The record-union., 1895-11-16
KovALEv,s ADMISSIONS.

ZakreWSfki said KovaleV confessed
to him after New Year to having
killed the Webers, but he did not re-
member what month it was that Kov-
alev confessed to him. He denied that
he had testified that it was six or eight
months before Kovalev'S arrest when
! the latter confessed TO him. He be-
! lieved and he did not believe KovaleV
when the latter told him that he had
killed Weber.
| ZakreWSfki said he never told any
one what Kovalev had said to him con-
corning the murder Koyalev IN relat-
| ing the manner in which he killed
Weber, never used the name of the
murdered man.
| ZakreWsfki was asked by Mr.. Hart
| how he knew that KoValev was refer
ring to the Webers.
The witness replied that it was be-
cause he had heard of the finding of
Mrs. Weber's watch in a closet in the
Old City Jail in San Francisco, soon
after New Years.
| Zakrewsfki testified that he met Kov-
aIev, StcherbakoV and Nitikin in a
! dark spot in San Jose, and Mr.. Hart
asked him how he came to meet them
| there. The witness replied that they
met him there.
Mr.. Hart asked Zakrewsfki if it was
not a fact that one of them proposed
to burglarize house, and that the wit
ness protested.
The witness replied that nothing of
the kind was suggested.
WHY HE WENT THERE.
| Zakrewsfki admitted that he went to
San Jose for the purpose of ascertaining
| from StcherbakOv something concern
ing the Weber murder. kOValeV had
told the witness that Stcherbakov was
with him when the murder was COM
! cd a he
of the reward offered for the arrest of
| the murdererS when he went to San
! Jose He expected to find StcherbakoV
there. He denied that either KoV&leV,
Stcherbakev or Nitikin told him about
! the robbery of Dowdigan in San Jose.
| He denied also that he was employed to
! follow KoValeV and gather evidence
against him for the Weber murder.
When asked why he did not inform
the officers of what Kovalev had told
him, he replied that he did not do 50
! because he had no facts.
He was reminded by Mr.. Hart that lie
said he had heard Of the finding of Mrs
| Weber's watch in the old City Hall Jail.
! He replied that when Stevens eXhlh-
| tied a watch in Zakrewsfki's shop 40
valley remarked that he had thrown
away a better one.
| NEITHER DRUNK NOR SOBER.
| Asked WnGlIcG NOV dlcN was vi UIth vi
sober when he spoke of the murder, Ia
| krewsfki replied that the defendant
was neither drunk nor sober. The VII
ness was certain that KoValeV said he
struck Weber over the head with the AK.
kovalev was neither jolly nor sad while
relating the manner in which he killed
Weber.
! The defendant told the witness he was
| born in WiliekO, Russia, and that he dld
/ not belong to the Greek Church
! The most particular reason he had FOR
going to San Jose to see StcherbakOv
was to ascertain from him whether or
not Rovalev was telling the truth when
he said that he and Stcherbakov killed
! Mr.. and Mrs. Weber. If he had con-
sidered Kovalev's story to have been
the truth he would have notified the
police In his own mind he thOue ut
that Kovalev knew something about the
watch. He heard about the finding of
the watch after the confession. He also
believed, after that, that Kovalev had
a hand in the murder.
| The witness was requested by Mr..
Hart to explain to the court and jury
| his reasons for not having notified the
police of Kovalev's sayings.
! Zakrewsfki replied that he only i'm
agined that Kovalev was the murderer,
and had no facts to bear him out.
! Zakrewsfki occupied the witness
stand all the afternoon. The court look
q recess until 10 o'clock this morning.