Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-08
I'VE saw Mrs. SIM getting into buggy some

we saw Mrs. Sill getting into buggy some
distance away. He said: There is the
G. d. w now. ] would not have
married her for $4,000 l think Craft left
town on the morning train on Tuesday.
On the morning of the shooting saw Craft
go up into the Lindner building, and re-
manned with others on the street near
there. Harlan went towards the Byrns
Hotel. | walked that way with Nelson.
While Harlan was standing at the bank
corner, Nelson said lie would go over and
get Graft and run him up against Harlan
One of the party said he would
oct him he would not dare do
it, and Nelson started off in the dr.
recnon OF Gratis house. On the night
before Thanksgiving Craft told me ne mad
never been engaged TO Miss Harlan. Mel
son did not ask me, when we were stand
ing there, what it meant by Harlan stand
ing on the bank corner, and | did not
reply to him He ought to know what 1t
meant ;" that Men are killed every day
for SANDER" The party in which | was
standing on Main street joked somewhat
among ourselves about the matter out OF
the presence of the principal actors. did
not make a statement that Craft was too
big coward TO come down the front way
of the Liudner building and meet Harlan.
When | walked toward the Byrns Ho-
tel | went at Nelson's request, but
/ had no idea that a homicide
would be committed. When | went by
Sill's store, Sill asked me where was 60
ing told him | was going up the street.
He said if | would wait until he locked his
door he would go with me. He locked up
and walked up street with me. We did
not speak of Harlan. We had gone very
short distance when the shooting occurred.
do not think anybody expected hon.
icide. We were guessing whether there
would be a meeting We did not know
anything about il, and were simply guess
ing. In my conversations with Craft he
denied he had ever made any violent
demonstrations against Miss Harlan l
related to him that she had told me
he had taken her hand and pat it on
the handle of knife he carried
in his vest pocket, and told her he would
like to plunge it into her heart. He said
that was untrue. Whenever Craft spoke to
me of Miss Harlan he grew angry and al
ways endeavored to straighten the matter
up. He never made any direct threats
against her to me; he only said he had his
point to gain and that he would gain it.
He never told me that the point was TO get
from her retraction OF SANDER concern
ing his mother and sister On one occasion
he told me he would make sill, the -
-, account to him for certain things,
but he did not say what they were.
About Christmas he told me he
had a package Of letters, and referred
to them as documentary evidence. When
| started down Main street ! expected
something might occur between Harlan
and Craft. The reason for that was the
remark of Nelson, and / knew that Craft
had said a great many by things about
Miss Harlan, and we expected that Harlan
would meet him. Nelson remarked, Let
us go toward the Byrns Hotel now the
fun is going to Begin did not know
where Craft was then. Craft stated 10 me
that he lad not been treated right, but
never explained to me how.