Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-14

NJ. Foster, for the murder OF Henry Z.
Anadon, commenced before Judge Se-
pulveda at 0 o'clock yesterday morning.
The accused, who was accompanied by
his mother, occupied seat in the rear
of his counsel, and appeared TO be as
little affected by the proceedings. in
which his life is at stake. as any one Of
the large crowd Of spectators who filed
the courtroom.
Tho first witness called upon the
opening of Court was
- RICHARDSON,
Who testified on behalf OF the prosecu.
tion. He stated that about o'clock on
the morning of the 25th Of September ho
was going home from bar-room in
which he worked, whennear Date street,
just by the zanja, he heard the report
of pistol, heard cry Of murder and
then hoard four more pistol shots in
rapid succession. He heard bullet
whiz by his head Immediately after the
first shot, and alarmed lest he be shot,
he threw himself upon the grouad.
After the firing all was still, and he then
arose to continue his walk home, when
he saw three men running towards him.
These seeing him, suddenly turned and
ran down another street. The witness
went home and, after eating lunch,
came out to where q crowd had assem-
bled around the dead body OF Amadon.
The cross-examination failed to break
down the evid d-nce Of this witness nany
particular, wbcreupon
MR.. JAMES vELsIR,
The next witness, was called. He
stated that he was the master machinist
of the Southern Pacific Ra lroad; that
the day previous he had received dis.
patch from a fireman named Lake, ask
ing permission from Indio to take his
own engine in the place Of Amadon, and
that he consented to the change, which
brought Amadon back to the city on
Wednesday morning at $40 o'clock in
stead Of Thursday evening as wonld
have been the case had it not been for
the change. The witness testified that
Fireman Smith arrived III the city from
Mohave at $40 Of the same morning..
The next witness called to the stand
was
DIR. W. w. ROSS.
Who gave a suecinot and exceedingly
intelligent description of the result Of
ais post-mortem examination Of the body
of the murdered man. He stated that
ne found two gun shots wounds on the
perscn of the deceased; one in the neck
IN the right side, the other in the left
side oil the breast about one inch ana
nalf below and one inch to the lett OF
the l,ft nipple. The first wound showed
fracture OF the first rib, the passage OF
the ball being thence through the upper
lobe Of the right lung and the ball itself
was found lodged under the skin, just
under the arm pit. The doctor stated
chat he had found powder marks ON the
left cheek with the direction towards the
wound in theneck, going to show that this
wound must have been given at very
close quarters. The second wound
showed that the sixth rib had been
fractured. ths ball passing through the
base Of the heart, through the lower
lobe of the left luag and had lodged in
the twelf h dorsal vertebre. The de.
ceased must have been instantaneously
paralyzed upon receiving this wound
The witness gave 1t as his opinion that
the wound through the heart was the
primary cause Of Amadon's death. On
cross examination nothing of interest
was de-eloped.
DR.. Nadeau, who testified yesterday,
was recalled and be corrected some
slight inaccuracies in his evidence of the
day previous. which referred to the po-
sition OF the body when be saw it. DR..
Nadeau identified the bell-rope found in
Amadon's hand and show ed to the jury
how the dead man was found clutching
1t in his right hand.
After DIR. Nadeau had stepped of the
witness stand District Attorney White
instructed the Sheriff to bring
-. SMITH,
All the witnesses having been removed
from the Conrt. This name when called
created the most visible excitement in
the large audience, and thrill could be
seen passing through the spectators as
the door of the witness room was opened
and the man, and the only one. who
knew all about the tragedy. walked into
the Court room and took the witness
stand. Every eye was fastened upon
Smith as he rose from his seat to take
the oath. He is q young man, apparently
less than 25 years OF age, and seemed to
be perfectly self-possessed and collected.
The most absorbing attention was given
by every one to each word he said. His
narration ia substance was that on the
morning Of the 25th of September, 1883,
be had come down with his engine from
Mohsve, at $40 o'clock. He proceeded
to bar-room at the New Depot and
while there John Foster. the accused, :,
entered. A brakeman joined them and
the trio took drink, after which they
proposed to go home. All three walked
up the street until they came to the gore
in San Fernando street, when the brake
man left the witness and Foster, who
continued along Alameda street. They
were joined by Mrs. Lo.tie Greenleaf
and Mrs. Henry Amadon, both of whom
we're dressed in mems clothes. The
party walked to Date street, and ar
riving there stopped for moment. At
his moment Mrs. Greenleaf whispered
in terrified tone "0hl my God, here
comes H Henryl" and sure enough a man
was seen approaching the quartotte. As
he passed he looked at the party sus-
piciously. and when he had gotten lit
tie way beyond them he called out, rs
that you. Will!" speaking to the
witness. This one did not answer.
and Amadon then advanced TO-
wards him having his hand on
his hip. The two women were to the
right Of Smith, as wis Foster. As
Amadon came nearer Foster fired. At
the same moment Amadon's pistol was
di charged. and he fell to the grosnd
doubled up, when Foster came up behind
the witness and holding his pistol close
to Amadon's face fred three times. 1t