The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-14

and that afterward witness had teSt1-
fed that he first met Cook at the depot.
Mckenzie attributed this inconsistency
to a bad memory. Some more or Nc
Kennels contradictions or faults Oh
memory were that once he stated he
met Cook in the office of the stable and
afterWard that he met him in front or
the stable door; that he had never
heard the name of Doorman until the
day Doorman arrived here, and that he
afterWard testified he had heard 1t from
Mrs. Walters as the name Of her al
legged cousin, for whom she sought en-
ployment He also failed to recall
whether or not he had told District At
torney Bell and others that words had
passed between Walters and Cook pre-
vious to the shooting, and failed to re-
member where Walters was standing
when the shooting began.
Mckenzie was also forced to admit
that from the position he occupied he
could not tell as a fact about how the
shooting actually began or anything
about it, as he ran with all OF his speed
out of the stable as soon as he heard
the report of the first shot. Then came
the fresh sensation. Mckenzie testified
that during the first part of December
he went to San Francisco with Walters
by appointment on their man hunt The
purpose of their visit to this city was
to locate Cook and to verify Walters
suspicion that Mrs. Walters was meet
ing Cook in San Francisco. Walters
claimed to have received an anonymous
letter threatening his life and it was
their purpose to discover the author of
that letter. Walters suspicious rested
upon Cook and it was his intention to
proceed against Cook for this and also
for being intimate with Mrs. Walters,
if these matters could be laid against
him. Mckenzie claimed that he went
with Walters to introduce him to an
officer in the San Francisco Police De-
partment, but admitted that this intro
ductton was never made. He also
stated that the photograph of Cook was
obtained from the st. Helena photo
grapher to aid the San Francisco police
in finding Cook, but was forced to tes-
tify that the photograph was not sent
to San Francisco SO far as he knew.
He was unable to remember the name
of the officer to whom he intended to
introduce Walters
What was Walters going to do when
he located Cooke" asked District At
torney Bell.
Il don't know what he was going TO
do" replied Mckenzie.
Had you any idea what he was 60
ing to do?"
HE simply wanted to see if there was
anything between Cook and Mrs. wal
ters. He said to me that there might
be a job to put him (Jesse Walters)
out of the way"
Whom did he suspect?"
Cook"
Whom else?"
He did not say anybody else"
After much evasion by the witness
he was induced to testify that he went
to the postoffice in this city. and using
III 1aia aSpQT-
tain if letters We're received here adj
dressed to Mrs. Field, and from where
they came. He learned that letters
came to Mrs. Field, but failed to find
out where they were mailed. He did
this at the request of Walters, who
suspected that Mrs. Walters, under the
name of Mrs. Field, was receiving let
tiers from Cook He failed to establish
the fact that such letters had been de-
Iivered to Mrs. Walters. The trip of
witness and Walters was made to San
Francisco before Mrs. Walters had
asked for employment for her alleged
cousin.
Witness declared that he never sus-
pected that Doorman might be Cook,
and denied that Walters had ever in
formed him that Cook had been To-
Gated
There was more sparring and eva
sion by the eX-Sheriff, and then came a
story of how he and Walters had gone
to San Francisco at one time and visit
ed a Mrs. Ray, who lived in the 400
block on Van Ness avenue, and who is
learn if Mrs. Walters, when in San
Francisco, stopped at Mrs. Rays
house They found that she did. He
could not remember whether or not
Mrs Ray was asked to watch Mrs.
Walters, and did not know whether or
not Walters discussed with Mrs. Ray
the suspected relations between Cook
and Mrs. Walters.
Witness was handed a photograph of
Cook, print from the same mega
tive from which the photograph was
printed that Mckenzie obtained from
ST Helena from Walters, and admitted
it bore considerable resemblance to
DoOrman and that it would aid him in
identifying Doorman. He never saw
either on his person or in his room in
the stable
When asked in conclusion if he had
any statement to make, he said:
Il have only got to say that I am in
nocent in the matter and am willing to
answer any question and will hold
nothing back.
Then, turning to the jury, he re-
marked, Have any of the jurymen
any questions to ask of me?'
None had, and his grieving was over.
Other witnesses testified to matters
connected with the tragedy, the arrest
of Walters, etc, which have been pub
lished, and when all the witnesses were
examined the District Attorney read to
the jury section 81 of the Penal Code,
which provides who are principals in
the commission of crimes.
The case went to the jury at 2:5C
D. m, and at 4:45 they announced that
they were ready to render their YER
dict. Few of the spectators had de-
parted and the decisions Of the nine
Jurors were received with apparent I'M
animous approval.
Half an hour later NICK nzie was
taken to the county Jail in the custody
of Sheriff Dunlap, Under Sheriff DAILY
and Constable Secord. he was allowed
to select his cell and chose one imme-
diately back of and adjoining that of
Walters In the jail, while waiting for
his cell to be prepared for him, he
said
what I did in that case did as a
matter of law. These proceedings have
/ all been one-sided and only one side of
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