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

had had row with his wife and the wife
called Mrs. Van Huzsn in to witness
events, whereupon Ray shook his fist IN
her face and said if she did n ot shut her
mouth he'd fix her. Witness by this time
was looking fercely at her tOrmentor and
she almost broke her fan with impatience
when tho counsel asked, gently, "if she
had not child years DID," She said no,
but she had one 10 years old.
II have had five children" she ex-
planned, but she denied that she had been
married more than twice.
More evidence was taken relative to the
wreck at the trestle at the morning ses-
sion. H. F. McClabbe, roadmaster OF the
Southern Pacific Company, for thirteen
years at Sacramento. gave some expert
testimony in this regard. He stated that
Oh July he had examined the track from
Sacramento to Davsville and found that
spikes had been drawn aud fish plates
taken off about quarter of mile east of
81 A, the fatal treste at which No. was
wrecked. He had seen Mullin in the
crowd on July Sand asked him to keep the
crowd back.
"My God." exclaimed Mullin. what can
a man do with a crowd like that?"
Witness related how he had found a
cannon. ''Did you succeed in inducing
General Graham to go near it?" was ore
of General Harris quick questions that
elected laughter.
The witness was closely crosS-eXamined
technically as to the reasons of the wreck.
He maintain stOutly that n train could
avoid running off under the circums stanceS.
He desert bed how the loose rail was lying
across the track. He had found recent
evidence of a claw bar on the ties.
did you see evidence Of az explosion ?"
asked General Hart
mo. sir; Gid not" Witness qualified
this answer by saying that he had not
looked for such evidence. He thought it
possible that an engine running off as did
No. would present a wrecked appear
ance, but he had seen engines run off
without doing that damage. Contrary to
former testimony McClabbe claimed that
there was a guardrail on the treste. 1t
was wooden guard. 1t was not unusual
to have none on trestle less than thirty
feet in length. The guardrail was to pre-
vent the breaking of ties in cases of derail-
ment. Carroll Cook objected to what he
termed irregular testimony.
Its irrelevancy amounts to this" re-
torted Hart, that / am not satisfied per-
sonally that any one derailed that train
unless it was the railroad company itself.
If there were no guard it was as highly
proba BILE then as it is now that every train
that passes over it might run off without
artificial means"
McClabbe made very positive witness.
In regard to the damage on the track on
July 8. Thomas O'Connell, track-foreman.
corroborated the testimony of McClabbe.
He had replaced the broken rail. He had
been acting as track-walker that day.
Master Mechanic HeinZleman described
how No. had come iD on June 20 from
the East and was disabled by the strikers
in the depot. The fireman was taken off
and the Pullmans cut out. Then when a
new fireman was obtained the river draw
bridge was swung open. In the crowd in
the depot witness saw Knox and Mullin.
He had seen Mullin in the crowd that
hustled Marshal Baldwin out of the depot.
Worden, Wentworth and Sims were in that
crowd. On July 10 he had seen eight men
walk off with a sack of scraps of iron eacl.
The witness stated that he had seen Sam
Clark leave on No. at 1906 on July IL.
The next time he saw him was Oh July 49,
when the body was recovered from be-
meath the engine. After turning the en-
gine over Clark's feet were seen. A rope
was attached to them, the engine turned
over again and the body was pulled out.
He described the finding OF the bodies Of
tie soldiers and the state of the trestle.
How did you find the bents?" asked
Cook.
The witness explained that the bents
were found upright with caps on. The
caps on two of the bents were broken and
the uprights shlvered to the water.
In the afternoon, besides Mrs. Van
Huzen, r. G. Montgomery, chief clerk in
the superintendenfs Office, was examined.
He identified several personal records fur
niShed as the handwriting of Knox and
Mullin.
Joseph Ross identified time-cards made
out by Compton as his writing. and also
identified his signature.
Carroll Cook then resumed the exam
inaton of Master Mechanic Heinzleman.
The witness testified that it would have
been impossible for an engine running off
the track to have split The upright TIM
hers as they appeared. The force of giant
powder is expended downward. A stick
of giant powder laid on Lop of timner