Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-11
TIE LkMBLETr- MURDER oAsE-TEsTI-
MoNY cosTLyDED.

mony in the case of the People VS.. Fran
Lamblett for the murder of his wife, was cor
cluded.
The first witness placed upon the stan
yesterday was Richard Reed, who said tina
prior to the death of Mrs. Lambeth defend
ant was on the train on which witness wa
employed, and exhibited a knife to severa
persons, saying that if his wife knew he ha,
| 1t on his person she would not like it: tina
her objection to his carrying it was on tn
ground that, since the death of their child h
sometimes got to drinking and became ex
cited, and she was afraid he would do harm
with it was ct defendants house the nigh
! the murder was committed saw no blood OF
! the bed did not examine the walls did no
| know whether or not defendant and his wife
| lived happily together; knew nothing o.
| their domestic affairs defendant showed
wounds on his body; he asked the doctor il
| his wife was dead, and the doctor answered
| that she was; saw no clothing on the bed.
| Andrew Harris testified Know defendant;
was at his house soon after the murder there
was sheet on the bed, and saw some blood
| on 1t; the spots were on the part where de-
| PENDANT said his wife had slept; SEW no other
| bloOd-spots on the bed; there were some
spots on the window-casing; defendant was
about the house when was there.
JOHN N. BENSON
Testified: Know defendant; was acquainted
with deceased the Sunday after the murder
was at defendants house examined the hole
| in the lattice-work a man could get through
It i; defendant was lying in bed had a con-
versation with him he said he was awakened
by his wife calling to him to run for his life
he clambered out over the foot of the bed and
was caught by some one, who cut him with a
knife he managed to get through the vim
dow and gave the alarm; the wounds Were
on the right side and abdomen asked him
how he got such wounds while some one held
him by the leg; he was here cautioned by
some one not to talk too much, and replied to
my question that he did not know found
blood in the dining room there were spots
high up on the walls and window at one
time defendant kept a vicious dog there
were marks Of boot-nails on the lattice-work ;
examined a pair of shoes in the house to see
if the same marks could have been made by
them defendant at that time appeared weak
Mrs. Carrie Ever sworn: Am daughter of
the deceased Mrs. Lambeth it is nine years
since | lived at home with my mother have
visited her home frequently in that time ;
was in Truckee at the time Of the murders
came down on the Sunday following her muir
der (; knew. of no quarrel between my par
ents prior to the murder; never knew my
father to carry weapon.
The prosecution here read portion of the
deposition of George w. Slater, taken at the
preliminary examination, to the effect that on
the Tuesday following the murder defendant
made an attempt upon his own life In his
presence he stated that his reason for the
act was that he was accused of having MUIR
dered his wife.
Fred. B. Houston sworn Saw defendant
at his barber shop on the evening that the
murder was committed went there to get
shaved; he was busy and / changed my
mind on the night preceding defendant had
been drinking and was slightly intoxicated
The prosecution here rested.
Dr.. III. w. Nelson was sworn for the de-
Tense Witness testified as to the nature of
the wounds on defendants body. They had
a forward tendency, as if made from behind
THE wounds were then exhibited by defend
ant TO the jury. Witness was examined at
great length by the defense as to the prob
able results of certain kinds of wounds.
Thomas Smith testified [ reside in San
Francisco; am minister; was at the burial
of Mrs. Lamblett had several private inter
views with Lamblett; [ frequently had TO
ask him to repeat, as he spoke English i'm
perfectly and excitedly; the first interview
was on Saturday; L don't know whether he
is generally calm; should think he usually
spoke in broken, hurried manner.
August Pemmer sworn Am cutler. Two
drks were exhibited to witness. Am sure
neither of these blades have ver.been houed
or strapped, but are just as they left the
mandatory.
John II. Merrell sworn Am q cutler.
one of those dirlls looks like it might have
been sharpened at the point; the other one
perhaps might have been touched lightly on
the strop.
D. H. sTURGIs
Testified: was at Lamblett's shop August
10Th nearly o'clock at night Lambeth was
there, and cut my hair his clock had stopped
and l set it; waited few minutes fer him,
and we went up home together by the same
road he was entirely sober; did not see
him put knife in his pocket; l got home
little later than usual; | noticed nothing pc
culiar in his manner when [ went in spoke
to him, and from his appearance | concluded
he was sober, though early in the week he
was not in a sober condition | stood outside
about two minutes waiting for him l think
he had on q linen suit when we separated |
went home; after left him he would have
to cross a vacant lot; don't know whether he
went into his gate; did not hear his dog
bark we have been on friendly terms we
have had ordinary business transactions.
B. II. BUGBEY
Testified: [ reside at Folsom, and have
been Deputy Sheriff; was at Lamblett's
house soon after 2 o'clock the night Of the
murder; a number of people arrived there
before L did; saw the body lying or the
lounge; I went in the bedroom and asked
Bamblett if he suspected anyone he said lie
did, and would tell me if the others left the
room, which they did the door was closed
and [ went to talk with him 1 said, ''Be
quick and tell me what you think y
he said, have suspicion, but
only for the reason that l have
had an unpleasant business transaction yes
to-day I walked around piece of property
on which ! was going to foreclose a mort
gage perhaps that induced the man to muir
der us, but don't say anything about this at
daylight go and search this mans house if
YOU find any blood there arrest him :" | went
out and was shown a hole broken in the lat
tice-worlz L went out, told others, and we
went and searched the house where the man
that Lamblett suspected lived, but we
found nothing suspicious; the lattice
work had been broken, and the
pieces had fallen on the floor; the hole was
about IA by Is inches; one or two persons
went through the hole to see if they could do
so Sheldon broke loose a slat In going
through the others made no breaks that |
Hoticed; in addition to other blood marks
there were some on the door made by a
bloody hand as of some one going out on
the window-sill were some clotted blood
spots several of us tested the dining-room
floor and found it very firm the jar made
by jumping upon it was not sufficient to
shake down any article; from Lamblett's
window TO a back room in Clusters house is
$50 feet there are some willow and locust
trees which would shut off nearly allview from
Lamblett's window | served warrant upon
Lambeth on the evening of August 10th !;
his condition was very low; l then kept
charge of the premises for thirty-nine days !;
Lambeth kept big dog; the night of the
murder, while | was there, the dog seemed
greatly cowed while / had charge of the
premises the dog seemed very docile l heard
him bark only twice; never knew the dog
before then he did not bark at me when L
went there the night of the murder; Ia
wagon spoke was exhibited); | recognize that
as one saw on the floor near Lamblett's bed
soon after 1 reached the house; that evil
IDENTIFY has been wedged and used as a
pick handle; it then had blood upon
| it; the blood on the walls and door
leading into the dining room looked
| like it had been squirted there with a syr-
inge met Mrs. Gable at Lambletts that
night she said she met Lamblett on the
street before o'clock and he was all right ;
she said nothing about meeting him at. 10
o'clock arrested the defendant; | did not
bring him to jail until after the examination
do not remember saying that would not
/ serve warrant. [ did not show to MIR.