The record-union., 1893-01-07
lar gold piece. The entire building was
in flames when he first noticed it.

MIR. AND MRS. HARNEA.
George Harney, who lives at Brighton,
was the next witness. He discovered the
fire shortly before o'clock in the morn
ing. He dressed himself. and, accom-
companied by his wife went over to the
burning station. The witness was quite
familiar with the building, but did not
know which room the remains of Miss
Ayers were found in. While he was
watching the fire he heard three or four
pistol shots within-the explosion OF the
remaining cartridges in Miss Ayers
pistol.
Mrs. Harney corroborated her hus-
bands testimony. The northwest side of
the building was on fire when she first
noticed it. The witness did not know
whether or not Miss Ayers was at home
when the building was burned.
Mrs. Lulu Crockett testified that on the
morning OF the fire she was stopping at
relatives house near Brighton. She saw
the flames about 4 O'clock and aroused
Mr.. Stands, the section foreman. She
told them that she was quite sure Miss
Ayers was in the building and wanted
them to save her. But it was too late.
When the building had burned down the
witness saw the remains inside, ana
George e. McMullen pulled what was
left of the body out. Mrs. Crockett said
she was intimately acquainted with Miss
Ayers and had slept with her several
times. She was positive that the Dody
was found in Miss Ayers bedroom.
When the witness first saw the BODY IL
was lying with the head west and directly
III front of the bed-lounge. The floor OF
the building had not all burned away III
the bedroom, but in all other parts OF the
building it had burned away. Miss
Ayers always slept i'll the room where
her Body was found, but the witness did
not know whether or not she was at
home that night.
MISS AYERS WENT TO BED.
Hammond Anderson, the next witness,
testified that he was well acquainted with
Miss Ayers, and had seen her on the
night before the fire The witness duties
took him to the station every evening to
attend to the switches and other matters
connected with the railroad. He knew
that Miss Ayers did not 60 out that night,
but instead she locked and bolled the
doors, and he supposed retired. The
witness saw the ruins the next morning,
and also saw the remains of the agent.
John Stang, section foreman who is
stationed at Brighton, was next sworn.
He was aroused about 4 o'clock on the
morning OF the fire, and with others went
to the station. He assisted in searching
the ruins after the fire, and was there
when the pistol was found. While the
building was burning he heard pistol
shots within. The witness had known
Miss Ayers long time, and knew that
she always kept pistol in the house.
The statement of DR.. G. a. White, who
made an autopsy on the remains, was
next read. He said the head, one of the
arms and portions Of the legs were
| burned away. He examined what was
| left and found no marks of violence. He
could not say whether Miss Ayers came
to her death Uy fire or violence.
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! liberated for about half an hour, and then
returned a verdict that the burned re-
mains found in the ruins of the Brighton
depot "wele those of Mrs. @. b. Jetteris,
commonly known as Miss +. .. Ayres,
nativity unknown, and that she came TO
| her death in manner unknown TO this
jury"
| JEFFERIs' EXAMINATION.
The examination Of Jeheris has been
set for 10 o'clock this morning in Justice
! Henry's court, but it was not known last
night whether or not the District Attor-
ney will be prepared to proceed with the
inquiry.
JEFFERIS' DIVORCED WIFE.
She Tells of His Long Intimacy With
Miss Ayers.
Some additional light is thrown on the
| lUJlIDdCy ludL GA1SlGd DGGN CGu NEGOI Rt
Jefferis, the railroad engineer now in
Jail at Sacramento and Clara Ayers, the
murdered station agent, says the San
Francisco Chronicle of yesterday, by
a statement made by Jeteris di-
vorced wife, who is at present
living with her parents at 939 Campbell
street. Oakland. She was formerly Miss
! Ella Lucas, and was married to Jefferis
who was then a locomotive fireman, on
the 9th of October, 1850. The fact that
her husband was unduly intimate with
! Miss Ayers first came to her knowledge
in 1882, and was the beginning Of the
trouble that finally eliminated in a suit
for divorce in 1886, in which the wife
charged her husband with adultery with
the woman who now claims to be the
lawful Mrs. Jetferis. No defense was
made by Jeileris and the divorce was
granted, the judgment giving the Gus
tody of their two children and $50 d month
alimony to the wife.
Mrs. Lucas-J etieris is a handsome
well-preserved woman of perhaps . OF
80 years. She very reluctantly told the
history of her married life and what she
knew of the life of her former HUSBAND
subsequent to the date of her separation
from him.
1.-The first ever heard of Miss Ayers
SLlC SdlNl3 W do III 400, W L1Gll NY uuSDduG
brought home two pictures which she
had painted for him. | refused to have
them in the house, so he framed anC
hung them in the cab of his engine.
After this / heard many stories from
railroad men regarding Miss Ayres, anC
many of them came to me and told mt
that my husband was becoming too init
mate with her. He received many let
ters, which were always thrown i'll tht
fire as soon as read, and when | asked
him who they were from he would al
ways reply, the school Mistress H,
once brought a lady's gold watch hom
with him which l afterward ascertaineC
; belonged to Miss Ayres. She at that tim
was station agent at Banta, the first sta
: ton west of bathrop. upbraided hin
J many times on account of this intimacy
) but he would always lie out OF it.
My husband never struck me-" con
tinued Mrs. Jef1eris, but he had terri
ble temper and was not pleasant man Il
} live with. He always made good living
: for me and did not try to make me work
as has been claimed. In 1886 l found ou
that he was intimate with Nellie Eby
) who is his present wife, and VIII
then lived in Lathrop, where her fathe
was yardmaster for the Southern Pacih
} Company. AT that time my husband ha
run between Oakland and LathroI
every other night being spent at the latte
place. l went up there one night with
, out his knowledge and found him an
Nellie Eby together. Her mother ordere
her to leave home or cease to have any
thing to do with Jefferis. She preferre
+ to leave home, and she and my husban
: were together in Sacramento for month
prior to the time that l was granted di
t Yorce. The divorce was granted on tb
: 2Gth of October, 1886, and they claim t
have been married on the following day.