The morning call., 1894-08-04

| not see why Attorneys Cook and Bruner
| should interest themselves so much when
the District Attorney made no remark.
! This brought District Attorney Head to
| his feet with the remark that the court
could not detain a witness till the exam
ination closed, and that the Judge would
| be liable for false Imprisonment Judge
| Fisher reserved his decision and General
! Hart asked how Galland came TO be in
charge OF Read.
81 am not in charge Of Read, am sub
penaed and Rsad asked me to stay by him
and purpose to do so."
! "Did you search any houses in Sacra-
mentoo"
"No, SIR
Ibid you see any soldiers thereP"
Yes, sir"
"What were they made of-tin?"
"Some of them were"
did you see any officials of the Govern
ment, such as Mr.. Fillmore?"
''Yes, sir; did"
Where is the seat of Government in
Sacramento, in the Southern Pacific de-
pot?"
"The United States MarshaPs office is
there"
"Where is t?"
| ''in Mr. Stsinman's private apartments" I"
"Oh, Mr.. Steinman has private apart
ments there. has he? WHAT is there,
then ?"
"Oh. couple of beds. telephone and
other things"
Witness got a little muddIed on the iden-
! titcation OF The gun which Read had said
| l.. "a ;E-.gl A. L 4
he identified the weapon by the numb RS
on il.
Gould you have identified it without
the numbers"
''No, sir; could not"
"Where is the mud that was on it ?"
"There was no mud there. There was
little sand" This testimony was di-
rectly opposite to that of Read, who did
not know anything of the numbers on the
| gun, and identified II. he said, merely by
the mud on it. Witness said he had the
| permission of the chief of the Marshaps
Office, Captain Woodruff.
Gould you not sleep in the same room
as Read without permission from the of
fce?''
81 suppose So" Finally Galland ad-
mitted that he would protect Reed if nee
essary.
"Were you not instructed to stay with
Read?'
'W ell, I've told you that Captain Wood
ruff permitted US. Read requested me
ana Woodruff said it was all right"
Finally Galand admitted that the chief
! had suggested to him to protect Read and
that he had packed the gun to Judge Arm
strong's room. Then it was developed
that Galland and the gun were all there in
Judge Armstrong; room together.
Oveste Giorgo was recalled and he iden-
lied the gun as one stolen from the Ber.
saglieri Guard.
j. K. Beede, manager of the Postal Tele-
graph Company, was called on sub era
to produce dispatch. This was the cele-
brated Willows telegram 10 Lizzie Nc
MILAN Sehorn, wife of the proprietor of
the Willows Journal, reading that fnan-
| cial assistance would be acceptable, bur
armed assistance would be preferable"
| 1t is signed by John Buchanan, per 81. A.
Knox. General Hart objected to the read
! ing of the dispatch unless it could be shown
to have been written by some one of the
defendants. He claimed that the telegram
was a forgery, and that he would fight
right on the spot to the end.
81 have allowed everything to 90 in 4"
cried General Hart, "but Pm prepared to
| battle this out to the end. l will let it go
if the prosecution can swear by any man
that that is the handwriting of Mr.. Knox"
John Buchanan, who is a most respect
able-looking man. was in court, and when
called by General Hart he read the dis
patch and emphatically dubbed it a forgery.
"Idenounce that telegram as forgery"
cried General Hart. arguing on that line.
ut was, | believe, written by one inter-
ested in discrediting the A. r. u, and l
demand that some evidence be produced
aud the man who gave it publicity. |
would not object to this telegram if it were
not the one for which they have subpenaed
all the dispatches produced in this court.
1t has become an important fact, and l
want to know the man who wrote it and
what authority he had to write it. 1t they
can prove that Mr.. Knox wrote it, well
and good. Mr.. Knox will go upon the
stand and waive the rights of a prisoner
and be examined on this point. submit
thsy should not read dispatch until 1t
has been identified by some one of these
|
Carroll Cook argued that it was in the
same handwriting. but Judge Fisher ruled
that it could not be admitted until 1t was
shown that it came from some one of the
| defendants.
SHOW me rule in law upholding this, -
said Cook.
II do not know any rule of law in the
matter" replied Judge Fisher codlv. ut
is common-sense. do more. perhaps, by
main strength and awkwardness than by
law. but that is my judgment"
The dispatch was not read. Beede tes-
tilted that it had gone over the lines of his
company.
john Buchanan, whose name was signed
to the dispatch, was called. He is ma
chinist of Washington. He was asked if
he received dispatch from the lady who
signed the dispatch in question. He said
he had received a dispatch signed Mrs.
Mcmillan Sehorn," asking if the strikers
required financial assistance. Witness de-
MED that it was bis signature attached to
the Willows dispatch.
On cross-examina alton Nr. Buchanan de-
MED all knowledge of the dispatch sent to
Willows, and had simply gone to A. r. u.
headquarters to leave it as be would leave
letter there. As a matter OF fact the
letter was written by Mrs. Sehorn to
| Buchanan, whom she had known years
| before. w. A. Sehorn. proprietor OF the
| WtIloWS journal has been a bitter enemy