The record-union., 1899-07-11
GEORGE GREEN CONVICTED.
HIS ASSAULT ON CHARLES E.
LOOP LAST WEEK.
Testimony Of Men WHO Witnessed
the Affair at the Butch-
ers' Picnic.


The case Of George Green, charged
with having battered Charles E. Loop
at Agricultural Park on July 4th, was
tried in the City Justices Court yes
terday
Charles E. Loop, the man alleged to
have been beaten by Green, testified
that he recently came from Chicago
and expected to stop in this State. He
was. he said, an electrical engineer,
and had before coming here been tm-
ployed in the orchards near Vacaville.
The witness said he saw George Green
at Agricultural Park on July 4th. He
was around the stands, where numbe,
of games were running. Somebody, he
said, tried to push him away from the
tables, and he pushed back. He was
walking about making remarks about
the games. When he was grabbed or
pushed he retaliated in kind, and
then Green came up on one
side and struck him in the
face, and he did not recollect any
thing afterward. He could not tell
whether or not he had been struck
more than once. Witness said he had
been drinking before the trouble and
had taken a large quantity of quinine
for malaria he had contracted at Vaca-
VILE
Judge Anderson wanted to know
whether the games mentioned We're
athletic or otherwise.
Witness said they We're gambling
games, some of which he had never
seen before.
Attorney johnson said he supposed
everything was running except nickel
in-the-slot machines.
City Attorney De Ligne said the
games We're all illegal and that none
were being run with his appreciation or
consent.
On cross-examination witness said he
might have called some men around
the games vile names after the first
f.little jambouree." He said he did not
play at any Of the games and lost no
money. He was making remarks about
the ''rake-off'' of the several games.
Somebody seized or showed him and he
showed the man away and would prob
ably have struck him had he had a
chance. Witness said he recollected
having been requested to leave the
games. and did back off, but one of the
men grabbed him and shook him, and
he (witness} made poke at him."
Witness said he remarked while
looking on: That's a robbers game :"
After he ..poked' at the man who
grabbed him, Green struck him Wit
ness did not recollect anything after he
was struck in the face, and so far as
he knew he did not offer to fight any
body.
On redirect examination the witness
said he was seized roughly and pushed
his assailant away, and immediatel.
thereafter was struck in the face by
Green.
Sherman Curran, railroad brake
man. testified that he was present when
the trouble occurred. He saw Green
take hold of Loop and drag him alon.
Some distance. Then Green struck
Loop and knocked him down. LOOP
was down some seconds and got up
dazed and wabbling. When he got on
his feet Green ran ten feet at him and
struck him a sledge-hammer blow
Loop was laid out cold" and witness
thought his neck was broken Wit
ness had a clear and unobstructed view.
When he first saw the men Green was
dragging Loop from the gambling
stalls toward the grand stand Ha
dragged Loop about thirty feet and
then knocked him down. Witness said
condition to fight even schoolboy.
In answer to cross-questions witness
said he had no feeling against Green
that the latter had never done him a
wrong. He denied having insulted
Green's wife after the trouble, said he
did not know her. that he did not go
into the grand stand and that he never
insulted a woman in his life. Witness
said after the second blow was struck
he left, thinking that Loops neck was
broken.
S. j. Turner. an employe of the
Southern Pacific Company, was present
when the trouble occurred. He was in
front of the grand stand and saw Loop
and Flanagan separating Almost i'm
mediately afterward Green struck Loop,
knocking him down. Loop got up and
Green struck him again. Loop looked
to the witness like drunken man. He
appeared limp.
DIR. II. E. Wright said he first saw
Loop stagger to his feet and when he
got upon them Green rushed up to him
and struck him a severe blow in the
mouth knocking him cold. Leop lay
without moving for about minute
and half When witness saw Loop
getting up he was dazed and tottering-