Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-31
Afternoon session.
Dr.. sTEBBINs RECALLED.

De- OiEDDlNo h1Ghl4LED.
OAKLAND. July 3Oth.-The Court recon-
vened at FIVE minutes before O'Clock.
DIR. Stebbins was recalled by the defense,
and testified as follows: 1 was at Oakland
between the 18th of June and before we went
on our trip several times. Yesterday 1
omitted some statements which | desire to
make Between the 9TH and the 9th of July
Il can't specify the day was at Shrodsr's
house with his family, dined with them, and
noticed his despondency. AS 1 left the fam
lily / asked him to walk out with me. He
was very much excited. My conversation
with him was to assuage him. told him he
must learn to bear suffering, As we walked
down Broadway we came to cross street.
swiftly left me. I did not know what to
make of it. 1 went a few steps and stopped.
He went out of my sight. He soon returned.
saying it was not the man he thought it was.
| asked who he thought it was. He said he
thought it was Lefevre. l do not know if
Schroeder at that time was armed.
Cross-examined-I don't remember any ex-
pressions told him at that time. He told me
wnen ne returned that he had pistol did
not say for what purpose he was armed.
After he returned endeavored to dissuade
him from any such act as arms implied. L
recited to him, repeating what | said Satur-
day, that the act must be kept to ourselves,
and endured. He was in a great rage, and
said he did not know how he could endure it.
or what he should do. He promised to
go home and that he would not carry any
arms. have heard him say since that he
was not armed. He told me before the
homicide that he had carried the pistol
back. He did not say when. Mr.. Schroeder
said that on the first trip on his regular vaca-
ton he went to Napa. His wife was with
him and his children were at home.
sHRoDERs STORY.
Edward T. SHREDDER was then placed on the
stand. He said /: I reside at 1854 Alice
street. I was up to the 26th of this month
Exchange and Bullion Teller of the London
and San Francisco Bank. entered the
bank October &c. 1871. l was assistant note
teller, then individual ledger teller. 1 was
then receiving teller, and was then promoted
to my present position. 1 was thirty years
of age day before yesterday. l knew DIR.
Lefevre, from having gone there with my
wife, and on three occasions met him. On
one Sunday morning visited him to treat
sore finger that had. Its probably year
ago. On the 18th of June last l was at my
accustomed position at the bank. | left
home at the usual time--about ten minutes
after s. 1 returned about 9 o'clock-perhaps
five minutes later-in the evening. | entered
the house, and as l stepped into the
hall 1 heard the door at the back of
and walked on. At the end of the
hall met my wife coming toward me. She
put her arms around my neck and kissed me.
I pushed her gently aside and went on to the
dining-room, picked up goblet from the Ia
BILE and went to the kitchen to get glass of
water noticed that the gas was burning
in the kitchen. went back to the sitting
room and sat down. My wife sat down near
n ms minutes R f DEAR pS who was that
who went out of the back door as came in
at the front?' She said it was Sarah. l asked
if she was sure. She said YES" 1 said
nothing. l looked at the paper perhaps five
minutes before spoke to her, or she to me.
She OWNED my thoughts, and 1 said. My
darling, that was not Sarah that went Out"
said I knew it was not, and why did not
she tell me. She said, :" 1t was man who
came to see Sarah, and when you came in
Sarah ran up stairs, and he ran out" said,
'My dear, for the first time in my life l am
suspicious of you.
WHO WAS THAT MANI
She said man who came to see Sarah. We
then retired. lay in bed, my mind full of
conjectures, but with no thoughts of wrong.
asked her, "Who came out of that room.
It was no one who came to see Sarah. II was
one who came to see you" She burst out in
a food of tears and said Yes" askedher
who it was. She said, Don't ask me;
pray you don't ask me" said that no one
should come to see my wife without my
knowledge. She said nothing, and still cried.
again asked her who it was, and she said it
was DIR. I4efevre. said, "Great God do
YOU tell me that man has como into my house
and not here?" I jumped from the bed
and walked to and fro few minutes, and
walked up to the side of the bed where she
was. I said, my wife, has that man
ever touched you !" She said "No." said,