The San Francisco call., 1905-02-16

and WELL and as you have stated, when
you left the house to go for your
walk, and you knew that they were
not in the habit of sitting in the dining
room. You have just told us that your
sister Bertha was playing the piano
in the piano room at the time; that
your father was in the kitchen and
that your mother was up stairs putting
your little brother to bed, and yet you
went to the dining room window where
you say there was no fire and got into
that room. Why did you do thiso"
Because / wanted to get into the
house." answered Weber You did
not expect to find them in the dining
room. did you?" No" was the reply
Il went into thes dining room to
rescue the family, but the smoke drove
me out"
Where did you cut your hand?"
was Webb's next question.
II don't remember replied the wit
ness in low voice. when you were
coming UP the front steps did you see
a body coming out of the front VIM
dow?"
YES. 1 did" was the answer. "r
thought it was my mothers, but after
ward found out it was my sisters"
You say you went in through the
window-where was your sister lying
at the time you went in through the
window" "She was lying on the porch
under the window when / went In"
did you step over or around her
body?" II don't know"
do you pretend to tell me-" said
Webb, dramatically raising his voice.
that you could step over the body of
your dead sister and not know 1T 2" Il
don't know" came from Weber's lips.
The defendant said that he entered
the piano room for the purpose of
bringing out his brother and that he
brought him through the room to the
window. He could not say what he
did after that up to the time he was
found sitting under the magnolia tree.
He could not say who carried his little
brother down the steps, but he knew he
was alive when he picked him up in
the piano room and brought him to the
window
ONLY SAW BROTHER.
Did you go to your mothers side
ers side and did you say to her,
Mother, speak to me?''' NO
Did you approach any of your fam
lily after they We're brought from the
house that night" Il went up to my
brother in the yard"
General Webb then asked the de-
fendant if he had not managed his trip
from College Lane into the town proper
in such a manner as to make his testi-
mony conform with that Of Walter
Crosby and Clarence Geear, whom he
met in front of Crosbys stable. No.
l didn't was the reply.
Attorney Johnson then took up the
defendant in redirect examination. He
confined himself to an effort to show
that the witness had no hand in the
death of his family or the burning of
the Weber home.
The principal witness at the morning
session was ]. M. Francis. He stated
that on the night of the tragedy he saw
Mrs. Weber carried from the burning
home and laid on the grass. AS he
looked at her he thought he saw her
lower lip quiver. He knelt down and
took her right hand, while Henry
Bernhard rubbed her left hand. Fran
els said he placed his hand upon her
head and, finding it still warm, called
for doctor. He testified that now,
however, he was positive Mrs. Weber
was dead at that time and that the ap-
parent CULVER of her lips was but q
shadow cast by the trees near by Dur
irg Francis recital Mrs. Snowden and
Mrs. Hess, sisters of the murdered wo-
man. burst into tears and sobbed con-
vulsively.
Attorney johnson tried to introduce
a document SlSneQ Dy George BOyne,
secretary of the Board of Police Com
missioners of San Francisco. showing
that the license of Pawnbroker Carr
had been revoked April 10, 1904, and
that Carr was now selling goods with
out a license. 1t was not admitted
Other witnesses examined to-day
were Elmer Coddington, Miss Theo-
dora Wills, Miss Nellie Wills. Miss
Margaret Wills, w. F. Lanief, Nose ].
FREEDOM and John Fulton.
The last witness called was H. E.
Kiessig, gunsmith from Sacramento.
His evidence was introduced by the
defense to prove that bullets fired from
a pistol could not be recognized by the
marks on them. This evidence was
introduced to disprove the testimony
of Howard Carr, the San Francisco ex-
pert called by the prosecution. Kiessig
said he had fired flour bullets through
the weapon found in the Weber barn
into a bunch of cotton. II believe II
to be impossible he said, ito deter
mine what kind of a gun the bullets
found in the Weber barn were fired
FROM
Kiessig will go on the witness stand
again at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning
when he will be cross-examined by the
prosecution.
There is a possibility that the wifi
nesses for the defense. may conclude
their testimony tomorrow night.
To Pass on Smoot Case.