The herald., 1897-05-04

o'clock In the afternoon, with others. and
spent an hour or two there discussing
the school building. saw him again
about s o'clock and about 8 o'clock he
.came to my house.. had retired early,
rand suddenly heard some one calling
ont Isaac! Isaac!'-that IL, my sons
name. and. when went to the door and
called sput, askfrg who was there
voice answered Mike Lorden.' I told
him my son,was absent. and he asked
me for "A horse to go for Justice Rich
ardsen. III, said, Walt till morning, and
Ill go for YOU He said he couldn't
wait : that he was shot. brought him
ia and examipsd the wound. He would
not nstayt but returned home. and
dressed. and followed along the road
after him. About quarter OF a mile
awayI found him sitting in the middle
of thesroad.' !. It was very dark, and
I came upon him suddenly and said.
Mike. you've. frightened me as much
as WOW, have BEEN L, en- began to ask
him about the affair as we walked along,
he Leaning upon me. He said: It's
.neighborhoodr affair all right. l SAID,
Then 1t must have been Tor revenge OF
money He leaned on me, and when we
reached his place he took out the Key
and. opened the door and went In. He
tbok q drink as a stimulant, and turn
ing around close to the money drawer
he said: L stood right here, and he
alluding to his assailanr-'stood right
at the door there looked around the
place and saw the bed had been dis
turbed. He said he could retire without
aid, and I started Off to get Justice
Richardson. When we returned and
broke in we found him sitting in his
underclothing, in the chair dead"
Being asked regarding some of the
previous facts testified to. witness stat
ed that Lofden was so tongue-tied about
the affair that witness reminded him
that he had been in his place in the
afternoon and had noticed that he was
under the influence Of liquor then, and
wanted to find out If he knew what he
he was talking about. "He said," re-
marked the witness, that he remem-
bered all about it, and am certain he
was perfectly rational. I saw Roney
Crane on the day of the murder. He
passed in his wagon about o'clock,
while we were in Lorden's store talking
school matters"
GIVEN OVER TO INTOXICANTS
Upon cross-examination witness stat
ed that Lorden was man that was al
ways more or less under the influence
of liquor, and it was somewhat difficult
to say how far liquor had affected him
at the time when he came to my
place at night he was rational regarding
his condition. He was not excited, but
appeared worried. When he told me
about being shot, and showed me the
wound, he didn't say he was in pain,
and didn't reveal much to me and led
me to suppose that he wanted to make
a confidant of Justice Richardson
When I dressed and overlook him on
the road / told him to lean on me, and
not exert himself more than necessary"
"'How did it happen?' I asked him.
You remember who was at the meet
ing?' He said Yes. I remember all
right Then remarked. I ask you this
because 1 thought perhaps you did this
Then he told me 1t was
neighborhood affair"
Albert McCaleb, also a rancher, testi-
fed along the same line regarding the
finding of Lorden's body, and several
witnesses were also put on to show
that the pistol produced in evidence
had belonged to the defendant. 1t con-
tanned two cartridges and an empty
shell.
This morning Harvey Branscombe.
the Calabasas constable, and other wit
nesses will go upon the stand.