The San Francisco call., 1906-07-06
Time Of MURDER
IS FIXED BY
WITNESS.
Carpenter Testihes He Heard
Mrs. Brandrup's Death
Screams During Forenoon
CLAIMS CONSPIRACY
Defense May Try to Prove
Linden Hotel People Are
Plotting Suspects Ruin

With startling suddenness an i'm
portant link in the chain OF evidence
that is being forged by the States OFF,
GERS against George Jones. the half
breed Kanaka accused Of the murder
OF Mrs. Elizabeth Brandrup in his
room at the Linden Hotel at Baden
was disclosed at the preliminary hear
ing before Justice Harmon at Baden
yesterday. Unknown TO the defendant
the prosecution has held in reserve a
witness who SAYS he heard the death
Shrek OF the unfortunate woman.
l. ]. Hansen, san Bruno carpenter
was working on the roof Of the Linden
Hotel over Jones room at the time
Mrs. Brandrup was killed He said:
I heard a woman utter a piercing
scream Then there was q mufled
noise that sounded as though a scream
had been choked of. The sound came
from the room under the place on the
roof where ] was working I did not
Investigate because I knew there had
been trouble in the house. II was be-
tween 10 and 1890 o'clock in the morn
ing Of the day Mrs. Brandrup was
found"
Hansen further denied Jones' state
nlent that the defendant was working
on the roof Of the hotel in the morn
ing and said that he did not see Jones
that day until 3 o'clock in the after
noon. Attorney Styles for the defense
attempted 10 shake Hansen's testi-
mony. but failed.
SEARCHING FOR CARPENTER.
Immediately after the trial Styles
used every endeavor TO gain a trace of
William Green, a San Francisco car
penter who was at work in Baden on
the day OF the murder and who. accord
ing to Jones, can prove that Jones was
at work on some cottages in the vi
cinity OF Baden at the time the murder
was done.
Sheriff Mansfield and Constable Car
roll, after an investigation, both main
tain that Jones did not go near the
cottages during the day 1t is also
known that certain woman in Baden
saw Jones and Mrs. Brandrup talking
on a street corner IN Baden about half
an hour before the murder was com
mitted.
Harry Comand. on whom the defense
was ready 10 cast suspicion. has writ
ten 10 Sheriff Mansfield from this city
saying he viii be ready TO testify when
called. Mansfield served a subpoena on
him last night and he viii testify to-
day that he saw Mrs Brandrup enter
the Linden Hotel on the morning Of
the murder at about ten minutes after
10 o'clock.
FAIL TO ESTABLISH ALIBI
Several witnesses were called by the
defense 20 aid in establishing an alibi
for Jones and al OF them failed. Many
denied the truth OF the defendants
statements under oath At the con-
clusion OF the days hearing Attorney
Styles intimated that there might be
q conspiracy at the Linden House
against his client, but could give no
reasonable motive for his theory He
added that he had advised Jones TO Sc
cure a detective TO investigate the sup
posed conspiracy.
Jones denies the testimony Of Miss
Vandenboss. the cham bernaaid Of the
hotel. which was substantiated by the
murdered woman's younger daughter
Miss Elizabeth Mcdonald, and de-
clared that they either told an un-
truth or were dreaming" Attorney
BuIlock's questions became so pressing
the defendant refused to answer and
declared with an oath he had been
asked too many questions. He also
said,sadary Mcdonald was not telling
a the Truth.
IN the afternoon Thomas Mason tes-
TIED TO the defendants good char
acter. Chris Miller failed TO corrobo-
rate Jones statement that he was in
the dining room from u to 1890 on
the day OF the murder J. H Vanden-
boss, proprietor OF the Linden Hotel,
was unable to remember Jones where
abouts on that day.
The hearing win be concluded today