Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-18
More Evidence Regarding Those Slandeu
ing Circulars.

The circular, dated December 80. 1889
was read. 1t was to the effect that Arnold
had done nothing toward vindicating Mrs.
Arnold and that he had evaded the issue
and it asked how long the people were go.
ing to allow the Arnolds in their midst. II
held that by reason of his failure to push q
prosecution Arnold virtually admitted the
charges. 1t was recommended that Arnold
should secure San Francisco paper in
which to push his defense. 1t was urged
that he dare not make public defense
and that the San Francisco Chronicle would
be the most useful paper in which to make
his defense, as it published the first charge
Arnold SHOULD make an open defense OF
leave Colusa. 1t was signed COMMITTEE
Witness identified several envelopes
which had been sent to Colusa containing
copies of the circular, and said he received
them early in January last from the parties
to whom they were addressed. Came tt
this city January 9th last to try and fine
the author of the circulars. Made every
effort in that direction after the first crcu
lar was received. Employed detectives to
aid me.
Witness was here temporarily with.
drawn.
THE PART PLAYED by NEWSPAPERS.
]. M. Ward was called as a witness, and
said: II was city editor of the Examine,
in 1889. Made the acquaintance of Garness
in the fall of 1889 Hefrequently came to
the Examiner Office. He gave me q circular
rejecting upon the Arnolds.'
The prosecution objected to this line OF
inquiry.
Mr.. Delmas said there were two branches
to the defense. The general condition Of
Arnold's mind after receiving circulars
and to show that Garness, not Arnold, was
the aggressor at the encounter.
The Court held that the defense could
show any hostility on the part OF the de.
ceased.
Witness-Garness gave me Septembe,
circular, saying that Arnold was very anx-
ious TO obtain possession of all the circu.
lars, and would oblige him if
would send the one he had given me to
Arnold, and let him know had obtained
it from him, Garness. I sent the circular
to Arnold. Later Garness gave me another
circular. stated to Arnold in my letter
to him that received the circular through
mail from Colusa. Garness gave me the
circular
Counsel-What did he want YOU to do :
Witness-To make story out of it. He
raid it would make as interesting q story
as the Indiana or Woodland White Caps
Was then City Editor of the Examiner. !
remember this article (exhibited) published
in the Post, headed white Can Seers,'
published November Is, 1882 l saw Gar
ness the day previous. He wanted some
one to write it for him. Saw this article in
manuscript afterward. Garness had it. !
addressed it to the Post and gave it to Gar.
ness to take it there.
Article read in evidence.
ARNOLD CONTINUES.
Following the reading of Mr.. Delmas O,
an article furnished by j. NJ. Ward, local
editor of the Erassiaer, to the Ecening Posi-
in connection with the Arnold scandal. the
defendant was recalled to the witness
stand and proceeded with the history Of
his wrongs as follows:
met William Miller, of Colusa, in this
city and asked him if he had any idea who
distributed the circulars. Miller replied.
that fellow Garness." Asked him what
possible motive he could have for doing so.
He replied, "Arnold, he wants your wife
and your money. l know that he wrote
the circulars" Miller promised to pump
Garness and let me know the result. Later
in the day met Garness in the Occidental
Hotel and he introduced me to Ward. He
asked me If my family was with me,
ohu WhCh Sdlu IO he aSK6O me 10
take a drink. L declined, and went
over to speak to a friend, while he and
Ward passed to the bar-room. / went
into the bar-room and asked Ward why he
had not replied to letter l had written
him. He made some excuse, and then
Garness referred to Bennett, and spoke
OF him as blackmailer. then called
Garness' attention to my request not to
mention my trouble, and he denied that
he had. knew that he was not telling
the truth and remarked: "Of course Won
will lie out of it. Now, want YOU to let
this matter alone. 1t is my affair and not
yours" / left them there and later in the
evening went to the Examine. office to see
Mr.. Ward. Told him wanted to find out
the authorship of the circulars. He re-
piled that he was very busy and would
meet me at the business office OF the En-.
dnai'ler at o'clock that evening. Went
up Market street shortly after s o'clock
and saw Garness and Ward standing on
the sidewalk engaged in conversation. I
waited until they had done, and then
asked Ward over to take drink. While
in the saloon he told me he would do
what he could to help me ont As we
came out of the saloon asked Ward about
the story of the girls coming from SHELLS
to the city and he stated that he had never
heard of it.
When we reached the Richelieu saloon
we found Garness there. We there sat
down in an alcove. / repeated the alleged
scandal about the girls. and Ward denied
in the presence of Garness that be had said
any such thing. l then told them to settle
il between themselves. l said You
gentlemen can settle this matter among
yourselves, but l want you to understand
that am not lying. If these young
ladies' fathers or brothers get hold of this
story it will be serious matter" At this
Garness laughed aloud, and during the
time I was in Farley's his manner was
sneering and aggravating.
HORRIBLE DREAM.
Ward called Mr.. Hart up and introduced
him as the city editor of the Esaaainer. l
asked Hart what he knew about the circu-
lars. He replied, VERY littlen The cir
cular was handed to Zeehandelaar, and he
handed it to Hahn of the Erdmiacy, who
wrote up a long story. II cut it down"
said Hart, ito what appeared in the En-.
asaf,ser"
Witness said he had no weapons on him
when in Farley's, and that he was in the
habit of keeping his hands in his overcoat
pockets.
Referring to the broken. down state of
hiss health, the witness said that the at
tacks on his family had shattered his
nerves and caused him, while having
broken sleep. to be troubled with horrible
dreams. Cue of these dreams he had re-
lated to his physician. DR.. Bolton. Wit-
mess was asked to describe that dream. He
moved uneasily in his chair, passed his
hand rapidly over his face. srasped with
nervous clutch the arms of the chair,
and by u supreme effort controlled himself
sufficiently to describe the vision which
had tortured his brain. weary with the
vain pursuit of the villainy which was
running his home. He said, and the
crowded Courtroom was ae quiet as death,
q dreamt that my eldest daughter,
Geneva. wes being married. and the cere-
mony was being performed in q church.
The groom was a most estimable gentle
man, and / felt proud and happy that
nay daughter was doing 50 well.
dreamt, too. that bis folks were much
pleased with the msrriaser Here
the witness voice trembled slightly. THE
was proceeding, when suddenly