The San Francisco call., 1898-03-04
For All That He Cannot For
 - bear Indulgence in Brag- ,'~ gadOciO.
SOME TALES HE TELLS.
Makes Himself One of the Worst
 Men Who Ever Wore Leg Irons.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

REDWOOD CITY, March 9.-More nonchalant criminal never lay on prison
 pallet than James Wilett, who was landed in the Redwood City Jail this morning He is the last of the trio wanted for participation in the mur- der of C. A. Andrews at Baden on Mo- veInber r last year.
 He was seen under circumstances to- day that would have presumably shak- en the nerve of the stoutest hearted. : The only manifestation he made was to quietly open and shut his remarka ble blue-gray eyes. as if the light that came in with the opening of the cell door had effected them.
 In The Call of to-day was published exclusively an interview with Edward Gabriel, to whom wilett had told with graphic detail the story of the mur- der at Baden. In the story he told to Gabriel Wilett had confessed that he had ordered Moore to pump it into them; that Moore had shot and had killed Andrews.
 In company with a reporter of The .. Call, Gabriel visited Wilett in his cell. . As soon as Deputy Sheriff H. F. Butts had swung open the door of Wilett's eel NIdDTl6I e0leTeu. WlI6IL, WnO ndQ been lying with his face turned from the door, rolled over to see who had en- tered. His eyes rested on his former employer, of whom he had made an un- solicited confdant. and to whom he had confessed his terrible crime Not a glance nor muscle indicated that there had been any recognition on the . part of the prisoner. Neither spoke for ~ Tt least a minute. They simply looked into one another's eyes. and it seemed to be a duel between them.
 - Gabriel broke the oppressive silence. Don't you know me?'' he asked
 ''I guess have seen you before some where" slowly answered the recumb bent man, showing little apparent interest in his visitor
 For while the conversation dragged. but soon Wilett thawed out He de- clined to make any statement relative to the tragedy at Baden, but said he was willing to answer questions on any other matter. He did not want to talk about his case until he had seen his friends and had obtained an attorney. He wanted to communicate with an un- -cle in Texas, who he thought would
 
 telegram, and it was duly sent:
 Redwood City, March 3, 1898.
 George Loving, Fl Paso, Texas-Am in jail, in serious trouble. Would like to have an attorney. JAMES WILETT. . He said he had not seen the publish ed report of Moore's confession and would like to hear what Moore had had to say. He was told in detail, but he refused to either confirm or deny any part of 1t. He was particularly ques- toned as to whether Winters, one of the | men who has been already condemned i to death, was implicated in the affair. | His only answer was:
 You know I have my neck in sling and you don't want me to hang my self. do you? I will tell you what I know at the right time, and If have to swing we will all three swing to- gether. I don't want to talk about my case until I have an attorney. I don't want to be put in a position where I may later have to contradict anything ] may now say if I were to make a statement"
 when asked if he would tell how he came to allow himself to be taken "lthout Offering resistance he gave 2 9ooo-numored grin, as if he were tell Ing or a successful practical joke that 'iaG .or been played upon some one else. ] Last Sunday" he began, "I was standing T9 on the depot platform at Ash :Po[h' Ariz-, when Sheriff Ruffner came 1; qp 10 me and said. Hello, Jim. I am 'giao 10 see you looked at him and 1sAeu nm what he wanted with me. ie :saio' come around here,' and he took me into the depot warehouse to eXaniihe me and compare me with a pholoeraph he held in his hand. He l ilu dIo.her man with him. and he had ms mana at his hip, where I knew he carried gun. He is a quick man on / .he llieser. l had heard of him and knew who he was. Anyway. had '