The San Francisco call., 1898-02-09

with General-probabiy ten or twelve there.
 Went back to hotel, and about one half hour man came over and sa1d Harry wanted D see me. started right over and met hin--Knox-at foot of stairs at building. He said he wanted me to get 8 team to carry eight men, and wanted me to go with them to Davisville. Told me Kelly was going and knew all about it, and gave me the order.
 I started across the street; met Kelly coming from hotel. He asked me if l was going to get teanl-if 1 had seen Knox 1 said yes. He told me to come to the house for him; said all right. and went down Second street to stable, between K and l.. but they had no wagon to carry so many and told me Wilson had carriage, if 1t was in. I went to Wilson's; presented or der: think was the young man. He said would not let the team go without driver went I said all right, send driver, and they started to hitch up. He called the young man and told him not to drive fast on ac- count of heat, and by their clock was 10:30. Went to Fourth street. then to L street, down l. to Second, to K, and drove through alley from K to J to hotel went into hotel for Kelly, but he left word for me to come to Washington, where he would meet me; drove to Second and Second to the turn by the bridge; was there halted by soldiers. l struck horses with whip, and boy gave me lines. As they sprung forward they struck a citizen and. l thought, knocked him down. I pulled them down before got to bridge and when we got to draw I told him to drive on and wait at end of bridge probably some one would meet him, and ] went back to see If the man who was knocked down was hurt, but could not learn; might have been ten or fifteen minutes when 1 again went back across bridge. Team was not in sight; asked some one in front of sa- loon; said team with Hatch and Kelly had drove i'll by oilhouse track
 l went there and found these seven men. Hatch, Appleman, Kel- iy, Dunn Garrett, think, Wheeler, and brakeman on Oregon division, whose name don't know. But he is the man arrested after AppIeman, and was discharged after examina- tion, and waiting, they said, for me, asked me if was ready.
 It was Appleman asked, and Kelly spoke and said would tell me about 1t as we went; said was going to Davis: l said all right, and all get in, Hatch boy and myself on front seat, Barrett Dunn and Appleman in middle, and others on back seat. They all objected to the driver, end he said he would go Ii the team went and I told them that was the only way could get the team. and could see no reason why he should not. l said couldn't understand why not. No more was said; we started: boy was driving, and went in direc- ton of Davis.
 I tried to find out object of trip, but they said knew as well as they did, but it's truth, I did not.
 Appleman had rife, and I know they all had revolvers except myself; I asked Appleman to put his up; he had 1t in his hand lingering, and he sat right behind me. Nothing was said that gave any intimation of the object of the trip by any one. When we came to road that turned to the left, and which Hatch said was the road to Da- wis, he told the boy to turn there, which was done, and we drove toward the track
 As I wish to be positive. and that you may know these men. and that I have nemed them correctly, I will state where those worked whom I knew. Hatch and Appleman are known. The brakeman who was arrested and then discharged broke for Conductor Jor- dan, l think, on freight; Thomas Kelly was an extra Switchman in the yard and was also then, or had been, a mem Der of the B. of R. T.. and from close 10 where Knox was from in Michigan think heard him say; Wheeler was from Michigan, so 1 was told; did not know him but very slightly Barrett, I think his name, worked in the section gang in the yard under the old man who had been foreman so long; had no knowledge of him before this day; James Dunn worked in the same sec tion gang in the yard. and boarded at same hotel l did. had known him since lodge was organized; have never seen any of them since that day except the three who were arrested.
 When we arrived at track, instead of crossing team was turned side of road and stopped and all got out; team was tied to fence; the boy stayed with team; Hatch had a wrench and Dunn track-bar, which was first I had seen of them, and Appleman his rifle.
 ! said to Kelly: What are you going to do? and was told they were going to take up the rails, and I stopped still and said I would have nothing to do with it. I was at once surrounded by all, and Appleman swore he would kill me then and there, and all put their revolvers at my head and said the same, and made me swear I would be silent. Appleman said ought to be killed anyway. I begged for my life, as believed they would have killed me. could do nothing else, and began to realize the fix I was in, and what they intended to do. Ap- pleman made me walk ahead of him, below road crossing, and said he would kill me if made a move, and he would. Others went the other way toward trestle, and stopped about 400 or 500 yards from where we were. Hatch, Dunn and Kelly went to work at track, and Barrett and brakeman were at work close to them, and the man Wheeler went