The San Francisco call., 1904-11-23
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

AUBD RN, Nov. ll.-Ihe pistol
from which sped the bullets that
brought death 10 the members Of the
Weber family has been found. It was
located to-day in the basement of a
barn on the Weber property. The
weapon. which is blood encrusted, and
TO which adheres a tuft of hair, sup
posedly that Of little Earl Weber, was
found on a sill about nine feet from
the entrance to the barn. 1t is a cheap
weapon Of the Iver-Johnson make ana
52-csliber. The five chambers of the
pistol were empty.
Young Weber was in court when the
news Of the discovery Of the weapon
was made known. Every eye was
. upon him when the announcement was
made. Its affect upon him was start
Ling. He turned deathly pale, squirm-
ed about in his seat and nerYously
fingered the pencil with which he was
taking notes OF the evidence being Of
1ered. With what appeared TO be a
violent effort he controlled himself.
and, after a few furtive glances about
the courtroom, resumed his self-im-
posed task Of taking notes.
OPINION OF CORONER
Coroner Shepard is Of the opinion
that Weber, after committing the ter
rible crime, went to the barn and hid
the weapon. choosing the hiding place
with the idea Of returning for the
weapon when opportunity offered.
This theory Of the Coroner, it is be-
leved, is borne out by the fact that
young Weber before his arrest was
seen in the neighborhoOd Of the barn
by emissaries Of the Coroner and the
Sheriff. whose duty it was TO keep an
eye on the only surviving member Of
the Weber family. II is said that
Weber while on his way TO the barn
became cogniZant of the fact that he
was being shadOwed and when within
100 yards of the structure turned and
retraced his steps.
The number Of the weapon is in the
possession Of Sheriff Keena and that
official has set for himself the task of
learning by means of the number from
whom the weapon was purchased or
To whom il was sold. A vigorous and
thorough search Of the hardware
stores OF Sacramento, Auburn and San
Francisco viii, il is believed, reveal
the name of the owner Of the weapon
The cartridges found in the weapon
show that the cartridges said to have
been found on the roof Of the postoffice
building and which were supposed to
have been thrown there by young
Weber have no connection with the
case. The empty shells in the weapon
found to-day are Of the kind known as
center FIRE" Those alleged to have
been found on the postoffice roof were
said 10 be rim fire.
At the preliminary hearing to-day
Gunsmith +. A. FUthey testified that
tho bullets found in the bodies of the
Webers were from a Peters cartridge.
The empty shells found in the weapon
supposed 10 have been used by the
murderer are Of that make.
DEFENSE ENTERS PROTEST.
The evidence Of Detective Reimer
and Clarence Geear, both OF whom
testified 10 the finding Of the pistol,
closed the case for the prosecution to-
day. District Attorney Kelly Robin
sen made no argument, simply sub
mitting his case on the evidence Of
fered; but Attorney Tabor consumed
an hour or more in voicing his protest
against the holding Of his client on the
charge Of murder. He contended that
the evidence was insufficient to war
rant any such action that his client
had proved an alibi.
Justice Of the Peace Smith an
noUnced that he would render his de-
cision tomorrow at noon.
AdolDh Weber is beginning TO show
the effects OF the strain he has been
under for the last fortnight. He looks
thin and careworn and complains that
he IS not feeling well To a Call corre-
spondent to-day he stated that his i'll
ness is due to stomach trouble. He said
he had been eating too much and suf-
fered for the want of exercise. A set
OF boxing gloves was brought to the
jail to-day Every morning hereafter.
while his confinement lasts, they viii
be donned by Weber and Jailer Fulton
DESCRIPTION FITS WEBER.