Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-23

man he did not know assisted him. l
was dark, and some one guided him Y
DR.. Still's. He saw no rope or wire
and could not say whether he was In
side of one or not. The crowd seemed
to be orderly. There we're
great many ladies and gentle
men around where he was, bu
in front there were mostly boys
He saw a small man running around
very excited, and supposed it was vii
son. He heard this man ssk for police
man. He was not driving the boys
back, but was asking for policeman
1t was 80 foggy that he could not see
much OF anything except right around
him. He did not see any one touch Oh
q bomb. One ship had been touched
off and there was another one further
away, and he and his children waited
for it. Then the explosion took place,
and his daughters were hurt.
At this point, Charles Vanderkuhlen.
one of the jurors, created diversion by
saying that he witnessed the explosion,
and began to tell what he knew, when
Coroner Weldon excused him as juror,
retaining him as witness. He said he
saw "a whole lot of rockets &C off, and
said to his wife that it looked as ii 1t
was boys work. And just then ter
rife explosion took place.
A Mr.. Henry E. Carter, who said he is
a lawyer, addressing the coroner, stated
he represented Mr.. Ford, and wished to
aek some questions. The coroner told
him to reduce any questions he wanted
to ask to writing, but Mr.. Carter de-
v,,r mi orr f.
torney could cross-examine the wit
nesses. Mr.. Weldon gave him the in
formation that such was not the law /,
and he had no right to interfere, but If
he wished to suggest any lines of inves-
tigation he would receive his questions,
as he had no desire to be captious. Mr..
Carter did not avail himself OF the offer,
however.
G. A. Castruccio identified the re-
mains OF Antonio Righetti and Vito
Casino, both Italians and single men.
Both were laborers and had lived in
Los Angeles for some time. He talked
with both men before their death, but
nothing material was learned from
them.
J. M. Senter, stepfather of Gilbert
Christian, who died yesterday morning,
identified the body. The boy was IA
years old and was scnoolboy. Mr..
Senter had him by the hand at the time
of the explosion, and was himself hit
on the legs by small fragments of the
mortar, although he was not much hurt.
He was close to the ship when it was
They were about 30 feet
away from the bomb, he should Judge.
There were people in front of them.
One man was knocked down right in
front of him. He saw no rope. They
had not been there over 10 minutes.
The ship had about burned out when
the explosion took place. He saw some
boye in front of him taking Roman can
dies from box, but did not see them
get any off.
This closed the proceedings for the
day, and the jury was excused until 8
o'clock Monday morning, when the in
will be resumed. Among
The witnesses already summoned to be
present, are the following:
Will Beach, of San Pedro street; Her
pert Barnes, $40 Maple avenue; Morris
Hill, 251 East Fifth street; Charles Nc
Donald, 118 Wilmington street: P. w.
Ross, 4l6 West Sixth street; Louisa
Jarbone, 218 West Ann street; Charles
Summer, San Pedro street; Giacomo
Piccolo, s. A. Perksley, Dave Parten, j.
Senter, T. Mercadante, Charles Blenner-
hassett and Harry Brown.
MORRIS HILLS STATEMENT.
To HERALD reporter Morris Hill, q
boy about ID years old, said that he was
standing within few feet of Mr.. Will
on, when the explosion occurred. He
saw Wilson signal to Cammert, and then
,ouch off mortar. He is certain that
t burst. There were two explosions,
,nly second or two apart. Both NOR
,ars burst. Wilson was about 80 feet
from Cammert.
POLICE AID NOT ASKED.
Chief OF Police Glass said yesterday
afternoon to HERALD reporter that he
would willingly have sent police officers
to the fireworks, but had not been asked
to do 90, and was under the impression
that the Garibaldi guards were to be
there. He did not believe the officers
would have been able to do much, how
ever, in keeping the crowd back, because
they would have been scattered, and it
was very dark.
1t was learned yesterday that col
ored boy named Edward Larman, aged
years, had. been wounded in the right
leg. The flesh of the leg, commonly
known as the sscalf," had been torn
away by piece of flying mortar. He
was found by lady and gentleman and
taken in their carriage to his home on
New High street.
1t is reported that boy was found
with an eye blinded by piece of NOR
tar, and that he was taken home in q
private conveyance. His name was not
given.
A little boy found piece of an ex.
ploded mortar Yesterday on Seventh and
Elmore streets, about 100 yards distant
from where the mortar burst. The piece
is about seven inches in length and
about four inches in width. 1t was taker
to the Office OF Chief of Police Glass.
An Indians Slayer.
FRESNO, Oct. 22.-Constable Burton