Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-21

Or. Simmons. l did call at the office. but
did not see the doctor, the clerk informing
me that he was at the Bay When / ar.
| rived in Sacramento l took one drink of
soda water. 1t resulted in nv being
robbed OF all my money 1861, and nv get
ting most fearful head put upon me.''
One OF the officers suggested that it must
have been very strong soda water.
Well, he replied, 4" ii was; the bar
keeper who gave it to me no doubt could,
IL he would, tell us more about the com
pound. drank it.for Soda.
The Sheriff said Kay last night YOU
told me IN the presence of four creditable
witnesses that you wrote letter from Sac
ramento to your father at Folsom concern
ing the team, and now you say positively
you did not write letter Which of your
statements are we to believer"
" Well, | must have been drunk when I
talked TO you last night, or else you misun-
derstood me. / seldom write letters. I
never had any cause to commit such an act
WAS NOT AT ENMITY WITH MY FOLKS,
And mother and were the best of friends.
Don't know of any one that I.think could
be guilty of the crime. Knew they had
some difficulty with some folks who lived
across the river. Those people were all
friendly with me, and | don't believe any
OF them would do such a deed | have
seen none of those people nor heard from
any of them since | left Sacramento. |
had no carpet sack, nor left none at the
mouse. Don't know where this man Ewing,
who was with me in Sacramento, is now,
and have not the slightest idea where he
could be found. | slept with Ewing two
nights
IN ROOM IN THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL.
The last night was the last Tuesday in
September. got acquainted with him a
year ago last September in Tulare Am
not positive, but think his first name is
James and that he spells his last name
With u He gave his right name to
the hotel clerk Dent think he ever gave
IT as Addison The nights / slept with
Ewing at the hotel were the 2Sth and 10Th
OF September. Ewing paid our bill at the
hotel. went over to Todhunter's one
day, just across the Yolo bridge, and drank
beer. The same day l told Charlie Dona-
hue would go and
GET THE TEAM AND GO HOME,
But afterwards l changed my mind. Char
lie gave me good advice, and wanted me to
go home. l never owned dirk knife in
my life
Thomas Parsons informed the Sheriff
that Kay had worked for him driving team
on the Sth of October, he was pretty sure.
and was toierably certain he saw Kay on
the 9TH of October, but was not quite posi-
tive as to dates. He had seen him every
day, however after he went to work until
his arrest in Marysville Monday.
Under Sheriff |. n Aldrich said he knew
from the picture sent him by Sheriff Will
son that Kay was the man wanted the
moment he laid eyes upon him.
Kay was brought from Merysville TO
Sacramento by officer McComber on the
freight train, arriving here about - o'clock
last night. a number of people who were
acquainted with him got on the train at
Roseville and Lincoln to see him.
HE HAD A PLEASANT WORD FOR ALL,
And said all he could say about the matter
was that he knew nothing about the sad
affair, except what he had learned since
Sunday last. En- route to this city the
officers had but little to say to the prisoner:
the caboose was crowded, and Kav acting
as though he was exhausted He said it
had been nothing but interview from the
moment of his arrest, and he had refused
to answer no one who desired to ask him
about the matter.
1t will be seen that the statements of Kay
relative to the date of his going to Wood
land conflict. One fixing it for Thursday.
the LIST, and the other, Friday, the I'd inst.
That, however, can probably be corrected
by the register of the Capitol Hotel of that
place. Two parties in this city claim to
have seen him here on Friday, the I'd. and
to have spoken to him, and one, at least,
says he saw him here on Saturday. The
authorities will Immediately take measures
to determine whether his statements can
be Substantiated