The herald., 1898-11-17
THEY TESTIFIED ALIKE
WILLIAMS WITNESSES HAVE
GREAT HEADS FOR TIME
KNEW HIS WHEREABOUTS
He Left His Home and Did Not See ].
w. Casebeer at All-Examina-
ton Continued

The family and friends of Isaac B. Will
liams, the defendant who is charged with
trying to kill j. w. Casebeer, his father-in-
law, all have great minds for details. Ihey
must each have stop watches, or else tell
time by the same clock, SO exactly do their
memories tally on this important point.
When it comes to question OF minute
details Of remembrance, their brains seem
to be as much alike as peas. Such an i'm
preston was conveyed by their testimony
in Justice Morrison's court yesterday, when
they were placed on the stand to testify
on behalf of the defendant. ,..,.
At the morning session DIR. Hagan, the
police surgeon, testified regarding the ex-
tent and nature of the old mans wounds.
Several ribs had been broken and he had
sustained injuries about the scalp. AT the
desire of Mr.. Hunsaker, Casebeer was re-
called and questioned by the defendants at
torney regarding conversations that Case
beer had held with people at Santa Barbara.
The desire of Mr.. Hunsaker was to prove
that Casebeer had felt ana expressed great
animosity against the Williamses, as the re-.
suit of the stand which they had. taken in
their damage suit against him. Mr.. Hun
saker then moved that the case be dismissed
and the defendant discharged, but this was
denied, and then the evidence for the de-.
fendant was introduced.
Miss Frances Williams, a sister of the de.
fendant, said that the family had not re-
ceived the letter from Casebeer announcing
his intention to visit them, nor had she, or
any of them, seen the complaining witness
on that night. Mrs Rosa Rogers, who is
daughter of Casebeer, and the person who,
he said, he thought had aided Williams in
assaulting him, came to the home of Will
liams that night and brought her two child
rem with her. Mr.. and Mrs. Williams and
three other children were present. She had
heard nothing of the hack in which Casebeer
had been driven to lockwood street, nor had
she heard any one rap at the front door,
Early in the evening they had remarked
about the dogs barking. Williams left the
house some time after 10 o'clock in the even
ing, and nobody had gone with him. He
had said nothing to his wife about returning
at I, nor had Mrs. Williams said that "the
old cuss (meaning her father) ought to be
killed." ''' 30 80.
Mrs. Mary Rogers testified that Williams
had come to her place at 1880 o'clock Satur.
day night and slept there, and had not gone
away until o'clock the following morning,
thus starting to prove an alibi for the de.
fendant.
Mrs. Rosa Rogers testified that she and
her children had driven from Pasadena to
the home of Mrs. Mary Rogers, intending
to pass the night there, but previous to this
she went to the home of Williams, to have
her horse and buggy cared for. She had in
tended to return to her mothers house, but
talked SO long with the Williams family that
she decided to remain there. Williams, she
said, left the house at 1920 o'clock to go to
Mrs. Mary Rogers place, in order to make
room for her and her two children at his
house. Nobody had gone away with him.
She had not heard the hack drive up to
the house, and had heard no knock at the
door. She had heard the dog bark earlier
in the evening, though. So had Mrs. vii.
liams, who took the stand next.
The wife of the defendant said that it was
1890 o'clock when her husband went to Mrs.
Mary Rogers house to sleep, and he had
not returned until the next morning.
The case was continued until 93O o'clock
this morning.