| Show TH THE E LYNCHING CASE TOMMY ATKINSON ONE OF tar discharged THE prosecution CLOSE OSE THEIR TESTIMONY friday olo peterson said aard tito the unit first thing he saw law when he came up to tile the browd w was as sullivan bul livan trying to put the roie rope around Fis herld neckband neck kand and three men ware wre beating him while it was being done that the rest of them were at the otherene other othe rend nil lofther of the rope 0 pe there were about seventy raen nun dra drawing fifik linn him and two men behind with guns shooting them ott oil and acting in as guards I 1 walked behind the tha crowd it took about ten minutes to hang him then iken all were vere ordered to touch the rope t like off their hats and take lake an oath f dill did not think it safe fate to 0 object and took it with them they were then ordered to kiss kisa a book which was w as part of 0 the ceremony of 0 the oath it was 11 not of much 0 of a hook it a kind of 0 fairy airy t tala ale nove novel 1 the oath was waa administered by joe murphey and sullivan put the ole rope on tile neck off the hie oath was that we ke keep ell secret all that was done ar or receive receive t same fate us au fisher I 1 saturday mr stanley fc was waa recalled re called the rope with which ich they ley hung fisher was about forty feet long and d two or OE three fiet feet wa was c 11 4 olt off in issuing getting it from fishers cihi rs neck tile rope was produced in evidence 1 I 1 delivered tile rope up to deputy vandercook it la is about inch rope witness ll 11 identified it as similar to the one use used d on that occasion J 0 malcome Malcot BO was ile i eureka on oil eth july last was placed pi iced at tile the jail by stanley about nine in the even een ini ing of tile the ath july to guara I 1 isher fiaher who was in ill the jail i did dia not nol recognize any of file these be defendants I 1 left the jail in about JO 30 minutes because tile the crowd ordered me away aay they were armed some spoke about maklan making a break I 1 told them ilot aske asked me what I 1 hail had to do with it and I 1 replied that I 1 had co considerable e to do with it they advanced towards me and called mo me a a of 0 a h b exhibiting at the same sama trine their W weapons noel called my attention to a rope and some one threw it over the jail i charles noel was plated placed atthe it abo jail to guard fisher about nine in the evening evening renial remained ned there 15 or 21 20 in ini incites know knew alt all then except J T saw oreen green regan regain pat shields and oenia denis Stil sullivan liVan there th they erdl ordered i u v ad aitay an ay and wo we went I 1 I 1 sa saw 7 a r rope it twit wa lei in mr greens greeng pos possession sessio I 1 baw otar othar men inen pick up the rope when it full fell to ili tin ground I 1 could soo BOD only about P a lial half i dozen men before the jail then c could ou adnot not see them all saw none of the do defendants fend there filers but oreen green next saw shields saw sullivan when I 1 first wend up sullivan sulivan said to stanley you never treated ins ine in i our lift ito letter better treat tiow now stanley and sullivan then went down town saxy saw began and put pat Karn ngon ingon cherf then all was quiet till the rope rop e camp caina I 1 Hen tanay immediately after went about a yard and looked arkel hack back and pw tile the crowd increasing h ard r d quite idest a noile boic loud lond talking unit and t ingia oconner and pat harrington sat at near tile ilia jail when I 1 first went want up james whitaker sold the rope to green and ilar arington rington ring ton it was charger charged to J T harrington Hair ington they had an argument about who should pay forit for it they on said d they wanted it for a wells well ll it was hill bh inch rope lOpp this thia about one did not liell sell any other tope rope that thai day de on a monday morning the first witness bitnes wh ho 0 took the stand was U 8 bl marshal arshal I 1 dyer lie ile waa present when quinlan was 3 arrested anestel before li toro the clift house sait a lit lake it was nas about a week after the killing of fisher fiaher quinlan Qun lin said ilia his name was alacy I 1 called another to iden tit him and then arrested hirn him asked him bow in 01 long ion he had assumed that I 1 replied epi ti that at lie he had always gone by that n name anne I 1 lie le was ono one of the firby lie nien n ar rested I 1 mr either was recalled and identified the relative positions of tile lie parti tit bailand Ja iland heard denis sullivan ina in a loud lend tone of voice voice sav Bay bayzill kill that d ld d mormon ts of a b 11 ole christensen wits was recalled the ropo opo was put on fishers neck by denis sullivan mrs afra sarah A jackman resided at eureka on the tha MILL of july lost last went down dorn tho the street that afternoon and heard conversation in which green took part green said we mil ill take him out ont of 0 t fail all aud and kill him like a log dog using a i a until reagan paid bald we will have him film out of tin the jail before this night is is over oer the gentleman with whom lit lie was talking bind II will defend fisher till ill ica I 1 can n cross examined I 1 was first subpoena ed last friday I 1 tell it now or the firm fai st time except to and mr ocon 0 conner katie hill was nas with tile me and we hid had a conversation in ie ferenee to it A 0 sutherland sr br le testified stilled that lie was at eureka Liiri lit on oil july ith list bur tile killing of fisher was at the jail about 15 minutes before the alie occur bencel it wai after 0 9 saw paw a rope there mr bleaman rind I 1 went there a ropo rope vi was as thrown throve n over ovar the lail jail and and struck us is could not say ho threw it lly ay impression was that there were mere be teen 60 boand and persons present around tho jail I 1 anly anew one person hat I 1 cald identify and that aas oconnor 0 connor oconnor UC onnor was ba to tile inc one of tile the most conspicuous men ilien lit in tile alie crowd by ills his actions word nordi awl and nia in inner tiner tho the moon had gone behind tile the mountains and it lark around ibo jail thought some 1 I the men wore were masked was ed think that tl ia t six or save iiii as I 1 came cama up lh hil were mr alilia stated that th it ll it jad ind appeared thus far defendant atkinson kinmon At hid not participated lit in the for or which lie he had been chargot charge tl and moved mined that lie be Jiw hariel an ali order MIH entered to that effects ii 1 wa ordered that nit mr 1 beaman and whose names aro are on the llie indictment be ballel cal lel in in accarda acco danco nee with mill tile buelt it 1118 keate d that beaman ft ho 1 hail 11 1 been aubian ic 1 had been permitted to ri turn home on account of a akness prosecution had no ito use UBO tor for harrington he knew nothing about tile the ease defense announced that they woul 1 call for harrington at the proper timo for or cross examination the lle prosecution cution announced thit they nou oud d el ele giue e lhoir Na to adny and it 11 number of witnesses it nesses for or tile the bild defence i hot bot behia expected led to arrive before evening court adjourns I 1 until unlit 7 pm p m i lr r ken beim 11 nn an was mia called up at the eveni nir ile he heard beard tho the remark therea The rai tho tha rou botie now boys ailers your bouc chance 1 I 1 liis he rope 3 truck struck witness lit in tho back we told to leave leae within tareo militine mii tine OConnor aid said U D n u ou on get awny asay fo fi m here hera lie killed my ill son and its 1 ji I W laiu or a life flite Vs ve went mrs mm bell Tomp ilna tins test fled I 1 she remembered edthe the factum fiaher 1 being taken I 1 from rum the jail sa jolin john chiolan Cu iolan in the afternoon july ati un oil tile tha por per h of the hotel had a conversation with him ta I 1 ke I 1 bout about the tha shooting gho otin I 1 said i I 1 hoped they would not ilot kill risher Fi Blier and nd that if they aliey did I 1 hoped they would take din 1111 nut lit of toan tili niall laid lid tiey bey it never take him out cut lf if town and pointed up toward tile the whip of 0 tile the norway mine I 1 saw the body hanging there then the 1111 next morning this morning ve J e christensen vt as to re culled by the defense de fenee tie he was interra gated by counsel counsil evidently with the view 0 of impressing the jury with tile the unreliability of prosecution ln in re direct examination asked itress m if lie ho had conversed converged with any ot of the defendi ants anta after i lie lunching lynching lyn ching cuccu WI aness answered that h conversed with patsy and denis sullivan on the night alter after the lynching lunching lyn ching they made aund and sume some threats lie know james douglass douglas sometimes mit witness fiess got cot drunk and did things he could not remember B hen abber james harrington had asked luin not to testify coply before the gra grand tid jury as to certain facts fact on ion necked with tile the msp case at the request of defense james alar neiton rington nn ring arington iton ton a witness wiam si who had testified abc before the grand jury was called up in I 1 examination by the defense ho ha said aid a denis sullivan bult ivan WAS a nephew of hia met denn denis sullivan Sal livan at tuttles corral and told linn that there was a big crolli dovd at I 1 the he jail and that he be had better keep away we barted parted I 1 went straight lo tile jail wa while I 1 ile denis enia went v benl enl off in in an direction in answer tu to mr hiles lie he i said lie he was quite sober bober at that time denis had told liin him lio lie would not go near the jail I 1 ordered him not to go dont remember bueing Bee ifill ally aay of the defendants defend anta except denis that day heard beard tho the shots fired first and sometime some timo after heard a ut littile the jail we Vs were then about 80 or im yards away front from the jail when I 1 jot got thoro there the crowd was fifty feet north 0 of tile the lul jail A lither either recalled by the def defense oriso sa said j d and asked if in in the afternoon or evening the at c ants seemed to be under lunder the influence ol of liquor iia answered that t they hey v were era un under d ert the is influence of li liquor I 1 quor in the atje afternoon the illion jail ail Is ia 10 x ai in dimensions and constructed by 2 x 8 pine plank spiked together two cells I 1 in n it mrs jackman recalled by the defense she sha knew mrs lira shea khe ahad had no conversation with her about the lynchik lyn chio ebinal recollected having a talk with her a couple of weeks 0 ago o but not directly after the lynching lunching lyn ching did not hae ft a conversation cori with her to the effect that I 1 had bad heard the threats made but did not know ullo made themi told liar her v who ho made then them ito ill I 1 I 1 did oai not wish to la come coma m 6 a v vl I 1 naas da tol lolia d her the ibe parties alio ho made he threw sers pat iteman and ani orbo green chars i tsi saley culled called by the prose callon ld l saw regail on tb iha treat and fmay darr logt n at the alb of july julf ii in I 1 ibo berd hr he was about 40 feel from the all say lav well I 1 hang hd ibo a of it b anyhow aboud hair nilla 00 whom when I 1 hed bob booting wa fitly yards hom tho ili ILI I LI ll la 10 hut lightn kiihl B number ul ol men were wera in from cross examined the tb man in front ol of be heball jail wro were talking la in a foreign language it was wag in irish RIU out straight on oil home borne cution reeled mr thorman moved the discharge of driscoll and sav ge on around of full fal luris proof them ith I 1 bac luken under con coll ida 1 I 1 cricri I ourt took recess till lills 3 th I 1 a of f lernoux lerno |
