The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-13


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IL then went and got on an electric car
and rode along until we came to the little
| bridge over the San Fernando street
yards. where got off and walked across
| San Fernando street. l met Brown and
| went away and l walked into the saloon
| that is near the bridge over the river and
| got the card from the man behind the
| bar, and then 1xwent out and gave the
| bottle to little boy and told him to take
| it to the station agent and tell him to
| give it to the porter on the chaircar. L
| gave the boy Is cents for doing this"
''Whv did you send the poisoned wine
to Gardner; didn't you know that it
| would kill him?'
81 did not know that strychnine would
| kill him. l wanted only to make him.
| sick, so he would have to lay off and
might be able to get to WORK in his plac 9
while he was away. 1 met Gardner at
| Redondo last Sunday and asked him how
| could get job as porter, and he told
me to make application to Mr.. Beamer,
, When / came back to the city l first
thought OF poisoning Gardner
Busby was here shown the card on
| which he wrote the name of Gardner.
and was asked If he had e.er seen it be-
! fore. At first he denied that he had. hut
| when questioned sharply by DR.. Camp
bell admitted that he had procured it
| from the man in the saloon near the
| bridge.
did you not write it with your left
hand so as to disguise your handwriting?"
mo; | do not know anything about
| it. / can write better than that"
The reason that Busby attempted to
deny all knowledge of the card and to re-
| pudiate his previous statements to the
police was because Mr.. Curtis and Mr..
| King, who occupied seats behind him,
whispered to him to disclaim all knowl-
edge. In this they were unsuccessful
though, as Mr.. Campbell closely pressed
| his questions and under further cross-ex-
animation. Busby confessed that lie had
written the name on the card with his
| left hand. The witness stated that he had
been around the saloon about fifteen or
twenty minutes and saw one man behind
| he bar, but did not know his name. Had
| known Brown, the man he first tried TO
throw the blame upon, for SIX or seven
| years.
The bottle was on the table and Busby
| identified it as the one that he had hand
| ed to the Eccles boy.
HENRY BROWN ON THE STAND
| Henry Brown was next called, but be-
I fore he had q chance to answer the first
| question put to him the two lawyers be-
hind him were seen to start and whisper
to him, entirely ignoring the fact that he
had been sworn.
| Both Coroner Campbell and Chief Glass
grew most indignant and declared it tc
be the most contemplate piece OF work
| they had ever seen. DR.. Campbell
asked them if they had been retained
| and why they were attemp pting to talk to
a witness after he had been sworn. Mr..
WILDER made lame excuse by stating that
| while he had not been retained and
probably would not be, he desired to ac-
| quaint the witness with mis- lights. They
took the hint, however. and moved their
! chairs away from the witness.
| Il saw Busby on San Fernando street, -"
SAID the witness, yesterday about 5: 80
pm. He came up running behind me
and called to me to stop. / waited until
ne caught up and he said that he was
| going to walk down the street with me-.
: | said all right, but that 1 was going
He asked me not to do that. but to come
on with him and have O drink at the
euge of the bridge. | said all right. We
went down and into saloon. He bought
the drinks and told me he was going to
San Bernardlno that evening. We then
| left the saloon and walked down the
street, where / babe him good-by. l never
had any conversation with him after that.
! 81 saw him have pacakge unoer his
| arm but it was wrapped up IN paper and
| seemed TO be the same size all around
so that | could not say what it contained.
l have never seen Busby since that time
| until now.'
did Busby mention Gardner's name
! while you were togetherP'
! mo sir. He did not say anything
about Gardner or what he had in the
| package under his arm or what he intend
| ed doing with it. He asked me though
three or four times when we were together
what time the train for san Bernardino
left. told him that thought the over
| land left about $50. He seemed es-
| peoially anxious to learn when the train