The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-05-30
Afternoon Session.

In the afternoon Miss Jennie Allen
took the witness stand and was sworn.
Miss Allen testified that her father was
65 years Of age. On the morning of the
18th she heard groaning outside the front
door. She recognized her fathers voice
standing there, hatless and bleeding
frightfully. He said somebody had hurt
him. Miss Allen said that her father was
in the habit of carrying large sums Of
money on. his person. He usually car
ried greenbacks in cigar-case in his in
side vest pocket and gold in his pants
pocket.
The young lady was then excused, and
Casey was placed on the stand for cross
examination by attorney Johnson. The
attorney caused him to recite the history
of his life from his birth to the present
day, and to tell OF every place he had ever
visited and how he eked out an existence.
Casey said he had relied most on gam
bling, but denied that he had ever been
implicated in any robberies prior to the
present trouble. He acknowledged that
he had turned States evidence because he
had been promised his liberty, and had
made a full and complete confession to
the officers before the case came up in
court.
in that statement" he said, 81 think
told about all 1 knew. / came to Sacra-
mento from San Francisco with Gordon.
We arrived here the day the President
arrived. Did not know that Haley had
come here. We came up to look for
work. After being here one week 1 met
Haley. Gordon became acquainted with
Haley in San Francisco through me. We
had been here eight or nine days before
we talked about the robbery. ! knew that
Haley was an ex-convict. Haley was
the first to mention the robbery. Cor
don and l met him in front of Smiths
saloon, and he told US that Smith had put
him on to trick that there was 5000 or
500 in, and he did not know whether to
believe him or not. He then told us
what it was-about it being a saloon
keeper who carried considerable money
on his person. 1 knew what was meant
by trick
SMITHS DIvvY.
Casey then proceeded to go over the same
story he told on his direct examination
about the various conversations with
Smith. He said it was understood among
them that if the trick was turned" they
would have to divide with Smith and the
barkeeper (Furlong). None of them put
very much confidence in the scheme.
They did not know whether to be-
ieve Smith or not. On the Thursday
night before the robbery, Casey said
he, Gordon and Haley went into
Smiths, and Haley had a talk
with Smith. Haley pointed him and
Gordon out to Smith and said, Those
are the men,"
1t was understood, said the witness,
that the holding up'' of Aliens bar
keeper was only to be a matter of form,
as he stood in on it," 1t was only on
Brady's advice that it was decided to
knock Allen down, rather than "hold
him up" The witness explained that
holding up'' was the same as putting
the arm on man" Brady was looking
for ''divvy." When Brady gave Cor
don the hammer the latter concealed it
in his sleeve. The witness reiterated that
he did not know that the LOB" had been
done until after he and Brady got back
from Gait. He knew right away who
did the 'job," or rather he thought he
knew.
Did you think of reporting your sus-
picions to the authorities p" asked attor-
ney Johnson.
NO" replied Casey.
"You didn't know that Brady was a
detective then?'
mo, not at that time" replied Casey,
bitterly, and he directed scowl at
Brady.
On redirect examination, by Mr.. Hart.
Casey said he remembered meeting a
one-armed man named Kelly in Smiths
place two nights before the robbery and
talked with him. Gordon and Haley
may have been conversing with Smith at
the time, but the witness did not remem-
Der positively whether or not this was the
case.
Thomas Kelly, the next witness. testi-
fed that he knew Gordon, Casey and
Haley. He had seen them in San Fran
cisco. Upon his arrival here in Sacra-
mento couple of days before the rob-
berry he met them in front of Smiths
saloon and talked with them. They all
then went into Smiths to get a drink.
al fad of I,1,f
scented. Smith was behind the bar The
smooth-faced fellow Haley called Smith
aside and they conYersed in undertones
Then they called Gordon over, and he
Joined in the conversation. Witness did
not know what they were talking about.
Kelly was only briefly cross-examined
and then excused.
GORDON AGAIN.
To the surprise of all City Attorney
Hart next called Gordon to the witness
stand again. The young fellow took his
seat, looking paler than before, but de-
termined.
In answer to questions from Mr.. Hart
he explained his conduct at the morning
session by saying that he had misunder-
ready now, he said, to go ahead and tell
all he knew about the affair.
He then proceeded to tell of an incident
that occurred in Smiths dive ON the
Friday evening before the assault upon
Allen. Kelly had called the witness,
Haley and Casey into Smiths to drink,
and while in there Haley and Smith be-
gan to converse. Haley beckoned to
Gordon to come over and hear the con-
versation. Smith was saying that there
would be barkeeper Sin on the play,n
and that there would be no resistance on
his part when Allen and he were SHIELD
up" This would set the example to
Lon, - TO- IL Il Al.
would in all probability have about 500
upon his person or more. The best
place to intercept him would be
on Seventh street, near the Courthouse
where it was dark. He told them to be
particular and look in Aliens inside
vest pocket for
A CIGAR CASE,
In which Allen carried his greenbacks.
His gold would be found in his pants
pockets. Smith wanted $3.50 as his share
of the plumber, and the barkeeper was to
get 500. Smith also wanted all over 500
that was taken from Allen, as his COM
mission for tipping the trick"
Continuing, Gordon said that Smith
told them how they could break open
Aliens safe after the robbery had blown
over. 1t was a shaky affair and could
easily be broken. The barkeeper
had explained how they could get in
through a rear window, which opened
upon porch. The rear doors of several
other stores opened upon this porch, too,
and if they had time after they had
cleaned out Aliens safe, they could go
through the other safes, too. The idea of
raiding Aliens safe, was on Smiths pre-
diction that after being 'stood up'' Allen
would not carry money around with him,
and would stow it all away in his SAFE
WONDERFUL WITNESS.
Although on his direct examination
Gordon impressed all his hearers with