The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-03-31
HAS HE BEEN BOYCOTTED /?
The Story Related by a Witness in a
Murder Case.
he Says Smiths Friends Had Him
Bounced, and Chief Drew Ac-
cused Him of Perjury.

young man named II. L. Thompson
called at the RECoRD-UNIoN office yes
terday and complained that, because he
had given testimony in the Smith Bran
nIgan murder case that was favorable to
the prosecution, certain parties had pro-
cured his discharge from II. d. CANDLES
saloon, where he was employed as a
waiter.
AT the Brannigan inquest Mr.. Thomp-
son testified that he was talking with the
deceased shortly before the shooting.
Brannigan told him that Smith had hit
him earlier in the day. While they were
talking Smith came up. He said, Bran
nigan, Ive been friend of yours for
the last ten years. Brannigan said,
We'll, what did you hit me ior?'' Smith
said he did not mean it, and had always
been his friend, and didn't want any
trouble with him. Then Brannigan took
his hands out of his coat pockets, but
toned up his coat, and then put his hands
back into his pockets. The witness saw
the deceased when he buttoned his coat,
but expected no shooting. He thought
that Brannigan was quite calm. Smith
then pulled his revolver and shot Branni-
gan three times. The witness was sure
that Brannigan was lying fat on his back
When the last shot was fired, and was
also positive that Brannigan had no pistol
IN his hand. Brannigan did not say to
Smith that he would kill him. Witness
thought that Smith was looking for
trouble.
Having had his attention called to this
testimony, Thompson said it was sub
stantially the same as that given by him
at Smiths examination; that when he
said Brannigan had no pistol in his hand,
he meant, of course, that he saw none
that he was testifying to the best of his
knowledge and belief. The rest of Mr..
Thompson's statement is as follows:
"A day or SO after the inquest Chief
Drew was in the Cafe Royal saloon,
where l was employed, and was dis
that there was no gun there-meaning
that Brannigan had none in his hand, so
far as ] could see.
Drew turned to me and said: 'Oh,
you keep still You've got too big
mouth for boy Of your sizen"
Mr.. Thompson says be laid off for
while and when he went to the place to
resume his duties the barleeper told him
that MIR. Gamble did not want him any
more, as he had perjured himself by the
testimony he had given at the inquest.
Mr.. Gamble was i'll at the time, and
Thompson did not see him personally I'M
I'll yesterday morning, when, according to
hls story. he asked Gamble why he had
discharged him.
Gamble replied: "Wel1, there are peo-
pie who don't like the testimony YOU
gave in the Smith case; they think you
perjured YOURSELF
Thompson replied that he had told the
truth in his testimony, and had related
what occurred just as he had seen it.
Gam hln said nnaHn no tha+
people believed he had periured himself
Mr.. Thompson says further that when
he went to Candles saloon yesterday
Chief Drew was there. He went up to
Drew and said:
MIR. Drew, don't see why Mr.. Gam
BILE should have discharged me on ac-
count OF that case," and Drew replied:
We'll, he's right. What did you
perjure yourself for, them"
II replied: i didn't perjure myself; l
told what | believed TO be the TRUTH
Drew then said: well, pve seen an
attorney. and you are going to be arrested
for perjury
81 said he might have me arrested for
perjury, If he wished, but that told the
TRUTH
Mr.. Thompson states that he intends to
consult the District Attorney in regard
To the matter, or take other legal advice
He is still witness in the case, and will
der case comes up for trial; hence he
thinks it decidedly rough on him to be
denounced III advance as a periurer He
says he feels that he has been outraged in
more ways than One-firSt, by being dis
charged from his work through the in
fiuence, as he believes, ofSnrth's friends,
and secondly by being openly charged
with having perjured himself.
WHAT MR.. GAMBLE SAYS.
Whan II II Cam tho ,-O,,,c-
former employer, was seen in regard to
the matter he said that Thompson was a
preyaricator-no ''of the deepest dive },
but words to that effect. He declared
that the young man had been discharged
10y him prior TO the date of the Smith
Branuigan tragedy, but was employed
1cr two days week ago, lust to help
out during a rush,
Mr.. Gamble admitted having said
something to Thompson to the effect that
from what he GAMBLE had heard of the
evidence, the youth was liable to be
called up for perjury If he kept on talk
ing so much.
EX-Policeman Wagner, barkeeper at
the Cafe Royal, denied having told
Thompson that he was not wanted be-
cause Of the testimony he had given.
Wagner corroDorated Candles state
ment that Thompson had been employed
at the saloon but couple of days since
the tragedy.
CHIEF DREw'S DENIAL.
Chief Drew was asked last evening as
TO the truth of young Thompson's state
ments, and he denied them fatty. He
said that on the night of the tragedy.
Thompson-whom he termed "a fresh
kid"-had great deal to say about the
affair, which he claimed to have wit
messed, and he Drew told him he talked
too much, and that he might be called as
q witness. Thompson replied that that
would suit him-that he just wanted a
chance to get up and tell what he knew
about it.
In regard to the statement made bv
Thompson to the effect that Chief Drew
had, as Late as yesterday, threatened to
have him arrested for perjury, Drew SAYS
it is not true, and that he never charged
the young man with having perjured
himself
In short, Chief Drew enters a general
denial to the statements made by Thomp-
son regarding himself.