The record-union., 1894-01-12
THE KILLING OF CHARLES A. BERG BERG.
Thomas Eagan Held to Answer for
the Crime.
Henry Kemp, Berg's Companion, Re-
peatS His Story of the Sad
Occurrence.

Thomas Eagan was examined before
Justice Devine yesterday on the charge
of numbering Charles Berg.
John Ii. Kemp testified that he and
Berg were together for couple of days
previous to the shooting. Berg had calcu-
lated to get money from his employer,
Gutenberger, but did not see him Tues
day night and they had to 60 and sleep
in refrigerator car, having no money.
1t was SO cold they could not sleep and
they got up and went to the Lafayette
Saloon to get warm.
They saw Eagan there and he drank
some beer, went out and when he came
back again drank another glass. and
shortly after went away. About 5 o'clock
Berg proposed to witness that they go
down to see friend of his. When they
went out, Eagan spoke to them, saying
that it was cold. Berg answered him,
and asked him if he tEagan) did not work
at hop picking last summer with him.
Eagan said yes, and said something else
to Berg, when the latter said to witness:
Come on, let US go up-street."
They went up with Eagan, and when
they got above Fourth street Eagan said:
''Wait few minutes. boys, l want to go
up to my room. Have either of you got
match?"
Berg said he had a piece of one and lit
it and held it until it burned his fingers,
when be dropped it. Eagan stopped to-
ward the keyhOle and suddenly straight
ened up and fired at witness, the powder
burning his face. Witness could not see
the pistol and was not looking for any
such action, as he considered Eagan
Berg's friend. He ran away as soon as
Eagan fired at Berg, and heard two more
shots, one of which was fired at him. He
looked back and saw Berg trying to raise
himself from the sidewalk. No other
words passed than those stated.
DR.. q. A. White said Berg was brought
to the County Hospital on Wednesday
morning suffering from wound in the
abdomen, which passed through his body,
coming out near the kidneys, and also
from a wound in the shoulder, which
produced paralysis, the bail having
ing the spinal cord. The ball in the alb
domen pierced the intestines in six
places, as found by the autopsy. The
wound in the neck was necessarily fatal.
Berg died on Friday The paralysis was
of the body and lower extremities. He
had some use Of his arms.
Kemp was cross examined by Hiram
w. Johnson, COUNSEL LOT EdSaH, anu
stated that he had lived in Texas for sew
eral years, and had been in California
since 1884. He had been in San Francisco
until the winter of 1892, and had been
working in Colusa and Sacramento
counties the past summer. He picked
hops at Menke's and Rooney's, and made
the acquaintance of Berg while out there,
but did not work with him at Menke's.
"Were you ever convicted of felony?"
asked Mr.. Johnson.
NO, SIR" replied the witness decd-
eGly. Il never was. | never was ar
rested but once, and that was in San
Francisco for being drunk. l was turned
loose. That is the only time l was ever
arrested"
Witness had worked on an average
two or three days in the week during his
stay in the city from November till the
time of the murder. Berg and he were
together from Sunday, and ate together.
Berg having meal tickets and credit.
They had drinks at various times, but
were not drunk, except that Berg had a
spree on Sunday. They were sober on
the night Of the murder. Berg worked
at Gutenberger's shop the afternoon be-
fore he was killed. He ate his dinner at
noon and the witness ate his at 2 O'Clock.
He took Berg's meal ticket down to him
at the shop in the afternoon, and they
met at the Steamboat saloon at and
stayed there till 10 o'clock and then went
TO the car to sleep.
1t developed during DIR. Whites testi-
mony that the shooting occurred OH the
morning of the 2Sth Thursday, while
the testimony at the Coroner's inquest
and that of Kemp yesterday, named
Wednesday as the day. The fact of Sun
day and Christmas Day coming together
just before is probably the reason for the
confusion.
The examination continued into the
afternoon and the court held Eagan to
answer without bail.