Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-12
THE LANCASTER AFFAIR.
PROGRESS OF THE EXAMINATION
OF JUSTICE MORRIS.
The Prosecution Fails to Connect the Ac-
cused Directly With the Shooting.
The Only Eye Witnesses Cannot Iden-
tify Him. F.

The examination OF Justice OF the
Peace Newton A. Morris of Lancaster for
assault to murder, preferred by Rony
Grain, was continued at 8 O'Clock yes
terday morning before Justice Stanton
in the township court.
Constable Mayes was recalled for cross
examination, having been on the stand
the greater part OF Monday forenoon.
Nothing particularly new was obtained
from Mayes, except that he considered
the feeling between Morris and Grain
as very friendly up to the time Grain
was arrested by the justice for horse
stealing. The witness testified that on
the day of the shooting Morris was out
with his wagon all day peddling meat,
and did not return home till after sun
down. Mayes had not seen Morris for
fully half an hour before the shooting,
and when he did last see him, Morris
had on black suit and soft felt hat.
Mayes thought that the shots could not
have been fred by any one standing
in the street, but that the shooting
must have been done by some one .on
horseback, as the shots in the bar were
/ too low down.
Is J. M. @. Van Orden, Morris's partner
sin the butcher business, was the next
witness called. At the time of the shoot
ling he was in the rear of the saloon
There was light there, but none in the
butcher shop next door. He saw Nor
ris some time prior to the shooting.
Morris had on dark suit and soft felt
hat. He could not say whether Morris
had coat on, nor what was the color of
the shirt he wore. Van Orden corrob-
Grated Mayes's testimony in regard to
the accusations made by Grain, at Le-
lands house, against Shearer and Drum
mond. The witness admitted that he
had double-barrel shotgun which Nor
ris might have used.
Porferio Valencia, a cowboy, was
called. He knew both Grain and Nor
ris, and saw the latter in the saloon at
8 80 p. m. on July IA. Gentry, Ketch-
line, Van Orden, Mayes and others were
in the saloon at the time. While he was
there the witness also saw Morris, who
wore dark coat and vest and striped
shirt. Morris came to the window at
which Grain was sitting two or three
times. Morris was still near the saloon
when Mayes and Ketchline went over to
the depot. The witness himself soon
after left, and when about 22O yards
away he heard two shots in rapid sue
cession. He went back to the saloon.
but did not see Morris.
!. Miss A. Dunning, postmistress at Lam
caster, then took the stand. On the
might of the shooting she was sitting in
her room reading, When she heard the
two shots. Looking out of the window,
she saw two men to the south of the
saloon, one about fifteen feet from the
building and the other fifty feet away.
One of the men carried gun; he was
behind tree, about fifteen feet from
the door of the saloon, and was STOPPING
over when the witness first saw him.
He wore dark clothes and was of medium
height, but he was at such distance
from the witness that she could not tell
who he was. Miss Dunning was not
cross-examined.
Jack Gentry, the bartender of the
was. put on the stand, but his testimony
home at the time of the trouble and did
not hear of it till the next morning.
s. p. Owens, Ventura county farmer
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shooting, was next called. On the
night of July IA the witness, Mace Mayes,
Van Arden, Morris and Ketchline
were outside the saloon at 8 80 p. m.
Grain was inside. Shortly after that
hour the witness went 10 the hotel,
leaving Morris and Van Arden outside
OF the butcher shop. He had hardly
reached the hotel when he heard two
shots and went back to the saloon. He
heard Ketchiine ask Morris where he
was at the time of the shooting, and the
latter replied that he was calling at the
house of young lady. Morris was
dressed in dark clothes and wore white
shirt and black hat.
On cross-examination the witness got
badly mixed, but did not contradict his
previous statements on any material
point.
Court adjourned at O'Clock till 7
pm, and in the evening several other
witnesses, including Ketchline, were
examsned, whose testimony was mainly
corroborative OF what had gone before.
The case will be continued today.
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