The herald., 1895-01-04
APPELMAN TELLS HIS STORY,
One Day in an Alleged Train
Wrecker's Life.
Left Sacramento to Avoid Arrest
By Soldiers.
The Suspected Mans verbosity Annoys
His ATTORNEY who Reminded Him
That Life Was Short.
By THE HER AIDS Leased Wire.

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large crowd to the courtroom today.
Frank Filand, son of a woman who
keeps grocery store at the corner Of
Third and @ streets in Sacramento. tes-
| titled that Appelman came into his
mothers store few minutes before
noon on July 18th. Edward Sweeney,
superior Judge OF Shasta county, tessi-
fed that he had known Radcliffe. q wit
ness for the prosecution, for 13 years.
and that his reputation for truth and
honesty is good. Radcliffe is the wit
ness who claims that Ap2elmsn made
admissions to him concerning the
wrecking of the train. His reputation
ha. been savsgely attacked by the de-
tense. Sweeney admitted that Rad
clffe was one OF his political friends.
s. t. Prim. Redding attorney, and A.
J. Drynan, county clerk of Shasta, also
testified as to Radclffe's good reputa-
ton.
APPELMAN BEGINS HIS STORY.
The defendant, Appelman, WAS then
called to tina stand. He was SELF
possessed. talked Auently and relat ed
hia story with great Decentralization
with the hour of rising and related
every incident of the day. naming all
the places he visited, the streets on
which be travelled, the names OF persons
he met. and giving the time with abso-
lutte positiveness. He corroborated the
story of those witnesses who testified
for the defense as TO his whereabouts on
July 18th. He denied that he was
out OF Sacramento that day, except to
60 with crowd to a bathing place
above Washington. He stopped in
Washington few minutes on his re-
turn from the bath in the afternoon.
Defendant described in detail his jour-
ney on horse back from Sacramento. He
left Sacramento for fear he would be ar.
rested for obetructing the train. He
contradicted all the witnesses for the
prosecution concerning admissions al
legged to have been by him made to va
rious persons he met on that trip.
At the afternoon session the defends
ant resumed his story. He was very
tedious in reciting all the circum-
stances connected with his arrival in
Modoc county and hiring out to Farm
or Rsnner at $I,25 per day.
HART THINKS LIFE SHORT.
Genersl Hart interrupted him to say
that there was no necessity for such
minuteneBs in detail, and admonished
the witness to hurry along with his
story and omit all unnecessary delay.
The YER bosity OF the Witness seemed
to annoy General Hart, and he again
interrupted him to say that q lot OF
his talk was rambling and wholly un-
necessary, and that be must confine
hia testimony to material facts. Gen
eral Hart finally concluded to pro-
pound questions instead of permitting
the defendant to tell his story in his
own rambling way.
Witness said Renner went with him
to Alturas, and while there got very
drunk. They there met drummer who
knew witness and called him Texas"
He gave witness sn Examiner contain
ing Johnny Sherburnes testimony in
the preliminary examination. He read
it aloud to Renner and told him he was
the man referred to in the testimony as
Texas" Appelman then proceeded to
tell about his trip to Fort Bidwell, where
be was arrested. General Hart again
interrupted him to say: get through
as quick az you can; life is short"
Witness said he was arrested hy Deputy
Sheriff Anderson. who told him to
throw up his hands in way that made
him believe that the officers were high
waymen and trying to hold him up. He
said Sheriff Parker brought him to the
Woodland Jail aid treated him very
nicely. He bought a good deal of
whiskey on the way down and wanted
the defendant to drink, but he would
not. He did not know the motive OF
the sheriff's generosity. Witness denied
that he was in the wagon or the caboose
on July IL. He was in Gait, and on the
way back to Sacramento on July Sd, and
therefore was not with Worden. He
was not with him ON the 18th of July
and did not see Melvin Hatch on that
day.
LEFT TO ESCAPE ARREST.
Witness said when he went down to
Gait he was instructed to look out for
ell bridges and where q Waterman WAS
necessary to leave one. He was not in
the employ of the railroad company at
that time of the strike. He left to esq
cape the possibility of arrest by the
soldiers and not on account of any fear
of being connected with the wreck.
Witness spoke boastfully of his accomp-
lishments as rider in Texas and can
kill doves on the wing with rife. He
contradicted Bertha Pepperdene about
the conversation in relation to the mans
ner in which the Gear of his lip was
made. The jury was invited to inspect
Appleman's upper lip and be
convinced that he could not sprout
mustache but only two OF
them accepted the invitation.
He did not see Conductor Newton on
the 18th of July, but he did see him
once when the company discharged him
for stealing. He never saw Graham
until his appearance on the witness
etand. He knew Sherburn, but did not
zee him on the 18th OF July.
The court ordered an adjournment
until tomorrow morning. The cross
examination is likely to be lengthy and
severe. The defense has one more wit
ness. The argument will not begin
until next week.
Sugar Tariff.