The herald., 1894-08-09
SACRAMENTO TRAIN WRtCKERS.
Progress of the Examination at
Woodland.
Experts on Handwriting Placed on
the Witness Stand.
Wordsn Makes n Public Denial of His
Alleged Observation-Disclosures De-
tectivss Must Cease Hound-
ing tho Prisoners.

BY the Associated Press.
WOODLAND, CAL, Aug. 81. F. Rice,
Wells Fargo's messenger, was the first
witness called at the opening of court
this morning. He testified: 1.-THE tele-
gram saw came on the morning OF July
4th. 1t WAS ON q Postal Telegraph
blank"
Carroll Cook, hunting the files of dis.
patches in evidence, failed to find any
that the witness identified as the one in
question.
On cross.examiuation the witness eaid
that he was in the telegraph Office at
Red Bluff when the message from Knox
came. He heard it coming on the wires.
Witness was an operator himself.
Geo. B. Clark. an engineer who pull
ed one of the sections of the train that
brought soldiers to Sacramento on July
3rd, testified that one Hall told him
that the boys were laying for him and
would do him. There was iron piled
on the track as he pulled out; the crowd
bombardsd witness engine with rocks.
links, Pins, etc. Witness was hit on
the hand.
Just before witness Clark took the
stand, Hart raised something OF a sensa-
ton by asking the court to make an or
der directing the sheriff not to allow
railroad detectives admission to talk to
his clients. General Hart said last
night. after Worden had gone to bed he
was visited in his cell by couple OF
men who tried to tell him what some
body else was saying. Hatch had also
been approached in the same way.
| Worden, who was pacing up and down
the court room, spoke up heartily end
with violent geaticulation, saying
That's so; he's a yardmaster; his
name is on the back of that paper"
pointing to a slip in his attorney's
hand.
| WoYden exonerated Sheriff Wickof1
of ell blame in the matter. He said
Deputy McMurray did it. McMurray
4 denied 1t. The court said the sheriff
was the Responsible party, and volun'
tested the opinion that no one would be
admitted to the jail hereafter to SEQ aHy
of the prisoners.
Carroll Cook arose and proposed tc
offer in evidence the notorious Willows
dispatch. Hart objected, and Judge
Fisher sustsined the objection.
The prosecution have summoned two
Woodland bank cashiers, as experts. to
pass upon the handwriting of the tele
grams OF the defendants.
G. w. Bush, one OF the experts, was
placed on the stand at the beginning o.
sworn, was asked to make an examina
| af ho FOL fos a,
natures OF Knox, introduced in evidence
and compare them with other telegrams
Telegram after telegram was subjected
to the scrutiny OF the witness. Abou
three. fourths of them were declared Il
be in the handwriting of Knox, ans
many of them which bore his signature
were in the handwriting of others
When the famous Willows dispatch was
reached it wSs carefully compared with
all the exemplars OF KNOCKS chirogra-
ply, but the expert shook his head
obviously, as there was not close re-
smblance.
Carroll Cook handed the witness {
telegram signed "F. W. Maddley, acting
secretary" and asked him to compare II
With the Willows dispatch. After lit
tie hesitation the witness declared b,
believed the handwriting identical. Thi
seems to dispose OF the mooted question
whether or not Knox sent the telegram
Judge Armstrong, who has been tn,
leader Of the prosecution, made his firs
| appearance az an active participant in
the proceedings of the court room thi
afternoon.
Mr.. Gaddis entered mild protes
against an argument by Judge Arm
strong, az he was not an attorney o
record, but he was allowed to proceed
In discussing the question the Judge re
viewed the whele history of the etrik,
and gradually worked up; to the point q
issue, and quoted various legal authori
ties to establish the conspiracy and tn
connection of r. W.. Maddley, actin
secretary OF the A. r. w., with it.
The court then adjourned.
Worden wrote the following an,
handed it to press representative;
WOODLAND, Aug. s.
All papers:
l deny positively statement in
San Francisco papersof today that hav
been interested in any attempt to "sel
myself, or through any one." Any 80
called confession must be similar to TIA
one which District Attorney Head @
Yolo county said l made to him, o
wanted to. know nothing of thi
murder. 80 have none to make.
SD. WoRDEN.
Marshal Baldwin was here to-day an
informed Knox, Mullin and Compton
that as seon Dis the present charg
against them wsn dismissed, they would
be re-arreated on charge of obstructin
the United States mails.
Appleman or Texas" the man upo
whom 80 much suspicion rests, We
brought to Woodland today by tn
sheriff Of Medoc county. Attorney Cad
dis sage the prosecution is disappointe
and that the supposed Appleman ia no
the man wanted.
AN APPEAL TOE AID.