The morning call., 1893-10-25
Positively Identified by
:
Two Witnesses.
THE DYNAMITE-VALISE CLEW
Increased Interest in the Big Explo-
sion Case - The Defense to
:: Open To-Morrow.


court 2 Yesterday afternoon. There was
= q much larger attendance than on the
= previous day, the Sailors Union being
well represented. Among the most at
tentiye listeners was Secretary Furuseth
of the union.
. = Some OF the strongest evidence connect
= Ing the defendant, John Tyrrell, with the
= explosion was presented. AS far as indi-
dated the defense will rely on the absence
of any direct connection between him
and the tragedy, but yesterday witnessed
T. two distinct identifications of the de-
= fendant of damaging nature to this line
The defense expects 10 open strong case
Tomorrow, when the prosecutions testi-
iAoRy will all be in.
Gar Conductor MorriSon'S testimony was
particularly startling as being the first
direct evidence connecting Tyrrell with
the dynamite valise found in a south Of
Market lodging-house.
= William 81. Graham was again on the
stand on the resumption of the case and
was subjected to rigid cross-examinatiOn
by Attorney Haskell regarding his move
ments Oh the night of the explosion. The
witness was certain that the moon was
shining on that night. which be described
=. as Olu6 anu ClUuQy. lie Thought luc
moon was about overhead.
The witness was closely questioned on
the subject of light in DOyle'S yard, where,
: he stated, he saw John IyTTell just before
the explosion in company with two men.
The witness said he was writing letter
TO friend 1000 miles away when the eX-
plosion took place, and had only written
two lines at the time. He Immediately
added to the letter the fact that an explo-
=sion had taken place and that he was going
. cut to see about it.
=. Attorney Haskell insisted upon the pro-
D.. ductiOn of the letter. but the witness was
protected by the court. who said that this
witness was being subjected tothe severest
cToss-examination which he had ever
known, and be thought be ought not to be
= badgered in his private affairs.
Attorney Haskell tangled up the witness
as 10 the time at which he smoked opium
en- the day previous TO the explosion. AT
the Coroner's inquest Graham testified that
be smoked at O'Clock in the afternoon,
and that he had leaned over the balcony in
2 order to dispel the effects of the opium.
Now he said be had smoked in the morn
ing between and 10 o'clock and had
merely leaned over the balcony at night
casually. Haskell tried vigorously to fol-
low up this line Of cross-examinatioD, but
was prevented by the court.
= The witness admitted having told a
dozen people at the Sailors Home on the
day after the explosion that he had not
heard the explosion. DE had not received
any inGucement from the police to testify.
Siuca tie explosion he had written some
letters for people and paid his expenses
:; with the proceeds.
-. On the important question of Tyrrelf 5
Identity with the man whom he saw in
:Doyle's yard on the night of the explosion.
Graham said he was positive about it,
Charles L0ssOn was recalled and gave
J. ir. ria ha iVhf of fho xyr,1p
Sion. He had BEEN sleeping in front
room of Curtin's house, and after the ex-
plosiGn he looked out Of the window and
saw two men running away on the oppo-
site side of the street, in half-stooping
position, toward Harrison street.
:. :. Did you recognize either of those men ?'
81 did. One of them was Tyrrell, over
there, the defendant"
3: The witness was certain about the iden-
tity of Tyrrell and that the circumstances
were favorable to clear view.
= John Lartigaut of 661 Mission street, the
Central lodging house, where valise
marked 'Axel Sorensen" was found, tes-
tifed that il was brought there at 1920
P NJ on the Sunday after the explosion.
The man who brought it was about 30
, wears old, and neither dark nor fair. He
had not seen the man since.
: The witness said Tyrrell was not the
man who brought the valise.
Marcelin Carul, the keeper of the Gen.
trail lo1ging-house, identified the Sorensen
.valise which had been left at his house on
September %. He opened the valise IN
the presence of Officer Symmes and found
d large quantity of dynamite cartridges,
fuse, caps, saws and other destructiVes.
They had been given to the police.
The witness said Tyrrell was not the
man who brought the valiSe. He could
not describe the man.
Police Officer Frank Symmes testified to
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had been present when the valise was
brought and could identify the man who
brought it were he to see him again. He
described the contents of the valse, and
identified the saws as the kind used for
cutting metal.
Judge Conlan professed some fear of the
valise, but on being assured that the most
: dangerous contents had been removed de-
scended from the bench and handled the
saws, fuse, etc, with manifest interest.
Witness Symmes discovered the yalise
and opened it on Monday. Tyrrell was
not the man who brought the yalise. To
the best of his belief the man was SWede
or Norwegian, and not an Irishman.
Attorney OByrne-The Irish are not
dynamiters, you know.
The witness testified that there was
. piece Of paper in the valise. 1t was an
ordinary piece of newspaper
Attorney Haskell! tried to get the prose-
cution to produce the piece of paper,
which. it had been alleged, was a piece of
the Coast Seamen's journal, but it was not
Forthcoming.
Police Officer Geimau testified to the ex-
porting of the explosives and the disposal
Of the most dangerous. He did not see
any newspaper among the contents of the
Valse.
Martin Stallard, night watchman at the
C. McAllster-street carhouse, identified the
valise in court as one which he had seen
transferred from city car to a car going
10 the park on September Is at 6:l6 p. NJ
He had been struck by the name on the
yalise as being the same as that borne by
a man from whom be had bought coal.
To Haskell the witness said the valise
was In charge of man on the cars, but he
. could not identify the man.
-. Martin Morrison, conductor on the Mar
kei-sireet line. recognized the valise as
one placed on his car on September l6,
right opposite the POwell-street entrance
to the park. There were three men TO-
gether. who got on the car with the valise.
The youngest man. who was described as
]ight compexioned. smoOth-faced, without
whskers, % or % years of age, weight
about 160 pounds, carried the valise.
Snow, look at the defendant, Mr. Tyr
rail-. do as the