The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-05


house at 4109 California street. The Wit
ness was accordingly withdrawn.
Then two children were called as wit
nesses. who, as they sat in the witness
chair, dangled their feet in vain effort to
toncb the floor These were Antoine Cato,
aged IA. and Mary Cato, "13 years old to-
day." and who celebrated part of her BIRTH
day anniversary in the novel role of wit
ness. These children had little of a def
mite nature to testify, but they told child
story on the stand, which caused Judge
Wallace to look at them in an amused
way, and the various lawyers enjoyed the
spectacle. The children are brother and
sister. The house in which they live,
from its back porch, overlooks the yard OF
Mrs. Dunton's house.
Between and O'Clock" said little
Mary Cato, the tall ornaments on her hat
vibrating sym pathetically under the re-
membrance of fears which she frankly
acknowledged, child fashion, 1--WE saw two
men come out of the conservatory door of
the Dunton house. We had been to the
grocery-store. We were always afraid to
be out at night. When we saw these two
men we climbed our backstairs and looked
over in the Dunton yard and saw the two
men. l did not notice them much for
was afraid. All know was that one was
taller than the other. They cut across
the street, California street south, and
that was the last / saw of them" The
child gave sigh of relief.
"You are timld, are you not?" asked
District Attorney Barnes.
Eyes, sir, admitted the little girl, with
a pretty smile.
Antoine Cato was as indefinite in the
matter of description as was his sister
Mary. One man was surely shorter than
the other. He is boy, and he did not
say anything about being afraid. His sis
ter had said that for him.
Several cable-road employees testified to
having seen Winthrop not far from 4109
California street. Herman Eiiken. grip
man on the Sacramento-street line, who
lives at 3412 California street, testified that
Winthrop got on his car on August at
about :53 P. NJ at the corner of Lake
street and Third avenue
James McKenna, gripman for the
Geary-street line, testified that he saw
Winthrop about 9:47 P. NJ, August 8, and
that Winthrop got on his car at the corner
of Third and Point Lobos avenues and
rode down to the corner of Steiner and
Geary streets. The witness knew Win
throp, but did not speak to him because
Winthrop held his head down. The wit
ness was quite sure this was August be-
cause that was the only night upon which
he was on the extra car, and 1t was upon
the extra car that Winthrop rode.
Edward Matthews of 252812 Suffer street,
conductor on the Sacramento-street line
testified that Winthrop boarded his east
bound car at about $3.50 on the night OF
August 3 at the corner of Sacramento and
Cherry streets. Winthrop wore black,
diagonal suit and white Alpine hat
John Fullelove of Santa Rosa avenue, a
gripman on the Geary-steet line, testified
that he saw James Campbell in Richmond
on August or at about 8 o'clock in the
morning. He first saw Campbell on Point
Lobos avenue, between Third and Fourth.
This witness identified Campbell and
testified that q man who was short and
thickset told Campbell: You get on that
car" The witness stopped his car mid
way of the block because Campbell APP
peared to him to be used up. AT first the
witness thought that Campbell was a
tramp.
On the cross-examination Attorney Bell
brought out that Fdllelove would not
know the man who put Campbell on the
car if he should see him again. When he
first saw Campbell and the man who was
with him, they stood about half way be-
tween the curb and the railway track
Fullelove said that he first identified his
passenger as Campbell by seeing the mil
Iionaire's picture in THE CALL. AS soon
as he saw the paper he knew that Camp
bell had ridden with him and he said so.
Campbell seemed languid. The witness
did not hear Campbell speak to the man
who was with him. Campbell rode down
Geary street to the end of the line.
John II. Tingman, a mining-stock
broker, whose office is at 324 Pine street,
testified that he saw Winthrop on a GER
tain Tuesday on Pine street, near the
Stock Exchange, between 10:45 and II 80
A. NJ. Tingman was talking with James
Streeten when Winthrop came up and
spoke. At first Tingman did not recog-
niZe Winthrop, for his Burnside whiskers
had been cut off and he wore only gray
- J.
ton was particularly attracted to Win
throp by the change in the manner and
speech of Winthrop. Once before VIM
throp had talked to Tingman, going to the
home of the latter to find him. Then he
talked calmly and quietly.
When Tingman talked with Winthrop
on Pine street Winthrop suffered and
stammered and his face was drawn so
mucn that it was evident that he was in a
state of suppressed excitement. The con-
versation last ed some minutes.
On cross-examination Tingman testi-
fed that the conversation with Winthrop
occurred before he (Tingman) knew ABOUT
the Campbell case. A half hour after the
conversation Streeten came along and
told him about the Campbell case. and
this Circumstance fixed in his mind the
Tuesday upon which the conversation
with Winthrop took place. What Win
throp said Tingman could not recollect. He
could not recall any of the conversation
as his mind was busy at that time with
other things.
James N. Streeten was recalled and also
testified to the conversation between
Tingman and Winthrop. Nothing new
was developed in Streeten's testimony.
Mrs. Sophie Schadde of 354 Grove street
testified that Winthrop rented three rooms
| from her last April and occupied them
with his family. He was in her house
at about P. NJ. Monday, August 3.
Miss Emma Schadde, daughter of the
preceding witness, testified to seeing Win
throp In Louis Schoenfeld's grocery-store
Tuesday, August 4. He seemed to have
been changing money and gave little
| boy some money and said, There. take
that"
what daily newspaper do you takeP''
| 1.-THE MORNING CALL
What was the condition of your paper
on Tuesday morning, August ~"
Attorney Bell objected.
| Judge Wallace-What do you propose to
show?
Attorney BIack-We want to show that
| this copy of THE CALL had all of the story
about Campbell torn out or it, and that the
extract was found IN the left leg of Win