The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-14

thing should be settled at once Mysym-
pathies are entirely with these men, but
it is no good discnargirg them If they are
to be arrested again"
The Judge made the same statement to
others. Now the people are asking on the
street corners if the desire to shield the
men from arrest was the probable cause TO
hold them. What changed the Judges
opinions, too, is another fruitful source of
public question. The Judge has talked
with any one on the street who would talk
about it, and the prevailing belief that he
was going to discharge the three men and
hold Worden and Hatch is entirely due to
his own utteraDces.
The prosecution has been threatening all
along tn rearrest the men if they were dis
charged, and this morning at Sacramento
Judge Armstrong announced the pro-
gramme was to carry the men to Capav
before the Justice there. Deputy United
States Marshal MalOney came over to-day
fully expecting that the men would be dis
charged and with warrants for their arrest
for rebellion in his pockets. He returned
at once or finding what had been done.
Feeling for Knox is crystallizing into a
proposition to run him for Sheriff of Yolo
County on an independent ticket, against
Dave Wyckoff, the incumbent, who is a
candidate for re- election on the Republi-
can ticket. There is strong disposition
On the part of the Democrats to ndorse
Knox. The feeling against the railroad Is
very bitter and the unwarranted expense
the county is being put to in the examina-
ton is having its full effect.
Men from all parts of the county were
seen by The CALL correspondent to-day
and their sentiments were decidedly in
favor of running Knox. Mayor Maxwell
of Woodland is chairman of the Democra-
tic County Committee. He said that over
lures had been made to the committee to
support Knox either as Democratic can
didate or to indorse him as an independent
candidate. The meeting of the county
convention to selsct delegates to the State
convention will he held here Saturday
next and the matter will then be con-
vassed.
Mayor Maxwell said: 'T am heartily in
favor of Knox. II he runs be will simply
sweep Yolo County. The county is usu-
ally $50 Democratic, but Knox will not
only get the raj Iroad mems vote, but will
draw largely from the Republican and
Democratic ranks. The people here feel
that the railroad should be rebuked for its
persecution of these men. and If Knox
runs he cannot be kept out"
Knox stated 10 the correspondent of
The CALL this morning that ne intended
to run. THE railroad will use sll Its
mouey to beat me-" be said, "but am 60
ing to have whack at it. any way"
Sheriff Wyckoff, the incumbent, has
made a strong feeling against him on ac-
count of the way he has acted with the ar
rested strikers. 1t was he who prevented
Lesher from making his confession. He
has persistently refused to allow newspa.
per men to see Appleman, and even re-
fused to allow the Mayor of the city to
call upon him. In fact, the suspicion is
rampant that ne is a railroad man, and
Just now that would XIII any paiitician in
Yolo County.
Worden has outlined in a story of his
what the defense to certain extent will
be. Worden has all along admitted that
he took the wagon out on July II. In a
statement he has made he says that on
that day he met man named Albert
Wheeler in a saloon. Worden had already
arranged to go to Woodland on saddle
horses to kill train. The man Wheeler
showed an order written by harry Knox
for rig to Brighton. The man explained
that he had been ordered to get rig and
forage for vegetables for the strikers
camp. Worden persuaded Wheeler to let
him have the order as he said he had more
important business. Wheeler gave. him
the order and Worden got the rig. He ad-
mits the boy Sherburn's statement is true
as far as the caboose. Ee went that far
with the boy, then got out and walked
back, leaving the rig with the other man.
This he claims is the whole secret of the
buggy. Knox claims that be saw Worden
three times between II and 1 o'clock.
1t is just possible that the defense may
not put in any evidence. General Hart
has stated, however. that he will do so,
and that it will be in the highest degree
sensational Considerable comment is in
dulged in here as TO the identity of Apple
man, He corresponds in no way to the
description of him by witnesses. He was
captured within few yards Of the State
boundary by Sheriff Harper of Modoc
County. At the time, be was mounted on
a sorrel horse with white face, on which
he had ridden from Sacramento. The
prosecution are insinuating that this sarrel
belonged to General Hart's young son, a
story which the defense Indignantly deny
and claim that it is on par with Judge
Armstrong; story of Wor den's confess
sion. OF course, if it could be proved that
the horse belonged to General Hart's son,
the prosecution would make capital out
of it. AS 1t is. they have furnished the
story to papers of railroad paternity and
affiiation for the purpose of having it
DnbIished