Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-18
TEE LATE TRAGEDY.
CONTINUATION OF THE EXANINA-
lion OF McWHORTER
For the Shooting of T. g. Robinson
Testimony of Witnesses
Robinson's Threats.


ton of Milton McWhorter, charged witt
the murder of T. e. Robinson, which wa
commenced in the Police Court befor,
Judge Henry Monday evening, was resumed
at 8 a. N. yesterday The defendant, &C
companied by his little daughter, was il
Court, and occupied seats near his attor
neys.
The first witness examined was DIR. W
L. Cluness. He said he was called to Sc,
Mr.. Robinson at his room, n street, be
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth, shortly
after the shooting. He described the woun(
as being two inches below the unciforn
cartilage, four inches above the navel anC
one-half inch left Of the middle line
Around the wound was a mark from
powder burn. about the size of dollar
He died at 1915 A. NJ. next day. The
wound was necessarily fatal. The doctor
then described minutely the post mortenl
examination, describing the course of the
bullet through the center of the lower
bowel, the pancreas, diaphragm and left
lobe of lung, lodging between the ninth and
tenth rib, one and half inches left
of the spine. From where the bull
let entered the body it ranged
upwards about six inches and to the left
about one and a quarter inches. The
doctor remained with the wounded man
until o'clock the next morning. At the
suggestion of friends, witness told Robin
son that it would be proper for him to
make some statement, telling him that the
chances were that he would die. Drs.
Tyrrell and Gardner were with witness.
Did not tell him that death would result
Immediately. The bullet was produced
and offered in evidence. Here the prosecu-
ton rested.
THE DEFENSE.
Senator Cross said that the defense would
be able to prove that Mr.. Robinson. for
some reason, for several days had been
making personal threats against the de-
PENDANT to a number of persons. His
threats were alike in character and had
been made to different parties at different
times and places. We will prove that he
came to the State House, where Nc
Whorter was stopping, passed up and
down in front of the hotel. and, so far as
possible, defendant had kept out of his
way They would make it clear to the
Court that McWhorter acted solely in self
defense; that he had reasonable grounds
and apprehensions that Mr. Robinson was
about to take his life, or at least to do him
great bodily harm.
RoBINsoNs THREATS.
Seth Martin, resident of Nevada county
the next witness, said he had been ac-
quainted with McWhorter for six or seven
months, and Robinson for two years or
more. On the I'd of August he had a
conversation with Mr.. Robinson in front of
the Capital Hotel, in this city, in which
Robinson alluded to some publications in
the Marysville Democrat, said the editor
was liar, and that he intended to thrash
him to pieces and not leave whole bone
in his body Witness said heremonstrated
with Mr.. Robinson, calling his attention to
the disparagement in size and strength be-
tween them, and said, If you do anything
have him locked up, and not use violence"
Robinson replied that he did not care a
- what his friends thought of it he was
going below the next day, and if he met
him, even if it was in the Grand Army
headquarters, he would knock him down
and stamp the life out of him. Wit
ness again demonstrated with him, and
told him he might be mistaken in his man.
McWhOrter was preacher, and those fell
lows that fight by the grace of God I"
were sometimes very hard to handle. He
saw Robinson afterwards, but not to speak
to him. Last Tuesday morning, August
10th, he spoke to McWhorter in the Senate
postoffice and asked him if he had received
message from him through Mr.. O'Brien.
He replied that he had. Witness then
stated that he had told O'Brien of Robin
sons threats against McWhorter, and
asked him to communicate the same to the
latter. Robinson was a man who would
weigh 200 pounds, was over six feet in
hight, and could easily whip half-dozen
men like McWhorter. AT one time he got
McWhorter away from the State House, be-
cause Robinson was there and he feared
trouble. Uncle Davey Hershey was pres
ent." said witness, land heard the con-
versation between Robinson and myself
McWhorter, in front of the Capt.
tai Hotel. All | know about McWhorter
is, that he is an editor of paper, a minis
ter Of the gospel, and man who believes
in cinching the miners"
On cross-examination he said Robinson
told him that McWhorter had vilified him
or slandered him in the Marysville Demo-
crat. Robinson and witness were friends.