Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-21
THE WOODLAND MYSTERY.
The Prosecution Rests-Evidence for De-
PENDANT Being Taken.

| Tho examination OF ex-Sherih L. ID. hahm
and George Rahm was resumed yesterday
morning at $40 o'clock in Woodland before
Justice Cronin.
L. D. Stotenberg was again placed upon
the stand and subjected to cross-sxamina-
ton by George A. knight, of counsel for de-
PENDANTS, from 9 until II o'clock, without
making the witness vary materially from his
former statements. He could not recall the
names of any person who knew or saw Hsrris,
| The man he claimed to be with On the night
of Maltby's disappearance but generally he
stuck very close to his story of the day be-
fore. There are many expressions of disbe-
| lief in his statement, but his general bearing
on the stand was as favorable to the truth Of
his story as is ordinary with witnesses who are
put through as thorough an examination IS Was
this one. It is claimed by the defendants
friends that he can be easily impeached The
Court allowed the greatest latitude In the
animation, even permitting irrelevant and
impertinsnt questions, as for instance, Were
you favorable to and did you advocate the
election of Rahm to the Office of Sheriff of
this county ?"
The following is brief synopsis When
Harris aHd went home we passed north up
Fourth street to Court street, along Court
street to where we saw Maltby struck, and
as we came along we were talking until we
saw Maltby know it was Maltby by his
walk, size and dress he was dressed in dark
clothes recognized Rahm by his dress, hight
and voice; could not see Rahm all the way
| as he went to the Courthouse; first saw
Rahm's companion after the blow was struck |;
| he waited until Rahm came back from the
| Court. house deceased laid cat.s-cornered
across the walk neither of them attempted
| to Assist deceased when Rahm came back,
| all that was said was by Rahm he said, :" Go
and get the buggy" His companion went for
the buggy, and was gone two or three minutes;
| he drove the buggy up to the gate; did not
| hitch the horse, and the two lifted him up,
carried him to the buggy and put him in it !;
when they struck deceased did not see him
struggle there was some difference with him
after the blow and before it ; Harris and /
stopped SO as to let Maltby go by without
seeing u.s. 90 we would not have to stop and
talk to him after they put Maltby in the
buggy Rshm went back to the Courthouse,
aud along the south aide of the Courthouse
to the rear; frat got the idea Malthy WAS
murdered shortly after he was found !;
spoke to Harris about il two months
ago iat Sacramento, and on January p,
1888, told District Attorney Craig about
it, and signed q written statement !;
1 did not recognize Maltby when l SAW him
dead at the straw.stack l don't reeollecs
| whether Craig sent for me or not think he
| did think he sent my sister for me he asked
me what was the matter with me l told him
it was this Maltby cass; had been drinking
great deal for two months previous; l did
not think Maltby was murdered until l
studied it over after he was found / have
not been promised anything for making this
confession have been over to Sacramento
| twice since l made this confession l went
over thers to see q young man that saw ne
with Harris l den's know the young mans
name he has brother-in- and sister liv.
| irg in Sacramento; don't know where they
| live don't know their names tksre il such
man as George Harris this is the state
ment l made to Craig / said then had been
to house Of il-home and came back about 8
or o'clock; / loaned Maltby $50 two or
three weeks before his death. When MIR.
Knight could not get the answers he wanted
| of witness he remarked: "Y You are daisy"
and witness retorted 81 am daisy enough
| for you" Had sun stroke once,
and was doctored for it don't feel it to-day.
| Lon Belmont recalled-Know Stotenberg
he was at my house with stranger on the
night of March 20, 1882. Phis is one of the
places where Stotenberg claimed to have
been with Harris on the night mentioned.l
Blanche Hayes-Lived at the Palace
Stotenberg and stranger there one evening,
but could not tell the date. The stranger
was never there before or since Don't Think
they went away and returned
J. A. Wright recalled-Saw Maltby in the
pen ct the slaughter. house; failed to recog-
nize him know him quite well.
James Biers Am a butcher; knew de-
ceased and know Frank Rahn heard Rahm
make statement in q hall IN Woodland.
On the day the body Yves found he said he
came up in the evening with his wife to
church he came down street, STEPPED into
recess OF door; Maltby went by him smok
ing had on his glasses; hs cav Maltby go
into a saloon went in soon after Aialtby had
gone. Tie went home, was uneasy and could
not sleep; got up and went to the Court
house TO see if anyone was thers saw light
in Maltby's room and became satisfied that
all was right, and went home and slept late
He and [ went to Maltby's room TO get
paper. There was nothing peculiar about
his action mora than shy friend would show
overhaulipg deceased friends clothing.
It wac admitted that the pistol found on
MAltby's body was a fve-sSooting Colts re-
volver, and was loaded.
C, II. Gsroutte defendants lawyer, testi-
fed: Was District Attorney of Yolo county
last year: had charge of Maltby's stomach.
aud assisted DIR. Spence in packing it in
DR.. w. J. Johnson, chemist and Johuscn
reported to me that he had received If.
- Aiusberg Know Frank Rshm talked
with him about MalsbY and about the money
| in tbs safe that had bsen deposited /; he said
there ought to have been 81 500. sDd was
only S1S 80.
o. G. jackson, detective from Sacramento,
testified: Know Frank Rahm have con-
versed with him concerning the label: cannot
/ 81. - fls,lr - e.
me; took it ard looked through drug-stores
| in Sacramento snd in San Francisco; he said
| il was one they did not know any thing about );
l asked for the bottle he said it had not been
| found.
The evidence here closed on the part of the
prosecution. The defendants stated that I'M
der any other circumstances they would
move to be discharged on the ground that the
corpus deficit had not been proven but under
the peculiar circumstances they desired
vindication. Attorney Knight said that
the defense would be that Maltby CON-
mitted suicide because he was a default
err, aud that Frank Rahm had since
had to borrow the money to make the defal-
cation good and that it will show con-
clusively that deceased had been indulging in
irregularities in thu Office of the Sheriff dur.
ing the time he was in that Office. At the
close of this statement the spectators exhib-
tied their sympathy with defendants by ap.
plause.
The defendants opened up their side of the
case at $3.50 o'clock in the afternoon. w. B.
Treadwell was the first witness called. He
testified: Have examined the books kept by
deceased during the term Of Frank Rahm SO
Sheriff, and during portion of the term of
Sheriff Barney. There was shown TO be q
shortage in Barney's term on fees due to
Sheriff. The fees had been paid in and not
credited in good many instances. Barney
has assigned TO deceased all his accounts for
fees during Rahm's terms. The shortage
| amounted to some 81, 900. Witness had not
prepared balances sheet and could not tell
the extent Of defalcations. In many instances
no credits had been made where fees had
been paid in, and as there were many cases
IN which witness was uninformed as to pay
ments made, no estimate could be made.
James Moore and Joseph Craig were exam
ined, and testified that certain fees had been
paid by them TO deceased and the Sheriffs
books showed no credits.
A. A. Sanderson, q lawyer OF San Fran
cisco, testified concerning delays experienced
in getting deeds for lands sold under execu-
ton, but there did rot seem to be any fuan-
cisl matters concerned in this case except
that the witness testified that the purchase
money which should have been paid into the
county treasury had not been paid III by
deceased until he was pressed very hard to
do 30.
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