The morning call., 1894-12-29
BY MANY RELIABLE PEOPLE.
Witnesses Saw the Defendant
in Sacramento
AT THE TIME OF THE WRECK
Which Conflicts With Other Testi.
mony, and Shows That Perjury
Has Been Committed.

WOODLAND. Dec. est is very evident
that rank rjury has been committed in
the Appelman trial. The prosecution in
troduced number of witnesses who
swore in the most positive manner that
they saw the defendant in the vicinity of
the wreck on the 11th of July, shortly be-
fore the disaster occurred. Now the de-
Tense is pilng up the slbi testimony Of
witnesses, who swear they saw him in
Sacramento at the time, which, If the tes-
tiinony be true, makes it impossible for
him to have been in Washington at any
time between IL and II o'clock.
When the court convened this morning
the courtroom was crowded with specta-
tors.
King Silvera. laborer who lives in Sac
ramento. testified that he knows defendant
and boarded with him at Mrs. Matheny's.
Witness saw him about II O'Clock Oh the
18th OF July on Front and streets. Sacra-
mento. He was going in an opposite d.
rection from the depot. Witness went on
TO the depot and saw the train. In cross
examination the witness adhered TO his
original story, but he could recall the name
OF only one other person he met at that
time
T. W. Soule was next called. he has
been a witness in ali the former trials.
He saw the men in the three-seated rig at
the caboose on the 11lh. and he saw man
take some tools out of the cabooss door
and put them in the wagon. but none Of
The men he saw was Appelman. In cross
examination he admitted that he did not
pay much attention to the wagon, but in
sisted that Appelman was not there. lie
also admitted that when a detective
showed him a photograph which, it was
claimed, was a picture of the defendant,
he had said he believed that was the man
who put the tools in the wagon. On re-
direct examination the witness said he had
not since seen the photograph, and could
not tell whether it was a likeness of
Appelmsn or not Counsel for the defense
demanded that the prosecution present the
photograph, and Mr. Cook promised to do
so later oD. at which time he wanted the
witness present for further examination.
Mrs. Lottie Matheny was the next wit
ness. She resides in Washington, but on
the 18th of July she kept boarding house
in Sacramento. "On the 18th of July"
said the witness. ''defen dant took dinner
al my house at hali-past IL o clock" Wit
ness said her fourteen-year-old daughter
and Mrs. Pincomb were present. She saw
Appelman again about o'clock in the
evening. In the morning the witness sent
Appelman To a grocery-store to buy either
bread or coffee. Witness admitted to Mr..
Clark that she had, in company with Mrs.
Mcclure, visited the defendant since his
confinement in jail. She fixed the dinner
hour by the fact that she asked Mrs. Pin
comb about the time Of day.
King Silvera was at the house on the
same day, but she did not think he was in
company with Appelman. When she
visiIe the defendant in Jail she requested
him not to have her subpenaed as a wit
ness. Defendant said he was compelled
to rely on her because she knew he took
dinner at her house on that day.
At the afternoon session Mrs. Matheny
testified that Appelman's white hat was in
her wardrobe on the 11tn of July.
Mrs. Agnes Fiske saw the three-seatod
rig on the 18th of July. There were only
three men in it. She did not recognize
Appelman as one of them.
The next witness, }. c. Churchill, fur
nished tine only sensation OF the day. He
is a dancing-school teacher. but was for
merly employed by the railroad company.
and went out with the strikers. He saw
the train 60 out, and fifteen minutes later
saw Appelman in front Of the fremont
House in Sacramento. On cross-exam-
nation witness was asked if be saw other
men he recognized at the time he saw Ap-
pelman.
He replied: Yes; l saw lot of people
there. but / won't tell who they were.
By getting into this lost the last ghost of
chance l had of getting back to work
for the railroad company. and l am not
going to tell on them. because they've got
families. and would lose their jobs. l
would be hanged before / would tell on
them. I know ten or fifteen. but you are
not going TO get it out of me."
Mr.. Cook moved TO strike ont the speech
of witness, because it was not responsive.
The court granted the motion and the de-
Tense excepted.
General Hart asked if he would give him
the names, and after some hesitation the
witness replied no. The court refused to
allow the witness to say why he declined
TO give the names.
L. L. Cripp was Withdrawn because the
court refused 20 allow him to testify to &C.
currences on the track the dag previous to
the wreck. The evidence of w. j. Thomp-
son. the last witness of the day, was I'M
important. Ten days more will be re-
CURED by the defense.
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