Amador ledger., 1905-03-31

aside, or challenge the fairness of the
grand jury. As soon as | said mot
guilty." the Judge asked the district
attorney when he wished the case set
for trial, and the district attorney re-
piled, April 10, 1905; and then the
judge asked Mr.. Snyder if that was
satisfactory, and he said, without con-
sulting me, he thought it would be;
both Mr.. Snyder and myself at that
time thought that within day or two
we would be able to get another at
torney into the case. and though we
both used every human effort from said
l 1th day of y J., 1905, up to this day
we were unable " l.nplOy another at
torney, because neither of us had
money with which to pay such attorney.
Immediately on the arrival of said
checks [ conferred with Mr. Snyder,
and we employed A. Caminetti to take
charge of my case, with the assistance
of said Snyder. l am advised by said
A. Caminetti, and so state upon my
oath, that under present conditions,
aud considering the labor required in
the preparation of the case, it will be
utterly impossible for me to proceed to
trial on said 10th day of April, 1905,
and that it will be unsafe for me to 90
to trial on that day; l am also advised,
and so state upon my oath, that in
order to preserve my rights | should
demur to said indictment, and also
move TO set same aside on various
legal grounds. [ have not subpoened
any witnesses, nor had any subpoenas
issued, because | had no money to en-
ploy counsel to consult with witnesses
n fn fot Iok
would be; | know | can prove nv in
nocence of this terrible charge against
me If am given sufficient opportunity
to prepare my defense.
My relatives and my wife's relatives
who reside in the state of Maine can
give important testimony in my behalf;
that they can not attend the trial, be-
cause they have not the money to pay
their expenses, nor have l, so their
dispositions will have to be taken, and
said dispositions cannot possibly be
taken and returned in time for said
trial If the same is to proceed on April
10, 1905. | also would like to get the
testimony of witnesses in Ensenada,
Lower California; said testimony will
have to be taken by the U. S. consul at
Ensenada with the aid of Spanish in
law in that country it will take at least
month to get said testimony by
deposition and have same forwarded
here for use at the trial of this case.
L have no means of raising any addi-
tional money, and out of the amount
now on hand my entire defense must be
paid. [ must not only pay my attor-
ney out of said money, but must also
pay all other necessary and legitimate
expenses of my defense in this proceed
ing. 1t will be necessary for me to en-
ploy an expert chemist and toXicologist
and physicians to give expert testi-
mOny at the trial Of my case. Two of
the leading physicians of Jackson, [
am informed, have been employed by
the prosecution, and that the prOsecu-
ton has also employed noted chemist
OF San Francisco, and expended large
sums of money in the preparation of
its case against me; that my means
are so limited that of necessity, unless
the attendance of witnesses can be Sc
cured, | will have to take the deposi-
tions of many of my witnesses in San
Francisco and other places, as | will
not have the means to bring them
thither to the trial of this case; that
up to this time 1 have made no prepar-
atiOns whatever for the trial of nv
case for the reasons herein stated. It
will now be necessary to have my coun-
sci consult expert chemists, toXicolO-
gists and physicians, so as to have their
testimony at the trial of the case. I
have been informed, believe and say
that the prosecution will attempt to
prove that [ administered to my de-
ceased wife arsenic with the intentiOn
of poisoning her to death, and from the
effects of which she died; that after
her burial her body was taken from its
grave by the prosecuting officers and
post-mortem examination held by the
coroner of this county, and said body
examined by physicians employed by
the prosecution, who opened the same,
took therefrom the stomach, which
was sent to chemist in San Francisco;
that said physicians examined the Or
gans of said body, and will testify that
said deceased died from poison, and
not from the malady which was really
the cause of her death, to wit typhoid
fever; that said physicians have in
their possession some of said organs;
that said chemist will testify that said
stomach contained arsenic, and that
the prosecution has had said stomach
secreted; that the prosecution has de-
MED the defendant and the said w. G.
Snyder permission to inspect said stom-
ach and organs, and has refused to per-
nit the same to be inspected by any
chemist, physician, or toxicologist in
the interest of the defense; that the
prosecution also has in it's possession
the trunk of the defendant: that said