The San Francisco call., 1904-11-22
Adolph .Weber's Testimony
as to His Whereabouts on
Night of Tragedy Is Flatly
Contradicted by Witness
STARTLING STORY
OF A YOUNG WOMAN
Testifies She Saw Youth in
Brewery Lane at an Hour
He Claims to Have Been in
Another Part of the Town
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AUBURN, Nov. 21.-'I saw Adolph
Weber in front of my house between
tragedy. 1 also saw him standing In
front Of the postof1ce when I went
for the mail about o'clock"
Such was the testimony given by
May Clarke Yesterday at the prelim-
mary hearing Of the youth charged
with the murder of his father, mother,
sister and brother. AS the witness,
without trace Of hesitancy and with
display Of positiveness that entirely
removed any doubt as to the truthful
ness Of her statement, gave her evil
dence young Weber squirmed in his
seat. He quickly raised his head and
as quickly dropped It, and seemed to
wilt in his chair. And there was rea-
son for his nervousness and hopeless
attitude, for the declaration of the
young woman knocked from under the
defense a prop that has been main
stay Of Weber's attorneys in their fight
to save their client from the conse-
quences Of the horrible crime of which
he stands accused.
The witness testimony fatty contra
dicted the statement made by Weber at
the Coroner's inquest at which time
he said that between $50 and he was
In another part of town than that de-
scribed by Miss Clarke. The home of
the Clarke woman is in Brewery Lane.
half way between the postofflce and the
Weber home
The evidence Of the Clarke woman
is the most damaging yet introduced
at the preliminary hearing. The prose-
cution claims that at to-morroW's
hearing 1t will ~eorroborate the wom-
ans testimony with that Of two wit
nesses who saw young Weber in the
lane.
WOMAN'S TESTIMONY.
Reduced to a connected tale Miss
Clarke's testimony is as follows: Il
was out in the yard gathering wood
when 1 saw Adolph Weber pass the
house. 1t was between $3.50 and
o'clock. I went into the house, dressed,
and went uptown for the mail. When
l arrived at the postoff1ce 1 saw Weber
standing alone outside. This was
about Z O'Clock. 1 started back home,
and was nearly there when l noticed
the fire. 1 ran back through Chinatown
to town and gave the alarm"
Clarence Geer testified that he was
at the fire early and that as he ran
round the house Weber was with him.
They stopped in front of the house and
Geer never saw Weber afterward. Geer
said he was on the porch and in the
room where the bodies were found but
did not see Weber there. Weber claims
to have been in the room and to have
helped take out the body of his little
brother, Earl
Fred Bernhard testified that he was
present at the fire and did not see
young Weber on the porch or inside
the building.
DR.. ]. F. White was called upon by
the prosecution and testified that he
made an examination of a pair Of
young Weber's drawers. already an ex-
hibit in the case. The doctor said he
made test of a stain found on the
garment and. discovered blood by both
the microscopic and chemical tests.
The same results had been obtained IN
a lesser degree from an examination
of a portion of young Weber'sr trous-
ers said the doctor.
DIR. White is an expert chemist, and
his analysis was to-day confirmed by
Dr. RYfkogel of San Francisco in
letter to DIR. White.
The preliminary examination will
be continued tomorrow morning,
when two other witnesses who saw
Weber pass through Brewery lane
will be produced.
SEARCH FOR PISTOL.
Miss Clarke's story of the route
taken by Weber will make it easier
for the searchers for the missing pis-
toll Between the Weber home to the
brewery are several springs, and be-
tween the brewery to the town is
ravine. A portion of the ravine was
raked to-day and the search will be
continued tomorrow under the su-
pervision of a Pinkerton detective
III II aim or. N1rho ic -
instance of Sheriff Keena. The search
will be systematic and may take sew
eral days.
spondent to-day Detective Reimer said
there was little doubt but that Sheriff
Keena had the right man, and that
from now on links in the circumstan-
tial chain would come much faster
Reimer had good opportunity to
study the prisoner yesterday in the
Sheriff's office. The detective be-
lieves the young man has an abnor-
mally developed brain; that he has
great concentration and will power,
but that it is only question of time
when he will break down. Reimer
said young Weber reminded him of
Parker, the Boston man who muir
dered his entire family. Weber's
head is very long from front to back,
and his face is very short. The most
remarkable popularity, however. is
the closeness of his chin and hose:
they nearly meet. and his mouth is
but a slit.
Weber appeared in court to-day
wearing a boutonniere of violets sent
him by Miss Trousdale. The young
lady is a waitress at the American
Hotel, and your Weber called t e
occasionally.
Arrangements are about completed
whereby special counsel Will be en-
ployed on both sides at the final trial
L. L. Chamberlain of Auburn and
Hiram Johnson of San Francisco will
probably assist Attorneys Fullen and
Tabor In the defense. while George
w Hamilton, son of the late General
Jo Hamilton. viii likely be employed
in the prosecution