The herald., 1896-07-28
THE KILLING OF WALLACE
Story OF the Tragedy Told by Eye.
Witnesses
The Preliminary Examination Of n. B. Dibble
Resumed Before Justice Morrison.
Prosecution Closed

The preliminary examination of H. B.
Dibble for the murder of j. F. Wallace
was resumed yesterday before Justice
Morrison. The two men We're respec-
lively city salesman and shipping clerk
of the Pacific Crockery and Tinware
company, and the tragedy occurred in
the storerooms of the company onsLos
Angeles street on the morning of June
IS. Henry T. Gage, Esq, appeared for
Dibble, while the people were repre-
sented by Deputy District Attorney
James,
The first witness called was Theodore
Brown, salesman in the employ of the
company, who testified that on the
morning of the killing he had heard Dib-
BILE say to Wallace: Don't you never
raise a hammer against me any more"
Wallace replied II will raise hammer
against you when I please. am tired
of hearing of the matter. Shut up"
Wallace caught hold of Dibble's coat
lapel and pushed him away. Dibble
warned him. The quarrel then Quieted
down and the men separated. Very soon
they started again. Wallace walked up
to Dibble, shaking his fist and glaring
Ullll III Tic eye, anu tACldlIltu. ANOlI-
er word about the hammer and you'll
get this" After that neither man spoke
and Wallace walked toward the front
of the store five or six steps. Then wit
ness turned away for few seconds and
heard Dibble say: You big - ="
Wallace turned and struck Dibble about
the head with all his strength The men
clinched, and Dibble seemed to be the
under man. Wallace struck one blow.
and Dibble hit Wallace several short
blows with the right hand in the middle
of the abdomen. Mr.. Brown saw knife
in Dibble's hand Immediately after the
encounter. On the stand he was unable
to identify the one alleged to have caused
Wallace's death, which was a curved
mufoerous-looklng weapon, with a
blade over six inches long.
The fighters broke away and Wallace
staggered to the rear of the store where
Brown was standing, saying: "He has
cut me all up" Wallace was laid on a
strawpile, and Brown saw two cuts in
Wallace's brown overalls. The wound
ed man said no more in witness hearing.
neither did Dibble.
Mr.. Cages efforts while cross-exan7in-
ing the witness We're directed to brinr-
ing out through him that Dibble had
stood meekly for long time the almost
maniacal fury of the deceased. Brown
conceded that the defendant appeared
frightened. Wallace, he said was q
quarrelsome man, and strong and pow
erful one.
Leonard w. Head, clerk at the Pacific
Crockery and TinWare company. was in
the store on the morning of the fracas
which occurred between 7:3O and &
o'clock. He heard angry voices in the
vicinity of the Washbasn, and moving
toward it he saw Wallace and Dibble
They were bandying words which Heal
did not understand. They backed about
thirty feet nearer the witness. The
words spoken by Wallace he recollected
distinctly They We're: Shut up. not
another word about that hammer. or I
shall strike you" They then walked
up the AISLE and witness heard Dibble
say: You big - -" Head turned
away, but as he again looked at them
they were clinched. Dibble was slight
ly crouched, with his left arm guarding
his face. He delivered three blows in
quick succession at Wallace's abdomen.
The witness then saw that Dibble had a
knife in his hand. 1t was that intro
duced in evidence by the prosecution,
and which had been taken from the case
where the sample knives are kept AS
soon as Mr. Head had laid Wallace
down he Immediately telephoned to the
police station for an ambulance, and he
thus had occasion to pass Dibble twice,
who said: II guess he Is gone" leading
the witness to believe that Dibble meant