The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-07-20
Examination of the Alleged
Train Wreckers.
The Court Room Crowded at
Woodland.
Damaging Testimony Against Knox
and Worden.
Story Of the hay who Drove tho Strikers
to the 6cene of tho Terrible
Tragedy His Evidence
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morning at the second days proceeding
OF the examination OF the men charged
with the murder of engineer Sam Clark
and four United States soldiers.
F. E. Baker Of the prosecution opened
the case and cited the trial OF the People
vs.. Bommerly to sustain the point OF ex-
smining the defendants jointly. The
court reversed its decision OF the day
previous. and the trisl proceeded with
the examination Of Knox. Mullin, Hatch
and Compton. The deieuse was not
prepared to proceed with the exsmina-
ton of Worden, as certain witnesses
were not at present available. The
court stated that the case would be con-
tinued till Monday morning. If the de-
fence were net ready to go on with
Worden's case before that time.
John Sherburne, the prosecution's
main witness, was called to the stand i,
and under the examination OF Attorney
Brunar testified in substance as follows:
II live in Sacramento; am IA years OF
age; know Worden by sight; first saw
him at Wilson's stable at 10 O'Clock on
the day of the wreck; he procured car
riage. Worden asked witness to drive
to the fremont hotel; Worden told wit
ness to stay in the carriage while he
went in the hotel; Wordsn was gone
about FIVE minutes; a man came up to
Worden who had some fuse; the man
said he had moro fuse IN his room !;
Worden then ordered witness to drive to
Second and streets to meet q man
named Texas, and told him to hurry
across the bridge he got there in l5
minutes; Texas called Wordsn out Of
the buggy and whispered to him; Texas
said he had saddle horses; Worden said
ne had rig, and didn't need horoes.
Before they got to the bridge and near
the picket limos of soldiers, Worden
took the lines away from the witness.
The soldiers ordered them to halt. Wor-
den whipped up the horses and drove
rapidly through the picket line. They
drove to the end OF the bridge and
stopped. "Worden got out and told me
to drive to the left of the hotel and wait
for him. Worden went back toward
Sacramento. / stopped 10 or l5 min
utee. Worden came up and told me to
drive back to the oil house, then drive
to caboose couple OF blocks from the
bridge. Worden came up and put a
crowbar ON top the caboose wheels.
Another man appeared and ordered me
to vacate the buggy"
Witness replied that Worden had
ordered him to atay there. The man
ordered witness to 60 into the caboose.
While there he saw men put tools into
L. nax
in life and cartridges and clawbar
used to pull spikes from the rails. He
didn't know who put in the crowbar.
At that time Worden and Texas and two
other men were there.
"Worden then called me out, told me
to get into the buggy, and ordered me
to drive toward Woodland. l stopped
at the aesond trestle, where there were
three or four men standing on the track.
These men we're ordered by Worden to
get off the track; that they conld be
seen from the depot. Three OF these
men got into the buggy and drove to the
forks OF the road, where one leads to
Davisville and the other to Woodland.
We took the road leading toward the
railroad track. When near the railroad
all got out and went to the track, taking
around and wait for them. While they
carrying a rifle. A man on a
handcar came from the direction of
Sacramento. He stopped and taking
then pushed down the embankment.
Soon after heard an explosion and the
men came back to the buggy. Worden
l. Io, 20 ba htInr "A
drove toward Woodland, Worden dfiv.
one OF the party said: Here comes the
increased until we reached Jake Cassel-
mans. They then all got out of the
carriage except Worden. We then
drove toward Woodland. didn't hear
ANYTHING said when the six men left the
carriage. The men who lett the
carriage walked toward Woodland.
Witness drove and Worden went
to seep. "On the way back to SAcra-
mento we met man driving two horses.
He asked me where left the load. |
did not ans wer the question"
Further down they met crowd OF
men who told witness about the wreck.
Witness then awakened Wordan. Alter
passing the crowd Worden threw out the
wrench and crowbar. Worden was told
OF the wreck; when informed that the
engineer killed was Sam Clark Worden
said he was glad of it, that he used to
fire for the ecabs in Oakland.
Next day Wilson gave nee a bill to
collect and took it, in company with
Worden. to Knox'5 Office and was paid
for the rig"
The cross s-examination was conducted
by Attorney Hart.
He began with the question:
"ro whom did you first testify to these
circumstances
United States Attorney Knight, at
Sacramento"
"Was any one elee PRESENT."
mir. Burt. Detective Drew and type.
writer"
"When was this?"
''The day Of the wreck"