Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-12
THE HARLAN CASE.
Gross and Redirect Examination {
Harlan

Cross and Redirect Examination of
Harlan.
In the Harlan case at Woodland. on Sat
urday, the cross examination of ]. II. Har-
Ian, the defendant, was resumed, but
neither it nor the redirect examination de-
veloped much that he or other witnesses
had not previously testified to. During
the cross-examination he said. in answer
to questions by counsel for the prosecution,
on the subject of self-defense: NV object
in firing the last shot was TO be sure he
was killed, as / was not satisfied how much
he was disabled, and did not know bat
that he might shoot NE had not time to
think much, and cannot tell now all did
think. Don't know as there was any thing
to prevent my going out before fired that
shot. | was about eight feet from him
when | fred the first shot; was a little
farther when | fired the second shot: can
not tell how far he was from me when
fired the third shot; the last shot fred
while he was standing, he was fifteen to
twenty feet from me. | can testify that at
the first shot Crafts hand was under his
overcoat going to the hip-pocket; he put
his hand there and commenced rising; |
don't know where his hand was after that
motion; you have asked me so many cues
tions about the position of his hands that
cannot tell you now all that | have been
asked; | don't know whether his over
coat was buttoned up or not. After firing
the first shot 1t was my intention to kill
the man as quick as | could While he was
running from me there was nothing to pre-
vent my turning and leaving the room. |
did not notice his hand from the time |
fired the first shot until ne presented his
pistol and fired; l was advancing and fir
ing as fast as / could. / was not at the
marriage OF my daughter because did not
want to be there. Don't know the position
of Crafts hand the last time shot him, or
the position of his pistol; his ewes were
open aimed at his foreht ad my pistol
was fifteen or twenty inches from his head
w. B. Gibson called on me at the Jail
twice; think | said to him l thought man
had right to protect the honor of his
family. In that conversation | don't know
that | said anything to Gibson about
threats of Craft against me. Don't recol-
lect saying to Curtis that killed Craft for
slandering my daughter. | don't know
whether [ said to Gibson that Craft had
slandered my daughter; that / believed
man had right to protect the honor of his
family, and ifhe had no such right he had no
rights at all and | wanted to leave a coun-
not swear either way whether l did say so
or not. / did not know why did not go
up into the Lindner building to see Graft;
l said yesterday that if l had gone up there
and there had been a fight and a stray bull
let had killed woman it would make a
first-class hobby for the prosecution in this
case, but had no such consideration when
l did not go up there | might have
adopted twenty different ways to see Craft
other than the one did, but that was the
one l did adopt"
At the conclusion OF Mr. Harlans testi-
mony the defense rested, and counsel for
the people expressed a desire for time to
arrange evidence in rebuttal, and asked an
adjournment, which was taken until 1:30
P NJ to- day. The case will probably oc-
cupy all of this week. 1t is expected that
interesting testimony in rebuttal will be in
troduced, and that certain documentary
evidence will he admitted