Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-17

shots. After the second report he ran
down stairs, and crossed over the street
on recognizing friend. Dye was lying
on the sidewalk, face upwards, little
west of the Arlington stairway and
across the street, at point which he
indicated on the blackboard. After re-
naming by the body several minutes,
the witness recrossed the street and
went up into the Arlington, to room 20.
Under cross-examination, Layhart
said that he did not know who fired the
shots. After the second shot he ran
Immediately down stairs and crossed
the street to where Dye lay. Two or
three persons were there before him.
The deceased lay with his head towards
the German building. and did not say
a word after the witness arrived. A
large crowd assembled Immediately, but
Layhart did not notice the presence OF
any ladies; if there had been any there
he would have seen them.
DIR. w. A. Weldon was the next wit
ness. AS county coroner the witness
was notified Of Dyes death and had
the body removed to the Morgue. As
soon as the corpse was placed on the
slab the witness made an examination
and cut some: bullets out of the body.
He noticed nine wounds on the left side,
which he described. Several bullets
fell from the clothing when they were
. taken off of the corpse, one Of which
had struck the crystal of Dyes watch
and broken it. The witness cut out
seven bullets, and thought the angle
they made was about thirty-fve degrees.
In the right arm there was bullet hole
and corresponding wound on the
right side, made by the exit of one of
the bullets.
The clothing Dye wore on the day of
the murder was shown the witness and
identified. The clothing was offered in
evidence but objected to by the defense
because no proper foundation had been
laid for it, introduction. The objec-
tion was overruled and the clothes filed
in evidence, the coroner having ex-
amined them minutely and iscovered
that the holes cut in the coat and vest
by the bullets corresponded exactly with
the wounds on Dyes body.
The coroner was then shown nine
buck shot and identified them as the
ones cut from Dyes body and filed in
evidence at the time of the preliminary
examination in Justice OVENS court.
The witness recalled a number of other
articles he found on the body of the
deceased, among which was revolver,
which was in the righthand hip pocket
and fell out as the corpse was moved.
The revolver was filed in evidence in
the lower court. Ben G.. Cow was pres
ent when the revolver was discovered.
The witness did not remember that he
ever mentioned anything about the revol-
yer falling out of Dyes pocket when he
was on the stand at the previous exam
ination, and could not remember con-
versation about the revolver he had
with Mr.. Phibbs about the time of the
inquest.
Mr.. McLachlan read from the testi-
mony at the preliminary examination
what the witness had said about the re-
volver. On that occasion the coroner
said that he took the revolver from the
dead mans pocket, and made no state
ment about its falling out. The discrep-
ancy betwe cen the two statements an
noyed the prosecuting attorneys some
what, and they attempted to refresh the
witnesses mind by introducing the con-
versation between the coroner and Mr..
Phibbs, but it was ruled out. The wit
ness was not cross-examined.
Policeman Theodore Roberts was then
called to the stand. and testified that on
May 14th he was on Los Angeles street,
near Chinatown. He heard several
shots and ran toward Commercial
street, with the crowd. After seeing
Dye he went up into the Arlington and
saw the defendant running out the back
way. Following him, he arrived on the
sidewalk on the Wilmington street side
and again saw the defendant several
hundred feet ahead. A chase ensned,
and Bradfield went around the corner of
Requena street, refusing to stop when
called to. At point near Los Angeles
street, the defendant gave himself
up, saying excitedly as he did so, II did
it; did it; here's my gun," and giving
revolver to the officer. They took a
carriage on Main street and the defend
ant gave knife up also while riding to
the station. The revolver, the bullets it
contained, and the knife were intro
duced, identified and filed in evidence.
After a long consultation the defense de-
cided not to cross-examine Roberts.
Policeman HI. G. Chase was called and
testified to being on the corner of Com
mercial and Alameda streets when he
heard the shots. He ran toward the Ar
lington house and went up into that
building. In room 20 he found a double
barrel shotgun near the window. The
room was the last one toward Los An
geles street. One window was open with
the shutters partly closed and with lace
curtains over it. A gun was near the open
window and was still hot, as if recent
ly discharged. The gun was introduced
and identified. The witness also iden-
titled a book, containing the name
"Mason Bradfeld," and black satchel,
which he also found in the room, to-
gether with pair of blankets on the
bed. All were offered and filed in evil
dence, over the objections of the defense,
except the blankets, which were with
drawn. Chase was not cross examined.
Mrs. Adelaide Blumenthal was put on
the stand and testified that she lived on
Wilmington street and had a place of
business on Commercial street opposite
Wilmington. The witness, knew Dye
when alive. He was accustomed to pass
her place several times day. On the
day of the shooting she was sitting on
neighbours back porch when she heard
the shots. Running out onto the street
she saw man lying on the sidewalk on
Commercial street. She also saw man
running up Wilmington street, without
a hat, and with an officer after him.
The witness was briefly cross-exam-