Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-10
FURTHER TESTIMONY IN THE LAMBLEFr
MURDER CASE.

In the Superior Court the examination Of
witnesses in the case of the People VS.. Fran
co.'s Lambeth was resumed at TO o'clock yes
terday.
VIM. Fl. Fulcher testified that he went to
the house about half-past one o'clock on the
morning of the 18th; defendant was in bed
at the time; searched for the knife and
looked in bureau drawer; defendant said he
had no knife, and finally said he had one in
his pants pocket; witness then found it; it
was small dirk; witness saw specks on the
knife, but couldn't say what made them |:
also examined the pants, and found five spots
of blood on them; when / took the knife
! from the pants, heard defendant draw heavy
| breath (; could not see his face plainly; de-
PENDANT said at that time that he got the knife
from one Brown; there were present at that
time Warren Luscomb, Tom Long and my
self; hole was found in the lattice-work in
the rear of the house the day after the muir
der; on further exploration of the premises
witness found in the woodshed some blood
stained clothes, consisting OF lady's cheInise
and some Undertaking found blood on the
walls of the dining room and on the door
| leading therefrom to the kitchen there were
also blood stains on the floor and on the win
| dow of the dining-rooId.
| Witness was here cross examined by Mr..
| that he kept the knife for some time and then
gave it to Constable kimball; also gave him
the bloody garments found; the latter were
| brought to Josh Smiths store and shown to
visitors; Tom Long also took them down
street at one time aud showed them.
MRS. cuRRER
Testified to having visited the house of de-
| PENDANT. after the murder; went there to
watch over the remains of Mrs. Lamblett
and to nurse defendant. who was confined to
his bed. Witness stated that during the
night defendant related his story of the MUIR
! der, saying that himself and wife were
stabbed at the same time, with the same
knife that he saw no one and felt no one
until he tried to get through the window,
! when he was caught by the leg he asked
witness what she thought the officers wanted
with his knife he said he regretted that he
had not that night placed his knife under his
pillow; that he seldom carried il, but on that
day he had put it III his pocket; he said he
was afraid there might be spots on it, as he
had not been careful TO clean it; he also said
he was afraid that blood might have spat-
tered on his pants; during the night he
talked to himself, aud at one time broke
out with the exclamation, sob, my God,
did do it," He frequently said, "My
poor, murdered wife," He then fell
asleep and on awakening asked me to come
nearer to him, and that he would tell me the
whole truth; he then said that he was
awakened by a sensation as of some one try
ing to cut his throat: that his wife seemed
to be suffocating; that he saw no one and
felt no one, but jumped up and made for the
window; he asked witness if his wife had
many knife wounds on her; witness said she
had. and that two persons must have done
the work; he insisted, however, that such
q ar ha do ir,-l
hicted by the hand Of one person, and with
one and the same knife; some time afterward
his relatives visited him, and after they had
gone he asked witness why she supposed they
suspected him of the murder; later he COM
planned of the expense of lis wife's coffin,
and said that a cheaper one would have done
as well defendant said MIR. Bugbey was his
friend and would do almost anything in his
behalf; that he was smarter than the law
yers, and knew id sight more than
most of them.
A. -vANDEMARK
Testified On the night of the murder l
went to defendants house and defendant in
vited me in. [ saw deceased lying upon the
diuing-room floor near the lounge; there
were Others In the room F.; saw blood on the
floor and on the wall saw wounds on the de-
ceased she was not dead, but gasping. De-
PENDANT suggested that deceased be raised
from the floor and placed upon the bed. l
said not to 80 it, and l then examined the
bed and found no blood on it, Defendant
afterward laid upon the bed while his wounds
were being dressed. Witness testified as to
statements made to him by defendant.
]. MILLER
Testified: Went to defendants house with
Mr.. Vandemark saw the body Of the de-
ceased in the dining room on the floor helped
10 n fpnF hap Nv ,f
water which | found in a little bath tub in
the same room don't know if it was clean or
unclean water; found a rag III the tub.
GEORGE c. CUSTER
Was thsnext witness sworn, and testified:
live next house to defendant on the night
of the murder, just before one o'clock. was
awakened by hearing The iron hook (which |
fastens defendants back gate) fall just be-
fore that all was still; l went on to the back |
porch and saw defendant running from his |
back gate past my place and on the street | |
went to the front of the house to intercept |
hiIa, to inquire the cause of trouble, but he |
ran too fast and l could not stop him he I
continued to holoa something like Me |
hasch, " until his voice was no longer audible |
my wife and / had conversation about the
matter and went to our fence and looked III |
the direction of defendants house, and list
ened for sounds all was dark, and we saw
nothing and heard no sound there was |
bright light burning in my house, which
could easily be seen by a person running
the same way defendant ran;
short istance away, and in the course
defendant was running there was another
house in which Light was burning while
my wife and l were listening for sounds to
issue from defendants house, defendants
three dogs rushed suddenly to the back of de-
PENDANTS yard, and savagely barked at us I;
did not hear the dogs bark before soon after
some persons came TO defendants house with
lanterns.
MRS, L. HOW
Testified: About noon on Saturday follow
ing the murder | visited defendants house
defendant said he and his wife were sleeping;
she jumped up and cried murder" three
times he thought he was struck, and
jumped up and cried Murder murder mur-
der I" He ran into the next room-the din
ing room deceased followed hun in, crying
murder" three times that deceased would
raise ua her arms, and that's the way she got
cut; that he then jumped from the window.
and when on the outside lac heard her groans
growing weaker and weaker, and then he
knew she was dying. On going into the
room asked defendant how he felt he said
he felt badly; he thought be should die, and
did not care to live; that the woman with
whom he had lived for thirty years was dead. /
Am editress of the Folsom Telegraph, and /
published in that paper my belief that de.
PENDANT murdered the deceased.
MRS. EVA H. JOLLY
Testified: Just after the murder visited de-
fendant's house looked at the rooms in the /
house saw blood in defendants bedroom on |
the decreasing; saw blood on the front side |
of the bed where defendant was lying on it !; |
the dining-room floor had blood; on the floor, |
on the window, and on the door leading from |
that room to the kitchen, and on the foot of |
the lounge bloody hand-print; also blood |
on the chairs; defendant said he did not !
know Ianything about the murder; saw no
one and heard nothing he said to clear the |
room and he would tell something about the |
murder to Mr.. Bugbey; the room was cleared, |
doors shut, and defendant and Mr.. Bugbey
held private consultation saw blood on
defendants feet and scratches ON his shins
saw rosebushes just outside of the win.
dow; defendant said he did not scratch
his shias on the rosebushes examined
the wounds on the body of the deceased
defendant said no wonder she was
wounded so much, she kept fighting SO and
throwing up her arms know of no qusrrels
between defendant and deceased know them
for IS years defendant said he would like to
die he didn't want to live any longer; saw
cuts in the left sleeve, but none in the right
sleeve of the gown of deceased; first got to