The record-union., 1894-11-12
WORDEN SAYS he WILL TELL ALL.
Others Deeper in the Wrecking Con-
spiracy Than He.
The Cases of Appleman and Hatch to
be Called To-day. and They
Are Disheartened.
Special to the REcoEp-UN1ox.

Special to the RECoEp-UNIoS.
WOODLAND. Nov. I.-When seen in
his cell on Friday night, after he had
been found guilty of murder, Worden
appeared not unwilling to talk, and
frankly confessed.
Yes, l am guilty." he said, "but there
are others even guiltier than l am.
suppose will have to hang. Strong has
done all he could for me, but has failed.
The others-those who were deeper in
the conspiracy than l was-all combined
against me. Well, / shall not hang alone;
you can depend on that. l am going 10
tell the whole truth about this affair, and
when 1t IS all known great many people
will be surprised. There are moro men
implicated in this crime than have yet
been indicted for it. They promised to
help me, but failed at the last moment.
Well, will not hang alone"
When pressed for particulars Worden
declined TO give specific names and facts
now. but promised To make full and
complete statement i'll the near future.
Norden's attorney visited his client
yesterday morning and conferred with
him for some time. Coincident with the
lawyers departure Worden suffered
lapse OF memory as to events of the pre-
ceding night, when, IN q Respondent and
angry mood, he made confession, and
III reference to that point said he had no
recollection of what TRANSFERRED, or what
he did or said.
The action of the jury brought conster-
nation and dlsmay to the other five men
who are also under arrest for the wreck
ing OF the overland train last July. The
cases OF w. III. Appieman and Melvin
hatch will be called Monday morning
They have languished in jail along with
W orden, while Compton, Mullen and
Knox, the Mediation Committee of the
Sacramento A. II. T., have been out on
bail.
Worden will be used as witness
against Appleman and Hatch, at least, and
perhaps against all the others. Carroll
Cook IS virtually managing the prosecu-
tlon. 1t was his programme TO convict
Worden first and then use him to con-
vict the others.
Lawyer Strong. Worden's attorney,
may possibly appeal OH technical
grounds. The most important of these.
he says, is that Judge Grant erred when
he failed to instruct the jury that it might
bring i'll a verdict Of murder i'll the sec
ond degree.
Worden was told to be hopeful and
keep up. His reply was Il am Chris
tan man and do not fear death. | will
Hot mar Dor d lle III my breast 10 save any
one.n
Later in the day Worden remarked that
be would tell the whole truth, and only
that, If be were called as witness against
Hatch and Appleman.
Worden hugs small Bible to his
breast all the time now. He was recently
converted by the Salvation Army. He
iorgets current events easily, or appears
TO. The thing that he does remember.
however, is his enmity toward the other
train wreckers, and he keeps repeating
significantly that he will tell the truth
when placed on the stand
Appieman and Hatch have not yet de-
cided whether they will fbe tried sepa-
rateiy or together. Their attorneys, T.. II.
Gaddis and A. l.. Hart, will ask for con-
tlnuance Monday morning. Both Hatch
ana Appieman are poor men. 1t is not
improbable that they will be unable to
secure retainer largo enough to satisfy
their present counsel. The men them-
selves are disbeartened. When the YER
dict was amounted to them in the Jail
they turned pale, looked Significantly at
each other and remained silent and
thoughtful the rest OF the day