The morning call., 1892-02-11
FLIGHT OF CURTIS.
What Mrs. Holden Saw From Her
Bedroom Window.
Four Additional Witnesses Examined for the
state-The Prosecution to Finish
Its Side To-Day.

-Four additional witnesses-Mrs. Holden,
John Grifiths Schultz, machinist, and
Thomas NJ. Bean aud C. S. Bennett, police
offcers-testlfed for the prosecution in the
| Curtis murder case yesterday.
Before they were introduced Police Off
Ger Allen was recalled to describe what
was found on the defendant when he was
searched Witness said the articles were
watch and chain, match-safe, memoran-
/ dum-book and a small amount of money.
! Mr., Foote-How much money?
! Alen-I could not say.
WAS there $50 on him?"
| "Oh, no; not as much as that"
well, don't you know that there was
/ only So cents on him?"
THAT might have been the amount"
Cross-eXamiRed further by Mr. Wilson,
the witness adhered to his former testimony
that the nippers were fastened to Curtis in
! the usual manner and not IN such way as
TO cause him pain, Police Officer Allen
added that he never used the instrument
/ upon prisoners himself.
SOMEWHAT CONTRADICTORY.
Mrs Jennie Holden Of S5S Folsom street,
the mother of the two girls who have ap-
/ peared as witnesses, was next called. She
is a refined looking lady, still showing IN
her wasted features traces of pretty face.
!
| alton. The asthma, from which she was
| suffering, was distressing her. MI FOOte
| showed his compassion by questioning her
| in his gentlest manner and by once stopping
10 rass her glass of water.
/ Nevertheless the leading counsel eDtangled
| Mrs. Holden IN the mesheS of her own con-
tradictions. She had been very positive IN
4 her original statement of the occurrence,
written down by Officer Dillon and signed
by her, that when she heard the strange
~. H. 4
/ kept IL open till l o'clock IN the morning.
/ Now she testified that the window was not
/ raised by her, but by her daughters, and
after the third shot was fired.
In the same statement she declared that
she saw the shOrt-siZed man raise his re-
voyer. On the stand yesterday she tesu-
fed that this was mistake, that she saw
| no revolver. The lights in her room were
I put out after the shooting
STOPPED TO LIGHT MATCH.
In relating the circumstances of the fight
of the man and his pursuit by Officers BOde
and Allen Mr.. FoOte drew from Mrs. Holden
| something that was new. 1t was that while
| her attention was diverted from the mau
/ running away TO the officers chasing him
| she saw one of the latter stop at Grants
body and light a match, She could not tell
whether any other person was on her side
| OF the street, which was nearly opposite the
scene OF the shooting.
OFFICER GRANTS "NIPPERs."
J. g. Schultz, tine machinist, was the cause
of some amusement by the way he gave his
testimony. His wel-fed face fairly dubbed
with good nature. He was called 10 Identity
the nippers as the property Of the deceased
officer. Grant had taken a pair to him to
have a stronger spring inserted, and he was
called to testify that the nippers in evidence
were the same he had repaired.
Schultz, however, though ready to say
that the workmanship was his. was not
~rrf11 70 flaf fF,a no
nippeTs that Grant had taken 10 him.
While Schultz was on the stand Mr.. FOote
put the nippers on Schultz's right wrist in
order 10 demonstrate that the thing was an
instrument of torture.
During the proceeding Schultz screwed up
bis fat features and warned the lawyer not
TO hurt him. His action was so ludic1Ous
that for a moment the COURTROOM was in a
roar
For the first time during this trial Judge
Trout expressed his disapprO baton Of such
loud manifestations OF mlrth and talked
about clearing the room next time 1t hap
pened.
MORE LIKE A COMEDY.
A gentleman sitting inside the railing re-
marked Il came here to witness a trag
edy, but it seems that this Is a comedy. |
must have dropped into the wrong place. !"
Officer Bennett, the driver of the patrol
wagon at the FOls0m-street StatiaD, testi-
fed that he ran cut Of the station-hOuse
/ Win OluCbIS DOue HEu AlIbus UHl llS ulu
I not go any further than where the body WIS
lying, when Sergeant Cole came up and in
structed him to 20 back for the wagon.
This witness SAID ne did not identify the
man shot as Officer Grant till he was lifting
the corpse into the wagon.
THE DRIVE TO PRISON.
Mr.. knight cross-examined Bennett at
great length respecting the conversation
that had passed between Officer Allen and
the defendant on tie drive to the City
Prison. Al that Mr.. Knight elected from
the witness was that he had not heard a
word from Curtis TO indicate that he had
either seen Grant that night or that he had
shot him.
District Attorney Barnes said he had one
4 or two more witnesses to call, but they were
not present. He thought be could finish the
case for the people by noon to-day. His mo-
tiOn for an adjournment until 10 o'clock this
| morning was granted.
/ Charles Il. Thorne ST., gentleman near
" 70 years Of age and father Of the we'll
known actor Of that name, sat with Curtis
throughout the morning.