of the American Tug
Boat Company. He saw the boat tilt as the firing started and noticed
that the stern swung out at the time. This testimony was demonstrated
with the model. Harry Young, chauffeur, corroborated this testimony and
told of rifle fire from the dock.

Mrs. Mabel Thomas, from a position on Johnson's float quite near the
Verona, told of the boat listing until the lower deck was under water,
almost immediately after the firing started. Mrs. Thomas testified that
"one man who was facing toward the Improvement Dock, raised his hands
and fell overboard from the hurricane deck as tho he were dead. His
overcoat held him to the top of the water for a moment and then he went
down. One jumped from the stern and then there were six or seven in the
water. One got up thru the canvas and crawled back in. One man that fell
in held up his hands for a moment and sank. There were bullets hitting
all around him."

Mr. Carroll Thomas, husband of the preceding witness, gave the same
testimony about the men in the water and stated that he saw armed men on
the Improvement Dock.

The testimony of Ayrold D. Skinner, a barber in Everett at the time of
the tragedy and who had been brought from California to testify, was
bitterly attacked by Veitch but to no avail. When the Verona landed
Skinner was so situated as to command a view of the whole proceedings.
He told of the boat listing, the men falling in the water and being
shot, and his testimony about a man on board the tug "Edison" firing a
rifle directly across the open space on the dock in the direction of the
Verona was unshakeable. This witness also testified that about ten
deputies with rifles were running back and forth in a frightened manner
and were firing from behind the Klatawa slip. The witness saw Dick
Hembridge, superintendent of the Canyon Lumber Company, Carl Tyre,
timekeeper, Percy Ames, the boom man, and a Dr. Hedges. The last two
came up to where the witness was, each bearing a rifle. Skinner stated
that he said to Ames, "Percy, what is the world coming to?" and Ames
broke down as tho he felt something were wrong. Then Dr. Hedges came
running up from where the boat was, he was white in the face, and he
cried "Don't go down there, boys; they are shooting wild, you don't know
where in hell the shots are coming from."

Carl Ryan, night watchman of the Everett Shingle Company, N. C. Roberts,
an Everett potter, Robert Thompson and Edward Thompson testified about