The herald., 1894-11-18

II saw George once again, three or
four days before the 25th, when he again
abused me and threatened me. He said
| had no money and they had, and 1
should not have the children, and that if
came out to the ranch he'd fill me full
OF holes.
ION July 25th, in the forenoon, Was
at the msrshsl's Office. I got my din
ner. and about O'Clock 1 met Dwight
Olley, an old friend from Illinois, on
Main, near Commercial street. l hadn't
seen him for 13 years. He wanted me
to 60 with him to Pasadena, and aeked
me If We wouldn't want gun if We had
to drive back At night. l said: No,
not particularly. that ] know or He
said: All right. you borrow Q gun,
anyway, and wen CO."
Witness having shown the reason for
borrowing the two pistols, one for him.
self and one for his friend, proceedad to
give In detail facts elected in testimony
from previous witnesses. Dwight Olley
could not make the trip. however, % he
WAS on his way to San Francisco, and
his pleasuring, consequently, was cut
suddenly short. Witness thought it
would be q good idea to utilize the rig
that had been obtained to 60 to see his
wife, particularly as he had thought of
going to work at Sacramento, and in
such event he would like to see her and
the children before leaving. He then
detailed nis trip to the ranch. Having
hitohed his horse, he started for the
house.
II saw my baby in the win
dow, and laughed at her
while she patted the window pane.
took hold of the screen door when my
vile pulled back the curtain of the glass
l wanted to see the children. She
said: There's a man will show you
your children" Just then George
Hunter came up, and as he came up he
said: "What in the hell are you doing
here? I'll show you all the children
you want" In aboat 10 seconds he re-
turned, and as l looked through the
window saw him with his left hand
buttoning his coat and his right by mis-
side, holding something that shone. He
opened the door with his left hand, and
kept his right hidden. Closing the door
he quickly made a half turn and then
pulled my gun and fired two shots "a
quick as l could. Witness illustrated
the scene for the information OF the
jury.l Continuing, witness told how ne
asked his boy Johnny if he would take
ride to town.
"Dd you know where your wife
Emily Craig was when you fred?"
asked Mr.. Phibbs.
II did not, and have not seen her
since. l did not know where she was."
why did you fire at George Hunt
err"
2A"Because it appeared to me from his
threats and what saw in mis- hand that
my life was in danger. l did not know
l shot my wife; l saw nobody except
when unhitohing my horse, then saw
Albertina Jensen running. was not
in the house at all. had been told by
my attorneys not to attempt to 90 into
the house and 30 had no inclination to
do 80; besides, the body of George OBJ
structed the way and could not have
entered without moving him."
The last point, that it was impossible
to gain entry to the house, was an i'm.
portant one and counsel made exhaustive
inquiries to elicit details contradicting
witnesses for the prosecution.
81 am familiar with firearms" re.
sumed the witness, land am right
handed. and to have fred the shot that
killed my vile, with the left Land, from
where was standing would have been