The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-18

drove them twenty miles toward Woodland.
linen all save Worden got out, and he ana
Worden drove back, and as they came in sight
OF the wreck they saw the people returning
from viewing the wreck and took four or five
back with them, and by-the-by, not one OF
these four or five spectators has ever turned up
to corroborate the boys story. He got back TO
Sacramento about 3 Pm. Then he collected
the Dill OF Knox on written order. After
tnat ne made a statement in writing to Sammy
Knight (Which, by the way, knight absolutely
refused to produce at the strikers triaD, and
a1ter all that, In company with two southern
Pacific detectives, Gibson and Burke took that
tired team, and after it had hauled seven men
ana boy twenty miles up and the man and
BOY twenty miles back, in all forty miles, and
again went over the same route and found the
tools he says Worden left in the brush.
That is the Southern Pacific version of the
affair. They charged Hatch and Appleman as
petng TWO OF the men with Sherburne. Each
proved an alibi and both were instantly &C
quilted Both were ably defended by Cen
eral Hart, and had he defended poor Worden
the same result would have been brought
about.
In the strikers case we placed on the stand
two reliable witnesses and had two more who
swore they saw Worden drunk at the A. R. o.
headquarters at P. M. the day of the wreck,
al time he was with Sherburne, If the boy
told the truth, twenty miles away Sherburne
himself collected the bill OF Knox at ! 80 P. NJ.
when he was miles away, if his story be true.
The orderissued by Knox was not for car
rage for Worden but for a man named Vince
ler and to, substantiate the railroad side of the
case they have to claim Wheeler as an alias for
Worden. So much for the way the octopus
seeks to account for the wreck.
On the other hand the union charges it on
one Charles OBrien O'Brien was tramp,
tried to pass himself on the secretary of the A.
r. U. as member and said he had done some
thing lawful good" for the "boys." He
wanted to get a steamer ticket to San Fran
cisco, and when asked for his membership
card said he had lost it. When the secre tary
went to look for the roll the man disappeared.
The next day, the 18th of July, he turned
up in Oakland with man by the
name of Barrett. They went to President Rob-
erts OF the A. r. q. then, and presented letter
purporting to be from Knox, but Roberts being
accept 1t, and a telegram was sent to Sacra-
mento to ascertain who these men were Knox
mad been arrested, but day or two later the
kilograms reached him at the JAIL and Oakland
was informed that the men had no connection
with the A. r. U. In the meantime, however,
Barrett and OBrien told Roberts and others
that they had wrecked the train and wanted to
get money to get out of the country. Roberts
refused to give them any, making the excuse
that he wanted to hear from Sacramento first.
While waiting two of the men followed Bar
rett, who boarded the Oakland local and rode
on Southern Pacific pass TO the pier and then
went up into the Office of the superintendent
OF the Southern Pacific Company. The man
reported to the union, and later in the day,
when Barrett came back, he was openly
charged with being an impostor and having
pass. Some of the men wanted to throw him
a corner and drew a pistol, but finally con-
sented to be searched If one of the men went
to his room with him. No sooner was he out
OF the hall than he ran away and has since
disappeared with OBrien. The next day
OBrien mailed written confession to the A.
r. U. at Sacramento, which was posted at San
Francisco July 16, e A. M, and was received in
Sacram ento that afternoon and Immediately
turned over to General Hart.
There was no dynamite used at the trestle,
as we fully demons trated on the strikers trial
simply a rail loosened. One man could have
done it alone, and believe one man did do it.
This is in substance the story told by twenty
witnesses, and it makes chain of evidence
sufficient to hang Charles O'Brien twice over.
We offered to prove all this on the strikers
trial, but it was ruled out.
Now, you can take these two stories and
judge whether or not General Graham's in
scription should stand.
M. McGlynn was the next speaker. He
strongly condemned the action of General
Graham in placing an obnoxious inscrip-
ton on the Preside monument and took
occasion to say few words in defense of
the Peoples party, which he announced
was good enough for him."
He had heard rumors of new party,
but had made up his mind to stand in the
old ranks.
In concluding McGlynn emphasized the
necessity of concentrated effort on the part
of labor Gin order to free itself from the
expressions of capital"