The morning call., 1894-03-29
NO SENSATIONS DEVELOPED.
Story of Men Who Heard the
Fatal Shots.
SOME EVIDENCE ABOUT A GUN.
Very Contradictory Statements as
to Where Heath Was the Night
Before the Murder.

FRESNO. March 2S.-To-day was an un-
eveutful one in the Heath trial. The
defense is making good time. having ex-
amined quite number of witnesses to-day.
The cross-examination of John Henry
was resumed by Grove johnson at the
opening of court this morning. He made
a very poor witness for the defense and
had to fall back on the defective-memory
dodge.
Harry Coolidge, foreman of Actor
Curtis ranch, where Heath worked. testi-
fed 70 Heath going 10 Sanger on NJ nday
evening, Augustus 1892, after he had come
to the ranch. Co lidge acknowledged
on cross-examination that he had words
with hired man named Gordan because
the latter testified at the former tIial that
Heath was at Curtis ranch that Monday
evening and not at Sanger, as Coolidge
testified. 10 consequence of Coolidge s
threats GoTdan ran away and left the
country.
Tojuari. porter at the Monarch Saloon,
did not see Seward at the saloon till
about 10 o'clock on the morning of the
murder. Tolnari came on at O'Clock.
He stated he saw bag of turkeys in the
the turkeys Seward, DAILY and Spease got
at the Helm ranch. Witness did not see
Heath that morning. Seward, he sad
had come to him TO try to induce him to
swear Heath and Policy had been in the
saloon at o'clock that morning, Offering
him 500 if he did so. The witness SEEMED
TO have the murder of Albert Lee and Nc
Whirter inexticablY mixed in his mind
and showed poor memory on cross-ex-
animation.
Ex-Sheriff j. NJ. Heusley heard shots
the morning of the murder about o'clock
and came down to the jail thinking an at
tempt had been made to liberate George
Sontag. Later he proceeded down town.
When opposite the Monarch Saloon be
met Policeman Grady and was taking TO
him about the shooting, when a carriage
drove up to the saloon. From this Sp-
ward an two men stepped out with some
fowls in a sack under their arms. The
next morning he talked 70 Seward about
the fowls and Seward toId him the turkeys
had been given him at the Helm ranch
He further stated that he had talked with
Seward about the McWhirter murder and
Seward said be knew some suspicious
characters who might have committed the
murder, but that no names were used. He
made no attempt to find the cause of the
shooting.
Ex-Polceman A. w. Grady was on
Mariposa street, between j and K, and
heard the shooting, He tried to find out
the direction the shots came from but
could not. Then be met Hensley. This
witness also had poor memory aud could
not remember whether or not he had met
man in the alley back of McWhirter's
and asked him where the shooting had
taken place.
Jim Burton was In the Monarch saloon
at O'Clock the morning of the murder.
He saw Tojnari there, but no one els Q
Neither Heath nor Policy were in the
saloon while the witness was there.
Mike Murray, barkeeper at Monaghan's
saloon, was Tut on the stand to contradict
Deputy Sheriff Peck's testimony in regard
to seeing Heath in that saloon on the night
before the murder with pistol. Murray
remembered seeing neither Heath nor Peck
at the saloon. He did not remember either
whether he was on the night watch tba
night or not.
n. L. +. Bachman, reporter on the
Repu blican, testified to hearing Heath and
Chinaman talk about getting men tot
work on Curtis vineyard on Sunday even
ing. August %, at the Grand Ceutra
Hotel corner. Court then adjourned till
tomorrow evening