The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-13
SACRAMENHO'S GLORIOUS CLIMATE.
The Compliment UnwittingIy Paid 1t
by kovaIeW
He Said He Picked Cherries Here in
December-The Finding of Mrs.
Weber's Watch.

There was another large crowd in
attendance yesterday at the trial OF
! Ivan Kovalev for the murder of F. H
l.. Weber. The defendants general
appearance continues to improve
though he still stares at vacancy much
of the time and seems to be quite OBJ
| livious to everything going on about
him. Captain l. w. Lees and his CO.
terie of San Francisco policemen and
detectives with a couple of policemen
| from San Jose, where Matthuski Stcher-
| bakov was killed while attempting tc
rob Groceryman DoWdigan, are in daily
attendance.
After the jury had been called Mrs
Lizzie Beesley, daughter of the muir
dered couple, resumed the stand. She
identified the two linen shirts, the boots
and a gray pair of trousers, all of which
were found in the barrel back of the
scene of the murder. She was shown a
! black coat and vest, the trousers be-
| longing to which she said were missed
| after the homicide. She identified q
| pair of gray trousers as being hel
| fathers, the coat and vest of which
were also missing after the homicide
| L
! Francisco City Jail she gave to her
mother some years ago. She was posi-
tive as to the identity of every article
of her fathers effects remaining in the
house after the murder, also as to the
clothes belonging to her father and
found on Kovalev at the time of the
latter's arrest.
DISCOVERY OF THE VICTIMS.
Luther T. Weber, son of the MUIR
dered Mr.. and Mrs. Weber, was next
called He testified to the manner in
which he discovered the mutilated re-
mains of his father and mother on
Sunday morning, the Both of Deem
Der last. About five minutes to II
o'clock he had occasion to go to the
store for the purpose of feeding the
horses. He went from the front OF
the store to the back gate to get into
the stable. The pulley on the gate was
cut, which aroused his suspicion that
all was not right on the premises.
When he went to the back of the
store he found a pool of blood on the
floor. It looked as though it had
leaked through from upstairs. He
went upstairs to investigate and there
found more blood In the kitchen he
found the body of his father. 1t was
so mutilated he did not at first recOg-
nize it, He then looked for his
mother. and found her mutilated body
| in another part of the house. He
then went out and Immediately mott
fed a. A. Jost, his fathers partner.
The witness said a black Prince
Albert suit belonging to his father,
some other garments and pair OF
suspenders were missed. His father S
watch was also missing.
THE MURDERER'S IMPLEMENTS.
A white-handled carving knife COW
cred with blood, was found in the
kitchen alongside the remains of his
father. An ak covered with blood was
found in the woodshed between some
coaloil and fruit jar cases. Both the
knife and ak belonged to the prem
ises. A Ratchet marked IS. p. Co"
was found in the woOdshed, but it
had not been used in the fiendish
work. 1t did not belong to the store.
The clothing found in the barrel was
of the kind usually worn by tramps.
The witness identified all of his
fathers clothing, part of which was
found in the barrel and part on Kov-
alav when arrested. He also positively
identified the suspenders and trousers
found on KovaIey as having belonged
to his father The canvas bag in
which the deceased usually carried his
money when going upstairs to retire
was found empty near his body.
In cross examining Mr. Weber Mr..
Hart asked him if he was willing to
stake the defendants life on his state
ment that the pair of trousers found on
Koyalev at the time of his arrest We're
of the same material as the deceased s
coat and vest and which were not taken
from the premises.
District Attorney Ryan objected to
the question. He said that had moth
ing to do with the question as to
whether they were of the same ma
terial or not The question was not a
fair one The witness had stated posi-
lively that the trousers We're of the
same material as his fathers coat and
vest.
Judge Johnson said the Supreme
Court has rebuked the kind of exami-
nation which Mr.. Hart INDUCED in
concerning the stalking of a mans life
on a statement of a witness. He said
he would not risk an adverse ruling on
the objection, however, and allowed
the witness to answer the question.
Luther Weber replied that he would
be willing to stake the defendant
life on his statement that the trousers
found on KoValeV are of the same ma
terial as the coat and vest left in the
house His father had worn the suit
on Christmas and on the Sunday be-
fore the murder.
SAW KOVALEV THERE.
George II. Jost testified that he was
in the vicinity of Weber's store the
night prior TO the discovery of the muir
der He saw at that time a strange
man near the store. He was standing
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