The herald., 1894-06-08
The Second Days Trial of the
Roscoe Suspects.
Detectives and Officers Detail the
Results of Their Work,
The Defendants Az Yet Very Slightly
Connected with the Crims-some
Tclitaie Horse shoe Nails.
Yesterdays Testimony.

animation of trainmen aad eye-wit-
nesses of the robbery, and Yesterday
was principally taken up with the ex-
animation of the detectives who followed
the trail of the robbers from Roscoe the
morning after the hold.up.
So far the defendants have not been
connected with the crime, except in q
faint manner by a San Fernando black
smith. He found soma horse shoe nails
at Comstock's house that correspondent
with nail prints in tracks that went
from Roscoe in the direction OF the de-
fendsnt's home.
The branch of the case in which ex.
Marshal Gard and Detective j. V.
Bright figure has not yet been reached
! by the prosecution.
Before the trial was resumed yester-
day morning, Judge Smith made an
order over the objections of Attorney
Woolner for Shoulders, alias Max
| Schroeder, to be brought back from San
| Quentin to be present at the trial. The
prosecution, it is expected, will use him
as q witness in the case.
Interest in the trial does not abate,
every seat in the court room being occu-
room again at q premium.
William Pridham, superintendent oil
Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express, was the
first witness called, and testified that
the company's messenger, Mr.. Edgar,
occupied q car on the Southern Pacific
tram the night of the robbery. He did
not know of his own knowledge what
the company lost in the robbery.
Engineer d. W. Thomsa, engineer Of
the train which was robbed. testified az
to the details OF the robbery which he
saw. A couple of men ware sitting on
the platform at Rocco. One of them
raised up, threw a fire ball, and began
shooting. Then the other one raised up
and began shooting. l lodged down.
and when raised up again they were
running towards the switch. got to
the ground az quick as l could after we
ran off the track, and laid down in the
brush. He saw the men around the
train, and saw them put the bomb. One
had long, gray overcoat on. and the
other O dark suit OF clothes. One was
about feet 8 inches and the other B
feet inches tall. The defendants stood
up. and the witness said he had seen
Comstock before, but could not say that
he saw either OF the defendants at Ros-
take to identity them.
Isaac 8. kelleran, brakeman on the
train, testified that he WAS on the rear
end when it stopped very suddenly. He
| saw two men ON the righthand side OF
! tho train ana a6Kou Utr~u1 Wuas 49, ~
was the matter. They cursed, saying,
! ''rhe -, we'll learn them" They
both had on long overcoats and dark
SLOUGH hats.
II saw some OF the men in JAIL" eaid
the witness.
The defendants stood up and the wit
ness was asked "What do you say as
to the identity OF the men with the de-
fendsnts?"
"Well, l should say those two men
(pointing to Cometock and Fiizsimmons)
Tailed we'll as to size."
The witness would not say that the
defendants were the robbers. He thought
| the two men were tramps who had been
put off at the head end.
Hiram A. Graves, the Pullman con-
ductor, testified as to what be saw.
He went out on the back platform and
saw two men on the right hand side OF
the train. They passed around the rear
end and ran towards the head OF the
train. He saw them fire two shots.
Both had on overcoats and SLOUGH mats.
The one nearest the witness had a bag
hung over his shoulders by a etrap.
The witness could not identity the de-
PENDANTS, but thought Thorne and F,tz-
simmons were about like the men he
saw.
The prosecution produced a gray
overcoat and a dark blue one, and the
witness said they answered very we'll
to the coats he saw the robbers wear.
Alfred Hahn, news agent on the
Southern Pacific road, was on the train.
He was in the smoking car when the
train stopped. He went out on the
platform. He saw three men on the
left side of the train. Two were to-
getber. The men told them to get in,
using oaths. He could not identity the
( defendants, although he thought they
resembled the three men in height he
saw on the left hand side of the train.
Henry Foster was recalled and testi
fed with reference to the one man be
sew, saying that the dark overcoat
shown him was something like the one
worn by the robber. The coat was toe
large for the man, and he could not say
that it was bnttoned up tight. 1t looked
old and faded.
Walter Auble, police detective. was
bWOTn anu t6btluou WIN iCtoichOo w hAn
search Tor the train robbers. He was
one OF the poase who went out to Roscoe
reaching there early in the morning
after the robbery. He discovered where
there had been fire, on the west side
OF the track, $50 yards from the Roscoe
station house. The ashes were warm
although it had been raining. de
found fresh horses and wagon tracks
leading in southwesterly direction
from the station. There were the tracks
OF two horses and a wagon. After catch
ing up with the rest OF the party they
followed the tracks. The witness de-
tailed the finding OF a number OF Wells
Fargo & Co.'s express tags at various
points along tho trail. The tracks were
perfectly plain for some distance. One
OF the horses' tracks was Of horse not
ehod, the other was. The soil was very
sandy, and there were quite number
of roads there. The othsr roads were
examined and no tracks were found
on them, The tracks were followed
seven or eight miles. The tags were
found scattered along, all being picked
up ON the right-hand side. They chopped
at q cross road; they we're going west
the cross road went north and south.
There the posse got breakfast. Before
reaching the breakfast point they
crossed dry wash. The trail crossed
it. The witness did not know whether
they had crossed the main road to san
Fernando before they took breakfast
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