Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-11-29
Hilderbranot Case.

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Friday for arson anne up before
Judge Hawthorne yesterday. Wei
lineton Stewart represented the de-
PENDANT. All the witnesses were put
under the rule and compelled to re-
main outside the court room.
Janitor Dohbs was the first witness
examined ard related how be discov-
cred the fire Oh Sunday Nov list and
also that he heard omeon run toward
the western fence and jump over, l.
was so dark that he could not distin-
guish who it was. The place where be
heard abe Iarty jumped over the
fence a bottle that had contained
coal oil was found.
Geo. ellison testified to having
sold the d efendant OF Saturday, Oct
81 a bottle Of coal oil identified the
bottle found 10y Dobbs as being SINH
lar to the one sold by him but could
not swear that it was the same bottle)
Chas. II. Meder ~substantiated Gill
son, saying that he Vas present in
the store when the oil was sold to the
defendant and also identified the
bottle.
Frank Craveu's testimony was SINH
lar to that given by Meder.
John Ulrick, a local detective testi-
fed hat he has found tracks on the
east side of the west fence after the
fire. Afterwards he examined Hilder-
brandt's shoes, and their dimensions
agreed materially with the footmarks.
Witness said he had had previous ex-
periei C to tracking criminals by
means Of footprints and judged the
similarity between tracks and shoes
by the weight, age, gait, manners
height, etc, and had been very sue
cessful in this business. Dobbs had
sent for him the morning after the
fire and since then he has been ex.
aiming nearly all the mems shoes in
town and has not found any feet that
would make the track except those of
Hllderbrandt. The tracks we're not
turned out.
The defendant vent on the stand in
his W behalf, be said that his son
was married on the night of Oct. 81
and that wishing to have extra light
they being in the habit of burning
candles. purchased a bottle Of coal
oil the bottle was obtained at Mr., Liv
ingstone. Hilderbrandt said that he
was IN the school house yard in
his life o did he set fire to the build
ing. Witness could not remember
what kind Of a bottle he got the oil in
A mineral-water bottle was found in
Hllderbrandt's house in which O
Oil had been in, Hilderbraudt thought
this was the bottle. Gibson. Craven
and Meder swOre that it was a beer
bottle that was filled by the first. Mrs.
BIgelow said that on the evening of
Saturday, Oct. 81, the Hilderbrandt
had sent to her house to borrow OIL.
Miss Hilderbrandt said she had
sent after oil, but being unable to
borrow any sent her father up town
after some, and when he retufupd the
Oil was placed IN the IamIS.
Lyman Frisbie testified that he had
given Hilderbrandt a mi .efal water
bottle and not a beer botti..
Stewart and McGowan reviewed the
testimony, the latter showed up the
popularity in the testimony. Hilder-
brandt says he took the bottle he ob-
tanned from Frisbie directly to G H.
son. Frisbie says that it was a min
eral water bottle that he gave to
Hilderbrandt.
pulled MCGOWAN over the
Goals Ter prosecuting an inocent man
and not Diminishing the case, He &C
cused the officers and detectives OF
having changed the bottles to makea
Case for themselves.
The Judge took the case under ad-
vlsement until Monday at 10 o'block.