Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-15

trousers.
Then the little revolver with which
the murder was committed was handed
to Buck and as the butt of the weapon
touched his hand his fingers uncon-
sciously coiled about it and his fore
finger sought the trigger. The fact
that he had committed murder with the
gun seemed to have no effect upon him
and he handed it back, saying he had
bought 1t in Spokane.
Buck then started the story of his
business relations with Mrs. Garfield.
'I went to the Garfield home to
secure small loan," said Buck. 81
had planned and planned to start in the
baker business for myself and L had
spent all the spare moments of my life
trying to learn cooking, so as L had
been employed there a long time be-
fore, / went to Mrs. Garfield thinking
that she might lend me the money until
could get a chance to pay it back.
"How big the loan was to be L left
for her to determine, and on that
Saturday 1 first went to the postoftice
to get letter and see if she had writ
ten a reply to my request for money.
found no letter, so I boarded an
Eighth street car and started for the
place. l went there and 1 rang the bell
and the girl came to the door. She told
me that Mrs. Garfield was not there
but would be there at dinner time, so
went to Westlake park and 1 bought
two plates of ice cream and then a
glass of soda and some peanuts.
Waits for Victim
"Then I went back to the Garfield
porch, and 1 sat by the door there for
about three minutes and then Mrs.
Garfield come out.
1T asked her if she had received my
letter and she said she had. 1 told her
wanted to get loan of money, and
she said she had several calls for
money, so 7 said that 1 was not that
kind of a person and my case was diff
ferent. I told her had been working
all over the country but had never had
a chance to get start in the business
1 loved.
"She then wanted to know where
was staying and 1 told her was at the
st. Elmo with my brother but that my
brother could not afford to start me in
business.
"She then sized me up and she told
me to wait while she went to the
house. told her before she went that
was desperate.
"She was gone only few moments
and then she returned and l asked
her why she had phoned and she told
me she wanted the coachman.
''As she said that she put her hands
inside her dress and I drew my re-
volver quickly and said. Hands up,
and she moved her hands up and said,
Would you strike a woman?' and I
said, Would you strike an old MANI
She said she would and then she turned
and told some one on the porch to go
back because I had gun"
At this point in the narrative the
interest of the spectators had become
to the rail while privileged spectators
inside the rail crowded close to the
judges bench.
Woman's Son Watches
Charles Garfield, son of the murdered
woman, leaned forward and the muscles
in his face and neck set hard as he
waited for the next sentence from his
mothers murderer.
But Buck remained calm. For all the
emotion he expressed he might have
ben discussing the condition of the
weather and he never moved his posi-
tion as his attorneys urged him on to
continue his statement.
II said to Mrs. Garfield, Would you
send me to the asylum" said Buck,
land she answered, Yes and then 1
pulled the trigger and she fell"
There was not the slightest quiver in
the prisoners expression and the spec
tators drew back from him with a
groan of horror.
"I shot her twice in self Defense"
continued Buck, some faint idea oc-
curing to him that he had to say
something in his own behalf. 81 knew
1 had shot her and 1 leaned over her
and said, Tell the truth
Then I went to the railing and I put
the gun to my head and said, Gen
tlemen of the jury, shall pull it?' and
they said, yes but 1 didn't pull the
trigger.
"They started to crowd in to me and
one man says, Shoot him. and I an
swered, Wait till an officer comes and
let him take charge Of this Then
when 1 saw a man closing in on me 1
dashed down the street to the West
lake boathouse and L ran inside.
The Arrest
"Then a man came in the door and
he had a revolver in his hand. Are
you an officer?' I said, and he drew
back his coat and leveled his gun. I
saw his star and held out my hands
and he slipped the cuffs on and took me
away"
Further direct examination will be
made of Buck this morning and then
Attorneys Fredericks and Rogers will
put him through the gruelling process
of cross examination.
Several insanity experts will take the
stand today to give their opinion of
Bucks condition. Yesterday a num-
Der of them stated that Buck was
playing a clever game in pretending to
be demented. but that he was slightly
OVERRIDING his little act and that his
clear memory could be proof to the
jury that the man was shamming.