Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-28
JOHN STEMS CASE.
Damaging Testimony Given by Mye
Yesterday.

Damaging Testimony Given by Myer
Yesterday.
The examination of John Steen on
charge of receiving stolen property, know
ing the same to have been stolen, was re
sumed in the Police Court yesterday. TIL,
Courtroom was crowded, and it was evi
dent that deep interest is taken in every
step of the proceedings. a vast amount o
testimony was taken, but most of it was th,
same as that given in the examination O
Myers, Olsen and Drager ON a charge o.
grand larceny, already published in thi:
paper.
William Drager was recalled for further
cross-examiDation by G. T. Jones, counse
for the defendant. He said that he did MOI
participate with Myers and Olsen in Dor
rowing Doyle's wagon at the time they went
TO Lowelfs ranch. On redirect examina.
tinn he said that he did not hear Sleen say
when he came out to the grant on the
morning of the return of the murderers
with Lowells horses and the buggy which
Steen afterward bought, My God that is
John Lowel1s buggy" Steen might have
made that remark. Never saw John
Lowell but once, and that was when
Lowell visited the Klotz place, where wit.
ness was chopping wood. He did not buy
powder at Eoerbardts.
John Henry Myers was again placed on
the stand. He repeated his story about
Stems trip to the Grant with him to see
the horses, and, after good deal of ques-
tioning, finally stated that either on the
way to the Grant or coming back to the
city on that Sunday he told Steen that the
horses were stolen. Did not tell him where
they were stolen, except that it was up in
the mountains. Steen asked if they had
any trouble in getting them, and he told
him no. In answer to questions by Mr..
Jones, he reluctantly went over again his
description of the murder of John Lowell,
illustrating with cane how he was carry
ing his gun when 1t was accidentally dis
charged
Jacob Gebert testified to Stems counec-
ton with the sale of the two black mares
to him, and said that before Myers was ar
rested he went TO Stems place and said to
him, You are nice man to help sell
stolen property to neighbor." Steen said
he did not know anything about the prop
erty being stolen. Witness asked him if
he knew where Myers was, and he said
that he did not, but that he had letter
from him from San FraHcisco-somewh here
on Bush street.
William Lowell was recalled, and testi-
fed that on the day he swOre 10 the COM
plant against John Doe and Richard Roe
for grand larceny, he and +. q. Hart, his
attorney, went to Steen and asked him if
he had been to Jacob Gebert's with Myers
with some horses. He said he did not
know anything about the Myers transaction,
and had not been TO Gebert's with Myers
with horses.
L. c. Hart corroborated the statement of
the last witness.
Here the prosecution rested their case.
Mrs. Helen klofZ was the first witness
called for the defense. She stated that she
lived on o street, between Seventeenth and
Eighteenth, and was the owner OF the
property known as the Klotz ranch.
Knew Myers and o sen, but did
not know Drsger. MYERS and Olsen
leased the KlotZ ranch in December last
and continued in possession until the 10Th
of March They were 10 pay 81 COO ID wear
for the use OF the place. John LoWelps
buggy was being used by Myers and Olsen.
She was there one day and told John
Lowell she had brought her own buggy up
because she thought he might need his.
he replied that he was getting pretty old
and did need it, and took il away. Myers
and Olsen could not pay the rent, and had
to surrender the place
Mrs. Caroline Brockenauer testified that
she kept a bakery at wenty-second and
K streets; knew Steen and Myers. One
day last March Steen and Myers drove up
in buggy and Myers got out and pur-
chased two bits worth of bread. On pre-
vious occasions Myers had been in there
with his wife and purchased bread
William Eberhardt, the gunsmith, testi-
fed that on the 18th or 10th of March My
ers came to his store and purchased 20
cents worth of shot and 20 cents worth of
powder. There was gentleman came and
stood in the door with his back to him,
whom he took to be Olsen.
The case was then continued until this
afternoon at | o'clock