The record-union., 1894-08-10
snec,aI to the REcoRp-UNrox.

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoS.
WOODLAND, Aug. 9. In the train
wrecking examination to-day the argu-
ment on the advisability, as evidence, OF
the Willows dispatch, took wide range
and practically covered the whole ques-
ton of conspiracy. MIR. Bruner's pre-
sentation of the law of conspiracy was
very full and complete and practically
unansWerable.
The first incident of the day was the
bringing into court of William Henry
Appleman, alias Texas" one of the
John Does mentioned in the murder COM
plant. Hart and Gaddis appeared as his
animation on the charge of murder
should be commenced Immediately after
the conclusion of the present case. The
prisoner did not present a prepossessing
appearance. He appears but 2S or 50
years OF age.
CONNECTING THE DEFENDANTS.
The regular proceedings were opened
by Mr.. Bruner. who proceeded to an
swer Harris question of the preceding
DAY as TO whether there was any evidence
the derailing of the train. This he did in
2 manner which made the defense vince.
de said that so far as Worden and Hatch
were concerned he did not propose to
waste any time showing their connection
with the wrecking of the train at trestle
No. and the murder of Engineer Clark
and the United States soldiers, for it had
been established beyoud the shadow of a
doubt. He therefore devoted his argu-
ment to the exposition of the evidence
proving that the Mediation Committee
were equally guilty of the crime. He
said:
ALL DECLARED To BE GUILTY.
81 ask the counsel for the defense at
the outset If a conspiracy TO stop the
running of the trains of the Southern
Pacific Company, no matter by what
means, is an unlawful conspiracy? If it
is, every one of these men has been
proved guilty beyond the shadow OF a
doubt OF the crime of murder. There
never was a case in the annals of crime
where such a complete case has been made
out. 1t looks almost as il they had done
this thing desiring that the world should
know that they were concerned in the
commission of this act Only one thing
was lacking, and that was that they
should have taken a brass band along
with them when they took this carriage
out for the purpose of committing this
crime. The evidence also shows that
from the beginning TO the end OF this af-
fair nothing was done that was not done
under the orders of Knox and the re-
mainder of the committee"
ON KNoX's ORDERS.
Mr.. Bruner then took up the connec-
tion of Knox and the Mediation Commit
tee with the crime and marshaled the
evidence in a mastery manner. He
said that early on the morning of June
18th Knox appeared like a hurricane at
the head of the strikers and announced
that not wheel should turn on the
Southern Pacific system. Following this
came series OF violent acts, the killing
of engines, the driving away of en-
ployes, all under the orders of this peace
ful man, Harry A. Knox. He gave
orders that all trains should be tied up by
force. He took charge OF the property of
the railroad company by force, closed
the doors of the freight sheds and forbid
anyone to take any freight or other prop
erty away without his permission. He
sent dispatch TO Debs, asking, ''Shall
we permit Mrs. Stanford to come down
over the track from Redding?" Then he
telegraphed to his comrades up north:
ALLOW Mrs. Stanford to come down by
way of Davisville, but not by way of Sac
ramento.'
When Marshal Baldwin visited the
Mediation Committee in their caboose be
found murderer Worden the spokesman,
ANorden who is now repudiated by these
defendants. This peaceful Harry Knox
telegraphed to Dunsmuir for armed men,
and forthwith 100 men, half of whom
were armed, came to Sacramento in
obedience TO MS command.
SENDING FOR ARMED MEN.
Continuing, Mr.. Bruner said: San
srchy was abroad in the land. Some
thing had to be done to down this class of
men, and the regular soldiery of the
y nited States to protect our lives and our
property from men OF the character of
Harry Knox, James Mullin and Thomas
Compton. These men were sending for
armed troops all over this State 10 whip
the militia and the United States soldiers,
to carry out their conspiracy to force the
Southern Pacific Company to boycott the
Pullman Company.
Harry Knox was at the head of them.
He issues an order to give Doc Worden a
carriage and charge it to him. Knox paid
for this carriage. The peaceable man,
Harry A. Knox, buys arms and ammuni-
ton. Next door to the headquarters Of
the A. 4. u. between twenty five and
thirty rifles and large quantity of am
munition were found. Guns, sabers and
lint bandages were also found in the very
headquarters of the q. r. u.
General Hart, with one of the most
disloyal utterances l ever heard from a
member of the bar, asks: why should
we call upon the militia of this State and
the regular soldiers of the United States p
They were called upon to protect the
lives and property of the citizens of this
State. 1t was done because anarchy was
abroad and rife in the land. There was
not man in the city of Sacramento who
was loyal to the Government of the
United States and to this State who had
expressed an opinion that felt at ease in
the city Of Sacramento. They were afraid
to express their opinions; they were
afraid OF this man Knox and his advisers.
They saw armed men on every street
and going into the headquarters of the
American Railway Union, They claimed
from LOCO to 2000 members, armed with
guns, TO burn, murder and destroy.
Harry A. Knox was at the head of
them. lie intended probably to go hunt
ing with those guns, aud he was TO hunt
the loyal citizens of Sacramento. When
he stole the rifles from the armory of the
Bersaglieri Guard they intended to fight
the soldiers, but when the fight came the
cur got to the front and they weakened" !"
POINTED ANSWER.
"Who is the cur ?r asked Mr.. Hart.
Harry Knox and bis confederates. -
answered Mr.. Bruner, emphatically, and.
continuing, said:
"They had the arms and ammunition
and a cannon, and they intended to fight
the troops. l ask you, Harry Knox,
what were you going to do with those
guns and ammunition when you had
Charge of the Southern Pacific property?
say that he intended 10 kill any man
that resisted. He was like an assassin
like burglar. who enters house armed
When the burglar can get the property
he wants without any resistance he will