The San Francisco call., 1907-06-21
State Closing With Testimony
Linking Prisoner to Crimes

made it clear that it would have made
no difference so far as the possibility of
this conversation having taken place
was concerned if it were true. Haywood
might have been working at the tunnel
and still have been in the Blaine tim
Der shed.
The evidence supplied by the witness
Mccartney was also very hard for the
defense to take. 1t was simply docu-
mentary. with such verbal addition as
was necessary. for the explanation of
the documents. 1t was corroborative of
that part of Orchards story where he
told Of receiving money from Pettibone
by Postal telegraph when he was in
San Francisco in the fall of 1904 on his
mission TO murder Fred Bradley He
had said that on several occasions, he
was not sure how many, he had re-
ceived money in that way, to an amount
of which he was not certain, but he
thought it was $3.50, less the commits
sion for transmission.
The original records of the Postal
company regarding the transmission
from Denver to San Francisco of two
sums of money to Fl. Green, the name
Orchard had testified to using for that
purpose on Pettibone's suggestion, had
been supplied to the prosecution, and
Mccartney identified them. There were
two papers for each transfer. One was
the application. which Mccartney testi-
fed was filed out by the sender of the
money, and the other was the com
pany's message to its agent in San
Francisco directing the payment to the
person named in the order. This mes
sage in each case was in McCartney's
handwriting. The first one was dated
September. 1904, and called for the pay
ment of $3.50 to H Green, care of
Peter L. Huff, 211 Taylor street, San
Francisco. That sum was 500, less
transfer commission.
The application was signed ~. Wolf.
No. 1925 Stout street" That was the
name of one of Pettibone's clerks and
the address of the store
HANDWRITING IDENTICAL
The second application and message
was dated October Is, 1904, and were
for the payment to H Green, care of
Peter l. Huff, of S4S. being $50 less the
transfer commission. Orchard testi-
fed, it viii be remembered. that the
money by telegraph came to him in
Huff's care. The second application
was accompanied by a former waiver
of Identification, written by the sender
on the back of the application. The
handwriting Of both applications and
waivers is the same. and the state will
put witnesses on the stand tomorrow
to Identify ii as Pettibone's and then
show 1t to be the same as that in he
letter recommendation which Pettibone
wrote to Insurance Agent Stearns
when Thomas Hogan" wanted a job.
You may examine" said Borah to
Richardson, when these documents had
been admitted in evidence. There was
a whispered consultation among the
lawyers, in which Haywood took part,
and then Richardson said, with a shake
of the head, that's ALL"
DO you mean there IS no cross ex-
animation" asked the Judge.
No cross examination" replied
Richardson, and Mccartney stepped
down. s'>
Then Senator Borah took up the de-
cision of the supreme court in the
Meyer habeas corpus case and be-.
gan TO read. The crowd in the court
room rose unanimously and began to
file out, making such confusion that
the reading had to be suspended
Never mind the jury put in Dar-
row, cheerfully. they can't get away"
1t was the only chance for a grin that
the defense had all the afternoon.