| Show AT THE WILKES AnnE TRIAL Damaging Evidence Against Sheriff Martin and Deputies Tnony SbOlnc that ill omr Opened 111r Almiiit AI histly Without With-out ProlsoCILHOM Wllkesbnrre In Fell 6The I first week of the trial of Sheriff Martin and his deputies ended today with the case well under way and the Jury having a lot of evidence to think about Sunday There van n large crowd at this mornIngs Ings session Tho first witness Michael Nicholson de crlbed the condition n some of the wounded on the rood near Lalllmcr One man died as ho watched him five fv others whom he I were badly wounded The witness came upon a dying striker and was joined by a man name d Costello While they weretry Ing to aid the mn it eJuIY named AI I fred Hcsa came tip lend all With great Indignation said It a a scandalous scan-dalous piece of work the deputies had done vvheleupim Hess replied You shut up or 1 will treat you the same way Tile defense objected to this reference ouL to liess and the evidence mas stricken OULThe The next witness one of the mot Important of those to be heard on be hall 01 the commonwealth wa John Ugler secretary of Uie Ilarwood Union of the United Mine Workers He told how on the night before the shooting a meeting had been held at larwooo and the men gathered there decided 10 march over the Lalllmr that day 10 show Ihomcselv II the men at that place at the request 01 these mn Witness WIt-ness gal an American ng and nle1 It on I long pole he had cut They agreed he paid to march unarmed and to behave peaceably Speaking of the meeting with the sheriff and deputies at West llazleton witness sold They rushed at us and pointed Ihelr gun In our faces and told us to stop I explained to Ihe sheriff that wc wor Just going to show our selvea to the Latmer men and were going to do no harm to anybody The sheriff said I you go to Lnttlmer you must kill me llurgcss Jones of West llazleton said 1 he could march through the streets and so the sheriff and deputies went away and we marclied on to Lattlmer The witness said that at Iattlmer he again told the sheriff they were not armed and would behave themselves The sheriff pulled a couple of men out of the ranks and drew his revolver and witness hilll to shoot WIIS aw 11m trln one of the strikers The revolver did I not < In1 explode however ull then a oro1 formed around the sheriff At this tine there WM a shot and thn 11 or lour shots and at last a volley Witnesel fell down between tvio mn but did not think the mon r shooting hall cartridges cart-ridges until he saw one of them bleeding bleed-ing Then he got up and ran with the rest and the bullets kp nt whizzing about his earn He saw lots of wounded men but did not go near the deputies a a 100 Ivan afraid On eamlnaton 11gler admitted that when the sheriff told them to dispense Ire pe I-re ho said We aint going to war w-ar going U I Itllmer Artier the oexamnalon 01 Eirler tile court adjourned until Monday mtnln at 10 oelok District Attorney Martin addressing the court nuked that the defendants be required to furnish ball or be committed com-mitted to jail Their bull he said has been forfeited for-feited since the last term of courl In November when their appearance here absolved their bondsmen ny a mistake their bull wnn not then renewed and wo have discovered that thy have not been under ball Pines that time They aro chord wltle the highest crime on tile calendar end the court should not discriminate between them and the or Inry Criminals They should either furnlih bal at once or be sent to jail Judge Woodward sold thai the defendants de-fendants should furnish ball on Monday Mon-day |
