The morning call., 1893-10-07
OVER IN OAKLAND.
The. Case of rIatheny Is
Still On.
AN UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN.
A. Boxing Match at the Hermitage.
j.: One of Pacing Bill's Victims
:: at Rest.

'''WAh regard to this loaded dice in
dustrY," said Mr.. Church when Louis
Matheny took the stand yesterday morn
: tng,: tell US more about it"
Q: '.Wen." said the defendant. 'T was
i'm this business with Touhill from Decem-
:: 1892. TO March l. 1898. We used to
ifanGfacture the sets from ivory tusks
:: witch -Touhill provided. 1t cost US about
: % cents.a set to make them and we sold
them: st $40 a set. We made in all some
:ffIY or sixty sets. The only instruments
used in working up the ivory was a small
fret saw. drill and some wire. The dice
were all loaded, the cavity being filed with
quicksilver. We sold them to gamblers"
90 ~Masheny was shown morocco satchel
which he identified as having belonged TO
!: Toah!ll, but said he did not know what
TouhiH carried in it. he never looked
. intoit:
The defendant was shown q pair of
drawers and a collar and necktie which
had evidently once been wringing wet
Never at loss for an explanation, Ma
thepy said he had worn the drawers on
: the night of his escapade at Sausalito and
:: had changed them at Coleman's room. but
rthat-the neck-gear had become wet bv fall
. Ing from the bureau into slop-bucket at
the room.
When, further questioned about his stay
atSansalito he said the name of the hotel
:: where be had lodged was the Tama pals
!: House. He had not registered.
:: On redirect examination Mr.. Cook had
MaFheny explain that he had given the
alias of c. d. Brandon at Los Angeles
wien arrested for burglary because he
WINS altogether innocent and had felt it
:: would be q lasting disgrace to have his
real. name mixed up in Police Court
affair
: Again: NJ. Church took charge of the
witness and asked about the time of his
:: arrest in San Francisco in the company of
:: DInk. Wilson. Matheny stated that be
vas ARRESTED at that time while playing
. billiards at the General KFyes Housr
: with a. man named "DiAk" Wilson. AT
. the, time of this arrest Matheny said hr
: was hot charged with crime. He gave hi>
: n@iAie @ the occasion of this arrest as
Brown Matheny.
. Tie witness stood I'D and raised bis foot
:: above Ills knee. showing how be got his
:slrUe, off and at The same time got the mud
ZOE. his panta LIONS above the knee. He
;*conid give no idea as TO where he found
the boat in SauSalito, how far he Travelled
:: ainng the shore or why he went there. H.
!: grew a:little nervous under Mr. ChurchS
J: crosSfiTe and looked relieved when 1t was
finished.
:: :. " hen Toedt the cabdriver wasfput or
the stand by the prosecution in rebuttal
:fre. WAS asked TO point out Ira Thompson.
Thfs he did. He said he knew Matheny
.:hnd 1hompson apart. The two were put
side by side, but the witness said be could
not be mistaken in his man.
He said he took ThOmUson down to that
;corner:dTterward ana had conversation
with him.
$: The case was finished yesterday. with
+: tbe:eXce pti0n of the testimony of two ex-
pert witnesses who will be put on the
stand to testify regarding the mud IounG
On: the clothing. One of these witnesses
Will be Professor Hilgard of the University
efCalifornia.
The case then went over until Tuesday
InQrnlng at 10 o'clock.
=: Unidentified.
!. An autopsy on the body of the elderly
!. woman found under some trees on the
Roberts & Wolfskil Tract at Clarem ont on
the I'd inst. showed that death was caused
by<valvnLar disease of the heart Up to a
late hour yesterday afternoon the body