The morning call., 1893-05-12
THORN IN COURT.
Some Who Saw NortFley's
Shooting.
THEY TELL WHAT THEY SAW.
The Defense Attempting to Prove
Malice on the Part of A Wit
ness for the Prosecution.

The preliminary examination of Harry
Thorn. charged with the murder of Frank
t. Northey. was commenced in Judge
Joachimsen's court yesterday morning.
and was continued till this afternoon at l
o'clock
The defendant was represented by At
tOrney George A. Knight, while Proseeut-
ing Attorney Cabaniss conducted the
prosecution.
The evidence was about the same as that
given before the Coroner. but Attorney
Knight in his effective REORGANIZATION
succeeded in scoring q few points. 1t was
evident that the prosecution depends al
most entirely upon the evidence of S. Z.
Tucker, ECO Jones street, and d, j. OCOn-
nell, a journalist, for holding the defend
ant, and the attorney for the defense paid
particular attention 10 them.
George w. Coefeld, the first witness, saw
Northey shot, but he did not see the man
who did the shooting, nor did he see the
pistol. He failed TO identify the defend
ant as the man who did the shooting, as
Thorn seemed 10 be three or four inches
taller.
S. E. Tucker was very exact as to what
occurred and the time. His direct eXami-
nation was similar 10 that given before the
Coroner. He testified as to the quarrel in
Garcia's saloon between Thorn and
Northey and the subsequent events Of
Wilcox asking Garcia to give Thorn gun
ana the shooting. He adhered closely to
his story, although Attorney Knight tried
hard TO get contradiction.
ID. j. O'Connell's evidence was prac-
tically repetition of fuckers, the two
being together in Garcia'S saloon on the
night of the shooting. In cros5-eXamlna-
ton he said that after the shooting he
~, o.
Prison TO sea If Northey was dead. He
had a conversation with Thorn in the
prison, but he was not certain if he talked
to Thorn about the shooting, but sup
posed he did. He went TO the City Prison
out of curiosity.
why did you go to the City Prison,
place where you knew Norlhey couldn't
DE. to find out, as you say, how NoTthey
WASP" asked the attorney.
The witness was pressed to give direct
answer 10 this question several times, but
all he would say was that he went out of
curiosity.
Nov" said the attorney, did you not
say in the City Prison in the presence OF
Thorn and CALL reporter, 1 saw the
whole thing, and my testimony can make
1t go one way or the other p"
II did not" said the witness, and lie
was ordered down.
For the defense Supervisor Forman,
examined. They test fed to the provoca-
ton that Thorn received from Northey,
and that the former WAS afraid OF his life.
Supervisor Forman thought Thorn was
very fOrbearing in the circumstances.
Wilcox testified that Thorn was so AFRAID
of being waylaid by Northey that witness
asked Garcia to give him pistol to pro-
tect him going home. lie saw Northey
standing at the rear door of the saloon.
with one hand raised. Northey called
Thorn vile name and dared him to go out
into the alley. AS the witness thought
NOrthey was gong to shoot he went be-
hind the safe and then heard shot fired.
He said there was no truth in what Tucker
or 0'Connell said. Frank Garcia's evil
dence was corroborative OF Wilcox's, but
given more in detail.
Attorney knight asked il P. Kelly was
in court.
A young man, dressed in light suit Of
clothes, came forward and Knight said:
This young man heard Tucker say to-day
with an cath that he was TO dig up two
witnesses who wouldn't be heard Of till
the trial before the Superior Court, as he
was determined to have Thorn convicted.
| give the prosecution intimatiOn of the
fact now that l will bring this witness.
Kelly, before the Superior Court to prove
that"
Prosecuting Attorney Cabaniss explained
that Tucker told him of two witnesses,
Supervisor Ryan and William Fitzhugh,
aud he presumed that was what Fucker
meant when he spoke to Kelly.
II doubt that" said the attorney. us
Tucker in court? am particularly anx-
ious to ask him one or two questions"
Mr.. Tucker was not IN court, and the
examination was continued till this after
noon.