The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-26
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Asked further by General Hart Hughes
mentioned that the duties of the committee
were merely mediatOry..
He was examined by Alvin Bruner. and
ha insisted he could not tell the member
ship OF the organization.
Where were the headquarters of the
mediation committee ?" asked Bruner.
'In the old Wells Fargo building. corner
of Second and j."
where in that buiding?"
"Tne second or third floor. I don't know
which,"
ibid Mr.. Knox sleep there?"
| There was bed In the ROOM"
"Dd you ever see any arms or lists
there?"
mo, SIR"
did you see any slugs?"
81 don't know what slugs are" laughed
the witness.
IF the mediation committee gave an
order to stop trains would 1T be obeyed?"
"They have no authority to give such an
order"
THAT was the mediation committees
roomP"
| "Yes. sir; it was"
How many guards were therep
II never saw any guards"
| Had they password ?"
"They had, to keep the boys from going
up there"
ION the Fourth of July did you see any
arms in those rooms?"
mo, SIR"
'.Did you see any men going there with
arms?"
General Hart objected that these defend
ants did not belong to the party of men
spoken of. personally" said he. ST
think it would have been a good thing if
all the citizens of Sacramento had armed
themselves and wiped out that bayonet
crowd when they began prodding the
people up there"
eyes, that's just the advice General Hart
has been giving those men," retorted
| Bruner.
Hart jumped up quickly. '1 did not"
he said. But l heard in a newspaper
Office of some one from your office who
tried to get such thing published. am
not fool enough to advise a man to shoot
another"
Bruner denied that he had got such
statement published. "Out of friendship
for General Hart" he said, 81 did send
word to him through the Citizens Pro-
! tective Committee that his advice was
encouraging such lawlessness."
Hart denied that he had seen any men,
ber of that committee.
Bruner said be would put them on the
stand and prove it.
"They don't dare to go on the stand be.
fore me and swear to that" cried Hart
angrily. II never saw any member of
that association. / would not have met
them. Put them on"
The prosecution did not and Wordea
asked for his morning recess Of five min
utes. and the trouble ended.
On resuming the stand President Hughes,
iu answer 10 Bruner. admitted that the
A. R. u. had seal. He said the cut of
the impression by Ford was like the origi-
nal. It was a flaming torch held by a
hand.
To General Hart the witness said be had
never known of the general having ad-
vised the assassination of soldiers.
ibid you ever hear Knox advising peace
full means?"
Yes. sir; always. AS an instance of
the stand taken by the A. r. u, will
state that sent twenty eight mon to Su-
perinteudent Wright, offering their serv-
I VICES w pIOpCLLJg wv AO lOluoCQ
to accept the offer"
''At that meeting in Turner Hall was
Worden present?"
mo; don't know that he had right to
be there"
Then Alvin Bruner asked if the follow
ing had been present: A. W. Jones. Billy
Appleman. II. E. Bodmer. William Burke,
Noah Tilton, Frank S. Smith, AL Starkey,
George Vice. Manuel Lewis. John Harris.
J. Appleman, A. G. Greenwald. Mullin
and Compton.
The witness declared he knew of these
only: Mullen, Compton. Worden. Harris
and Starkey. The rest he did not know.
nor whether they were A. r. U. men or
not.
"Who was the armorer?' asked
Bruner.
sThe armorer? I never knew there
was any such person." calculated the wit
ness.
THE man who had charge of the arms
in Knox's rooms ?" urged Bruner.
"He has already testified that there
were no arms in Knox's rooms" elected
Hart.
do you know whose handwriting this
is?" asked Bruner. Offering a small note
book to the witness, which the attorney
said was the armorer's book.
No. sir" said the witness. and the
book was handed to General Hart, who
examined it carefully.
DO you know man named Pepper ?"
asked Bruner.
"No, sir"
"Do you know what Is meant by this?"
said the attorney. reading aloud from the
book. Pepper Co., Sd. 40 H."
No, sir; L do not know what it
means"
"That means R. NJ. Jones. No. 1856. 10
rounds. 1870"
Il don't Know
'Do you know B. Howard Of Dunsmuir,
G. b. Brandt, A. Sunda Rife, Is rounds
of ammunition. 414; Frank Reed of Red
ding, rifle 457O. 10 rounds OF ammunition
j. B. HilloD."
mo, sir, do not l know very few of