The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-07

|, they began shooting
D A-So far as | know, one was in I'll
shed and the other at the windows.
Q-How many windows?
A-There were three windows; tw
or more men were at each window.
Q-How far was the man who she
from the boarding boss brother?
A-Maybe about six or seven feet.
Q-What did the boarding boss
brother have in his hand
A-Nothng, but he had somethin.
before.
Q-What did he have?
"A rake.
Odd YOU see him attempt To strike
Iauybody with the rake?
! N-No.
Q-You would have seen it il he had
Ayes
The witness was ON the stand at
press time
Stenko Stcpish completed his tcsti-
mony this morning. The principal
point brought out 10y him 10y the prose-
cutiou was the fact that after he was
hit by Defendant Cooper as testified
by him yesterday afternoon, he went
into the house leaving steve Putrich
outside in the yard.
Josephine Grubachich, a servant al
the Putrich house, who is sister If
Mrs. Putrich. was ON the stand for
short time. Her testimony generally
showed that she had seen nothing of
the affair up to the time the shooting
began and that thereafter, the house
was SO fun Of smoke and she was SO
frightened that she could not rcmcm-
Der anything that she might have
seen
Josephine contradicted Mrs. Put
richS testimony of Yesterday in one
detail She said that Mrs. Putrich
left the house before the shooting be-
gan. Mrs. Putrich's testimony was that
she left after the shooting began.
George Ruscich. who lives next door
to Putrich, testified hut his testimony
brought out nothing not already stated |
by other witnesses with the exception
hat he said Humphrey Quick, the !
rammer boss, went into the yard with |
he deputies and came out with them
ARRIVING a revolver in his hand.
steve Putnar brother-i n-law of |
was standing with that wit
ness and saw the events i'm the Put
Itch yard. He corroboratcd Klohuchers |
testimony up To the point where Kol-
an got away from the deputy and |
vent into the house. He was asked by |
'ir. Lucas what happened next:
"One boy came out and stood on
he door. Then one deputy separated
rom the others and shot into that
mall shanty He had his back turned |
O me. Then they all went up together
rom Sccbervile."
In answer to a question as to iden-
ity he said all Of the deputies had
heir backs turned to him and that he
oUld not tell who any of them were.
Witness Putuar was on the stand
when the noon adjournment was called.
When court resumed this afternoon
'utuar again took the stand He told
he story of the shooting, mentioning
hat the deputies jumped over the
cucc, graspcd Kolan and the prisoner
rokc away. After Ko!an broke
way he said and rushed into the
.ousc, he saw several men pick up pins
$ if to throw at the deputies.
Joseph Krol, Croatian living At
a short distance from Put
ich's house, said he heard the shoot
ne but did not know any of the men
Who were doing the shooting When
skcd If he saw what occurred in Put
ich's yard, he said Il did not see;
My heard"
Evanglistc Lcnzionc, an Italian re-
idiug about twenty feet west Of the
'utrich house, said he was attracted
~ noise outside and went out doors
% satisfy his curiosity He saw depu-
nov the name of the Austrians n
'utrich's yard az the time The dcpu-
les, he said, were armed with rcvol-
crs and bilics. He became frighten-
q and went into his house He looked
Trough the door when the shooting
'i'ii'A' ii''N't ''''N NJ llfH flSN'h Nlib hl'l |
he shooting, no replied he did not
now He said that he could not see
he length of the house but could see
ne side. lie also said that he did not
now how many men were shooting
nat IL appeared To him as if they all
.cre shooting. Later he was asked if
90 saw the shooting and he said. NO,
heard it,"
Wounded Man on the Stand.
Tho most interesting witness yester-
ay afternoon was Stanke Stepech,
nc Of the Putrich boardcrs who was
ori"usly wounded during the ARRAY.
ie testified yesterday that he was
oundcd in the left forearm and in
he body, in the latter case the bullet
ntcring on the left side and coming
ut on the right.
Prosecuting Attorney Lucas con-
ucted the examination Of Stepecn,
.hu testified i'm English. He has lived
b SeebervilIe five years and lived
here August II last. His early eN-
minati0n covered the trip 10 South
ianer for strike benefits and the re-
urn home
After supper. Stcpech testified, 9c
vent out of the house and across the
ftsr.. 4. Il