Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-20
Judge Holl read from RafFety's statement

Judge Holl read from Raffety's statement
. On the evening Of the 23i of February, IL
| front Of Lentini's cabin and my cabin also, ]
told the officers that Lentini was innocent
and that Trosi was the murderer. They re
piled By calling me id fool, and said Len
! TIM was the s. Of b. they were sitter.
afterwards told the came thing 70 Sheriff
HeiibroD, who replied in the same offensive
manner. The witness replied that TIE state.
ment was
ABSOLUTELY AND UNQUAL1PIEDLY
False. No such conversation took place
then or afterwards.
oss-examination-On our way from Gait
TO Troai's place we met Constable Fugett. but
had no conversation with him regarding Raj
| fesY o. Lentini. We babe him the time OF
day, and conveTsed q few moments. There
was nothing aaid or done by any Of our party
that would be offensive 20 BIZ. Fugett, OF
that would intimate that his services were
not desired in securing the arrest of Lantini.
It was not bought that any one but Lsntini
was directly interested in the murder. The
reason we arrested Pete we thought he would
be an important witness, and to keep him
from aiding Lentini in his escape.
l found a loaded gun in the cabin of Len
TIM, which l brought to this city, and IL Is
now locked up in the vault Of the Sheriff s
Cthce. had heard no evidence in the case
before | saw Rsffety, and an intimation from
him or any one else that Lentini was rot the
guilty party, would have been then and
there investigated. 1 went there believing
that Lsntini was the murderer. The dis
patch received at the Sheriff Office no
stated, and the story in circulation in the
neighborhood was that
LESTINI HAD COMMITTED THE CRIME.
i
Ratfety were members of the Jury, and did
not leave the room from the time the inquest
begun until after the verdict had been
signed. After the inquest was held l ad-
dressed the men assembled told them | was
the Sheriff Of the county, and requested that
they should assist in capturing the muir
derer. Some said L3ntini was a desperate
man, and l said then that if their own life
was threatened, they would be justified in
shooting him.
0. @. jackson, sworn: In February, 1882,
was Deputy sheriff of Sacramento
county. Went with Sheriff Hebron to
TToai's house on the 23d OF February, 1882,
arriving there about dusk. Witness men,
toned several who were present when he ar
rived, and described the blood marks on the
floor. His testimony regarding the trip from
Sacramento and the search for Pete at Len
tini's cabin, the meeting of Raffsty, the chas.
ing of Lentini, the eating of supper at
Rafety's, the holding of the inquest, etc,
was corroboTative Of that of Hebron. The
incidents attending the proceedings of that
night were described by jackson even to the
minutest details. He said when Raffety
rode up to where he and Quiggle were he ex-
pressed a regret that they had not shot Len.
TIM, and remarked that he would have given
$50 for shot at him. Raffaty afterwards
nz hat ha paEo in NIT d
Lsntini and was assisting the latter to make
his escape.
WE SAID NOTHING TO OFFEND RAFFETY.
He seemed to be very anxious to secure
the capture of Lentini. Said if we had
called at his cabin and informed him of the
murder he would have ridden down Lentini
with his horse. He would have followed
and lassooed him. He seemed to be anxious
to get shot at the murderer, flourished his
pistol and Dragged upon the fact that he
was 8 superior shot. If he had at any time
said that Troai had murdered bis wife 1
should have inquired intSit Immediately.
The witness declared
FALSE THE STATEMENTS MADE BY RAFFETY
In reference to the conversation held at Len
tinis cabin. Never head that any one was
accused of the murder of Mrs. Troai besides
Lentini until | cav it published in the
RECORD UgIoN few weeks ago. 1 am posi-
tive now that Rsffety never made the state.
ment TO the officers at the time of the chase
that he since claims to have made. Az for as
the statements refer TO me they are abso-
lutely false. R2tfety ssid that Fugett was a
id old fool, and was not trying to secure
the arrest CT the murderer. He said il Flu
gets had bean 8 man like himself he
would have gone into Pete's cabia,
bound him and tied him to the bedstead
The room where the Coroner's inquest was
held was quite small and very much crowded
Rsffety was sworn in as a iuryman. THE
testimony Of the witness regarding the in
quest was corroborstive Of the testimony of
Heilbron. l have been at Troai's place twice
since the homicide. | was there week ago
to-day with Silas Chance, constable. Wit
ness produced in Court o section of the picket
fence that has been heretofore described as
having shot in them. He then gave de-
scCiption of the lay of the ground, the size of
the houae, aud the distance between objects
similar to that made by Deputy Sheriff Lee.
Witness claimed that the shot in the pickets
were in the range of the shotgun as it would
have been held by person in the position
that Lsntini, it was claimed, occupied at the
time rs fred the fatal shot. Ever since the
murder was committed Troai has always
acted as though he was anxious TO secure the
arrest Of Lentini Witness exhibited letters
that had been written by him to different
officers in the State. and answers thereto
that were the result of information furnished
by Troai.
The crosg-exsmination was long, tedious,
and developed no new facts. At P. NJ. adj
journed to 10 a. N. to-day.