The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-20

gun which the gang tried to take. but
changed their minds. They drove on to
the fork of the Davisville and Woodland
roads, where they all got out and went up
the railroad track, taking all the TOOLS
with them. Sherburn was told to stay 10
the buggy. There were seven men In all.
four having got in at the caboose ana
three on the railroad track at the head OF
the trestle They marched toward the
treste where No. was wrecked. The
boy could only tell the names of two OF
| these men, Worden and Billy Appleman.
While waiting the boy saw a man come
! down the track on a railroad veloclpede.
! He had a vaise and a coil OF wire He
was stopped by ADpeman and another
man who were stationed at the road
! crossing, and they opened the valise and
took out a pair Of nippers. They then
threw the velocipede off the track and the
man who had used it went down toward
the forks Of the roads. A little later the
boy heard two explosions near the trestle
and saw the smoke of them. Afterward
the gang returned to the wagon, Worden
following in the rear, being the last man
to leave the trestle, and they got into the
carriage, and Worden, taking the lines,
drove toward Woodland at a good gait.
Seeing soma dust in the rear. some one
stated, Here comes the cavalry" and the
horses were whipped up.
They drove down the levee to a ranch
about twelve miles from Woodland. where
all got out except Worden and went
toward Woodland. Worden and the boy
drove back until they got near the forks
of the road. Worden bad fallen asleep.
! The boy saw the crowd at the wreck Of
| No. 4. for the accident had already hap.
pened. He awoke Worden, who hastily
picked up the tools which were in the
! buggy and threw them into hop holes.
Approaching the scene of the tragedy.
some of the men ran up to the buggy and
told them that the train had been dtched
and Sam Clark and four others killed.
Il used to fire for that - in Oakland" !"
said Norden. "The ought to have
been killed"
Worden got out of the buggy at Wash
ington and the boy drove back to the sta
BILE. Later in the day he was sent to col
lect the bill of So TOR the rig. he met
Worden on the streets and was taken up
to room at Second and j streets where
he met Harry Knox and some others.
Knox paid the bill, receipting 1t with a
seal as big as dollar and telling him any
thing stamped with that was all right.
On cross-examination General Hart
asked the boy where he had made his
statement to United States District Attor-
ney Knight.
In the Southern Pacific depot" said
the boy.
Has the United States District Attor-
ney an Office in the Southern Pacific de-
pot?" asked the attorney.
The other side objected, but Hart said
he wished to find out if the Government
had taken up quarters with the railroad
company. He tried 10 obtain an admission
that the boy had been promised the re-
reward Of $4,000 If Worden was convicted.
! but the witness maintained that he had
| been offered nothing. To questions the
boy ad mitted that he had been imprisoned
in the military camp.
did you understand that you would be
shot if you left the lines?"
Something like that" replied the boy,
He admitted that be had been kept
| close prisoner by Detective Hickey and
allowed to speak to no one, not even to go
| on the streets.
! Then began a contest between the vete-
ran lawyer and the boy. Gently and
! quietly question after question was put to
! the little witness, whose lips began to
! quiver and whose courage to fail. Intense
! silence prevailed in the court. The women
| cried and the men gazed intently at the
witness.
"We haven't frightened or abused you,
my boy" said Hart, but why didn't you
go and play with the other boys?"
| Then the boy broke down entirely.
"They said 1 would get shot," he sobbed,
and his head fell on his hand and the long
| pent-up excitement broke out in sobs
| which shook him to the soul.
This child has been badly frightened"
said General Hart gravely.
"He ought to be at what he saw" retorted
Carroll Cook.
"If he saw It," returned the other signif-
cantly.
Hart waited until the boy fhad con-
quered himself, and then cleverly put
questions at the young witness at his ease,
and be answered with more confidence.
He said be had seen Worden on the first
day of the strike, but had not seen him
until the day of the accident to No. 4.
You swear that it was not near II
o'clock when Worden went to the stable? ?"
asked Hart.
81 don't know exactly what time it was.
l could not swear"
You were not working for Wilson :"
No; l wasn't working for him. hap
pened in"
All General Hart's questions did not tend
to shake the first part of the boys story of
| how he had met Worden and the men be
had seen talking to him. After half an
! hours close questioning the Judge de-
! clared recess and the court adjourned for
! dinner.
| The cross-examinaton of Johnny Sher-
! burn was resumed by General Hart in the
afternoon. The attorney for the defense
asked for leave to retire with his clients
! for consultation and was given the privi-
lege. IL was noted as a significant fact
! that in this consultation Worden was
| ignored. Hart called Knox, ComptoD,
! Mullin and Hatch out. but Worden was
| left sitting in a lonely way in his corner.
| When Hart returned Sherburn again took
| the stand, and the attorney tried bard to
shake his tes tmony as to the time of
leaving Wilson's stable and the time be
stayed at the olhouse. The boy main
tanned that he left the stables about 10 or
10 80 in the morning and that he stayed
fifteen minutes in the oilhouse.
WAS Worden drunk or sober when he
was in the wagon" asked the attorney.
"a little drunk. 1 thought" said the
boy.
t,Wbopo do vou look at ont OF the corner