Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-14

o'clock, the night of the murder. Wit.
ness said he did not remember taking
jackson and Quiggls behind his cabin
{ and telling them that he believed that
| Pete was implicated with Lsntini in
the murder. A man by the name of Cross
has charge Of Lentini's place now witness
| had charge Of the place after the murder, by
| the authority Of the Sheriff. Trosi took
| away the horses and stock belonging TO Len.
tint. Troai lived in Lsntini's house last
fall and winter. Lentini had two horses and
three sheep, a small lot OF turkeys and
CHECKERS. Troai and 6 man at Gait BIZ the
| name OF 3. johnny took the stock. Never
had any social relations with either Troai or
Lentini;
had DIFFICULTIES WITH LESTIEI
Several times Troai last April tried to get
witness 10 live Ia his house, and take charge
OF his place, but he declined to do 50. Troai
said several times that he did not know
whether Raffsty was his friend or a friend
of Johns. When he met Sheriff Heilbron
and Coroner Vermilya the next night after
the homicide, he was on thu way to watch
Johns house. The actions Of the officers
when witness told them that Lentini was
innocent were that they knew more about it
than he did. Was riding at that time gray
horse about five years of age. ALI the neigh
bora had ridiculed him for asserting Len
tinis innocence. Mr.. Scott ssid they thought
he was interested in the murder. They kept
away from him, and acted as if they thought
He WAS NOT FIT TO ASSOCIATE WITH.
They were neither friendly nor socisl, would
not talk with him on that or any other mat
ter. They accused him of being connected
with the killing Of Mrs. Troai.
&. c. Fugett was sworn, and said: | reside
In the town Of Gait At the time of the muir.
der OF Mrs. TIoai l was constable ef Dry
Creek township. | received word Of the muir
der about Midnight on the 22l Of February
from two boys who came from Troais neigh
borhood. II was near four o'clock in the
morning before l could get buggy. Arrived
at Troai's house about sunri:e. Stopped there
moment and then left for Lsntini's house.
There found Pete Corrello Arrested him
for an hour l released him. [ then went to
Mr.. Raffety's house and talked TO him 10
regard to the murder. | suspioioned that he
knew the murderer, and that he knew where
Lentini wss Went away but returned to
Rahety's in the evening. ! was then fu ~
CONVINCED THAT R'FFETY KNEW ALL ABOUT
THE MURDER,
And knew where Lentini was, but could not
GET anyt hing definite about the murder from
him. Rsifsty said, however, that Lentini
was Innocent. Isent Scott TO zee Rafety and
ask him in regard to the matter. Scott did
so and expressed himself as belisvirgss did.
[ started fer Gels and INST the Sheriff, Coro-
ner and other officers; talked with them
moment, and from their manner to me in.
ferred they thought they could get aloug with
out my services, and I gave them 10 iGforma-
ton. They afterwards met Scott. who told
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not tell me who committed the murder
I tried to get him to tell me-
SOLICITED HIN TO DO so.
I thought that LsDtini had committed the
murder and that Raffety was acquainted
With the facts CT the murder. His peculiar
actions in the conversations caused n e to be.
heve that he knew al about the murder, ard
also that he knew OF the whereabouts Of the
fugitive.
At 9:15 ?. NJ the District Attorney stated
to the Court that they wished TO place DE-
Gardner on the stand TO testify to the shot
that he had extracted from the body Of
the deceased ono day last week in tocllton.
The doctor wss present, as was also the evil
dence they wished to introduce, but they bad
no witness to prove the identity Of the body
The witcess they wished to establish that
fact by was in Stockton, had been telegraphed
kQI anu HDllA 10 tltIG NAlS iDDEElGSs ne
asked that the exsmin ton be continued
until 9 a NJ. to-day. The defense consented
and adjournment had to o'clock this morn.
ing.
GROUPINGS BY THE wAYsIDE.
During the cross-exsmination cf Rsffety
by Mr.. Curtis, the following questions were
asked:
Did you ever know a man by the name of
Hsllsn? No, cir, / did not.
Did you ever know a man by tie name of
Beverdge3 Yer, sir; he is z sheep man.
Ga November 20, 1879. Swedish sheep
herder named Charles Hailen, who was in
the employ of David Beveridge. was found
dead in his cabin on the range, with q bullet
hole in his head, ard the cabin had been
robbed. Shortly before that the deceased
had been paid, and was supposed to have
his person at the time the murder was COM
mitted $3.50 in gold. Toe matter rested until
January Is, 1880, when David Beveridge and
Geoseppi Dunati, who had shortly before
been arrested, were examined before Justice
Coggius, and after an examination lasting
soma six days the defendants wers dis.
charged Afterwards man was foun mur-
dersd and his body thrown in some water in |
the same locality. No clue seems ever to
have been found to unrsvel either of these
murders, and it has been the opinion of many
that there has been . systematic series Of
N urders II that vicinity. From the ques-
tons asked by the defense relative to Hal
len and Beveridge il would indicate the pos.
sibility that some light may be thrown, in the
progress of this examination, upon those ms
teEious murders.
AWARD OF PRIZFS.-Lask evening YVES made