrying
baby She was yelling and crying.
Mrs. Niitka saw Mr. Putrich after the
shooting but not before. Sho saw the
deputies leave the yard and go down
the road. Just how many there were
she didn't know but a Polish woman
had told her there were seven. In an
attempt to limit her to the number she
merely replied that there were a