The herald., 1895-05-05

that men had been hurt, he replied THAT
he had been told that there vas then
person pinned under the locomotive. And
it was then that he asserted that IL ne
had known that such thing was going
to happen he would never have taken
part in the robbery. Vain regretsl
They made for the Arroyo Seco bridge
and were halted by officers. His re-
membrance as to what was SAID here
again became somewhat blurred, but the
men on duty made escape easy for the
train robbers because they convinced
themselves on slim evidence that the
outfit was milk wagon. and that idea
came principally from an empty chicken
coop which was in the back of the ve-
hicle. and all this time the sack of Mex
lean dollars was nesting between their
feet.
When they were stopped by the officers
the od-thirsty instinct of Thompson
Immediately came uppermost. he knows
nothing above pistol play, with the drop
on the other man.
He put his hand on his gun and was
for blazing away. but Johnson checked
him. The prisoner said something at
the time which witness begged to be per-
mitted to omit in his narrative and the
prosecution granted his request. They
pulled off and threw away the tags on
the money bags as they were travelling on
home, and little ways before reaching
there witness hid the silver under some
brush. They arrived at the Johnson place
about 8 O'Clock. Thompson remained
three or four days. Afterward witness
buried the money in different places on
the ranch and divulgeG the whereabout of
money when he was in the hands Of the
law. There was SLIGO in Mexican money
and over 500 in American coin. All of
that Johnson gave to Thompson before
he left. The latter wanted the Mexican
money disposed of some way or other.
but to doing this Immediately witness
demurred on account Of the danger
Several months later Thompson re-
turned during Johnson's absence. He
came to the ranch in the evening, and
Etzler, 'rrogdeh and Mrs. Trogden were
there. Thompson demanded division
of the money then, to which Johnson
would not consent, but he agreed to send
him his share wherever desired. At
that time he had presented his accomplice
| with revolver in a scabbard.
| A revolver in "a scab5ard was now shown
| the witness. He identified the latter as
the one given, and as being of his own
make, bit stated positively that the gun
/ contained in it was another than the ono
he had handed Thompson as parting
| gift to speed the unwelcome guest.
He then detailed how he had written
letter to Thompson under the address OF
| Parker, advising him that he would send
him 600 Mexican dollars to Tempe. Ari-
and that he had actually shipped the coin
in twenty rolls on the day announced. in
| a box to w. s. Parker, Tempe. 1t was un-
| dertsood that either Etzler or Thompson
would receive the cash all right under
| that name. This concluded johnson s
! confession, which it has been SO hard to
| obtain.
| The ross-examinaton was at first
directed to elicit if possible if Johnson
was now speaking because of inducements
that might have been held out to him OF
| pardon or a commutation of his sen
tence. He denied emphatically that he
| had been promised anything directly or
indirectly. He admitted that some for
mer statements made by him during ex-
animation were perjuries. but exculpated
his l5-year old step-daughter of similar
crime by swearing falsely as to his where
abouts. If she had testified that he was
at home on a certain occasion she had
| done so because she honestly believed that
! he was there then.
Owing to a severe indisposltlon OF
Judge Smith, who was taken with chill
! in the forenoon, the case was continued
at the noon recess until tomorrow morn
| ing.
Johnson's testimony closes up all gaps
tallies in every point with that already
! introduced by other witnesses for the
prosecution When "Kid" Thompson
was returned to his cell in the county Jail
he did not 90 back unfettered as of yCre
but his two hands were properly confined
as they should have been at all times
while being moved from one building tt
the other. in a good. solid pair of nicke
plated hand cuffs.