The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-22
CASHEL TELLS
HOW BURKE
WAS KILLED
Was Basely Deserted
by His Men.
MARL0WE'S CLEVER BLUFF
HE REITERATED BEHIND THE
PATROL HORSES.
Testimony to Show That Wilkinson
Threatened to XIII Kennedy If
He Testified Against

The trial Of the four policemen charged
with DESERVING Lieutenant Burke when he
was shot and killed by Theodore Park
Haynes, the eccentric tinker, was re-
sumed last night before the Police Com
missioners.
Patrol-wagon Driver George Cashel
who rescued Burke after he was shot. was
the first witness examined. He testihed
that call came in for the wagon. and
he drove to Lieutenant Burke's house, as
he had been instructed to take him to the
scene.
Burke, on being told that Haynes was
dangerous man, took out his revolver
and secreted 1t under the lapel of his
coat, evidently intending to use it in case
of emergency. He went to Haynes cabin
unaccompanied. and meeting the tinker,
he asked him what the trouble was. The
next instant shot rang out, and Burke
fell mortally wounded.
The witness ran to his assistance and as
he reached him Burke said:
For Gods sake, George, get me out of
here"
Cashel grabbed the dying man around
the waist and started to drag him away.
Two boys appeared shortly afterward and
assisted him in taking the wounded man
to the patrol-wagon.
Marlowe, after learning that his su-
perior officer had been fatally wounded,
patrol-wagon, and, as If not regarding
that as safe place, he started for hill
some distance away. He then drew mis-
revolver and fired four or five shots at
Haynes cabin.
Officer McKenna testified that he did
not tell Michaelson, the livery stable
against Wilkinson that the latter would
kill him. The witness also denied that
he asked to have his watch changed on
account of fearing that. there would
ha frnJf lo hot X a nd in
son and that he did not want to be wit
ness in 1t.
William Michaelson was the next wit
ness. He said that on May 20 McKenna
told him that if Kennedy testified against
Wilkinson, thereby taking the bread and
butter out of his family's mouths, ne
rOfficer Sheehan testified that he feared
that Wilkinson and Kennedy would have
trouble. and not caring to, be a witness to
it. he religiously kept away from them.
The witness admitted that he was not on
friendly terms with Wilkinson.
Policemen Brown and Blackman testf-
fed that they knew Wilkinson always
carried an extra round of ammunition in
Policeman Merchant, one of the ac-
cused; said that after Wilkinson and Ken
be in an ugly mood, and as they did not
want to have any trouble with him, they
retreated After Ter consulting with the
for instructions to the Seventeenth-street
station, and were told to wait until Lieu
tenant Burke and posse arrived.
After Burke had reached the scene he
told his men to keep away as he thought
he could handle Haynes without their as
sistance. The witness declared that af-
ter Burke was shot he emptied his re-
volver at Haynes, but failed to wing him.
When asked why he did not attempt to
rescue Burke, the witness replied that It
would have been suicidal as Haynes was
seemingly anxious to kill somebody else
At this juncture further hearing was
continued until Friday night.