The herald., 1894-09-14

just after they had left CrandAll's room.
"Smith stepped up to me-" he said
land in a low voice said, Cap, come
down to the Office / had frequently
been sent for before to be consulted.
did not know l was under arrest until
reached the station. When We
reached the detectives room Smith
started to search me. said, What dc
you want? He said, I have nv duties.
| had the check in my hand. Ii was moi
up my sleeve. He grabbed my hand.
Then they locked me up. protested
all the time, wanting to know for what
l was arrested, but no one told me.
Some one said, Cell him. and they
took me back.
"After was in the cell. Good Imam
came. He asked me if l had q memo
randum book. | said, yes, but you
cannot have it. you have treated me so
inhuman.' l tore out the leaf and
chewed it. Goodman did not seize me
by the throat. spit out the pulp on
tho floor and he picked it up.
why did you try to destroy the leaf
and cancel the check ?"
81 did SO because I believed that I
had been retained by Mr.. Crandsll in q
private mstter; that if the check and
leaf fell into the hands of the police it
would interfere with my working for
him. | never entered into any scheme
to defraud or blackmail Mr.. Orandall or
any one else."
On cross-exsmination the defendant
said no other words were on the mem
orsndum leaf except ''E. E. Crandall,
Wells. Fargo & Co., Los Angeles, CAL"
''Did you in your conversation with
Crsndsll agree to send any stuff or mat
ter in your possession to him 2" asked
Mr.. Will Harris.
''I was to send him any evidence"
THAT is not an answer to the ques-
tion."
"What do you mean bv stuff"
Anything in your possession then.
Did you have any then ~
"Yes, cir; 1 had some information"
Upon being asked why, if he had been
retained by Mr.. Crandsll. he did not
tell him OF it, he replied that he was not
asked to do 80, besides he would make
report thereafter.
At the afternoon session of court
Freeman G. Tsed, Assistant Postmaster
7. A. Lswis, who was police commits
sioner about four years ago, w. G. Tsy-
lor, Justice Ii. @. Austin and ex- Mayor
Workman testified to Officer Bosqui's
good reputation.
Officer Robert Coutts did not testify
the day before that Mr.. Bosqui'e reputa-
ton was bad, but to q conversation in
which Mr.. Bosqui, he said, remarked
that it was Harris he was after, not
Platt.
Mrs. Crandall was recalled and swore
that while she did not know, she be-
lieved the anonymous letter her former
husband had received. was written by
himself; she thought it was his hand
writing.
Sergeant Gus Smith was recalled and
said that he did not search Emil Harris,
and that he did take the check from his
sleeve, where he saw him slip it.
f. E. Crandall Was recalled and said
that On March 26th, tine date of the ar
rest, there WAS no litigation pending
between his wife and himself.
Charles H. White, ticket agent Of the
Southern Pacific, testified that he never
had told ex.Chief Burns that Officer
Bosqui'a reputation was bad. He then
testified that mis- regulation WAS good.
This closed the testimony and the ar
guments were begun. Mr.. Will Harris
opened for the government and Mr.. Gage
for his client, Mr.. Emil Harris, and
court adjourned until 8 o'clock this
morning, when Judge Cheney will
speak for Mr.. Platt and Mr.. Denis close
for the government.