The record-union., 1893-11-15
MISS AYRESS' DOG.
The Burned Animal Cuts a Figure in
Jefferis Trial.
Mrs. Harney Tells About the Visits to
Her Saloon and the Rail-
road Station.

The cross-examination of Al Starkey
was resumed by General Hart yesterday
morning when the Jefferis murder case
was taken up by Judge Prewett. The
witness denied that he was frequent
visitor to Mrs. Kern's saloon at Brighton
prior to the tragedy, and could not re-
member having ever gone there with
O'Hern. He had not been at the saloon
more than dozen times.
General Hart asked the witness if he
was not IN the International Saloon on
the day Jefferis was arrested, and he re-
piled he was not. He also denied that he
was acquainted with Alden Barker, the
barkeeper there.
Asked if he remembered making the
statement before Barker, John Cecil and
Louis Green that Jefferis had no more to
do with that Brighton fire than he had,
Starkey said he did not remember it, and
never made such statement to the par
ties named, nor to General Hart himself.
Starkey was then taken in hand again
by the prosecution, and In response to
questions asked, said that in December
(whether before or after the fire he could
not say Jefferis showed him letter he
had written intending to send 1t to Miss
Ayres, in which he advised her that her
brother had better not come out from the
East to put his nose into things" Wit
ness said he went out to the American
River bridge the night of December 2oth
to get some light engines, and did not
see JefferiS on Second street that night.
Witness explained a remark TO the
effect that he was mo friend Of Jefferis"
by saying that he wouldn't do for him
again what he had already done for him,
because Jefferis had said that witness was
in his room playing cards with him on
December 2Sth when he wasn't
Mrs. II. Anderson formerly Miss Susie
Cox testified that on the 24th of Novem-
ber-a month before the Brighton trag-
edy-while she was visiting Miss Ayres,
she heard footsteps and then tap, and
then two or three calls for Miss Ayres to
get up. 1t seemed to witness she said
GEORGE" but | would not be positive.
Then Miss Ayres got out of bed and went
out TO the waiting room. They were very
much excited. They had a long talk
about lawyers. Then she quieted down,
but finally got angry and said, Il will
see a lawyer myself" The visitor an
swered, mo, you don't; | don't want
your name mixed up with this" She
also heard the man say something about
the picture and papers.
The witness identified some cloth taken
from the ruins as the back of the waist
and part of the skirt of a dress which
Miss AyreS wore while at work. She
was very certain as to the oil-soaked
fabric being portion of that dress.
Mrs. J. IL. Harney (who was formerly
Mrs. Kern testified that she had known
Jef1eris for two years, also Miss Ayres.
He frequently drove out there in 1891
and would leave his horse in front of her
saloon. Last year she saw him out there
three times, one night with Starkey.
Witness said she had seen Miss Ayres
and a man named George quarreling at
the station. The man wore beard and
looked like Jetferis. He was talking
about some money and papers. He called
Miss Ayres Ed" and said, "That's the
great trouble with you; you tell too much
of your private troubles to other people" :"
Witness did not listen closely, because
she had gone over TO the station to see
Miss Ayres on business. She told Miss
Ayres what her business was, but the
latter, who was angry, said it would have
to wait until the next day, as she was
going into town. Mrs. Harvey said this
occurred early in July, 1892.
Mrs. Harney said she retired about
11:30 O'Clock on the night of the fire, and
was awakened about $50 the next morn
ing. The station building was then
burning. The fire started on the end OF
the station where Miss Ayres' bedroom
running up and down in front of the fire,
as if some one was in distress. Then she
and her husband went over to the burn
ing station.
In response to further questions, wit
ness said she saw Miss AyreS about f
O'Clock on the afternoon preceding the
fire. when she went down from the
station to set the switch for the trains.
To General Hart witness said she saw
''a strange person" about the station few
days before the fire. She saw Sam Fulton
there a great deal, and it was reported
that he and Miss Ayres were engaged,
but when she asked the latter about it she
replied there was no truth in the report
that she was already married.
Mrs. Harney further said that Starkey
and O'Hern often came out to her place.
In the month of October, 1892, they went
out there about o'clock one morning, in
company with a man who wore a slouch
hat and whiskers. but who was larger
man than Jefferis. They said they were
going to Folsom, but witness noticed
that as soon as they got over the levee
they turned the buggy into the little road
which led to the Brighton station, where
Miss Ayres lived.
Starkey and O'Hern were out there
several times late at night. One night
they stopped out there in front of her
place, and O'Hern and Starkey came in
ana got drunk. Sn6 Drought cigar out
to third person in buggy. Mrs. Har-
ney could not say that it was Jefferis who
remained outside in the buggy. 1t was a
larger man, she thought, with a fuller
face.
In cross-examining Mrs. Harney Gen
eral Hart asked a number of questions
which she was not permitted to answer,
such as:
did she ever tell you she had the heart
disease?"
Did she ever appear to be suffering
from mental trouble?"
Did she ever propose marriage to
your"
Did she ever threaten to commit sui
cider"
Being asked if she had seen any stran-
gers out there just before the fire, Mrs.
Harvey said: "Yes, Gus Siegel and four
other Swedes were there the night before
the morning of the fire. Itwas as late as II
o'clock, probably later. l did not know
three of the Swedes. They were out
there the day before, and were very
drunk"
On redirect examination the witness
said she could swear that the man with
Can Won C.OOk