The herald., 1895-01-03
ORDERED TO WRECK A TRAIN
New and Startling Theory in
the Appelman Case.
An Offer to Show Conspiracy by thu
Southern Pacific.
More Men Who Give Evidence Favor
able to the Accused.

ny Inc HERALD B Ltdseu Wlre.
WOODLAND, Jan. 2.-Afters adjourn
ment of three days. the trial OF Appel
man. the alleged train wreoker, was re-
sumed today. The testimony was mainly
devoted to the establishment OF good
character tor the defendant and the inn
peachment of Witness Chopper.
General Hart started out upon new
theory, but was checked by she court.
He put Mr.. Wicks. railroad agent at
Willows. on the stand and offered to
prove that he received orders in the
month of July to tear up the track and
wreck certain train. He commended
that this would tend to show that the
railroad company had conspired to
wreck the train ON the 18th of July.
The prosecution objected on the ground
Of irrelevancy. The court would not
allow the testimony, unless the defense
would agree to connect the instructions
sent to Willows with the wrecking of
the train on the 11th of July. General
Hart admitted that he could not make
the connection and the witness was ex-
cused.
APPELMAN DRESSED UP.
M. F. Williams ia q railroad engineer
who has not been at work since the
strike. He contradioted the witnesses
OF the prosecution who testified that
Appelman was around with Wordon on
the Sd of July. He said he Was with
Appelman at Gait on that day, return
ing in the evening at 6 80 on hand car.
He also testified that he saw the de-
fendant in the afternoon OF July 11th,
about O'Clock, on the corner of Front
and j streets, in Sacramento. Appel
man was dressed in dark clothes and
dark hat, and was very neat and clean,
showing no evidence OF travel stains.
Witness said Detective Lee of Saora-
mento had asked him if he
could not 0weer that tho time
he saw Appelman was after A O'Clock.
James Simm, an ex-switchman, tes-
tilted that he saw defendant at or 4 80
O'Clock in the afternoon at the corner OF
Second and j streets and had q CONVEX
sstion with him about Worden being
arrested. On cross-exsminstion wit
nesB said he WAS not striker nor O
member OF the A. r. U. He quit tho
employ OF the company about week
before the strike commenced. He
struck the yardmastsr, and resigned in
anticipation OF being discharged. He
was arrested for obstructing mails, and
was for several weeks prisoner in San
Francisco, but ia now out on bail. He
admitted that during the strike he did
all he could to keep trains from run
ming.
MORE ALIBf WITNESSES.
Ex-Superviaor Snyder testified that
witness Choppers reputation for truth
and veracity is bad. On cross-sxamin-
alton he stated that he did not believe
that Chopper would go into court and
deliberately swear to a lie.
A. j. Richards keeps lunch counter
in Sacramento. He sleeps at the Arcade
house. He, testified that ON the morn
ing OF July III he did not get up until
between II and l O'Clock, He dressed
and started down to breakfast. On his
way down he met Appelman at the cor
ner of Second and X streets. He asked
Appelman if he had heard about the
wrecking of the train, and defendant re-
piled that he had.
j. A. Moffatt, Charles Soule, r. A.
Fiske. O. A. Pickett and N. B. Kripp
testified to the good character of the
defendant and bad reputation of Crop.
per. The mother and father OF de-
fendant, who reside in Iowa, were on
the stand, but their testimony did not
throw any light on the matter. The dc.
tense will close tomorrow at noon.