The herald., 1894-09-25
ENGINEER PATT[RSON'S TRIAL.
He Is Accused Of Trying to
Kill Engineer Martin.
Buckshot That Came eUncOmfortably
Near the Engineer.
A Jury Obtained and Several Witnesses
For the Prosecution Give Their
Test,mony-The Defsnd-
ants Case.

Inc tflal oil Henry fRtterson, OK
engineer ON the Southern Pacific rail
road. charged with shooting at Engineer
j. @. Martin July 18th last, was begun
yesterday in Judge Smiths court.
1t will be remembered that the shoot
ing occurred during the late strike; that
Engineer Martin WAS in his cab when
| he was shot at. Ii was on the Santa
Barbara train bound for the city, to
which his engine was attached, and the
shooting occurred near the water tank
just outside the northern city limits
about O'Clock at night.
The shooting caused great excitement
at the time, as did also the subsequent
arrest OF Mr.. Patterson, who was found
in the neighborhood.
He was also one OF the old engineers
OF the road and had been friend OF
Engineer Martin for SO veral years.
Many were the rumors Rs to the rea-
sons for the assault, one of the widest
being that Patterson had been chosen st
a "black-cep" meeting to kill Martin,
in the hope of stopping the running OF
trains again.
Patterson was member of the Amer
ican Railway union and was favorable
to the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gneers and Firemen standing by the
union and going on q strike. In the
court room he sat by his counsel ysster>
day, apparently the coolest and most
unconcerned man in the court room.
The defendant was represented yester-
day by r. A. Ling and 9. w. Psnd!eton,
and the prosecution is being conducted
Deputy District Attorneys Davis and
Conkling.
The securing OF jury, It was antici.
pated, would occupy nearly all day, but
q full panel WAS obtained by 3 O'Clock in
the afternoon, aud several witnesses
were examined before the adjournment
for the day.
The first witness was County Surveyor
A. R. Street, who produced a large-sized
map of the locality where the shooting
occurred and explained the different OBJ.
jects marked with great particularly,
giving the distances from and to vari-
Gus points with much minuteness.
Engineer jesse Martin who was shot
at, a muscular and good-looking man,
took the witnes stand and told the story
Of the affair.
81 am a locomotive engineer" he
said, land have been for 20 years. l
have been an engineer of the Southern
Pacific company for l8 years. My run
on July 18th was from Los Angeles to
Santa Barbara. / did not see the de-
fendent that day.
II was engineer on train 27. On reach
ing Los Angeles yard shot wss dis
charged that went IN my cab. 1t came
coming from the north. l Was on the
west side of the cab. 1t was about s 40
p. m. l saw the fash from the gun.
Tie shot came slightly from the rear
with regard to direction to myself.
did not see any person. but simply saw
the fash of the discharge. l had al
ready passed the person who fred the
shot. There was row OF cypress trees
running along there that threw
shadow. We were running about Is
miles an hour. The window broke into
pieces directly in front OF me. The ehot
carried away the two windows in front
of me. Several bullets vhisted around
in the cab. Sevsral shots we're en-
bedded in the body OF the cab. / got out
three or four shots myself. l think.
They were justsabove the line OF the hips,
should judge. The shot picked out
were different sizes. There was some
buckshot and some fine shot. Most of
| tH6 enOJ WoI 20 cIA DoOuOu III tDO ChD
were left in it. ! don't know how deep
they were embedded, but should Judge
from half to three-iourths Of an inch.
One of the shot I took from between
the two windows and the others picked
up in the cab. l found the glass from
the window on the track, think, the
following Tueaday after the shooting.
II kept the train moving until we
passed the Los Angeles river bridge.
There were three cars and an engine on
the train. stopped just across the
bridge on the city side. It was about
two minutes from the time of the shoot
ing until l stopped the train.
1.-THE engineer always sits on the right
hand side of the cab. looking forward,
unless ordered to go backward"
The shot found by Mr.. Martin were
identified by him and were admitted in
evidence.
II only saw one fash--one report" he
continued. II know the defendant, and
have for seven years. knew him quite
we'll at the time. He was locomotive
engineer on the Southern Pacific rail
road. There was strike on the road
July 18th. | think Mr.. Patterson quit
the employment of the company on
June 2Sth. The strike was by the Amer
lean Railway union"
do you know whether the defendant
WAS a member Of the union? ?"
II won't say positively, but think he
told me himself that he was. | don't
know that we had any conversation
about the running of trains during the
strike, except in general way. 1t was
little bit uncertain ct one time what
all of us wonld do. The defendant ran
between Los Angeles aud Yuma on the
overland passenger train"
What train was the fret that went
out on the Southern Pacific after the
strkeW
''Trsin 2S, on the 5th of July-ths
Santa Barbara train. l was the engineer
and Hartell the conductor. After that
time, and up to the time of the shooting,
heard OF remarks the defendant made
about my going out, but they were not
made to me-"
On cross-examination the witness said
that he did not swear to the complaint
against the defendant.
John M. Hsrtell, conductor of train
81, testified that he had been a conduc-
tor of the road for eight years. He was
conductor on the train that was coming
from Santa Barbara the evening of July
18th.
He said that as the train was APP
preaching the city limits he was standr