The record-union., 1894-10-31
doc HAS BLOWN UP THE BRIDGE I"
So Exclaimed One of the Strikers on
the 18th Of July.
Strong Testimony Given Against Wor-
den Yesterday-Detective Still
well'S Sensation.
Especial to the REcoRD-UN1oN.1


WOODLAND. Oct. 30.-C. J. Stillwell and
probably one or two eye-witnesses to the
railroad wreck will take the stand to-
morrow in the Worden case, when testi-
mony of startling character, not ad
duced at the preliminary examination.
will be brought out The statements
made to Detective Stillwell by Worden at
the time the latter delivered into his
hands the diagram of the wreck, as al
ready published in the RECORD UNION,
will then be made known.
j. @. Bryant testified to-day that party
OF men, including hmself, was out
west of the trestle at the time of the
wreck. They were armed with rifles.
Just before the wreck they were called
toward the trestle where the wreck oc-
Cured. About fifteen minutes before the
train came along heard one of the party
exclaim: dynamite! Doc has blown
up the bridger'
He meant Worden, said the witness, as
he is known by the name of "Doc.p
On cross-eXamination witness said he
was at the scene of the wreck, under
orders from Callahan, to protect railroad
property. 81 heard the explosion of
giant powder. After the explosion we
and crossed the river back to Sacramento.
L was afraid to go back on the track. /
knew something was wrong. l was sent
out to guard railroad property, and l
knew they were blowing the trestle up.
L got scared and struck for Sacramento"
j. II. Ramsey, wood workman, was
in the headquarters of the American
Railway Union on the morning Of July
llth. At about 2:30 o'clock in the morn
ing large number of men arrived from
stockton. They were in charge of "Doc''
W Worden. Worden had several sticks of
giant powder, with fuse attached, in his
pocket. Witness did not hear defendant
say what ne was going to do with it.
The witness failed to identify the giant
powder that was introduced as evidence
as belonging to Worden.
Warren Love, colored porter, heard
Worden say on July 1lth at the depot,
1T is all right; one - of an engineer
has gone to hellv'
Charles Winnie testified that he was
sent out to the trestle with provisions for
the strikers on July llth. He met Wor-
den coming back from the direction of
the wreck in a carriage.
This witness seems to know considera-
bic more about the wreck than he testi-
fed to.
X. +. House of Pomona said bs was in
Sacramento during the strike He left
July 1th on the steamer Apache He has
been acquainted with Worden for TWEEN
ty-tive years. The defendant was pas
senger on the same steamer. He intro
duced witness to man by the name of
Kelly, and they had a conversation, in
the course of which Worden said:
1--WE will win this strike, if we have to
go to extreme measures, and we are now
putting up a job that will surprise Won
when you hear of it."
Witness asked Worden what he had in
the grip which he carried, and he said.
Money and stuff"
Sylvester Hamburger, a German fisher
man, testified that he saw some men run
ming away from where the explosion
occurred and then back to it again. The
men disappeared betw cen the explosion
and the time of the wreck. He saw the
train reach the trestle and then stop.
When he went back to his scow four men
came up from the direction of the wreck
and hired him to take them across the
river.
Fred Wilger and wife, residents of
Davisvllle, Jake Casselman of Washing
ton and John McManus of the State
Guard of Vallejo. ali testified to seeing
the three-seated carriage and it's connec-
ton with what they knew of the wreck.