The morning call., 1893-10-11
THE END.
Testimony in the Matheny
Case All In.
!. THE RAILROAD P0sTPoNEs.
Redfield's Suit for Damages-Mar-
]: ried in Haste and the Justice
-. Cheated Out of Kiss.

: 'OAKLAND. line bahlus VI tS''"' ="
= ne Matheny case was concluded yester-
day. This morning the prosecution oegins
= its argument to the jury and the defense
will finish theirs tomorrow. by To-
anloErow night the jury VIII ID all prooa-
=. bTlfty. have the case, and the late OF Louis
:; Matthew will be out of the hands OF his
friends or foes
.. The court, jury, counsel and Matheny
:: .h3msef visited the scene OF the shooting
; .at:Kuhule's saloon in body yesterday
noon and inspected the premises carefully.
:. They returned at 2:30. and the deserted
courtroom was unlocked and the hearing
of the case resumed.
=: Tom Knight. a hackdriver. who testified
to having taken load of men out of the
.:neigh borhood OF Seventh and Peralta
streets on the night Of the shooting, stated
. thaton bis way there he met Toedt coming
= haCk without 3 load.
=. :Dr. johnson of the Cooper Medical Col
lese testified that he bad examined the
specimens Of mud taken from the defend
ants clothes, but was unable TO tell if it
" was Sausalito or Oakland mud.
=: Professor Hilgard testified to having
made mieroscopical examination of the
samples of mud submitted to him. and said
that the sample taken from Ma theny's
trousers was Oakland mud.
=. Carroll Cook, counsel for defendant was
: called as a witness for the people and ex-
amin ed as to where certain specimens Of
. mud were taken from.
=. This closed the testimony, and an ad-
1olrnment until 10 O'Clock this morning
was taken.
=: The Temescal Affair.
:: The fight of the Dowllngs and the
MeSorleys was the talk of the town yes
tezday. Several Temeseal citizens bailed
=: Dowling out of Jail yesterday and he i'm
= mediatelv swoTe out warrants for the
! Hrres: of the McSorleys, and the whole
:: fight Will be thoroughly ventilated in
:. court.
:. The Temescal people are considerably
: worked up for the black eye given the
town. and one said to CALL reporter
:: yesterday:
:: F: =: "The residents of Temescal have become
Tired of seeing accounts of fights and
: hroils and all kinds of trouble laid to the
=: sa1-cRlIe gang, which does not exist nor
has ever existed in that neighborhood.
:. Temescal or the streets thereof are just as
safe for anybody day or night as any
. other place in the country which is not
. PatrOllad by the police. and when trouble
happened In that neigh borhood, as was
the case Yesterday, ii is brought about by
J: parties from the outside. They do not
:. ike to be blamed for the misbehavior of
!: non-resldeniS who see fl to visit there and
make trouble"
Postponed Inde efinftely.
Word has gone out from railroad head
quarters that the matter of running the
'.trains on Seventh street with locked doors,
or the cage system, has been indefinitely
postponed.
:. Through railroad channels word has
gone forth that the railroad is not ready
yet to put on Its Gagged cars because the
proper arrangements have net been COM
pleted.
There is no doubt in the minds OF Oak
lAnd6is but thai the railroad company is
Matching up some new plans with which X
will shortly surprise the people, but just
what it is no one can fnd out.
1t is generally believed that when Coun-
Gilman Dalton returns the Dow no-gate
ordinance Will be called up again and
pushed through.
"Pncing Billy" Butts.
''The PAGER" is getting well so rapidly
that a movement will soon be made by the
.. rolics to have the man moved to some
place where he will be more secure. They
fear that he may get up some fine night
and pace away from the legal entangle-
q. ments that surround him. AS it is,
watch will be placed about him at the re-
. ceiving hospital TO guard against any
sudden notion to light out.
= Yesterday Billy told reporter that his
entire trust was in his Savior. He said
Fl am satisfied to trust him.
He stated that he bought the revolver
for 81 few weeks ago from a fellow who
was broke. He said he never had any
trouble with Green and did nOtknOw him.
VIII Take Less.
: Horace A. Redfield has filed an amended
:. complaint against the Oakland COnsoli-
dated Street Railway Company TO recover
S3595 damages for the death of his wife,
VINO was Injured in an accident on one of
: the c0mpany's cars
=: In this complaint the plain tiff states that
> he was by this accident deprived of
revenue of Sl2 80 month, which his wife
:: bad been bringing in from the prepara-
:. tfon and sale of patent medicine. He
had also been to heavy expense in provid-
:: ing proper care for Mrs Redfield during
:: her illness. In his original complaint Mr.
Redfed demanded 100000 as damages.
= 'Urania.'
=. The three spectacular performances of
:: FtUrania" will begin tonight at the Mac
1i6nough 1heater. The entertainments
will be given under the auspices of the
Order of Elks for the benefit of the Mid
winter Fair fund. This production in
cludes a trip to the moon. the seven ages
=: of:the world, from chaos to man and the
wonders OF America. There is a big de-
mand for seats.
- Hadn't Time to Kiss Her.
:. a DA ppy-lopklu young coupe entered
.aJastice Gifts courtroom at IL O'Clock
: sharp yesterday, and at 1901 O'Clock came
floating out of the room aud off on the
:. 0ceah of life. The knot had been tied and
Katffeen Seeoral became Mrs. Henry J.
:Eonway in the shortest time ON record.
The ceremony was over and the welded
i. pair out of the room before Judge Cliff
:. had time TO kiss the bride.
:. A Change OF Drivers.
Yesterday the Board of Police Commits
Rioners removed Frank j. Bell, who has
been one of the patrol wagon drivers, and
in. his place put l.. d. Babb. who has for
some time been acting as special police
man.
:: Notes'
Attornev W. r. Davis was yesterday
. allowed $500 as attorneys fees for services
performed in the divorce case of Webb vs..
Webb.
E. An inquest held yesterday on the body
of the man picked up in the bay near the
:Harrow-gauge pier resulted in verdict OF
death by drowning. The body was not
identified.
=: The Associated Charities has passed
rule not to help families where the hus-
band is able to work, unless he shows
Willingness to do housework. wash dishes,
attend to babies, etc