Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-20
TIE TRoA1 INVESTIGATION.

llS LlnS-HlLne6EeS TOT TIE ISASASS
Unheaitatirgly Swear that he has Tes-
titled Falsely.
| The Troai examination was resumed at 10
a. N. yesterday.
stated that he arrived at the scsns of the
homicids about sunrise the following morn.
iug, AID named several who vera present.
When he first entered the house be saw his
son and Samuel Tfoai. Saw several others
there during the forenoon, but don's remem-
Der whether or not he saw Constable Fugett
there the first time he came.
Barton Daniels sworn arrived at Troai's
house the evening after the homicide. The
Coroner was there and held an inquest and 1
vas one Of the jury. Witness named the
/ persons who served with him on the jury,
among whom wss Wm. Raffsty.l We were
all sworn IS jurymen,
RAFEETY STOOD on Ny LIFT HAND.
Raffety, to the best of my recollection, stood
| thare al the time the testimony was bsi1g
taken, and | saw him alfix his signature.
The Coroner prepared the verdict, read the
whole Of it, and asked the jury il that met
their views OF the case. They all agreed
that it did, and signed it.
rossezamination-Do not remember the
order in which the jurymen signed the YER
dict. Rscolleet signing the document myself,
and remember as well as though it was
yesterday Of seeing Raifety, Pruett and
Scott afiix their names. When the testi-
mOny was read, the verdict prepared and
ready for tie signatures, Ratfsty stood on
my left but cannot now state who stood
next to him. A half-dozsn Of us were stand.
ing together. Don't recollect Of any one
moving about, talking or leaving the room
( from the time the inquest commenced until
the matter was completed. R5fetY was in
the circle when the jury was sworn, but can
not say now that | saw him hold up his
hand Have not discussed This matter with
any one since the time of the inquest, except
my wife. During the progress of the inves-
tigation my wife occupied a seat near the
| Coronsr The jury stood up.
Redirect saw Mr.. Raffety at the time
the jury were sworn in. and also when he
signed the verdict. If he had left il the
interim l think ] would have remembered
it. To the best of my recollection he re-
NAMED in the room all the time.
Recross exsmiuatIOn-I have at no time
stated to Mr. Wriston or any one else that
Rsffety was not on the jury. DON'T remem-
Der having a conversation with parties in
being one of the jurors. Did not meet Wris-
ton sn the lone road about the same time
and say to him that Rsf5ty was not one of
the Jurors. l did not state to the District
Attorney that Mr.. Rafety was not one Of
the jury.
Redirect-When the District Attorney
called on me it was the first time that my
attention had been called to the matter for
fifteen months. l was surprised, and without
H. q
GENTLY to answer all the questions put to
me. Since thinking the matter over and
the incidents connected Herewith, 1 am
positive that Raffety was present at the Cor
oner's inquest, and took the part in the pro-
ceedings that l related.
Mrs. Gurilda Hancock, recalled: During
the tina the inquest was being held in the
house l was sitting by fire that had been
built in the yard. Remember seeing DROPS
of something on the floor which had the ap.
pearance of blood. My attention was called
to it by Mrs. White, but 1 made no critical
examination to ascertain whether it was blood
or not.
J. S. Phillips, sworn l know Chas. Quig-
gle and officer jackson saw them in Gait
shortly after the murder Of Mrs. Troai saw
coat and hat which jackson threw out Of
his buggy OF the livery stable, and asked me
if I recognized them. l told him that l
thought they belonged to John Lentini.
They looked very much like those that | d
seen Lentini frequently wear. Saw Lentini
and Pete in town the evening before the nur-
der. | thought then and think now that they
belonged to Lentini. The coat was very much
faded. The hat Ras a SLOUGH het with high
crown, and had been sewed up in places with
a sack needle. The stitches were half an inch
apart and went around the hat for band,
aud the rim YVES similarly sewn. never saw
Leatini wear any other kind of hat
oss-exaninetion-There was no identify.
ing mark whereby l could say that the hat
and coat belonged to Lentini. l thought so
from the general appearance. When Lentini
was in Gait the day the murder was commit
ted he wore knit jacket and no coat.
L. j. Young, sworn l reside in San
Joaquin county, about two miles from the
town of Gait. Have known John Lentini
for several years. and am pretty wall &C.
quainted with him. Recolleet the time that
Mrs. Teoai was killed. Three or four days
thereafter l saw John Lentini near an old |
deserted cabin.
WHEN HE SAW NE He RAN.
l called out TO him TO stop, but he kept on |
running. He had on neither hat nor coat. l |
wss hunting geese at the time When ] |
first saw him he was about forty yards dis
tant, running directly from me, looking back |
not try to oyertake him. | heard the door !
OF the cabin slam. but don't know whether it |
was done by Lentini or the wind. I was |
armed with a riHa, but don't know whether |
he was armed or not He hsd or q blue |
wooden oYeTshirt and overalls.
Simon Prouty, sworn: Live in San Joa- |
quin county, near the line If Sacramento |
county, about twelve miles from Gait Re- |
member the murder of Mrs Troai. I went |
., oho i
after the murder. l know William Raffety /; !
saw him at Troai's house during the time the |
inquest was being held. Raffety and l went |
to Lentini's house, after the Coroner's IT, |
quest was over, TO watch and see if he came
back, and if he did SO, to arrest him. We |
were alone on our watch and but very little |
was said between us. and cannot recollect the |
conversation that eDsued. / signed the YER
dict accusing Lsntini OF the murder of Mrs.
Troai. We watched the cabin from midnight
to sometime between and o'clock lin
the morning, when Raffety said hs would
have to
co AND LOOK AFTER HIS SHEEP.
At that time it was starlight. He returned
about daylight, when we made a search Of
L9ntini's premises, and l mounted my horse
and returned home.
Cross-examination-I would not be positive
that Raffety was not on the jury, but I think
he was. When Raffety and were watching
Lentiui's cabin, it commenced raining.
The witness was subjected to a severe cross
examination. testing his recollection of past
events. He said that the time he watched |
the cabin Of Leutini he was armed, but did
not rscollect whether Radety was or not.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
a. Hebron, sworn I was Sheriff OF
Sacramento county in February. 1882. re-
ceivsd news Of the murder of Mrs. Trosi
soon after the homicide. and proceeded 20
Troais place in buggy with officer Jackson
and the Coroner. At Gait We were Joined
by Charley Qaiggle. We did not stay long
Of Troai's house on cur first arrival. We
heard st that place thst msn by the name
of Pete was at Jentinis place, and it was
thought be was in soma way contested with
the murder, 50 we proceeded thither to
arrest him. II was dark when we arrived a.
the cabin, but found no one there. Some
meat was Ca the stove cooking. We ex-
aminsd the barn and found nothing but the
horses When we turned from the barn we
saw someone in the dark who evidently saw
US at the same time, and he started aud run
away. pursued by Jackson and QuiEgle.
Vermilya and myself then discovered
another man, whom we halted and ascer-
tanned that it was VIM. Rsffsty. We ex-
plsine3 who we were and what was our
mission. He ssid that Pete was at his cabin.
We heard sn exchange of shots while we
were eonye sing with Rstfety, He did not
say to Us that Leutiai was innocent, nor
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