The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-07-24
sRUNER WAS IN WOODLAND
And Gaddis Labored With His
Two Clients.
TURNS TO TIMIDlTY
When the Prosecution Offered the
Defense a Chance to Clear
Matters Up.

expressed desire to make a confession,
they both denied that they had expressed
any such desire. Hatch said: Il have
nothing to confess, therefore why should
l confess?"
General Hart and E. E. Gaddis. attorneys
for the defense, brought the matter up in
the afternoon session of the hearing before
Judge Fisher to-day by claiming the priv-
lege of the court to bring to its notice the
published statement that Alvin Bruner
had talked with his clients. General Hart
said that Judge Armstrong had inspired
the story 10 make public opinion and
called upon Alvin Bruner to deny it. MIR.
Bruner stated to the court that District
Attorney Head had informed him that
Worden and Hatch wanted to make con-
fession, and be had visited Woodland Sun
day morning and stayed all day. He
asked that Attorney Gaddis be put on the
stand ana swear that he had not had tre-
mendous struggle with his clients 10 pre-
vent their doing SO. The defense evaded
this method of proof, and Judge Fisher
called them to proceed with their case.
AS matter of fact. the most diligent
inquiry shows that both WOrden and
Hatch did wish to make confession. 1t
appears that Gaddis pleaded for all hour
and half with Hatch not to take such
step. When questioned General Hart
would not deny that Worden had ex-
pressed desire to make confession, but
he emphaticalIy denied that Hatch had
done so.
81 would not be surprised at anything
Worden would do" he said.
The great question, now that so much
damning testimony has been put in by the
prosecution, is what is the defense going
to be. So far no indication has been given
of the course they intend to pursue. There
is a well-grounded belief. however, that
the defense in the WOrden case will be in
sanity and in the other that they were
not there at all and had nothing to do
with the wreck of No. a. So far there has
been no proof that the mediation commit
tee planned the dastardly deed, although
the prosecution would very much like to
prove that It did.
The support for the belief that Wor-
denis defense will be insanity is that he is
purposely making bad breaks in court
He is insolent to the attorneys and the
court, shouts aloud at times. and when in
Jail gets fits of shouting and can be heard
for blocks. His companions too profess
to believe that he is crazy. To-day Wor-
den made bitter attack on a newspaper
man in the court. and upon the latter re-
plying Hatch turned to the reporter and
said:
whats the good of you talking to him?
You ought to know that he is crazy"
1t Is being whispered around too that
Worden is liable at any moment TO CON-
nit suicide, kill some one in Jail or do
some other desp perate deed of e crazy man.
The prosecution have not yet given all
their evidence. 1t is claimed that it can
be proved that WOrden is the man who
went to Stockton and there organized the
body of men who helped to do the work at
the trestle, and it is because they were
strangers that they were not recognized
by the men who saw them. In fact, al
most all the wild things that were done
during the strike are going to be laid on
Worden's shoulders. 1t is said he stood
up the operator at Lathrop and stole an
engine there and another from Stockton.
He admits being the organizer of the
Pacific system for the American Railway
Union, and naturally work of that kind
would have to be done by him. To prove
all this the prosecution have enough wit
nesses to occupy the court until Thurs
day, and in all probability the whole
week. The nearest calculation that any
one reaches to close up the examination
before Judge Fisher.is two weeks.
To-day's session saw the tools used by
the wreckers of No. produced The pro-
ceedings opened with the testimony of A.
J. Wilson, the stableman. Under the
questioning of Carroll Cook he said he
knew the defendant Compton.
81 have seen Mr.. Knox. Mr. Hatch and
Mr.. Worden BEFORE" witness said. "On
the day of the wreck the only person L
saw was Worden. It was between 10 and
IL O'Clock in the morning when Worden
walked in with an order for q vehicle to
carry nine people. / told him L had not
one that would carry nine, but could
give him one to carry six. He said that
would do. He asked the price, ltold him
and he said: We are just going to
Brighton, and we will be back by 5
O'clock / told him it would be $6. He
said not to be hard on them. that he would
return at o'clock and that the horse
would not be driven hard l said that SIS
would be enough. He then gave me an
order signed II. a. Knox and the initials
IT. S. W. and in brackets Doc He
asked for driver to bring the rig back,
and | sent Johnny Sherburn, who was
sitting there, with them TO bring the rig
back l told him not to go any further
than Brighton"
when they left did they go in the di-
rection of Brighton ?" asked Cook.
Yes. sir; they did"
'Describe the team"
'"The horses were pair of bays, about
1000 pounds in weight The harness had
no checks. 1t is a three-Seater, and no
side bars; cushioned seats"
when did you next see the rig?"
II should judge it was about As when