The record-union., 1891-11-10
Evening Session.

At the evening session Mr. Tuttle an
nounced that Mrs. Roberts was too i'll to
appear, and the prosecution called
Charles II. Roberts, father of the de-
1endants. Mr.. Roberts said he had given
the 0ihcers every assistance he could in
getting ut the facts of the case. During
the first part of October witness spent the
Tune prospecting on Bear River. Mrs.
Brees visited the house couple Of times
during the first week in October. On the
Saturday preceding the wreck witness
dld not remember whether or not Albert
was at home. Jeff was. though, and Al
came home IN the evening. Both boys
went to Coltax that evening, and re-
turned sometime during the night. They
| were at breakfast the next morning.
both lett home on Sunday morning, and
Jett returned in the evening. Witness
did not know whether Al came home at
all that night. jeff might have been out
ali night, also. He left during the day
with shotgun to go hunting.
The first he heard of the wreck was at
O'Clock on Monday morning. When he
got up the wreck had occurred couple
OF hours previous. He did not know
where the boys Al and jeff were at the
time. He saw Al go in the kitchen door
some time between and O'Clock in the
morning. He followed him into the
! mousse, and Al commenced telling about
the wreck.
Jeff at this Juncture came out Of the
bedroom. Al had told the family that he
had heard the crash of the wreck and
jumped up and looked out of the win
dow He then seized his clothes, and
! yelling Wreck wreck!' ran from the
| house. Al did not reply to a question
| from the witness as to what caused the
wreck. lie said he was there and helped
some Ladies to get out of the car that had
been ditched. 1t was possible for Al or
anybody else to have seen the lights of
the train from the house. After break
fast the boys went Oft to the wreck, and
| witness and his wife drove over a short
| time afterward.
Witness was asked to examine the long
crowbar found in the brush. He look ed
at it and said he could not state positively
that it belonged to him. He said he
missed a drill from the house, but thought
possibly he might have made it into a
CAD.
When his boys were arrested, witness
consented to go to Sacramento and find
out, if possible, if his boys were guilty.
He saw jeff, and he acted naturally. Al
said that he had lied to the officers and he
wanted to tell the truth. Witness did not
want to tell what was said, because he did
not want to tell lie, and he believed he
could not remember enough of the con-
versatlon to repeat it intelligently.
stance of the conversation, whether it was
in favor of his sons or not.
Witness replied that he did not propose
to shield them. If they We're guilty he
wanted them to suffer for it. think, said
MIR. Roberts, that the Indians had gone
home, and he could not help but believe
that jeff had done the work alone.
Being croSs-eXamined, Mr.. Roberts
said that the crowbar which had been
shown him, and which was said to be-
long to him, must have been in the Dos
session of a friend of his, because he had
given it away over year and half AGO.
Defendants attorney, Mr.. futile, then
proceeded to question witness to ascer-
tain how long ii would take for a person
to walk from the Roberts house to the
wreck. Witness said he had walked the
distance in eight minutes, and afterward
ran and walked the distance in five min
utes and tifty-seven seconds. He in
tended to run the entire distance, but his
wind gave out, and he was compelled to
walk two or three hundred yards.
In reference to the physical and mental
condition of Al, the witness said that
since he had fever last year he was
greatly changed in disposition. Before
his sickness he was jovial and happy.
Since last fall, however, he had fallen
away in flesh, and was irritable and verv
easily excited. He would make his
llOtuSi CRY IToq ueuIIy, ana Witness had
thought very seriously Of having him ex-
amined as to his sanity.
THE MONKEY-wRENCH.
Joseph II. Campbell of Iowa Hill was
sworn and questioned, first concerning
the monkey-wrench which was found in
Roberts yard beneath the pillow of a
bed, and in which John Roberts and wit
ness slept before they left for Iowa Hill.
He said he left the wrench on the fence.
and when he returned from Iowa Hill it
was under the pillow, which was at the
head of the bed near the fence. Constable
Lamphrey and Detective Brissel after
ward found the wrench at another farm.
Witness did not remember having
stated to Ben True and another officer
that the wrench was open wide enough
to fit large nut, such as are used in lock-
ing fish-plates. Witness was in Iowa
Hill at the time of the wreck, and did not
return until Monday afternoon. He de-
tailed how he was arrested on suspicion,
and aiterward released, after being
questioned in Sacramento
The court adjourned at 10 o'clock until
8 A. NJ. on Tuesday.