The morning call., 1890-11-30
PRELIMINARY
EXAMINATION.
!. Testimony Introduced in the
:.IHett Murder Case.
StanbJul Succeeds. in Reducing His Time
..=:. :: a Quarter Of. a Second.
Splendid Performance Of the Two Year-Old
#. T PAGER Chief ThOrns His For
=. FRI :: s. 1ler Record Broken.
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!: special 10 THE MORNING CALI

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I, bffR is Nov. 2a.Lolsen's examination
: for the. kiliBg Of John Ivett on the night of
:. Noyelg Der 9th was continued to-day. The
audience was not so: large as that OF yester-.
day, bntQufte number of ladies were pres
: eIit. Jacob Olsen, brother of the defendant.
seemed e: take more interest in the case To-
: day. as lie satbetween the prisoner and his
COUNSEL and often advised with. counsel 1t
is. thought by some who ought to know that
the prosecution are in possession Of the
missing hammer that was supposed to have
= been used in killing Iyett and that it will be
:: brought out later on.
The evidence in the murder trial was
about as follows:
!. Tine. District Attorney had got Jones re-
called andsaid:..
81 understand you stated on the street
that you knpw more about the murder than
you told NOW do you know anything that
will tendto throw any: light on the murder
of John IYett2'
mo, sir said Jones, and then he said:
Il sleilt=in a.barn four nights previous 10
Tie muI3ier.-: Three other men were with
me- i Know the Freuehman, Eugene Seine.
" He stayed Saturday night aud lett Sunday"
F.. T.:GTiffith and john Gibbons each teS-
titled to finding the oYeralls at MRS. Olsen 5.
with. " hat: appeared to be blood on them;
that Frank Petersen said they were August
:: Olsen s QFerallS, - ss-
= :. Dr. w n. Sherman was then placed on
the Stafd.aS an expert on blood sta ms and
saids =. Il have been practicing sixteen
years :. belong to the American Society of
PHYSICIANS. Received those oyeralls two
weeks ago, and at therequest Ct tie District
= Attorney: made a uicresGopical investigation
eff the: nlts+therec ~. The doctor here eX-
planned: The different tests used. and stated
that from TIL trial he pronounced the stains
:, blood thar: the eQrpuScEes correspond with
e0rpnSelrs of human blood, and the blood
was filed with dust and grit, as ii 1t had
been rubbed. The District Attorney then
Instructed the expert to 60 on with the In
: FestisattDrS and reItQrt to the court as soon
. as. pQSsEUle. T.
.: = J..:R. Warren and Wiley Nelson testified
ito i Asan. being on tile ranch three days pre-
:NloNs. to tie murder: and leaving Sunday
-. :. DR.; . Brien. the. Coroner who held the in
-. -. ts>t; was then placed on The stand and
=. >;stfitd that. all the statements made by
Fl 'iSen before bin were voluntary. Olsen
=.<,GknDSledged the ownership of the haca-
. .Inret to the jury; the. hacam0re was found
+. ma barn at Ivetfs on Olsen's horse; the
. doctor discovered: stains thereon that III his
!. oPiniUn.Wefe Blood. .
;. All this point,it being noon, the court ad
joprbed. -: =:
Wrlliani Jacobs Of Smelling, the first wit
-neSS examined after the noon recess, said he
saw August and Jake Olsen in close con-
YeFSatIQn 1 Thursday before the murder. saw
" Il package on Olsen S saddle. +st'
-: Charles RoSSiter said he lived at Jake
? 20 StIr'S. and was sure Olsen's pinto horse
= had 0r. three shoes on the Thursday before
the nlurdeS -. :.
Bert StrSbling said he was also positive
: the horse was shOd on Sunday previous to
the nIlTdeT..
:: Hill, De1ninee. a blacksmith at La Grange,
!: said he, told Olsen of the murder and re-
: ferred TO one J.. Layargo for particulars.
g.. L.iEayargo said he asked Olsen if he had
:: heard:that Ivett was killed Olsen said;
:. - Yes, L. heard 1T aud he did not show
: .nlueh cOHcern or ask for particulars. --
: Frank .Iolstead, an emplaye of 1vett,
.Crstified to finding tracks near the house
: after tile murder and described them.
...:Bs + Fowler said he was at the Ivett
ranch. Monday and Tuesday and examined a
horses tracks; made a diagram afterward;
found 0lSen'S horse and fitted the diagram
= to lis::feet and they tailed. Witness said
he beard Olsen testify before the Coroner's
b. 5urS.tAat.he lost the piDcers and hammer.
- The. drfenSes objected. and in the argn-
inent that followed the prosecution said they
:" eXpected to prove that Olsen had ham
p; mer; tint be said lie lost it in certain part
f,the country. Although a reward was Of
b.. Tered Tor The hammer, and people mad
SEARCHED. It had not been produced.
-: The Witness was allowed to tell what was
: said at the inquest. He also said he exam
iped Qlsen's horse on the day mentioned.
-. Ii anpeared as though the shoes had lately
: been pulled
, :: DR.: 0'Brien was sworn and substantiated
:: Fowler s.statement with regard to measur-
ing the horses tracks.
-" Henry Eatour, a farrier, also examined
: the horses hOofs and said they bore marks
of having lately been shod.
=. Henry Thompson said he worked at Lar
sons; knew Olsen ate supper at Larsou's
: on Friday, the day he said he lost the ham
+mer; Olsen left after supper; said he was
- going to his mother s..
= Dir, OBrien was recalled and exhibited
=, diagrams of the horses hoofs taken by him
and Fowler, and explained how, when and
where they took them.
: Owing to the fact that the Grand Jury
meets here on. Monday and will require the
attendance of the District Attorney, the
court adjourned until Thursday next.
In the Superior Court this morning p. J.
HaZen, Mrs. lyetts attorney, moved that she
. be appointed Administrative of her late hus-
bands estate. She stated that the personal
property was worth about $50, coo and that
there were Il, 500 acres of land, about two
thirds of which was in MERGED County and
the balance in Mariposa. The Court made
the order as asked for and fixed her bonds at
$4,000.