The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-07-03
HEZEKIAH AND VAN HORNE
Continuation of Their Preliminary Ex.
animation Yesterday
Goodman on the Stand But Few f1inutcs and
Taken OF Until Today, When the
Whole Story VIII Be Told

Again at $3.50 yesterday morning be-
fore Justice Morrison the examination
of Harry Hezekiah and Billy Van Horne
was taken up, and the endeavor to estab-
lish a reasonable superstition of their
guilt of the murder of Edward White
was proceeded with. Yesterday was the
third day of the proceedings, and that
interest in the case has not tagged was
evidenced by the crowd present when
court was opened.
Detective j. G. Goodman was the first
witness called to the stand, and inter-
esting developments were looked for,
as he is the officer who has worked up
the case for the prosecution and made
the arrests Of the men now undergoing
examination. The detective was Ill,
however, and as his examination is ex-
pected to take full half day, Deputy
District Attorney James merely pro-
pounded q few questions and then ex-
cused the witness to appear again to-
day.
The effort of the prosecution was by
Goodman's testimony to lay founda-
ton for the introduction in evidence OF
q statement made by Hezekiah on Mon
day evening, week ago, the night after
his arrest The officer stated that Hez-
ekiah had made statement to him, put
here counsel for defendants interposed
an objection and proceeded to interro-
gate the detective as to whether or not
he had offered any inducements to OBJ
tain the alleged statement.
No light is thrown upon the murder by
what is claimed to have been said by
Hezekiah on that Monday evening, but
1t is intended to impeach certain tes-
timony offered by his mother. In 1t
Hezekiah says that he was with Van
Horne at the Vienna Buffet about 1880
on the fatal Friday night, but did not
see either George Abbott nor White
there. He left Van Horne and went
home alone, and that when he got there
the house was dark and everybody had
gone to bed. He retired without see
ing or speaking to anyone.
When Mrs. Hezekiah was first ap-
preached by the officers they claim she
told them that Harry came home about
1920; that she was up sewing and spoke
to him; that he then went off to bed
On the stand the lady said that she had
been misunderstood in certain respects.
She looked at the clock at $50 and final
ly went to her room to go to bed. About
twenty or twenty-five minutes later
Harry came in and spoke to her from
doing and she replied she had been sew
ing. The admission of Hezekiah's state
ment is considered most important, but
it has not yet been admitted in evidence.
After Goodman, officers Talamantes
and Hubbard were called and testified
to being present when HeZekiah's shoes
were fitted to the tracks in the dust Of
Chavez street. Their testimony was
merely corroborative of what had al
ready been put in. At IL noon the ex-
animation went over until this morn
ing at $3.50, when Goodman will again
take the stand and give his complete
testimony. 1t is expected that his will
be the strongest evidence of guilt yet
presented and that by his testimony
the various articles thus far presented
will be admitted as exhibits These are
Hezekiah's shoes, the stick with which
the footprints were measured, the re-
volvers said to belong to Harry and his
chum and other articles which are to
connect the links of the prosecution into
a complete chain which. it is hoped by
the officers, will show that they have
the right man. Today will be the most
interesting of the examination SO far.