The record-union., 1895-06-19
SHY RED AND mrs. WBBBR'S WATCH
Were in the San Francisco Jail at the
Same Time.
This Much is Known - Story OF the
Bloody Coat-The Examina-
tion Not Concluded.

The preliminary examination OF harry
Sandt, alias ''Shy Red" suspected OF be-
inp the murderer of Mr.. and Mrs. T. II. u.
Weber. who were killed over their store on
L street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth,
in this city, on the night of the 18th OF
December, was begun in Justice Henry
court yesterday afternoon. The defend
ant was represented by 81. /. Buckley.
and District Attorney Ryan conducted
the prosecution.
Justice Henry's little courtroom was
crowded to overfowing with witnesses
and spectators.
Sandt was formally charged with the
murder of Mr.. Weber. His attorney oD-
jected to the complaint on the grouno
that it was sworn to on information ana
belief, and asked that the prisoner De ols-
charged.
Justice Henry refused to set aside the
complaint, and Luther L. Weber. son
of the murdered couple, was called to the
witness stand. he testified TO hnolng
the mutilated bodies OF his parents IN
their living-rooms over the grocery store
on the Sunday morning following the
murder. He also testified to the nnuIng :
of the bloody knife, hatchet ana DIooo-
stained garments in the rear OF the Dulid-
inp-the weapons upstairs and the cloth
ing in barrel downstairs. HIS mother $
watch and chain and his fathers Watcn,
beside some other articles, were taken py
the murderers.
Weber fully identified his mother s
watch, which was found in hole In the
wall Of the City Prison in San francisco
q few DAYS after the murder. 1t was dls-
figured for the purpose of destroying It's
identity, but not enough to prevent IL
being Identified.
Young Weber also identified some of
the clothes and pair of boots, found IN
the barrel, as having belonged to his
father.
Ellis Harlow-who the police officers
say informed them that prior to the muir
der he saw Sandt wearing coat and vest
which he had discarded, and which were
found IN the barrel after the murder
greatly disappointed the prosecuting OIL
GERS by his testimony.
He said he threw the coat and vest away
about two months before the murder. lie
told Detective Simmons that the coat and
vest which he saw on Sandt looked ike
the ones he had discarded.
He was asked by District Attorney
Ryan if he did not tell Grant Black that
Joe Sprout gave the garments to Sandt
An objection TO this question, on the
ground that the alleged conversation did
not take place in the presence OF the de-
fendant, was sustained.
Harlow said he did not identify the coat
and vest at the time he saw them on the
defendant He atterward identified them
at the police station.
District Attorney Ryan-Did you state
to Detective Simmons that you heard
Sandt say that he was going to ''dO q
trick" and that he would be forty miles
away the next morning.,
This question was objected to by Mr..
Buckley, and the District Attorney then
asked Harlow if he did hear Sandt say
that.
Harlow replied that he heard it from
other persons.
Policeman Dover of San Francisco
testified that he arrested Sandt in San
Francisco on New 1ear's Day for being
drunk. After Mrs. Webber's watch was
found in the city prison witness was de-
tailed to search for Sandt the next morn
ing but was unable to find him. He
was afterward arrested by another police
man.
Witness identified the defendant as
being the man arrested by him for being
drunk and having occupied the cell il
which the watch was found. When ar
rested he gave the name OF J ohm Heron.
Grant Black, who is employed in bis
fathers cracker bakery on Front street in
this city, testified that he had seen Sandt
with Joe Sprout and "Pink" Irwin, two
notorious characters, few weeks prior
to the murder. The defendant was in
witness place OF business shortly before
the tragedy, and asked him for some pis-
tol cartridges. Black told him he did not
have any.
District Attorney Ryan then announced
that an important witness for the prose-
cution was not in attendance at the ex-
animation, and asked that it be continued
until Thursday afternoon, for the purpose
of allowing the officers an opportunity &c
get him.
Justice Henry granted the motion, and
the examination will be resumed to.
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.