Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-12


Hitchcock and then Mr.. Hitchcock
Then DR.. Head came and both took
the bodies out. The skull OF Mr.
Hitchcock was broken i'll and the
throat was cut. Witness nothing
else in the grave. He had examined
Mrs. Hitchcock's body and found hel
skull crushed, and had helped put the
bodies in an express wagon. Witness
had taken. the size of the horses feet
and of the wagon tire and had giver
these models to the other parties who
had gone to the grave. He had also
seen blood on the crossbar of the
wagon. This crossbar was taken of
before they had gone to the grave on
the 26th. {Shown the crossbar
which he identified and pointed out
the blood stains) There were % OF
80 of the neighbors around at that
time. He had also taken the dis.
tance between the wheels. He and
his companions had gone along
the road and measured every
track leading from the road
Mr.. Bowlsby had found such
tracks which the pasteboard
patterns had filed identified as pat.
terns). He had not taken any meas.
urements of the tracks about the
the grave although others had. Mrs.
Hitchcock had on clothes such as she
would wear in the afternoon and eve.
ming.
Cross examination-The grave was
about an eighth of mile from the
road. There 57ere few clusters OF
bullrushes near the grave. They
were about feet in height and there
was nothing to prevent a wagon from
being seen thare from the road.
Lived about one-half mile from the
Hitchcocks. The first witness heard
of the Hitchcocks being missed was
on Thursday morning. Had seen the
defendant twice, once at the church
on Sunday, and going along the street
on another day, after the Hitchcocks
had been murdered.
ToLBERT QUILLAN
testified that he had lived about one
quarter mile from Mr. and Mrs. Hitch
cock, but was not personally acquaint-
ed with them, having lived there only
about two months. Heard that the
Hitchcocks were missing, and helped
in the search on Thursday with Mr..
King and Mr.. Bowlsby. They started
from the postofiice. They looked
around the house little and he had
seen the wagon in the BAN
and had seen the measurement
taken by the others. He had started
to search and little before sundown
they had been driving over field and
saw a bunch of straw. Saw a keg and
took stave and pried around to see
if the ground had been dug
up and found it had. Then
he noticed that wagon had
been turned there and measured
the tracks and those made by the
horse, and found they compared with
the measures he had taken. They
sent off then and got a shovel, and
dug down and found the board in the
grave. There were also couple OF
tin cans in the grave, and a pair of
overalls. The board was on top OF
the straw, which was over the bodies.
1t was four or fiv, feet long and a foot
wide. When he had seen the body
he recognized Mr.. Hitchcock. Mr..
Hitchcock had a cash across the
throat, but he did not notice Mrs.
Hitchcock. After the bodies had
been found he saw the blood on the
wagon, on the crossbar, and on the
boards at the end. Witness did not
notice whether Mrs. Hitchcock had q
hat on. Mr.. Hitchcock's hat had
been found in the grave. identified
the board found in the grave; also,
identified the oyeralls found in the
grave.) The cans had something in
them, but witness did not know what
it was. He had seen blood ON the
straw and on a little stick near the
grave. The bodies were buried down
about three feet.
Cross-examined: First heard OF
the disappearance the morning they
commenced the search, which was
between 1890 and l o'clock. The
discovery was made about 4:30
O'Clock. Mr.. Bowlsby and Mr.. King
had accompanied witness. Never
saw the clothing taken out of the
grave before. Was busy at work and
did not 90 into town until that morn
ing and heard of the disappear
ance. The grave was about
$50 or 125 yards from the road.
Witness did not know whether the
grave could be seen from the road, as
he was almost stranger to the place
and had not noticed particularly.
W. A. WARD
testified that he lived near Garden
Grove, about half way between it and
Santa Ana, and knew Mr.. Hitchcock,
saw him after his death when they
were taking him to Santa Ana. On
the Sunday after, found some shovels,
four or five rods from the grave in the
bullrushes. One was new one and
the other older, and they were showed
under the rushes so as to conceal
them identified the shovels).
Cross. examined. Don't know who
put the shovels there.
]. NJ. MEREDITH
testified that he held an inquest on
the bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Hitchcock
at Santa Ana. There were several
wounds about the heads and throats
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hitchcock. Did not
notice any other wounds. Those on
Mr.. Hitchcock might have been cut
with an axe, hatchet or knife. His
skull had also been fractured.
At this point the trial was continued
until Monday morning at 10 o'clock,
and the prisoner taken to the County
Jail, and the same harmless crowd
escorted him as far as the curb in
front of the Sheriff's office.
Pullman Passengers.
The following passengers left yes
tatdav on the p NJ. train. Mr.