The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-17
An Eyewitness Describes the
Killing of UIIery
WAS UNARMED AT THE TIME
Tie Testimony of Bert Martin Strong
Against the Defendant
The Supreme Court Sitting In Bank - A
New Point In the Craig Case.
General Court Notes

ing Of b. NJ. Ulleiy at Downey on the
18th Of July last was continued before
Judge Smith in department one OF the
superior court Yesterday. AS ON the
| first day, the court room was crowded,
| many of the spectators being friends and
acquaintance from Downey. The jury
mpannelled to try the case is as fol.
lows: J. N. Harmon, G. q Carpenter
Charles W. Harle, G. l.. Northcraft, r.
II. Hille, Frank Gerling, Loui Bailey. f.
ii. Dalton, W. A. Baxter, A. II. Ed
ward, Henry Schwannceke and n. S.
Montague.
The first witness called was DR.. ]. G.
kendrick OF Downey, who made the post
mortem examination of Ullery's BODY.
He describd the wounds which caused hia
death. He found two wounds, one in
the abdominal cavity, which cut the
aorta, and the other in the leg. The
wound In the abdomen was necessarily
fatal, the witness thought, death being
caused by hemorrhage due to it.
The position of the wounns was illus
trated on a life-size mannikIn, which
materially aided the jury in arriving at
an understanding of the fatal injuries.
Bert Martin. timer and plumber who
lived at Downey in July last, was the
next witness, and gave the.iury some
damaging evidence against Roemer. Mar
tin testified that he knew e. M. u llery
in his lifetime. and Is acquainted with
the defendant, Frank Roemer. He said
that on the day OF the shooting he saw
Frank Roemer first. On the morning of
July 18th, about 80 Roemer came to
the door of the bardwar store where he
was working. He asked Roemer what he
could do for him. The latter replied that
maybe he could not do what he wanted.
He asksd for gun" There was none
in the store. and he wanted to borrow
revolver, saying he had some one he
wanted % kill that morning. The wit
ness told him killing people was not what
it was cracked up to be.
Continuing, Martin said that he was
cal,e: to answer a telephone me ssage
and as he came back he saw Sam Roemer
turned and displayed a revolver, saying.
"You see I've got one" He then walked
out again, and about this time Ullery
leisurely walked III. Roemer almost inn
mediately appeared at the door, and
called out, "Oh. Spy. / want to see you
| a minute" Spy, witness explained, was
| a nickname of Ullery. Continuing, ne
said that on being aocosted, ulle,y turned
| around and lesurely walked toward
| where Roemer was standing. AS he APP
| preached Roemer exclaimed, Spy, what
| kind of id talk was that you were
making to me?' Ullery made no reply
when Roemer at once drew his revolver
and commenced shooting. firing three
shots and exclaiming with an oath at the
last one that he would snoot Ullery s
| brains out.
Martin was positive that Ullery
walked toward koemer with his h ands
in his pockets thas he had no coat on,
| and further that he made no movement
that looked like pulling a revolver or at
tempting to do so. Ho also testified that
he saw Ullery's body examined and that
no weapon was found upon it.
| Martin cross examination was very
| searching, and he was compelled to go
over the facts of the shooting very
| closely. He stuck to the statements made
on his direct examination, however, and
was not shaken on any important point.
G. W. MCCULLOUGH was also examined
| as to the facts of the killing.
| In the afternoon quite u sensation was
caused by the introduction of the bloody
clothing of the dead man on living
DUNN in the person OF Angel Romeado.
The man was Just about the same size as
.lIery, and as he walked into the court
room wearing Ullery's clothes. the
widow of the dead man was overcome at
the sight and burst into tears. The jury
were shown the marks on the clothing
and the holes made by the bullets, the
shooting being fully illustrated.
The remainder of the session was con-
sumed in the animation OF Constable
Brookshire, Lee Jones, Mr.. Barnett ana
Ed Clayton, but their testimony was in
the main rather dull. The trial is pro-
crossing rapidly and it is believed that
all OF the evidence will be in today.