The morning call., 1894-08-05
KNOX GIVES BAIL.
Mullin and Compton to
Be Free.
NOTHING TO HOLD THEM.
Substantial Victory for the Medi-
alton Committee.
NOT DISCHARGED JUST YET.
But the Prosecution Has Produced
No Evidence Connecting Them
With the Crime.

noon. Inelr security was nXeQ at S1O,OOO
each.
This is a great victory for the defense.
The enthusiasm in court when Judge
Fisher announced his decision was ter
rife. Everybody cheered and stamped
and clapped their hands. The court was
more crowded than ever before, for Gen.
eral Hart had asked for bail in the morn
ing. and the court had announced that
decision would be rendered after the noon
recess. After several engineers and con-
ductors had been examined. Attorney Cad
dis arose and asked for bail. Carroll Cook
said that for himself he would freely ad-
nit that so far as the evidence so far in
was concerned there was no reason
why the defendants should not be ad-
mitted to bail. He warned the court,
however. that IL anything should be ad-
duced later the court would have to order
the defendants into custody without bail.
District Attorney Head opposed any
giving of ball on the ground of 1t being
premature; that it should not be done
until the prosecution was all in. He read
the code and various other things, but
Judge Fisher cut the whole debate short
by saying tnat the court had already stated
several days ago that unless evidence was
produced to show the connection of Knox,
Mullin and Compton with the wreck of
No. he would release them on bail.
Judge Fisher said that in his mind such
evidence had not been produced, and that
under the circumstances be deemed 1t
proper that the three defendants should
be allowed bail. He would order them
into custody il evidence was given later.
Everybody pressed forward and shook
hands with the defendants. and their wives
were overcome with emotion. A rumor
gained ground that Detective Hickey was
about to swear out more warrants for the
rearrest of the three men on the charge of
numbering a soldier. The news was car
ried down to the depot WI here the attorneys
were on their way home. As soon as Car
roll Cook heard of it he alighted from the
train and sought out Hickey and demanded
if the news was true. Hickey said that it
was not true; that he was merely getting
out John Doe warrants for other peo-
pie. Mr.. Cook opposed any such idea
as the arrest of the three men and would
have returned to Woodland had it been
contemplated. The prosecution will prob
ably conclude its case oD Tuesday next.
| Over 400 witnesses are on the list of the
defense and 80 subpenas are out. The
| defense has not yet shown its hand and
General Hart will not outline its course.
The first witness to-day was Martin
Hall0ran, yardmaSter at Sacramento. He
said that his daughter had received a let
ter on the day after the wreck, July 12,
which warned him to stop making up
trains, as If be did not he would be out of
job when the strike was settled and
would be always classed as scab. 1t was
signed by strikers. Witness took the mis-
sive up to A. r. U. headquarters and
Knox there acknowledged writing the let
ter. Knox had told him he would not
meet any trouble at his hands, but where
there were so many men on a strike he
could not tell what would happen. Null
lin asked him who was going out on
No. 10.
81 told him." said Halloran, "that Tom
Sweeney was and he said he was sorry for
1t. as Sweeney would be a dead man be-
fore he went ten miles,"
"Ths was said in the presence Of Knox
apd Compton ?" asked Cook.
Yes, SIR"
Referring to the making up OF train
No. q. Halloran insisted on cross-examina-
tion that it was not made up in the Sacra-
mento yards. but had come through from
Ogden. However, he admitted later that
it had been put together there.
C. S. Newton, Justice of the Peace
of Washington and night yardmaster
of the Southern Pacific Comp any. testified
to having been present on June % when
Knox received the dispatch from Debs
tying up the road. He told how Knox
stopped the trains. In fact. his whole tes-
timony was to show Knox's activity in
that direction. He had called upon Knox.
Mullin and Compton on the day after the
wreck. On the 18th he had received a
threatening letter signed "Strikers," of
similar import TO that received by Hal
loran, and evidently in the same hand
writing. At the A. R. q. headquarters
Knox and the others had disclaimed writ
ing the letters They told him that they
would protect him to The utmost, but Knox
said there was an outside element which
he could not control. He had gone there
with HalloraD, and corroborated the state
ment of the latter and Mullins remarks
about Tom Sweeney.
In the afternoon Bonus Light
ener, a member Of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers. told of
the efforts of the mediation committee to
get ths engineers to join in the fight. Pres
ident Sullivan of the A. r. u, in the pres
ence of the mediation committee. had
warned the engineers that they were TAX
ing risks going out.
Cross-exam ned Lightener admitted that
be was one of the leaders OF the opposition
to the engineers joining the strikers.
Isn't IL a fact thar vnu and mon
named Rowan kept the engineers from 60
ing Out?" asked Bart.
mo, SIT; we used our influence only"
Referring to the contract of the engi-
neers with the company General Hart
asked: Isn't it fact that you have
boycott contractwith the railroad company
to control the persons who work for the
com mpany?"
No. sir; it is not So"
''lf Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Mills told me