Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-21

evidently referred TO Bradheld, for he
turned loose in TRADE upon his enemy,
and said that he chad planted men all
the way from Texas to the Pacific" and
that Bradfield would be his next victim.
He was not at all choice in his language
when referring to the defendant, and
said that if Bfadfeld ever set foot on the
Kentucky claim, he would fill him full
OF Iced.
An adjournment was then taken till
l 80 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
On the reconvening of the court in the
afternoon, Irland was recalled to the
stand for cross examination, which de-
veloped nothing of importance, how
street, was then called. He had known
Dye intimately since 1873. When asked
If he knew his reputation for peace and
quiet, he replied that Dye had once
threatened to kill him, and that he had
bad reputation as fighting man.
Under cross-examination the witness
said that he had liked Joe Dye "the
same as he liked any man." He had a
dispute with Dye over money matter.
Dye rented house of him and never
paid the rent.
VIM. Kilgore, the next witness, testi-
fed that he had been in Southern Cali
fornia ever since 1849, and had known
Dye since 1861. He didn't know the de-
fendant. Dyes reputation. as fighting
man was very bad.
On cross-examiuation the witness was
asked if Dye ever exhibited his fighting
traits when it was not necessary for self
defense, but the court sustained the OBJ
lection of the defendant's attorneys to
the question. When asked whom he
had conversed with about Dyes char
acter, the witness could recollect only
one mana man named Campbell, but
whether he was friend or an enemy of
Dyes he could not say. The deceased
was very generally spoken of as
a dangerous character who was
very ready with his gun. The witness
had never heard it said that Dye was
bad man only when he was attacked,
but that he was bad man at all times.
VIM. B. Caldwell, resident of Ca
huenga pass, eight miles north of Los
Angeles, followed on the stand. He
knew Dye in his lifetime, but did not
know Bradfield. He had never spoken
with Dye about Bradfeld, but had a
conversation with him in which
Dye said he was going to kill
two men, one Of whom the witt
ness understood to be the defendant.
This testimony was objected to by the
district attorney and stricken out. The
witness had known Dye twenty years
and his reputation during that time was
that of desperate character.
w. G. Compton Of West Los Angeles
was called. He had known Dye for the
past four or five years and also knew
Bradfield. In April or May of this year
lie rode to Fillmore in the train with
Dye, who asked him If Brad6eld was up
on the Sespe. The witness replied that
he had been during the previous four or
| five days, and Dye said that If he found
the .white-livered s. of b. there he
would fill him so full of lead that he
couldn't get back. The witness went
into another car at Saugus, but Dye
| again met him on the platform at Fill
more and said: "It's lucky thing the
| young gentleman isn't here, or that
would be the last OF him."
The witness told the defendant of
these threats afterward, in front of the
Nadeau house, in this city. Bradfield
said 81 don't know what I am going
to do; he'll kill me sure"
| On cross-examination the witness
said that he had known the defendant
for the past ten years, had gone to
school with him, and was interested in
the Bradfeld oil claim.
John Il. Polk, lawyer who has lived
in this city since last September, and
who is now attorney for the California
Oil company, was called. Bradfeld
had often called at the witnesses Office
on the business Of the company, but al
ways branched off on his trouble with
Dye. He related to the witness on one
occasion the story of the fghti in Linde's
! store and on another showed him let
ter he had received from the Sespe say
ing that Dye had been seen going about
with gun and making threats against
his life. The defendants manner at
the time lead the witness to think that
Bradfeld was not sane. Several days
after the shooting the witness called on
Bradfeld at his cell in the city jail and
attempted to talk with him on business
matters, but the defendant did not seem
to understand what was said to him and
could not make himself understood.
The witnesses impression that Bradfeld
was insane was considerably strength
ened after this interview.
! Under cross-examination the witness
said that he had seen Bradfeld two or
three times since the interview at the
Jail, but the defendant was more quiet,
self-possessed and rational at those
times. The witness thought that
though on other subjects Bradfield's
head was clear, he was clearly insane on
the subject of Dye. The witness had
never before seen a man who was mo
mentarily expecting death at the hands
OF another, and therefore could notmake
comparison between the way Bradfield
acted and the way any other man would
have acted.
| George Cummings was the next wit
ness. He had known Joe Dye for twen-
ty-four years, and his reputation as a
blood-thirsty, fighting man was bad.
Under cross-examination the witness
said that he did not like Dye, and very
few others who knew him did. Dye shot
Billy Warren, the witnesses brother-in'
law, in this city, and at another time
shot down Mexican while acting as .
peace officer. The witness admitted
however, that Warren had shot first
and that the Mexican was trying to es
cape after being arrested.
Thos. r. Bard was the next witness
He was resident of Hueneme, Ven.
tura county, and had known Joe Dye
about five years. His reputation in the