The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-03-12
Q-what calibre is your gun?


Al dou't know-he had sever.
guns.
| Odd YOU all fire at the same time
AUST about.
| Q-Where YOU very close together
l A-Ycs, we all pointed our guns a
the building and shot.
Q-How did YOU know where I
| shoot?
Al just pointed my gun at Tn
building like the rest of the men.
Q-Who left the place first after tn
shooting?
| Ave all separated
| Odd you pick mp any shells?
A-Yes, the ones to my gun. I didn'
want To leave any evidence.
Odd you know anyone lived il
the house?
| A-No
Q-Why did YOU shoot?
Al thought it was to scare scabs.
| Odd YOU ever 80 shooting before
Ayes. l shot at scab's houses.
Q-Why did YOU do that?
Ave simply wanted to scar,
them.
Odd Nick ever say anything t,
YOU before about shooting at scap,
houses?
A-Yes in November he said to me
Come 10 No. hill and Wen shoot al
the miners when they're coming out OF
the shaft.
Odd you come home alone?
A-Yes.
Odd YOU carry ,our gun with
you?
A-Sure.
@ What time did yJu get back
tMeanng to his rooml
A-Betwecn and o'clock in tn,
morning. Nick came in about ~
minutes later.
Q-How many guns did he own?
A-Four or i've.
Q--Are YOU sure the men here are
the ones that were with YOU the nigh,
OF the shooting?
Al am pretty sure they are.
.couldn't see very well in the dark.
Q-Was this shooting ever discussed
in your union meetings?
Al think not.
Q-Werc plans for shooting ever dis
Icussed during the meetings?
A-No, we had private meetings ar
ter. We once planned TO stop all tie
Painesdale mines.
GLOW We're you going to do thai?
4 81 g
men, and try ana put stop to The
working Of the mine
Q-Were any of the men here pros
ent?
A-Nick was with me-
Upon the conclusion of this direct
examination, Attorney LcGendre De-
gan the cross examination taking the
witness just before press time.
DR.. Waterman, the physician who
attended Daily. was a. Irst witness.
his testimony relating % the wounds
which caused the death of the victim
The witness also testified concerning
the wounds on the bodies of the Jane
brothers.
Mrs. Daily Tells of Shooting.
Mrs. Daily, the wife Of one of the
Victims told well connected story.
of the shooting, repeating her descrp-
ton Of the murder at the inquest The
witness said she had been waiting for
a boarder to return from the night
shift and prepared meal for him
About o'clock ON the morning Of the
murder, somewhat weary because Of
waiting, she went TO the front door.
She noticed a man standing opposite
the house, but paid no more attention
to him. Because OF an are light sit
uated near her home, she could dis.
Germ tho figure plainly but she did not
concentrate her attention on him suf
iicicrtly To describe him. She remain
ed in the doorway for few minutes
ana then returned Ia the dining room.
Almost Immediately the house was fir
ed upon Screaming, she He'd II the
second floor to awaken her husband
and the boarderS Daily was found
TO be wounded and near death. Other
boarders then proceeded to the third
floor where the Jane brothers slept and
they discovered the lifeless forms of
both men.
r. w, Denton Testifes.
+. w. Denton. general manager Gf
the Copper Range Consolidated. tes-
tincd that he was awakened bv the
shooting and he proceeded in the di-
rcCtiou of the sounds. He was met
by Captain John Jolly and George
Darstein. chauffeur in the employe
Of Nv. Denton. and the three walked
toward the place wher" the shots came
from. AS they approached the DAILY
house. they noticed commotion and
they then were told that three OF the
men had been shot. They went into
the house an6 conducted an examinn-
ZION Of the walls in The rooms which
had been pierced by bullets. From tho
location Of the bullet holes, they could
determine the direction from which the
shots came and they then set out tc-
ward that spot. Walking In n north
erly direction. they came to spot
which was Uttered with shells. Tho
witness could not tell how many shells
tvore found