The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-05-01
BELLS DEFENSE.
The Testimony Adduced so Far
Is Very Weak.
Jacobson When Visited by the Surgeon Re-
fused for Time to Tell Him How
He Was Wounded.

The trial of Sidney Bell, accused of the
murder Of Samuel jacobson in August, was
resumed yesterday morning by the intro
duction of testimony for the defense. Bar
clay Henley, Bells chief counsel, announced
at the beginning that be would make no
opening statement.
L. NJ. Walters, who was passenger on a
California-street car on the night Of the
shooting. testified that he heard the pistol
report. The report sounded muffled. He
saw Mr. Shaw leave the car just beyond
Webster street, little after the shot was
heard. One man stepped from the ear just
before ii reached Webster street.
w. q. Shaw testified that he was on the
same car. He heard the shot, left the ear;
walked back to Webster street, but saw no
one. The shot sounded so muffied that he
thought it was inside some house. He saw
no one come out of the jacobson house but
one woman. who went to DIR. Fuler's house.
He asked her whether any one in her house
had been shot, She replied affirmatiyely,
but said she did not wish any publicity
about it. She would not let him enter the
house.
Moses B. Jessurum heard the shot after
he had left the car and was about the mid
die of the sidewalk between the curb and
his gate, right near the jacobson house. 165
feet away. He looked in that direction but
saw nothing. While on the car he saw no
one on the rear platform but the conductor
THE ATTENDING SURGEON.
DR.. Fuller, the surgeon summoned by
Jacobson's sister Immediately after the
shooting. said it was probably ten minutes
later when he reached the wounded mans
side.
Il said to him." continued the doctor,
"'HoW do you do, Mr.. jacobson? How did
this happenp He replied: Never mind
how it happened; tend to my wound. l am
suffering terrible pain told him he would
have 10 tell me how it occurred before |
would have anything 10 do with the case. L
refused to touch him until he told me about
it. Again he said not to mind, but to attend
to his suffering / told him / wouldn't have
anything to do with him until he told me all
he knew about it. How did It happen p
again asked. don't know, he replied.
Do you known -
A bout an hour later he had another talk
with the wounded man as to how the shoot
ing occurred. jacobson told him then the
fOOtpad story that has already been so many
times related. The details repeated by the
witness were Identical with the story of the
tail and short man-the command by the
short man to throw up his hands, catching
the fellew by the wrists, short struggle,
the exclamation Give il to him." then tie
pistol shot.
when you asked ia OLSON about the
dudlIs iUQulf6Q MI. 1tHit}e uiu YOU
notice anything peculiar In mis- expression
or his mannerN
HEsITATED BEFORE ANSWERING.
when asked jacobson if he knew who
did the shooting, he hesttated before an
sweriDg," replied the doctor. =" That was
the only thing peculiar that noticed" The
witness explained that this popularity had
so impressed him that he had thought OF il
many times since.
- Waili Testified m what TapOha0n told
him shortly after the shooting in answer to
the question How did it happen?" 1t
was the same story before told; the tall man
and short man, Throw up your hands,
'"Give it to him." and the shooting.
Mr.. Henley understood the witness to
have said at the Coroner's inquest that the
tail man did the shooting, but the witness
explained that the attorney had the pro-
nouns of his answer mixed. He certainly
understood jacobson to say that the short
man did the shooting. Mr.. WE'LL proved
such bad witness for the defense that he
was not further questioned.
Miss Angie jacobson was recalled by Mr..
Henley and asked whether she remem-
bered tesiifying the other day that she
knew nothing about lady's lace handker-
chief having been found in her brothers.
pocket. She remembered IL and repeated
the answer. Neither did she know about
some stubs of Tiyoli Theater tickets.
This was about all Mr. Henley asked the
young lady, and look of wonderment COW
cred even the Judges face as 10 what could
have been the purpose OF the questioning