Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-16
rRoA1's EXAMINATION.
Testimony Of Pive witnesses for the De-
Tense - That Rafety Was One Of the
Coroner's Jury Clearly Proven.

The Troai examination was resumed at
A. n. yesterday. Mics Belle Gafney WAS
called and described the Enclosure at Troai's
residence, the trees and shrubbery therein,
etc at the time Of the hamiciie. The porch
and door of the house we're very infinitely de-
scribed. The framework covering what che
termed the porch had very little slant. The
framework Of the porch or arbor was suff-
GENTLY high to offer no obstruction to the
view from the door. The ground west of the
house slanted little.
At the close Of the testimony of Miss Gaff-
ney the District Attorney said, "Your
Honor, that il our case" The defense called
as their first witness
MRS. a. II, WHITE,
Who YVES also the first witness for the prose.
cution. Wit3ess said l went to TrOais
house about o'clock on the evening Of the
homicide M. Troai came to my house in
an excited manner, caught me by the
shoulders and exclaimed, "Oh, Mrs. White
Ms-garets IL dead john has killed her"
/ In less than Eve minutes l started with Irozi
! for his house, having called my husband ard
/ told him the news Tr0ai besseched my hus
/ band also to come, and as s5,pu az he could he
/ followed. and overlook Us when we had got
1 about one-third Of the way. Before starting
Z from the house, Mr.. White dispatched the
/ boys for an officer. Troai on the way cried,
/ moaned. called frequently on his Maker, and
| talked in Itslisu stsid a. Troafs place
until near O'Clock in the morning, when l
/ went to Mrs. Gafneys place. While at
| Trosi's place I picked up the thiDgs scattered
around the house and swept Il out While
| sweeping | discovered blood on the fioor
/ about a step inside f the middle door. There
1 were drops of blood on the fiJOr-say from
/ ten 20 twenty. | saw nons on the steps, but
| on the ground where she lay there was con-
/ siderable quantity Of blood. When l swept
/ the floor the spots looked quite bright and
red. In size they were between that ef ten
/ cent piece and quarter. called them
dloDs be cause they were round and not spat-
teri. When [ first discovered the blood |
was alone 10 the holse with the corpse. In
describing the homicide to parties who came
in during the evening l would say,
SEE WHERE SHE BLED
When she ran through the house." l re-
member calling the attention Of Mrs. Board
! mar, Mrs. Scott and Miss Nellie Titus to
! the blood, and they saw it the same as l did.
Henry Scott cav the same thing. | IVES in
the room during the Coroner's examination.
The following persons We're on the jury:
Wilson, Craig Prouty, Pewe.t Daniels,
asffsty and White. | know that AIr. Rat
fety was one OF the jurors, and stood with
them during thu session of the Coroner's jury
around the bed Of the deceased. The reason
that | am 90 positive about Mr.. RaffeFy
being III the room at the time The inquest was
being held and that ne participated in the
proceedings, is that he was stranger TO me.
! asked my husband who be wac, ami he
piled, THAT IS the sheep map." | said
at Is not Mr. Wriston D." He replied
"No: rot Wristor, but Wriston's partner,
Mr.. Rsffety." I have seen Rsff3ty to know
him since, and know that he was the person
that was present. The first time I cav hin
in the house ! thought he was gentleman
from Sacramento. Witness described the d.
rection and distance her home is from that
Of Troai's, and described the road connecting
the two place. | could hear Troai calling
when he came to my house before he was in
sight. He was excisiminR Z" On, Mr.. White
come here On, Mr.. White. come here "
/ was on the back porch of our house when
/ he first came up. 1t was the morning after
/ the homicide that I swept and cleaned up the
( house of Mr. Trosi. | heard report of a
| gun in the direction Of Oyermeyer's about
/ twenty minutes before Troai came TO our
place. I was at the supper table 1T the time.
/ My husband remarked They are
HAVING TROUBLE OVER AT TRoAfs,"
| And suggested he had better go over, and
/ he said he wished to have nothing to do with
! them. The reason my husband had for sup
posing there was trouble at Troai's place was
/ not on account Of the gun shot, but the hal
/ looaiug that he heard. Witness related the
/ scene at the house Of Troai the same as she
/ did vixen on the stand the first tine, when
/ she was q witness for the prosecution. The
/ cross-examiuati0n by the District Attorney
was long and tedious in regard TO the blood
/ on the fl lor, and he made an assertion to the
/ Court when demonstrated with by the Judge
( for his persisteucy in that direction, that he
/ wanted TO find out whether she had seen any
! blood or not. This insinuation as to the We
! racity Of the witness brought tears TO her
/ ewes The witness Ia her cross. examination,
/ which was very severe, did not deyiate IN the
/ least particular from the testimony given in
/ her direct testimony.
MRS. FRANK TRoAI
Wife Of the brother of the defendant, was
the next witness sworn I know the defend
I ant. and was acquainted with the deceased.
/ Arrived there about 2 o'clock the day sue
/ ceediug the murder. l observed blood on
/ the ,or, starting from the middls door to-
ward the west The blood was Eprinkled
/ like drops Of rain through the floor Some
were smaller and some larger than a ten-cent
piece There were also few drops OF blood
on the lowest step. l was in the house dur
ing the time the testimony was being taken
at the Coroners inquest. Tbs jury were all
strangers to me. ] saw MIR. Rsffety sitting
between two men opposite the Coroner in the
front room during the time the testimony
was being taken before the jury. Have seen
/ Rsffety since, end am positive he was there
as | have stated. have known Sam Troai
for ten years, and knew his wife eight years.
When they were first married they lived for
a long time on our place. We frequently Wis
tied, and Sam and his wife
GOT ALONG NICELY TOGETHER,
And Mrs. Troai always spoke of Mr.. TFoai
as being very kind to her that he always
Anticipated her desires, and seemed as though
be could not do enough for her. After they
left thers | sometimes visited them and
stayed a week st a time, and never was told
by either that they had any trouble, and
never saw anything myself that would lead
me to believe that they did not live hsrmo-
nj luslY
Cross-exsmiuatian I live in Marysville /;
left my husband about year sg and eos
nv bill of divorce in April last. At the
time Of the murder l was living east of Calf.
| When I meet my husband l treat bin as a
gentleman and pass the time of day with
him. l was out 10 his place few days since
{ fer the purpose OF seeing my Children nave
been seen on the streets with him in this
/ city, but the circumstances were such that L
could not avoid it. l knew but few of the
people who were assembled at the house Of
Trosj the day the inquest was held.
SAW RAFFETY on THE JURY,
And can poins out TO yen the two men he sat
between. The prosecution hsd the men
brought in who composed the jury, aud the
witness pointed cut K. T. Scott and Bart
Daniels as the two men between whom Raffety
eat.
Afternoon Session
DISCRIMINATION Of Mrs Frank Trosi
resumed | spoke to NJ. Rawlius about the
blood stains on the door-steps aud on the
ground To the right of the house about
three fact aud a half, there was well de-
lined pool Of blood. The ground where the
pool Of blood was observed had been cult
waited, and the blood had apparently soaked
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