The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-05
CHILDREN COULD
IDENTIFY NOTHING
Tell About Their Fright
on the Witness
Stand.
LOOKED OVER A FENCE
And Saw Two Strange Men
And Saw Two Strange Men
Who Appeared to Them
About Dusk.
wINTHRoPs TRIAL GOES ON.
Rapid Progress Is Made Taking Tes.
timony and Many Witnesses
Are Heard.


the trial of Oliver W. Winthrop. So much
progress was made that District Attorney
Barnes made the statement, when the
hour for adjournment arrived, that he ex-
pected to close by noon next Tuesday for
the people, which, as the court adjourned
over until Tuesday at 10 A. NJ. leaves only
about two hours more for the prosecution
on the direct. Some of the testimony
taken yesterday was of little Importance.
The public interest in the proceedings
was maintained and crowds rushed to get
admitted to the courtroom. Mrs. Win
throp sat by the side of her husband dur
ing the entire day. A few feet distant sat
Campbell, the complaining witness. Some
very young children were on the witness
stand.
George A. Koch, mining engineer, the
man whom Urquhart says he told that
Winthrop had planned to abduct Camp
bell, was witness but he was not permit
ted to relate the conversation with Urqu-
hart. Koch testified that he saw Winthrop
and Campbell leave the Occidental Hotel
together at about $3.50 P. M, August 3.
Koch also testified that he went with Win
throp to Captain Curtin's Office on the day
that CampbelPs disappearance was made
known, which was on Tuesday, August 4.
Fred Schroeder, an invalid who lives at
120 Third avenue, testified that on the aft
ernoon OF August 3 he saw two men pass
his house and go IN the direction of 4109
California street. the house in which
Campbell alleges that he was imprisoned.
Sc. roeder was sitting in front of his own
house when the two men passed. There
are few passers that way, and as these
were strangers to him he noticed them.
One OF these men looked much like Camp
bell and the other resembled Winthrop.
Campbell passed his house again about
one week later.
D. a Urquhart was recalled, but added
nothing material to his testimony pre-
viously given.
a. NJ Speck, the senior partner of A. NJ.
Speck & Co., real estate agents doing bust
ness at 602 Market street, testified that he
has known Winthrop quite well for two
years. Winthrop visited the witness at
his place of business between and 10
o'clock on the forenoon of August 3.
Winthrop told him that he had rented
the house numbered 4109 California street
from the owner, Mrs. Dunton, for Mr..
Archibald. and that he had come to pay
the rent. He wanted 20 have Archibald
occupy the cottage, and when Speck said
that he did not know anything about
Archibald, Winthrop said that Archibald
was all right. Winthrop had a receipt for
50 80 on account which had been signed
by Mrs. Dunton, and he paid 81 so to
Speck on account. Mr.. Speck then die
tated note to Mrs. Dunton, which was
dated August 8, 1896. This note was pro-
duced and Identified by Speck, who had
written in the note: Archibald is I'M
known to me but he is highly recon-
mended by my friend" Winthrop took
this note and went away.
Margaret Dunton, owner of 400 Califor-
mia street, testified that she advertised her
house to rent August l. The advertise
ment appeared on August 2, which was
Sunday, and between ard 3 clock that
afternoon gentleman called and looked
at the house and said that he would not
take it unless Mrs Dunton should vacate
it by 9 o'clock the following morning.
Then the man gave her 81 so and she
drew up receipt. The man said that his
name was Archibald. The witness was
asked to see if she could identity Archi-
bald in the courtroom. She pointed out
Winthrop. On Monday morning, August
3, Archibald. or Winthrop, again visited
her and showed her receipt and the letter
OF recon mendation written for Archibald
by Mr.. Speck. She reserved one room in
the house for storing effects and moved
out that day, leaving the house and its
furniture in the possession of Winthrop.
Her brother, John Fogarty, was in the
house while Winthrop was there.
Attorney Bell cross-examined. Mrs.
Dunton testified that on the occasion of his
first visit to her house Winthrop remained
from seven to nine minutes. When he
came on Monday, which was the date of
the second visit, Winthrop wore a cut
away coat, light trousers and a light
soft hat. He wore his hat while was in
her house. She has never seen him with
his hat on since that day, August 3. He
looked taller then than he does now, but
she supposed this was due to his wearing
his hat in her house. He had a long mus
tache Of rather light color. To the best of
her knowledge and belief Winthrop is the
m VIII he cd har
witness was questioned quite sharply con-
corning Winthrop's peculiarities as she
observed them during the time he was
renting for her.
HE had a la-de-da style and tried to
make himself appear better than be is
suppose that his purpose was to impress
people,"
Mrs. Dunton admitted that she had not
identified Winthrop at the City Prison as
the man who had rented her house.
John Fogarty, brother of Mrs. Dunton
testified that he was present when Mrs
Dunton rented 4109 California street. The
general appearance of the man who came
as the tenant had general resem blance
to Winthrop. On the cross-examination
Fogarty testified that the tenant appeared
to have lighter-colored hair than Win
throp has now. Fogarty did not speak to
him in mis- sisters house-did not pay par
ticular attention to his appearance. The
tenant was in his presence only few
uAluuloS. w HSn rOBdTCy SdlO at the Olty
Prison that Winthrop was the tenant he
(Fogarty) knew that Winthrop had been
arrested for the Campbell affair.
The first witness at the afternoon ses-
sion was Josephine Dunton, who testified
that she was going on 49," She is the
adopted daughter of Mrs. Dunton, the
owner of the cottage on California street.
She visited the house on August 5, alone
between 2 and o'clock in the afternoon
and knocked at the back door of the Dun
ton house-the door that opens into the
garden. A man whom she supposed to be
the one who is known in the case as
Pete" came to the door, This man
looked frightened. she thought. He was
very dirty. He was smoking cigarette.
He had on very dirty white shirt and
was bareheaded and his coat was off He
seemed to be % or % years old
suppositions and suImises of this girl
witness. and also moved that her testi-