The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-13

Worden. The word murder" was over
| heard, and the prisoner was seen TO turn
PALE For few moments he did not utter
word. All his bravado ooZed out of him.
and he was as meek and weak as kitten.
de did finally muster up enough courage
to demand an immediate preliminary ex-
animation. Some one of his friends spoke
| up and said: 1.-THE best thing you can do
just now is to close your face, and keep 1t
| closed, too"
| Worden wisely took the hint. He was
told that be could not get out on bail, and
Informed. also, that his trial would be held
In the United States court in San Fran
CISCO. Shortly afterward the prisoner was
taken up to the County Jail by Police Cap
tain Anthony Greene.
A few minutes after the accused
had been taken to Jail troop of cav
alrymen rode up to the police station as an
escort to several United States deputy
marshals Who had charge of three prison.
ers who had been arrested on John Doe
warrants. When the prisoners had been
arraigned before Judge Devne they gave
their names as A. G. Greenlaw. a machin-
ist in the railroad shops; William Burt
and II. E. Bodner. They were charged
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mails. Judge Devine held them to answer
in the sum of $4,000 each. and ordered
them Immediately into the custody of the
Sheriff. Last night young Greenlaw was
released from custody under bonds given
by some of his relatives.
| Worden has been under surveillance
ever since the strike was inaugurated. He
| had been sent to Chicago as delegate to
the convention of the American Railway
! Union, and upon his return was very loud
! in his remarks about what the men should
do and what they were going to do. His
| statements were so bl0odthirsty that the
railroad officials, when they heard him
! remark that Every - bridge ought to
| be blown TO -" decided TO have him
| watched.
| A complaint charging him with murder
was sworn to by Railroad Detective Fred
| Burke. The evidence against him is said
! to be exceedingly damaging. Among
other things, the authorities know that he
and three other strikers were engaged in
| the manufacture of dynamite cartridges in
! the rear of a downtown hotel. They got
this information from a young man who
saw them al their lawless work.
The officers also found out that yester-
day forenoon Worden and his three COM
| panions hired livery stable rig and
drove over into Yolo County, and that
near where the awful railroad accident
took place they stopped handcar which
was being used by telegraph-line re-
pairers and took from them their tools
I With these tools, it is presumed. the fends
removed the spikes and fishplates, thus
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brave and innocent men into eternity.
! During the afternoon the stolen tools were
found hidden under a brush-pile near the
railroad track.
| Burt and Bodner were released from
| custody to-day, Hugo Hornlein and W. F.
Dolman being their sureties.
startling story was told to-day by a
| boy named John Shel burn. He is the son
of Major SherburD. who is we'll known
| here. According to his confession, which
is now in the hands of the proper author
| tiles, 5. ID. Worden, who is under arrest
for ditching the overland train yesterday,
| which resulted in the death of Engineer
| Clark and four soldiers, approached him
yesterday morning and asked him IL ne
would drive him and several friends to
! Yolo County. Sherburn accepted the
! offer, aud few minutes later four strikers
drove up In athree-seated rig. Worden and
| Sherburn got into the wagon, and the
latter was told to drive to Yolo County.
| After crossing the bridge Sherburn was
ordered to drive along the road leading to
the scene of yesterdays wreck. When
! they reached the latter place Sherburn
was ordered to alght from the wagon and
/ told by Worden TO step into the caboose
| of a freight train which was standing
close by. The boy obeyed. but from a
window in the cabo0se saw Worden and
| his companions take from an empty car
which was attached TO the freight train
rife, several boxes of cartridges.
monkey. wrench and a crowbar. The
articles were placed in the wagon, and
Sherburn, after being told to come out of
! the caboose, was ordered to drive to
| Davisvile. When some distance from
the latter place the articles were taken
from the buggy and Worden and the con-
| spirators started up the track after telling
the boy to remain in charge of he team.
! After waiting for some time the friends
returned and ordered Sherburn to drive to
| Woodland. During the trip the boy heard
| Worden remark with fendish grin:
II used 10 fire with that -
and before many minutes his - soul
| be in -"
! When Woodland was reached the
men, with the exception of Worden,
alighted and walked up the road. The
latter remained in the wagon and ordered
| Sherburn to drive back t. this city.
| 1t was not until the two-mile trestle was
reached that Sherburn realized what had
happened. He silently surveyed the
wrecked train, but was afraid 10 question
| Worden as he thought he might kill him.
| When the Yolo bridge was reached,
Worden alighted from the wagon and
ordered Sherburn to return the team to the
stable. Convinced that Worden and his
friends we're responsible for the ditching
of the train, the boy Immediately notified
the authorities. Worden and several
other strikers were then arrested for
murder
This afternoon Sherburn was taken to
the County Jail and positively identified
| T. III