The herald., 1895-09-12

that would have relieved the suffering
man. BY this time large number of
persons had arrived and while some
worked over Thompson the rest did what
they possibly could for Matin. Botn of
the dying men had heated water to make
tea or coffee for their meal, and Eccles
took this and put salt into it and tried to
force some down the throats of the men,
but they did not seem to be able to rake
any, or else did not wish to. Old Mr..
Eccles and MIR. Sheedy took tin cup of
hot water and poured a little down the
throat of Martin, but finally he asked
them to stop and said. Now l feel bet
ter. send for my wife and children. as
want them to be py my side.' Between
the tbroes of torture he succeeded in tell
ing all of the circumstances of getting
the bottle of wine and how they had
opened it and drank some OF the con-
tents. He had not to judge from his
Thompson, and the first he knew of it
was when the latter suggested that they
drink.
The men kept rubbing Martin until the
flesh was broken. He com planned con .
tinnously of the cramps in the calves Of
his legs and urged them to redouble their
efforts.
Thomspon was too far gone to be able
to talk or throw any lignt on the affair.
And try as much AS possible, the men
were unable TO revive him and he grad
ually sank into comatose condition,
| and by the time DR.. Hancock arrived
was breathing his last. The physician
gave him hypodefmic injection, but
the man was doomed and almost within
hall minute after he said ''Pull my
legs apart" and then rolled over dead.
Every effort was made to save the life
of Martin and tor q snort while ii appear
ed as though they would be successful.
: DR.. Wing the physician of the railroad,
| arrived shortly after DR.. Hancock and to-
gether they did all that was possible for
Martin. Sweet oil was poured down his
throat and eager hands rubbed and beat
his flesh in the desire to see him saved.
But it was not 10 be.
Martin drank the poisoned wine about
6:15. bout S o'clock the spasms began
to abate ana his twitching became less.
and the physicians expressed the hope
that there was a chance for him to pull
through. He gradually calmed down, but
at 20 O'Clock Martin breathed his last
and had gone with his companion as a
sacrifice to the tiendish work of black
coward.
The news of this most horrible affair
caused large crowd to gather. Shortly
after the two men were discovered the
police department was notified. and De-
tectives Goodman and Steele were detailed
on the case. 1t was not long before the
first and one of tho most important clues
as to the identity of the fend was dis
covered. At the foot of the viaduct and
about fifty yards from the depot is q
saloon called the First Chance, run by
Anton Cordano. From him were learned
facts that will in all rrobabili land the
murderer IN the nands OF the law. Coz
dano stated that shortly after o'clock a
cOlnfp6
bottle in his hand and asked for piece
OF string to secure the piece of paper that
was around the glass. Cordano produced
the string. wherepon the fellow said:
You tie it for me-" The latter held
the bottle while Cordano put the string
asked for card. saying he wanted to put
the address on the package. Curdano
handed him one of his business cards.
Taking a pencil in his left hand the negro
wrote the following: "Mr. Gardner,
chair car porter Santa Fe. "
and asked if he could read it. Cordsno
looked and replied in the negative. The
chirogrophy is ve,y illegible and requires
considerable stody before one is able to
decIpher the words. The negro took
short piece of string and tied the card
to the neck of the bottle and walked out
of the saloon. He went down San Fer
nando street towards the southern Pacific
depot, but crossed the street about two
blocks below the saloon at the apex of
the junction with small street. Here
he found young Eccles, and going up to
the boy asked him if he would not like
to make 10 cents. The boy said yes, and
was told that he could earn it by carry
ing the package to the station master at
the Santa Fe depot.
With These words the boy was given the
fatal bottle and he started toward the
bridge. The negro followed closely be-
hind. Young EccIes went and handed
the bottle to Thompson and the latter
said that it was all right. The boy re-
turned to the negro, who was standing at
the south end of the viaduct and told
him that he had gwen the package to the
station master. The negro thereupon
handed him 90 cents and Immediately
turned and walked rapidly down San Fer
nando street toward the south. Young
Eccles then went his way little thinking
of the awful tragedy that was soon to be
enacted.
After the police arrived on the scene of
the tragedy they took immediate charge
OF the bottle, the paper that had been
around it, the card, the label and the tin
foil cap over the stopper.
The bottle is an ordinary quart one and
had been filled to the muzzle with the
poisoned wine. 1t is bottle similar to
the kind that contains blue ribbon beer.
starting at q large bottom and tapering
gradually to a small neck. Around it
was a label marked ''Sherry Wine" The
cap over the stopper bore the print of the
Cucamonga winery.
No test was made lest night OF the con-
tents of the bottle but it is supposed to
contain sherry wine mixed with q large
quantity of either strychnine or arsenic.
Tne color is slightly greenish, bnt to an
ordinary observer would not be taken for
other than what it was labeled
The name of the man for whom the
faral bottle had been intended is Gard
ner. He has run on the Redlands flyer
for the past few months, but about thres
or four days ago was changed to the San
Diego route, where he had since been.
No doubt the intended murderer had
not been aware of this change and sup
posed that his intended victim was still
on the run, and by leaving the bottle at
the small station he would be more apt
to receive it than at La Grande depot,
ana besides it would not attract so much
attention.
7, Even had Gardner still been on the
Redlands run Yesterday he would not
have been handed the bottle, for the rea-
sson that 1T was not given to Thompson
until about an hour and fifteen minutes
after the train for Redlands had gone by.
The bodies were removed to the under
taking parlors of kIegelo & Bresee, where
the coroner will probably hold an inquest
today or tomorrow.
Both of the murdered men had fam
ilies that of Thompson having just re-
turned from the seashore, while that of
Martin is at Glendora.
At $50 this morning Detective Good
man arrested a negro banned W. Bugbee
on suspicion of having been the man who
sent the bottle He was cau,h ht i n the