The Daily bulletin., 1890-06-19

horses from his bed, blr. Davidson
pointed out the marks on the wall
indicating the height of the he'd and
that OF the base Of the window.
which showed difference of 1S
inches. 1T was impossible for him
to have seen the horses from where
his eyes were, without his vision
penetrating through the wall. These
were small things, not as high
as mountains or MS deep as the
sea, but sometimes 9 fraction told,
and saved mans life, and in this
case il utterly destroyed the credi-
bility of this witness. He did not
know who did this thing, but the
japanese were II shrewd people, and
might have done Ibis among them
selves. They had cooked this evil
dence but had oyerdone it. One Of
them had sworn to q conversation
with another at the time the horses
were passing, while the other had
testified that nothing passed be-
tween them on that occasion. An.
other, after walking two miles each
way to and from his work, and
working hard ten hours, lay down
and slept so lightly after all this ex-
ercise that he was wakened by
horses travelling on soft road, and
was able moreover to tell that there
were two horses. II was n wonder
that from the gait Of the horses they
were not able to divine their color.
| Richmond testified at The prelimi-
nary examination before Judge Ly-
man that Mills raised the Jap's head
and put tie moose on his neck, and
then that the rope was thrown over
the bar of the pole. In his examina-
ton in chief here he stated that the
rope was thrown over the bar before
the moose was put on Goto's neck.
1t was for them to decide whether
this mans evidence WAS worthy of
belief in any particular. He wanted
10 60 home after reporting the
whereabouts of the Japanese, not
because he did not want to partici-
pate in q murder, bu, perhaps only
because he was sleepy. He went
for the rope knowing that it was for
Il murderous intent. He acted un-
der the orders of a man Tho had 70
authority over him. He said he
acted under fear and although q big
athletic man, when sent 200 yards
away from men who had no weapons,
ie made no attempt to escape from
participation in this crime. How
could they believe the evidence Of u
man who was SO utterly lost to all the
better promptines of humanity He
went home from the scene of mur-
} der, undressed, went to bed, and
fell asleep. Could any man not
absolutely outlawed go to sleep di.
rectly after such an experience? :?
Then while sleeping sleep as Of
the just, he was awakened by the
ordinary tones Of conversation fifty
feet away. He was facetious on the
witness stand the other day--face-
tious about the corpse of man that
he had helped to murder. In telling
OF his movements next morning be
spoke OF "a Stiff banging on the
pole, also said B!abon was at Mills
store when B!abon wasn't there {;
be was positively contradicted on
this statement. This man had been
sleeping in the same room with
La!a, eating ut the same mess, for
over week, aud they had cooked
this evidence between them. Rich
mond had held position from the
, Government but had not been paid
t his salary until he testified at this
3 trial. They had kept him out OF
r his money until they got his testi-
t mony, knowing that if he was paid
= off he could afford 10 snap his I'm.
t gers at them.
, Lala brought gun into the case,
= thing not mentioned by any other
witness. While Richmond said Cote
} was brought down on his knees,
I Lala said be was brought down TO O
lying posture. Richmond sworc he
3 was there all the time, Lala never saw
! him there al ali. Richmond said
I the Jap uttered no sound after ex,
I claiming, "Pau, paul" Lala swort
e that he heard loud sroaD from
g him. Lala at first said he disobeyet
D orders Of Mills and ran away "a fast
u as he could, but on cross.examina
r tion, when recalled TO his mind by
G the voice OF the prosecution, he sale
: he did what Mills told him before
: running away. Mr.. Davidson re-
h viewed the evidence OF the severa
e witnesses on the character OF Rich
o mOnd, and the foul threats he mad,
0 against Mills and others, ont Of re-
G venge arising from his prosecution
n for the larceny of watch. The
>. character given him by such men a.
Mr.. Fisher, and his own manner OF
C the stand, his cool avowal of q par
4 ticipstion in the murder, stamped
g Richmond as q man unworthy o.
Z. credence in any court OF law. Lala
v who was proved to have the reputa
@ tion of cattle thief, was not made
+ participant beyond the holding o.
the horse. His Honor would tel
l. them that the evidence Of fifty ac
o completes would not be of more
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