The herald., 1893-12-17
AGU|LAR IS HELD TO ANSWER,
His Examination for Wife MUIR
der Concluded.
The Establishment Of an Alibi
Strongly Presented.
Perjury was Evidently Committed by
Some Of tho Witnssses-Testi-
mony That He Was Not
- Near the Scene.

Seaman to answer to the superior court
with bail fixed at $4,000.
The evidence brought out at the two
days examination, summed up, shows
that there are at least four witnesses
who saw Aguilar at Kraemer's ranch
near Ansheim the day the young wife
wss burned. According to their testi-
mony it is impossible that Aguilar
burned the woman.
On the other hand there are at least
three witnesses who testified to having
seen Aguilar near the scene of the
tragedy on the day it occurred which
was December 9th.
1t is safe to say that somebody has
committed perjury.
The court room was literally jammed
with people anxious to hear the pro-
ceedings of the case, which were OF a
most interesting character.
At the opening session of the court
Miss Silvas, sister OF the deceased. was
recalled, but nothing of Importance was
ELECTED.
Lester Prayer, the stenographer who
took down the dying woman's statement
! OF the tragedy. was called to the stand.
! He testified to going to the home of the
burned girl, on Kuhrts street. the day
of the burning,sin company withfDeputy
District Attorney Davis.
The stenographer gave the conversa-
tion that passed between the injured
woman and the attorney. 1t has been
published before, and in substance is
as follows:
The dying girl stated that she had
met her husband about IL O'Clock, and
that he stopped her and asked her if
she was going to live with him, to which
che replied in the negative. He then
threatened to kill her. She left him,
and almost rs soon "a she arrived home
went out to the water closet. When she
again met him. he threw something on
her from glass.
At the conclusion OF Prager's testi-
mony the people announced that the
state rested, and the defense called Z.
M. Kramer, a wealthy Orange county
rancher, to the stand, who stated that
he owned ranch near Anaheim, and
had known the defendant for about 20
years. On Wednesday, December 9th,
Aguilar was not out of sight of the wit
ness from O'Clock in the morning until
sundown.
Said the witness: "He was engaged
In plowing in company with Joe Stroe-
der. On that day was engaged in fix
ing pump and had some carpenters
from Anaheim at work. 1t WAS not on
my homestead that the men were at
work, but upon another ranch about one
mile and half from the homestead
ranch. At IL O'Clock Aguilar, Shredder
and myself went into the house and ate
dinner at the same table. The other
men had brought their lunches and ate
them down where they were at work.
Aguilar, the defendant, was then called
to the stand and testified as follows:
II was married on September Attn in
East Los Angeles. / was not in this
city on the 9th of December of this year,
was at the ranch of Ed M. Kraemer.
where was at work. / was there all
day long. l slept and ate there. Mr..
Kraemer, Mr.. Scale, Joe Shredder and
another man were there. l and Stroe-
der were plowing. The other men were
working on the pump. know Charley
saw him on that day. / heard the tes-
timony OF Mrs. Silvas. l never told the
woman who was my wife that il she
left me would kill her. / never said
would kill her. She left me because
her mother took her away. I did not
set my wife afre on December 10th.
have not been in this city since the 22d
OF last November. That day l was in
the federal court"
AT the afternoon session, r. III. Scale
OF Anaheim testified to having eeen
Aguilar at O'Clock on the day Mrs.
Aguilar WAS burned. He also said that
he knew that Aguilar was on the ranch
piowing; that Aguilar ate dinner with
party about IL o'clock, and that he
saw Aguilar every time he plowed to
the end OF the row, quite a distance
away. He noticed Aguilar go to the
ranch house, where he, Scale, was
standing at the we'll. Kramer was also
at tue house. Both Kramer and Agui-
lar went into the house to dinner about
IL o'clock. Scale went to the ranch to
fix the pump. He was positive
that Aguilar WAS at the ranch at the
hours named, on Decent ber 9th.
Samuel kraemer, the. rancher, was
put upon the STAND by the defendant.
Ha testified that he saw Aguilar all day
on December 9th, plowing on an adjoin-
ing ranch. There was about an hour
about the middle OF the day when he
did not see Aguilar. The witness was
irrigating on that day.
Charles Stone, zanjero for water
company at Anabeim, said that he saw
Agnilar sitting on his plow at AS a. m.
on December 9th. He did not know
whether Aguilar saw him or not
Ben -Kraemer, q brother of Samuel
Kraemer, testified to having seen Agui-
Ier twice on December 9th; cav him
plowing about 10 q. M, and also about
2 q. m.
On rosH-examination he said that he
saw Aguilsr on the esst side OF the road
as he was driving horse along. He
recognized Aguilar as positively being
the defendant, having known him 20
years. Saw man about O'Clock who
told the witness that Aguisr had been
arrested for burning his wife. About an
hour afterward he met Aguilar and his
brother, Sam Kraemer, coming from
Olive mills. Aguilar told witness that
he was arrested, but was allowed to go
home and change his clothes.
Mr.. Shredder, who resides on the Krae-
mer ranch, testified that he ate dinner
with Aguilar and Ed Kraemer about IL
O'Clock on December 9th.
Hefman Bennerscheidt testified that
be saw Aguiiar at tie Kraemer we'll at
different times during the day.
Il Jose Claima claimed that he saw
Aguilar about every 20 minutes during
the day, but on cross-examination ad-
,mitted that be only Thought the man to