The San Francisco call., 1898-09-15
THE SOLDIER
 MURDERER IS
 UNCONCERNED Rosser Arraigned in the Police Court. SAYS THAT HE IS NOT GUILTY HIS CASE CONTINUED UNTIL
 TO-DAY. Tennessee's Regiment Swells the Days Occupants of the
 Prison and the
 Dock.
HIS CASE CONTINUED UNTIL
 TO-DAY.

Walter Rosser, the young Tennessee volunteer who wantonly murdered Hen ry Hilderbrand in the Spreckels Market Tuesday afternoon, Is apparently un- moved at the fearful predicament in which he is placed. If sober apprecia- ton of the gravity of the crime charged against him on the City Prisons blotter, together with its probable consequences, has not sufficed to bring him to a full realization of his position, then surely it would seem that the ruthless, unpro- voked staying of fellow being. the be- reaving of a young wife, the brand of Cain which must accompany him through life-if he Is fortunate enough to escape the gallows-would overwhelm him with the agony of remorse.
 But yesterday, with the awakening from a drunken stupor, and through the long day and evening, Rosser appeared but little disconcerted. He slept during the major portion of the night, fltfully and uneastly the prison guards say, but before the sun had risen he chatted freely with the attendants and officials in whose custody he is about the shoot ing of Hilderbrand.
 To them he asserted that he had no recollection of the slightest detail of the tragedy, but his only expressed regret was for his own welfare and concern. Indeed, so absolutely lacking in emotion did he seem in discussing his awful crime that 1t may eventually appear that he is a proper subject for study by a Lombroso or some other alienist.
 The formation of his head is peculiar, even abnormal. The cranium is large and bulging, the lower part of the face and jaws pointed, the eyes restless and retreating; and while his general cast of countenance is neither disagreeable nor lafrr e., assuring. lie occupies a cell with two other prisoners, but was released at fre- quent intervals yesterday in order to con- suit with friends and members of his regiment who had called to see him.
 Early in the forenoon he was visited by ex-JuGge James h. Guerry, formerly of the Georgia Supreme Court bench and a recent conner to this city, and George F. Curtis, eX-law librarian of the Congress sionaI Library, Washington, D. C., also a new conner here. These two gentlemen consulted for some time with Rosser, and then he was handcuffed and taken by an officer to Judge Joachimsen's court. He sat in the dock, wearing the clothes in which he had been arrested, and after two petty cases had been quickly dis posed Of the clerk called from his list, Waiter Rosser, murder. The hangers on, who nlled the court room to the doors, stretched their necks In anticipa ton, and the prisoner stood up at once in response to his name.
 Rosser paled little as the warrant was read, but displayed no other evidence of interest Tn scene wherein he was the central figure. His attorneys asked for continuance. first entering formal plea of not guilty in behalf of their client, and Juoge Joachimsen at once fixed the hear ing for this morning. This was done in order that the testimony of two witnesses for the defense, members of the Tennes- see Regiment who are about to leave the city, may be taken. It is not likely how ever, that further evidence will be heard until after the inquest.
 Rosser was immediately returned to the City Prison, where he spent the balance of the day in talking with members of his command. Lieutenant Colonel Child CTS, Major Mcguire and two other officers called upon him shortly before o'clock and held an earnest conversation with him. None of the party would vouch- safe any information as to the object of the visit As Colonel W. c. Smith, who commands the Tennessee Volunteers, is very intimate friend of General w. H. l.. Barnes, it is not improbable that the latter may be retained to defend Rosser
 Autopsy Surgeon Gallagher made a post-mortem examination of Hilder- brands body yesterday He found that the missile, 32-caliber bullet, had en- tered the left side two inches above and to the left of the nipple. It ranged down ward, passed through the left lung and the left ventricle of the heart, severed the aorta, and then plowed its way through the right lung, lodging between the sixth and seventh ribs. The bullet tortuous course showed that Hilder- brand was In stopping position when he was struck, and 1t was also made clear that he died almost instantly.
 A Tennessee private soldier, Polk, who is said to be @ grandson of the President or that name, stated yesterday that he