The herald., 1897-09-05
IT told Mr., Butcher. Mr.. Pyle. Line

Il told Mr. Butcher, Mr.. Pyle, Line
berger and good many others, but
don't know who was the first"
And you Gidnt lose any time, did
you?"
''No, sir, 1 did not"
Then why were you not at the pre-
liminary examination to tell what you
knew"
Because I wasn't subpoened. You
were the first one that subpoened me-"
added the witness with some heat.
"Me" exclaimed Mr.. Davis IT didn't
subpoena you and never saw you before"
WELL McCamish had me subpoened," Z"
responded witness, land must have
wanted me pretty bad when was reused
out at 5 o'clock in the morning."
On redirect witness said that Mccain
ish told him in the conversation he pre-
viously retailed that tramps had threat
ened the life of Pyle and himself, and he
intended to buy a gun the first time he
went to town in order to defend himself.
PYLE REPORTED THE ROBBERY
e. V. Cicotte, police officer, testified
to receiving telephone message from
Ventura county about the robbery of a
room. He handed the message to the
chief detective next morning. Witness
failed to remember absolutely where the
message came from, but the name given
over the telephone was Mccoy Pyle.
Witness said he was either at Ventura
or Newhall, he couldn't remember which.
1t was between and 10 o'clock at night.
AS the stolen articles were called off wit
ness took them down on paper and
Chief Detective Moffatt got the list
Charles r. Moffitt, police officer, and
acting as secretary to the chief Of po-
lice, was the next witness and testified
that he had the list of goods reported
over the telephone as having been sto-
len. but could not say whether he re-
ceived it from the previous witness per-
sonally or not. He entered the list in
the books and then tore up the original
memorandum. Witness read the list,
which embraced the several articles al
ready introduced in evidence.
HONORS WE'RE EVEN
j. Henry Frey, harness maker of
Fillmore, testified to McCamish's being
in his shop and defendants telling wit
ness that he had been chloroformed and
robbed. He said he was light sleeper,
and witness laughed at him having been
chloroformed. On the morning of the
funeral witness asked defendant If he
could identify the tramps who killed
Pyle as being the same that robbed him,
and he answered YES" On the same
evening witness again asked the same
question Of the defendant, and the lat
ter replied NO" Before the killing,
while Mechanism was in witness shop,
the defendant said: Mac has been a
good friend to me, but I have been the
same to him. I have lent him money,
more than $100 at time, and he owes
me money now, and l don't believe he
can ever pay me-"
On cross examination witness stated
ne examined the BODY of Pyle after he
was dead. He saw powder marks above
and to the side of the eye.
George Claveot, young fellow 21 years
Of age, living at Santa Paula. saw the
defendant and Pyle at Santa Paula on
the morning of the robbery The de-
.fendant was there quite while before
being Joined by Pyle. The latter said
he didn't want to go up to Castaic, and
,McCamish said he would get him horse
and pay for 1T if he would go. When
1t was determined to go Pyle told de-
fendant to give his handouts to Line
berger, as he had enough, and thereupon
the handouts were handed over.