The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-07
The Ammunition of the
Strikers.
General Hart Wants to Control
His Own Clients.
CANNOT GO UPON THE STAND.
Especially if They Are Desired to
Make the Case for the Pros
ecution.

WOODLAND, Aug 6.-The examination
of the alleged train-wreckers was resumed
this afternoon. with r. A Brown of Sac
ramento on the stand. Mr.. Brown is
manager OF the telephone company in that
! city. In the month of July the mediation
committees telephone was 225.
Tie only question asked of witness in
cross examination was, DO you know Mr..
| Worden?" The witness did not.
George Fillmer, superintendent of the
! ELMER Croker electrotype foundry, was
called to testify TO raid in which ne par
| ticipated in the capacity of a mill iaman.
| The visit was made to the A. r. U. head
! quarters. They found about 1000 pounds
of scraps of iron. couple of pistols and
about 100 swords. The iron found was
| downstairs. There were dozen SACKS or
more OF oval pieces of sheetiron which
looked as if they had been cut from
! largo sheet. They also found = clothes
! basket full of strips of linen rolled up as
| bsndagss are rolled.
William Ingram, a hardware merchant
| of Sacramento, had sold some ammunition
on a written order from the mediation
! committee. 1t was signed by Mullln and
! Compton, and afterwSrd he had it couE-
| tersgned by Il. A. Knox. The order was
sent back with the bill.
| The defense here wanted the order itself
produced, but the prosecution explained
! that the order was not in its possession,
but was returned to the defendants.
Mr.. Bruner stated that they could put
| man on the stand who saw Knox sign the
order.
| General Hart. in the course of an argu-
ment on his objection. made a statement
that called out the applause of the
audience. Judge Fisher threatened to
have the room cleared at once if such an
outbreak again occurred.
| Witness was excused and Mr.. Sayler
was called. Mr.. Hart entered a decided
objection as be considered it very cheeky
for the prosecution 10 put one Of his
clients on the stand. Sayler being one OF
the men arrested for stealing a train at
Duusmuir. The prosecution said that if
the witness declined to testify Oh statutory
grounds they could not insist.
While Sayler was being searched for
Corporal Ullory was called to the stand.
Witness was not on train 4, but he went to
the scene of the wreck, where be formed
one OF the guard around the wreck. He
found an A. +. .. ribbon badge in side the
lines. He turned his find over TO Marshal
Baldwin.
Corporal Henry Long of Battery L,
| Fifth Artillery. was one of the guard on
train 4. The guard consisted of ninsteen
privates, three non-commissoned officers
and lieutenant. He was on the first
Pullman of the train when 1t wa ditched
He Immediately went forward to the head
OF the train. He saw Private Clark
struggling in the water. but he drowned
before assistance could reach him.
On cross-sxamination witness testified
that he had heard no threats made by the
military that they would kill twelvs
citizens for every soldier killed in the
wreck.
A. E. Culver, a former hotel-keeper and
Justice of the Peace of Dnnsmuir, came
to Sacramento on the train on July 4.
| There were on board $50 man. many of
whom we're armed. The Dunsmuir con-
tingent were escorted to the A. r. L.
headquarters by $50 or 200 men.
Mr.. Bruner asked, "What did you do
when you got there?
I'VE stacked arms"
"Dd you know what you were going to
Sacramento for?"
I'VE were told that we might be ex-
pected to fight"
"Whom aid you expect to fight?'
81 do not know. The telegram said
| there were 1000 miitamen in Sacramento"
Attorney Hart conducted the cross
examination. did yeu carry gun?" he
asked.
yes"
Glow did you happen to be carrying
gun?"
'A gentleman who was in the seat with
me asked me if could accommodate him
| by carrying one of his guns"
did you not know that you made
rebel of yourself by carrying a gun?"
mot when l was carrying it for some
one else"
"Can you tell the names of any of the
men who carried gunS?"
IN. C. Roberts was one Of them"
How did you happen TO be on the
train %
II wished to report for the Examiner.
! got permission from Mr.. Sayler to go on
the train. He told me if l would not re-
port for the Chronicle l could co."
''He had n objection to your reporting
| for other papers?"
81 guess not"
q. }. Isham and j. b. McGoughran, of
CORTLAND, next testified, but their evil
dence developed nothing nsw. The prose
cution stated that they would finish to-
morrow, and the court adjourned until
tomorrow at o'clsck.
Compton and Mullen were last evening
released on bail, Sacramento parties hay
| ing qualified.