The herald., 1895-01-16
The MURDER OF c. ELIKAN.
3. A. Feeler Now Standing
Trial for the Deed.
lis Alleged Accomplish Positively
Eefiises to Testify
cumsta8tiai, But Ons stat IL 1nt by
Fce1sr IL of Darnaing Natur..

A Jury wae occurred yesterday in the
case of E A. Feeler, who ie on trial ia
| departments one for the gncrdsr of
g,ocar Camille E ikau At Long Baach on
the night at November 22i. 1t sonsi sta
OF MosagR. George Chsrnock, Alfred H.
Edwards. Oliaton Heath, WIN. Il
Stesls. John w. Beads. Sylvester c.
RuttocS, E imnnd Esrtup. J. f. Bang
asn,, &. K Kleiafalter. i. Phelps, J. H.
Harmon and @. Brode.
After tho Jurors had baen sworn,
counsel for tho jafsnse, Masars. Zach
Montgomery and W. r. Kendrick, asked
that ;hat they BIS discharged Oh the
ground that they hsd beer Improperly
penelsd and drawn from special venire
issued by the cours when the regular
jury vas in attendance. The uo.iop
was deuied aud the prosacosien, eonsist-
ing OF Assistant District Attorney w. L.
Williams and ex-Dotrict Attorney Dill
lon, then read the ioformatior chsyglng
thu prisoner with the murder Of Elikan
1t wGs not until the eiter1ocA session
that any testimony was heard, end that
wac not OF n very Gbsor bling cheracter.
The theory OF the people ia that Feeler
and Hesley, tine other man accused Of
| com plicity in tbs death OF Elikau, had
Conspired together TO hurglafiz3 and rob
! the grocery etore, and that it Wss while
| they wore there. that gney wet5 sur
prlsed by the d. ,ased, whom : ey muir
dered. Up to the time OF adj burning.
! however, but little Roadway had been
nsde ia that direction, although the
testimony, entirely cireu stancidl in iea
nature, Is alresdy beginniDg TO point
out the connection between Fee!er and
| HeAey and the killing Of Eikau.
Feeler, who is a young man. with
dark hair somewhat given to curling,
deep and piercing eyes aud "a small
molstsche pointed at the ends. is not Al
ell bad lock ng, hut he has Nn extra
rnaselve jaw, showing oostinacY and de-
termination. and HIS forehead is rather
low. Neither he nor Hea.ey, who had
been br0uG d up 10 testify ia thu case
has an intellectual appearance. Haaly
ID LITTLE mar, pruDabN 81 yAaYs OF axe.
with Il he0vy blonde mon3iache and
curlon9 eye4 which keep blinking irces-
sanity. Nothing in hlri trdicste; khAt
there is enough otatniro in hun TO evan
contemplate t. murdaf 81 al asst OF r!n@
lence. II chancn6 are GO be ttken. F9oiet
liatensd aitantiveiy t. tins estim)ny,
but neverthe lees he bora q very prsnc-
cupied lock most of ibe time. Occa,
eioply he coached Mi, Ksndricx, ono OF
his att0rneys.
A mild oenua.ion was created when
The prosecution called usaley to the
stand. If the public expected iaIi
disclosure OF the particulars D: Tho crime
then. it was doomed to disappointment
as the witness Immediately atalsd that
| hs would not testify.
The court reosa wss we'll flled with
! spectators, but nothing comparable to
the crowds rich li.tened :, the Craig
trial. Among those present wers many
representative citizens OF Long Beach.
Alter two or three Witnessed had tss-
titled TO the death OF Elk4n on the day
and place alleged IN Tho information, w.
w. Lowe was placed on the stand. Hu
explained to G jury, by moins OF 4