The record-union., 1894-08-15
THE TRBsPLE NO 2 MURDER.

Some Interesting Points About the
Examination.
The Bees special correspondent at
Woodland gives the following interesting
points in regard to the examination oi
Worden, Hatch, Knox, Compton and
Mullin on the charge of murder:
1.-The friends of the defendants have
worked like beavers in the cause ever
since the first arrests were made. Nearly
one hundred of them from \ 1olo and
Sacramento Counties took up their quar-
ters here and worked day and night
watching the movements OF the peoples
attorneys and the witnesses for the prose-
cution, and interviewing such witnesses
as were foolish enough to submit to their
questioning. 1t was in this way that
lesher. the simple ple-minded tramp printer,
fell into trap. He was told that q big
reward had been offered, that other wit
nesses for the prosecution were to get
some of the reward, and that he (Lesher)
would be a fool if be did not claim his
share. So it was that when Lesher, on
the ross-examinatlon, was asked by the
willy Mr.. Hart whether he expected any
reward he answered that he did, although
he had not been promised reward by
anyone
"Old man Hemberger was interviewed
by American Railway Union detectives
and the same soft breeze was blown into
his ear. but all the seductions of steam
beer and IS, 600 rewards were powerless
against The old mans sterling honesty,
and for once the detectives were baffled.
''These workers were reinforced by
several intended candidates for office be-
fore the Democracy, and of these one has
been seen with the American Railway
Union workers, both day and night, and
they broughtto bear against Judge Fisher
pressure which woald have been ire
sistible had not the Judge been man of
untlinching integrity and determination.
1t was suggested that if these defendants
were held to answer before the Superior
Court to the charge of murder they
would demand separate trials, and that,
Judging by the length of the preliminary
examination, the expense of these trials
would bankrupt Yolo County. AS an Off
set to this plea, many of the heaviest tax
payers and represen tative citizens as
sured his Honor that they are willing to
pay taxes for the purpose of preserving
good order in the community and pro-
tecting the lives, liberties and property of
all the citizens. And they suggested to
him beside that whenever the time should
come in this country that judges will re-
fuse to administer justice because of the
expense of such administration, it will
be time to close the courts and the iails
and resort to the Bowie knife and the re-
volver in the settlement of civil disputes,
and to lynch law and the vendetta for the
punishment of crime.
"W orden told a certain person this
morning that the boy Sherburn had tes-
titled to the truth except as to his visit to
the trestle. According to Worden's s
story, Worden met man named Abort
Wheeler one day in Sacramento saloon
and Wheeler showed him an order signed
by Knox, requesting the recipient to give
Wheeler rig to go to Brighton. Wheeler
ex Explained that be wanted to go there for
the purpose of getting some vegetables
for the American Railway Union kitchen.
"Worden asked Wheeler for the order,
alleging, as a reason, that he wanted to go
and tie up a train between Sacramento
and Woodland, and upon Worden prom
isiug that he would see that The Brighton
vegetables were forthcoming, Wheeler
gave him the order, which Worden pre-
sented at Wilson's stable and got the rig
Worden admitted that he was at the ca
boose, as testified to by Sherburn, and
that when he met Appleman, alias Texas,
Texas asked where the saddle-horses
were Worden told him that there were
no saddle-horses, and invited him into
the vehicle.
''Then Worden returned to Sacramento.
He said nothing about the tools or the
dynamite that were put into the vehicle,
nor did he give any reason why he
should have left the expedition at that
point before the train was tied up in ae-
cordance with the design which he had
expressed to the mysterious Wheeler,
who is said TO be a railroad man from
Placer County.
Il had an interesting talk with Judge
Fisher this evening as 10 his reasons for
the decision he made in the afternoon.
He said that up to few days before the
testimony closed on the side of the peo-
pie he could not see that there was suffi-
cient evidence to connect Knox, Mullin
and Compton with the murder of Engi-
neer Clark and the four United States
soldiers and he so expressed himself to
few intimate friends. But the evidence
presented during the last few days Of the
examination placed the matter IN differ