The herald., 1895-01-05
SETTING TRAPS FOR APPELMAN,
Testing the Memory of an AL
legged Train Wrecker.
Shooting Scrapes Will Follow &
Conviction.
The Famous Trial st Woodland Now
Nearing q Closs-Bad Break
on the Stand.

by HE hEkALDb AohsCd WIG
Woodland, Jan. 4-Mr. Cook re-
sumed thscross examination in the
Appslman case this morning and 1t was
not concluded until the hour OF ad-
jorrnment this evening. MIR. Cook
adopted line of questioning intended
to test the memory Of the witness.
General Hart objected. Mr.. Cook said
the witness was very circumstantiai in
relating all the incidents OF July 11th,
80 much 80 that he had suspicion that
the story had been rehsarsed. He pro-
posed to test his memory. The court
held that the line OF questioning wac
proper REORGANIZATION.
Mr.. Cook then led the witness
through all the intricate mszes of hie
movements on the 18th of July, in the
course or which there we're some dis
crepancies between MS statement and
his direct testimony, and fat contradic-
tion of one witness for the defense
in relation to the meeting of the
defendant and some children near Mrs.
Mstheny's house. Cook tried to get
some information from the witness by
which it could be ascertained what the
name OF the man was he met in front OF
this fremont house. Appelman had
conversed with the engineer, but did
not know his name and could not tell
anything about his runs.
ABSENT WITNESSES
IL slapped him on the shoulder"
continued the witness, land asked him
il ne had been called. The engineer
answered mo, and they will not call
me, as they know / will not come
Just then we heard the train pulling
cut and the engineer said: There goes
that scab Clark.
All efforts Of Cook to get some infor"
nation by which the engineer could be
identified were futile. He then tried
another tack.
do you know where this man Dun
ton is who says he went with you to the
swim ming pond ?" asked Mr.. Cook.
II do not" replied he, "but | have
heard that he and Judge Spaulding
left for Portland supplied with good
clothes and plenty of money and passes
furnished by A. ]. Fillmore" Mr..
Cook tangled the witness considerably
when he began to question him about
reading the news of the wreck in the
papers. He said that st noon on the
18th OF July he bought an Examiner of
that date and read the accoun The
Examiner OF the 18th did not reach Sac
rRmento to until the 18th and could
not not have reached Yuba county,
where witness was before the l4th.
Witness bought and read the papers
every day but he could not remem Der
any particular article he read except
Sberburne's testimony. All the San
Francisco papers containing that testi.
money we're presented to him, but he
failed to recognize in any of them the
article he had read.
BAD BREAK.
Witness tripped again when MrrCook
asked him if ne had seen K. Bucking-
ham in Washington in the afternoon oil
July 18th. and If he had gun on his
shoulder and told Mr.. Buckingham he
was going to shoot jack rabbits.
mo. that was on July l0th," replied
the witness. This morning he testified
that he was in Stockton on the 10th and
did not return until after l O'Clock.
created sensation by pointing to let
ter on the table in front of Mr.. Cook and
exclaiming, II know where you stole
that letter"
Mr.. Cook held it up to show that il
was addressed to himself, and the court
sharply rsprimanded the witness. De-
tective Gibson and Officer Lee told the
Associated Press representative today
that it is current in W Washington that ii
Appelman is convicted there will be two
or three shooting scrapes.
Bad blood exists between John Appel.
man and Detective Ahern. Each elaine
that the other has been trying to pick 9
/ quarrel ever since the trial began. They
came near having collision or the trair
few days ago. They met last nigh
and General Hart averted difficulty by
taking Appelman away.