Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-18
The Harlan Case.

When Court opened at Woodland yester-
day morning, the cross-examination of ].
K Doolittlc was resumed by Mr. Highton.
His testimony in the case was somewhat
different from that given by him at the
preliminary examination, but not materi-
ally as regarded the main facts. He testi-
fed on direct examination that to the best
of his knowledge Harlan had not been in
the hotel, before the day of the shooting,
for about two years. Graft was there fire.
quently Witness, on the morning of the
shooting, was sitting at The end OF the
counter reading when he heard a shot, and
Jumped up. Saw Craft getting Off the
bootblack stand Pe1degast got off first /;
Harlan followed Craft, firing; at the end Of
the desk Craft turned and fired; by the
side of the desk he staggered, and little
further on he fell Harlan was back Of
him; Harlan then went up to where he
lay, looked at him and shot him in the
head Crafts body was nearly square on
the back, head to the south he dropped
his pistol when he fell; Harlan was seven
or eight feet back of him when he fell ;
Harlan walked up TO Craft and placed his
pistol two or three inches from the face and
fired again Graft did not move; Harlan
stood on the west side of Crafts head
Witness illustrated Harlan,s actions Mr..
Kennedy was there; F. J. Barnes was there
with pistol in his hand; he followed
Harlan up to the time that Craft fell :; Craft
travelled about forty feet before he turned
round; he ran, staggering, acting as if
hurt heard four or five shots close to-
gether: am sure the last shot was fired
through the head; when Craftfell he made
one gasp; after firing this shot Harlan
went out the north door; he walked out
rapidly; don't think any other person fired
at Graft; / did not hear conversation be-
tween Craft and Harlan think the bali
| from Crafts pistol went through the glass
door: don't know of more than one shot
being fired before Craft fired; there might
have been two: Crafts hand was in his
pocket when he got off the stand the shot
was fired before / looked up; | saw three
shots fired by Harlan, and heard the other;
Harlan was following after Craft
On the cross examination he testified ::
"Don't know that they looked at each
other they may have been ten feet apart
Harlan's pistol was pointed towards Graft,
towards his body; did not see the ball
strike the wall; can't say that Crafts pistol
did not make the mark referred to; Craft
had gone probably fifteen or twenty feet
| further south when the second shot | saw
was delivered; Harlan was still following
saw Harlan fire that shot; found no mark
south of the mark on the wall already de-
seribed Graft fell Immediately after this
last shot Harlan then went up and fired
! the fourth shot. Never saw Harlan in the
hotel before Graft usually came from Sac
ramento Saturday evening and left Mon
| day morning; | don't recollect having seen
Craft before the shooting; may have seen
him during the previous week can't say
that | did don't remember of seeing Graft
in the upper part of the hotel on Tuesday
or Wednesday l did not offer to interfere
nobody attempted to interfere; don't
know what became of Pendegast; ! was
east of the stove when the last shot was
fired Crafts hand and pistol lay on the
floor; when the third shot was fired
Barnes was by the side of Harlan first
noticed Barnes pistol when he was oppo-
site the southwest corner of the desk; he
held the pistol by his side don't know
that it was cooked Craft began to stagger
at the desk, at the corner of the writing
desk, and continued to stagger until he
fell; did not see Craft shoot; did not ex.
anime Crafts pistol"
After Mr. Doolittle left the stand, s. T
Pendegast, Noah Myers and T. II. Ken
nedv. eyewitness of the shooting, gave
their testimony, which did not develop
any new facts.
The rule excluding witnesses from the
Courtroom has been enforced.