Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-04-11

The hotel was beseiged all the evening b,
hosts of friends Of the wounded man.
large humber of tie members Of the Ponce
A sociation came in body absut P. NJ
and Mr.. Lansing had them admitted ans
babe them all an affectionate farewell, sayia!
he believed he would die. TIE scene was
very touching one.
ANTE-MORTEM STATEMENT.
Mr.. Lansing about P. n. was Informed
that he was near deaths door, that tn,
chances for life were nearly all against him
and he was asked TO make q statement, which
he did, to Judge w. A. Henry and City AT
torney Anderson. He prefaced it by saying
that he regretted the manner of hi
death. lie knew all men must die
but he had tried to live the lifi
of good citizen. and to be shot down thu
was a source of sorrow more than the deati
before him was. He then made this state
ment: My name is James Lansing. l au
90 years of age. know l am going to die
and make this statement under the impend
ing crisis of the immediate presence of NY
demise. l do not know the man who sho
me. 1 may have seen him. but il 1 did 1 d.
not know it. I had no difficulty with him
I was out in the back yard of my hotel help
ing fix up car load of coal. About P. NJ
l saw man running down the alley anC
heard people halloo after him. l Their
started in pursuit. I followed about
100 feet. l did not run fast. neither
did the man. I only wanted tC
see what the matter was. He turned on me-
and l saw he had pistol in his hand, and
attempted to turn, but before could turn be
fired, when about fifteen feet from me.
knew that was hit, but did not feel at first
he \ oh
and just as I arrived at the hotel l began
to feel the effects, and came into room g.
where l now am, and now feel that / mus
die and make this statement with that feel
ing. (Signed),
JAMES LANSING.
Witnesses:
JAMES /. FELTER,
B. n. BUGBEY.
INTERVIEW WITH THE ASSASSIN.
Raten was visited 10 his cell last evening
by a RECORD UNION representative. He was
found sitting upon the cot, holding 10 his
hand cup of water. He demanded to know
what was wanted of him. He apparently
was in a very great state of excitement, and
began to relate that Erickson had
pounded him almost to death the day before.
He denied having shot any one and said peo-
pie had been trying to kill him. While he
was conversipg in a rambling way with the
reporter he fell heavily upon the stone floor
of his cell, and lay as if dead for short time.
1t is impossible to say if the fit was a bit CT
acting. 1t seemed real, but the police be-
lieve it was feigned. Some time after this
Rsten commenced to converse again,
and said his dizziness was caused
from the injuries received from the pummel-
ing he had from the hands of Erickson. It
was difficult to have any intelligent conversa-
ton with him. Rsten is man a little above
the ordinary hight aud wei ht is of rather
repulsive appearance, and has Malay cast
of countenance. He speaks English with but
little accent. He states that he was born on
the Amoor river, in Siberia, and came to
California about six months ago, and has
bsen employed in the railroad shops 10 this
city, and was at work in the copper depart
ment He claims to be skilled mechanic,
and that he was receiving thirty four cents
an hour for his services. Raten for several
days past seems to have been having consider
able trouble. He has been in the Police Court
once or twice, and has been harassing
the Judge of the Court. the City Attorney,
and the police officers generally, asking that
warrants should be Issued for the arrest Of
certain individuals. Yesterday morning he
became very insolent, and had to be ordered
away from the ststion.house. He called on
Judge Henry at his private residence on
Sunday, complained of having been fined
five dollars By the Judge, and asked that
warrants should be given him for the arrest
of certain parties. He WAS
VERY INsoLENT,
And the Judge had to open the door and
drive him out. Although he was under the in
huence of liquor yesterday morning, to en-
hat nj w CT to
time he done the shooting he was apparently
sober.
Chief of Police Karcher says that when he
had Rsten down in the hack, 10 was closely
over him, and could detect no smell of
liquor on his breath. While in the hack hs
indecently and brutality assaulted the Chief.
That officer believes Rattan sane, but OF
wolhsh disposition, CT savage nature and
unrestrained passions, careless as 10
his own life, and reckless to q DEGREES,
that, when he has been on seree,
would lead him to do murder. In this judy
ment Prison. keeper Dunlevy, who has good
to observe, concurs, except
that he thinks Raten was under the influence
the city prison. Those who know Raten
cannot recall anything concerning him indi-
eating that he has insane tendencies.
AS matter of precausion the Cnief of Po-
lice doubled the force at the police station last
evening. He deemed this step necessary
from the fact that lynching, in case of tie
death of Mr.. Lansing, was very strongly
talked Of
LATEST.
At ? o'clock this morning Mr.. Lansing was
sleeping quietly. Several physicians are in
attendance, but none of them express any
but the feeblest belief in the recovery of their
patient. During the night the hotel has been
beset by hundreds of people anxious to hear
the very latest from the s!ck-room.
RAILROAD SUITs.-The cases of the county
OF Sacramento against the different railroad
corporations of the State were called in De
partment Two of the Superior Court yester