Los Angeles herald., 1890-06-03
Testimony of Two More Wit
neSses Taken.
One Does Not Remember Much
of the Affair.
The Others Story Agrees Somewhat
With Olme's Statements.
The Trial Bids Fair to Occupy the Rest of
This Week-The Cross-Examina-
tion Very Thorough.

Auc SdSldC Cdllou case WAS resumed
yesterday morning in department of
the superior court, before Judge w. A.
Cheney and jury, the complainant,
Joseph Dime, being still upon the stand
for cross-examination.
The defense insisted upon the witness
giving his testimony in English, but to
this the state interposed vigorous OBJ
lection, and the court ruled that if the
witnesses 8 knowledge of the English Ian
guage was so limited as to interfere with
the giving of his testimony, he had the
right to do so in Spanish, through an
interpreter, as before. 1t was brought
out on cross-examination that the wit
ness had worked for w. w. Jenkins, and
that Walton had lived at Jenkins house
on several occasions. On being shown a
couple of photographs of the Juan
Liebes shanty, from which the shots
were alleged to have been fired, Dime
pointed out to the jury the location
of chicken coop upon which he
stated that the old Mexican and the
boy, who witnessed the affair, sat at the
time of the shooting, He then went
minutely into details, and described the
exact spot where a crowbar, coil of
barbed wire and several stakes had been.
AT IL O'Clock Dime was excused, and
the second witness, a Mexican named
Francisco Martinez, was called to the
stand. He proved very unsatisfactory
witness, however, for the state, and the
rt infn NJ
not testifying as he had already done.
His testimony was to the effect that he
had heard of the shooting, and was at
Juan Liebes's house on the morning of
February 28th. Saw both defendants
there before sunrise, with two other
men. Chormicle arrived there first.
carrying rife. Saw both on their re,
turn to the shanty later. Chormicle
was then carrying two rifles. Saw Mrs.
Chormicle and his brother drive up in
wagon and throw some lumber
over the fence, but did not know
what the defendants were doing
at that time. On being shown the
rifles, the witness failed to identity them
as those he saw in Chronicles posses
sion and he appeared unable to remem-
Der much more about the affair.
Riley, farmer residing at Compton. He
testified in effect that he was up at the
Castac canon on the last day of Febru-
ary with Walton, who was showing him
some land. He remembered the shoot
ing OF Cook and Walton, and saw it from
the foot of the hill near the shanty,
where he stood at the time the shots
We're fired. He had just emerged from
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the windows of the shanty. Cook was
in buggy, Walton and Olme being on
a wagon a short distance ahead and
almost directly in front Of the cabin. At
the first two shots, which were fired
almost simultaneously, Olme and Walton
jumped from the wagon, and Cook fell
forward out of the buggy. He then cor
roborated Dimes story in almost
fSsy Sst ateq Ssta fhe aadng sSoosns he
up to the place where Walton
and Cook lay, and found the former
dead, about rod north of the wagon
and about twenty yards from the trail
on the prairie. The wagon was turned
round on the king-bolt by the horses. 1t
was not on the road: Cook was lying a
few yards from the trail, supporting
pain. At his request the witness
turned him round and laid him down
with his head up hill. He saw Choir
micle at the lumber pile that morning,
while he, Cook and Walton were putting
the lumber over Jenkins's fence.
Chormicle said Gentlemen, forbid
The witness asked him for his au-
thority.
He said that he owned the land.
The witness replied that he did not
want any fight, that if it was his land
He kept on unloading the lumber for a
few moments and then stopped, and
soon after went away. Afterwards he
heard the shots. They were both to-
gether. Looked back and saw smoke
coming out of the windows. When
Cook fell out of the buggy, Olme
who led the horse away, was
fired upon. There were several
shots, but could not say positively thai
all were fired from the house, as he saw
two men move out shortly after the first
round of firing
After covering up Cooks body with
his overcoat, the wounded man having
complained of the cold, the witness
started for Jenkins's house. On the way
and in the trail OF the buggy he picked
up two saws, pistol, buggy cushion
and a spirit level, which he gave to
Jenkins subsequently. With the assist
ance of old Juan Burola he lifted Cool
into the buggy, which was found hitchet
to post in the fence. The old man anc
boy watched Walton's body to keep the
hogs off, while the witness went tc
Jenkinss house, and ON returning will
Mrs. Jenkins and the hired man later
the lumber was thrown off the Wagon
and Walton's body carried down in it.
The witness was cross-examined unit
court adjourned at five O'Clock till thi