Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-18
BROWN AND EGAN.
The Evidence all in-The Case Will go TO
the Iury this Morning.

with assault with deadly weapon, was re-
sumed in Department One of the Superior
Court yesterday.
The first witness called was Julia Pock'
man, who rooms in the building and was
one of the women that Brown and Egan
were looking for when the alleged assault
| took place. Witness stated that she had
heard Mrs. Hotz say that if she had game
| to the door instead of her husband sne
| thought all the trouble would have been
ayerted. Mrs. Hotz also said IN Wit
ness presence that her husband was
cross. cranky and quick-tempered, anu sne
| wished she had let the boys kill him. WIT
ness stated that on Tuesday, in the witness
room, she had been approached by l. 3
| Brown. who was assisting the District At
torney in the prosecution, and he deiilaIa-
ed to know what she was gong TO TESTIFY
| to. She replied he would ascertain thaI
fact when she took the witness STAND, and
not before. Brown then tried TO lntlmi-
date her by saying; If you don testl1y
| to certain facts | will burn you up worse
| than Charley Jones did May Ward.
| On cross examination witness said Mr.
Brown may have intended it all tor Joke
| but she did not so regard it. Witness
| stated that she had been in beer saloon
| until 3 o'clock in the morning. Mr.. Brown
| insinuated that it was queer place ana an
| unseemly hour. Witness quickly rephed
| that she would not think he would mani
| fest any surprise and astonlshment, Tor she
often saw him at the same place even at a
later hour. She said she had been EN-
pIoved in Sacramento and other places in
| beer dives. Counsel desired to prove that
witness some years ago shot and killed her
husband in this city, but was not permitted
{ by the Court to do so.
| Thomas F. Egan, one of the defendants
said that he called at the Grand Hotel on
| the morning of May LIST, looking for some
| lady friends. and by mistake knocked al
| Hotz's door, Hotz came out, demanded
| the object of the visit and. when informed
| called Egan vile names and struck him in
| the face a number of times. Egan left
called Brown from the foot of the stairs and
| both went to Hotzs room for an eXplana.
| ton of the unprovoked assault. Witness
knocked again at the door. Hotz suddenly
| opened the door with a Ratchet in his hand
and was prevented from striking witness in
the head with it by Brown who caught
Hotz's descending arm and wrested the
Ratchet from his grasp. Witness and Hotz
then clinched, struggle ensued, they fell
to the floor, witness on top. Mrs. Hotz
then appeared pistol in hand, and threat
ened to shoot if they did not instantly
leave. Witness said he beat a hasty retreat
Witness said he had never authorized
either Henry Edgerton or Leo Straussman
and wife to make any compromise with
either Mr. Hotz or his wife. As for Mr.
Straussman and his wife, he was not &c.
quainted with them, and never heard Of
them before this trial.
IN croSS-ayaT,oip atiOO no said ba Uir hk
was looking for were Julia Pockman anC
May Ward, and he was of the opinion thai
theyroomed there. He said his second visit tC
Hotz's room, when accompanied by Brown
was not for the purpose of having any
further trouble, but for the purpose of hav,
ing mutual explanations, so that the mat
ter would not be made public, and if pos
sible to keep it from the reporters.
Lee Brown, the other defendant, testified
to exactly the same state of facts. He de
MED most emphatically that he struck
Hotz over the head with the Ratchet. The
coat he wore on the memorable occasion
he had on in Court, and it was exhibited t.
the jury to show that it was not blood
stained.
l. s. Brown was called, and asked whC
employed him to assist III the prosecution
| of the case. He replied that it was imma
! cided
| Officer Franks, the next witness stated
| that he had called on Mrs Hotz the day
| following the assault. He related a state
ment made to him at that time by her
which was at variance with her testimony
in the case.
Henry Edgerton was next sworn ant
! testified to three conversations he had will
Mrs. Hotz. He lived in the family of Lee
| Brown, and the first time he called to SCI
| Mrs. HotZ it was not as an attorney, but a:
a friend, to try and quiet the matter. a
that time did not know who Mrs. Hot
was. | was well acquainted with her while
| she was Mrs. Davis having been her at
torney once in a divorce case. He at thai
time knew none of the particulars of the
case except those detailed by Mrs Hotz
and upon that showing he told her sht
| could compromise the matter. | asked hel
| how much she wanted. and she referred
me to her husband. The next time l saw
Mrs. Hotz she had materially altered hel
statement regarding the affair, and then
told her if her second statement was true
version it could not be settled, for in tina
case ii would be compromising a felony
| afterwards saw Mrs. Hotz in the Police
| Court, and she offered to compromise fol
| 800, but ] refused to entertain her propo
sition or talk to her about it. She told mt
that Lee Brown drew pistol upon her.
With Mr.. Edgerton's testimony the de
Tense closed their case.
In rebuttal, Joseph Drake was PLACED
upon the stand to contradict certain state
ments made by Sarah Shaw.
|. S. Brown was sworn, and testified tina
he never attempted to intimidate Julis
/ Pockman. The remark he made to he
was one in jest, and she and all who heart
it knew that it was only joke.
This closed the testimony in the case.
Henry Buckley opened the argument TO
the people and spoke for over half an hour
Grove L. Johnson followed. and spoke I'M
til the adjournment of Court The argu
ment will be resumed at 10 4. NJ. to-day
and will go to the jury before the noon re
cess.