The record-union., 1894-07-24

ton against the impending explosion.
The attorneys and spectators held their
breath. Mr.. Gibson calmly opened up
the deadly dynamite and disclosed
number of sticks OF common giant pow
der. This he identified as the stuff taken
from the carriage in Wilson's stable.
General Hart asked the witness to en-
anime the spikes produced in evidence,
and tell the court whether or or not there
appeared any evidence that an ak had
been used upon them TO pry them from
the ties.
Witness scrutinized closely the rusty
spikes, and pointed to small abrasion
on one of them which, he thought, might
have been SO caused.
General Hart eyed the spike critically,
and then passed it to the court, denying at
the same time that it bore any evidence OF
being removed by any implement. Other
spikes were passed around among the
attorneys and press reporters, but none
of them revealed any marks that would
show the application of a crowbar.
Archie Connaghle was next called. My
residence is in Sacramento. on July llth,
the day of the wreck, l was in the woods
south of the track, about half-mile from
the wreck. AT the time of the disaster
was sitting down. 1t was the noon hour.
| heard Two shots, and looking up saw
some smoke at the trestle. L saw one
man there. A little while after heard a
signal shot coming from down the track
toward Sacramento, about mile from
the trestle. The man who fired the signal
was on the track. l saw him fire soon
after the train came along, and 1t fell OFT
The trestle."
General Hart crosS-eXamined the wit
ness searchingly. The witness, who had
testified on direct examination that he
saw no one at the trestle, when cross
examined by Hart said when the signal
shot was fired the men disappeared. Hart
wanted to know how he could see men
disappearing when he had not seen them
at all.
Witness became confused, and Attorney
Bruner made number of objections in
behalf of the witness.
General Hart made a heated protest
against counsel for the Southern Pacific
continually putting answers III the mouths
of the Witness"
This brought MIR. Bruner to his feet,
with fire in his eye. He said he was thor
oughly sick of the repeated filings Of Mr..
Hart at the counsel for the prosecution.
He wanted the court to know that MIR.
Hart rode on a railroad pass and he (Bru
ner) did not.
Soon after This little furry Attorney
Gaddis created another sensation. He
rose to question of privilege in defense
of his clients. He held a copy Of the
Examiner of Monday, and proposed to
read an article therein, alleging that
Hatch and Worden had volunteered to
confess.
Immediately all the attorneys wanted
to talk at once. Hart got the floor, and in
sisted that it was matter of justice to the
accused that they be not tried by manu-
factured newspaper evidence.
The prosecution objected TO the state
ment of the paper that they had conferred
with the defendants Hatch and W Worden
in the Jail and they had proposed to con-
fesS on certain conditions, and that Bru-
ner had deferred the consideration of the
proposition of the prisoners until Mr..
Cook could be seen.
Hart read the Objectionable part, and
asked Mr.. Bruner TO deny it, because
upon the authority of his clients MIR.
Hart said it was entirely untrue.
Mr.. Bruner said he had been summoned
by District Attorney Head to Woodland
by telegram, received late Sunday night.
conveying the information that Worden
and Hatch had both proposed to Sheriff
Wyckotf to make d confession. Arriving
in Woodland, Mr.. Bruner was informed
that Attorney GaddIs had been closeted
for two hours with the defendants on Sat
urday night, and had dissuaded them
from making the proposed confession.
Mr.. Bruner said he waited in Woodland
till 8 o'clock, then went back to Sacra-
mento without seeing the prisoners. The
reporter erred in stating that he had seen
personally the defendants, but it was,
nevertheless, true that these men had vol
unteered TO confess, for the Sheriff of the
county had so informed the District At
torney.
The court finally put an end to the dis
pute.
The next witness was Detective Burke.
He corroborated Gibson and Chief Drew
as to the meeting at Wilson's stable, the
trip to the wreck and discovery OF the
tools.
General Hart pestered the old detective
with numerous questions as to how
much reward he expected to get.
fitness said that was still on the car
pet. He never took any blood-money in
his life.n
tried to win any cases with perjured tes-
timony either, to which Burke replied
that he never heard worse perjury than
on Hart's side in some of his cases.
The Hart went after Burke hammer
and tongs. Speaking about perjury,
Burke, how do you Justify your swearing
unjustitiably TO complaint charging
WOrden with a crime when you did not
know of your knowledge about it?''
The court then adjourned until 8 O'Clock
tomorrow morning.
The attorneys for the prosecution went
out of the courtroom declaring their in
tention of putting Sheriff Wyckoff on
thestand, and prove by him that both
Worden and Hatch did propose to tell all
they knew about it,
Worden and Hatch have both asked a
press representative to deny that they
ever made sucn proposition to the
Sheriff or any one else.