Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-11-26
THE GLASS INQUEST.

Testimony of several Parties who
/ Attended the Dance.
The mystery surrounding the murder
of Charles John Glass, the blacksmith,
still remains unpenetrated in spite of the
efforts of both county and city officials to
elucidate the matter. Several more ar.
rests we're made yesterday by Sheriff
Aguirre, who is determined to bring the
guilty parties to justice.
Coroner Meredith held an inquest at
O'Clock yesterday afternoon upon the
body of the murdered man.
Engineer X. D. Kelly testified as to
finding the body alongside the track,
about three and a-half miles from town.
He was running at thirty miles an
hour at the time, but applied the air
brakes and stopped within distance of
$50 feet. Went back to the body and
found that it was that OF man who had
been dead for several hours. The body
was close to the track and the right
hand which was on the rail was crushed.
The heel of the pilot which projects
about Elk inches from the track, struck
the head of the body, and clot of black
blood and some hair were found on it
afterwards. A man who was sitting in
front of saloon near by, was called
upon to watch the body, but he refused
saying that he was too sleepy.
P. E. Stillwagon, the fireman of loco
motive No. PIG, corroborates his engin-
eer's statement as to the condition
of the body when found.
J. D. Hunter, 327 Buena Vista street,
testified that he went to dance at
O'Clock Saturday night at Geo. Hunters
empty house, on the San Fernando road,
two miles tLis side Of Tropico. He gave
the names of all the ladies' and
gentlemen present at the dance, whose
names he knew. Saw Glass there with
Clark, and saw him again at Miron-
dette's saloon, about 400 yards below
the house, between 4 and O'Clock. A
number of others whose names he did
not know were there also. Did not see
any row there, as he went back to the
dance and from there to his home in a
cart. First heard of Glass death at s
O'Clock Sunday morning, when Span.
ish boy woke him up and told him.
Heard that there had been a row about
hats, and that Frank Snee, Spaniard,
got hit in the nose. Also heard about
Glass row with Sweeny, when Clark got
knocked down.
! John Clark said that he knew Glass.
and saw the row between him and
Sweeny, because he tried to stop Glass
and got knocked down. Sweeny and Snee
had tuesle about hat, but the dis
putants were separated and all was lovely
again. While drinking in the saloon
with the crowd racket started up out
side, but the fighters were on the other
side of hack and could not be seen.
Glass heard the noise, and, stripping off
his coat. gave it to the witness and ran
out. About three minutes afterwards
Clark went .. c.., ss the row was ali over,
bat Glass had disappeared. sweeny was
sitting in the hack bleeding. John
Hunter said he saw Glass run under the
fence round the house, in the opposite
direction to the track. Glass was not
drunk, but was feeling pretty good.
Clark went home with Swede named
Charlie.
Joe Mirandette, the saloonkeeper,
stated that during the second fight out
side he started to go round the bar to
the door, when one Of Glass's party said,
"It's better for you to keep where you
are;" to which witness replied, 81 think
80 too," and stayed. After all was quiet
again, an American brought in hat and
handed it to witness, who kept it behind
the bar. He said that he was the man
who refused to have anything to do with
the body Of Glass, when requested to by
Eugene Kelly, as he was too sleepy.
Jacob Snyder lost his hat, and went
down from the dance to Mirandette's
saloon and got it. He left shortly after
wards, and crossed the river to Hunters
house, and knew nothing of the row until
after the body was found, when he went
| with George and jesse Hunter to look
at it.
Joseph Heinter says he saw the
Sweeny fight about hat, when Clark
was knocked down, but went home after
that and knew nothing oftheseco fight.
| Frank Snee, spaniard, went down
from the house with him to the saloon.
Il f. Dolenty, fireman and saloon
keeper who resides at the corner of Hoff
and Hayes street, East Los Angeles, re-
membered the party OF five in surrey
drawn by two gray horses going out at
|, 10 80 p. rn., Saturday. Saw some of the
same party return at 6:30 a. m. on Sun.
day in express wagon. One of them held
!, up Light coat and said, "We're one
short. That's all that's left o. him."
Il Richard Aspinwall said he met Glass
and the rest of the party at the dance.
Knew nothing of the row except wha,
he had heard afterwards, as be went
across the river with some ladies in Gas.
sidy's wagon. Helped to look for Glass
on returning.
j John Cassidy WIS at the dance in his
express wagon. Knew nothing of the
row until afterwards. Helped to looh
for Glass on hearing that he was miss
ing, and after daylight brought five
others into town in his wagon. He go
! Glass hat and coat and brought then
into town with him.
Il Ed. Mahler, residing on First street
came to town about a. m. Sunday il
Cassidy's wagon. Heard OF the fight
but did not see it.
u Eugene Mcmahon, a hackdriver, re
! peated his statement made when in tn,
) City Prison on Sunday afternoon, as al
ready published in the HERALD; ans
Franklin Pierce reiterated his statemen
made to a HERALD reporter, when il
. the County Jail.
q Thos. McElvoy, Glass partner, kney
nothing of the affair, as he went acros
. the river with Cassidy. Glass was
native of Ireland, single, and 26 year
Of age.
eI At this juncture Coroner MEREDITH
adjourned the examination until
8 o'clock this morning.