The herald., 1897-07-20

| THE MACHIAVELLI JAILER
P. ]. Kennedy, the county jailer and
deputy sheriff, was the next witness
He testified that on April 16 he caught
Kramer trying to shove something into
the middle tank. He caught him, and
found he had pistol, fully loaded. That
was the extent of his testimony on d.
lrect examination.
cat the time of the alleged attempt,
what were you doing?" inquired Mr.
Oliver on cross examination.
81 think it was just after my dinner"
what time do you usually sit down
to dinner?"
| About ~ o'clock"
"Then if you had dinner later, you did
an irregular thing?"
1.-TWO or three times a week 1 may be
late"
| after dinner what did you do?'
81 don't remember what did imme-
diately. Usually I look over some &C
counts for ten or fifteen minutes"
THAT would make it about 12:45, al
what did you do?"
II went down starts to the office"
"And what did you ,do?"
| Il can't remember"
Cant you form an opnion?"
Il cannot; may possibly have been
there fifteen or twenty minutes
And then?"
Il walked out into the hallway
How long were You there?"
1.-TWO or three, perhaps five minutes.
I remember speaking to the officer on
the door and another one inside, but /
| don't remember if he was on duty. He
| told me he was suspicious of some one
visiting Kramer; that he had gone into
the water closet. told him to be watch
| full, and then l saw Harris come out and
leave, and Monaghan told me two or
three minutes after that Kramer had
gone into the closet and after coming
out had gone UP toward the tanks
went into the corridor and went to the
! left side to try and see Kramer, and re-
turned to the right and still falling to
see him 1 went around. From the time.
| / looked up the left side until 1 went
around the tank was only few minutes.
The tank is fifty-three feet long and
| about twenty-eight feet wide.
| Il ordered Kramer put in the dungeon
and let him remain there three or four
| hours. l then went down and he told me
| he had consumptior, and if I would take
him out he would tell me all about it.
He did so, and 1 had him put in the
United States tank. He was a witness
in the trial and when he was brought
back from court 1 had him put in the
women's department to separate him
from Kid Thompson. kept him there
until the feeling against him being eX-
hxy bo ~ prie, oh ttl
die away"
rs it usual to take back as private
trusty one who has betrayed you?"
There is no such thing as private
trusty. Kramer carries the meals to
the women's department, the matron
and the jailer. 1 reibstated him because
I told him that l would give him bacl.
his job if 1 found what he told me was
true. 1t took me about a month to find
| that OUT
do you not keep prisoners longer
than few hours in the dungeon?''
Yes, sir, if they don't apologize or
show repentance we may keep a pris-
| oner longer. It's the Only means we have
of Furnishing them
Now, Mr. Kennedy, don't you know,
as a matter of fact, that much of wha t
you have said is utterly false?"
"If you asked me that question any
where else it might create a different
feeling, probably"
do you mean to say that you didn't
understand that gun was to come into
the jail?"
yes sir"
"And you had not an understanding
with Kramer that he should be detect
| ed?"
mo, sir; there was no such under
standing"
| did you not ask me in the supreme
court not to argue the Kramer case; that
you had laid it before the district attor-
ney and Mr.. Carter the deputy attorney
general, and that you would have the
case dismissed"
mo, sir; 1 did not
did you not tell me that Kramer had
done all that he had done at your in
stance and request?"
mo, Sir; I don't believe it occurred"
| The witness remembered nothing. His
mind was blank regarding everything
that would tend to indicate that he had
had any understanding with Kramer.
He denied advising Harris and Jenkins
to clear out of town, but confessed he had
gone to Santa Monica on Thursday light
| to try and see them and incid entally visit
friend. Next morning he returned to
Santa Monica, but took with him neither
bench warrant, subpoena or other pro-
cess of court.
| At that point the court adjourned until
this morning.