Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-30
lErom Tnesday,s paily.i

| The most startling testimony given
yesterday afternoon was by Santiago
| Gardunio, the Mexican convict who
was brought from Canon City to ties.
| tify. Gardunio was the last witness
ON the stand yesterday afternoon.
He said that on the It'll or Sth oil
| November he heard Mason and Van
| They talked in whisper. lie was in
the cage at the time. He said he
heard vanderweide say; The worst
trouble is that he was shot from be.
hind Mason answered that it wasn't
so bad. as 1t was from the side and
| wouldn't show so plain.
Vanderweide asked If he fred one
or two shots. and Mason answered that
one was enough
The Mexican said that Mason told
Vanderweide that Walker had TO be
killed. and that II they didn't do II
some one else would.
Gardunio testified that the conver-
sation he overheard took place about
II o'clock at night; that Vanderweide
told Mason he ought not to have to
stand IL alone; that Mason told Van
derwcide he had rolled Walkers body
bard.
Guardunio said he did not expect to
get out of the pen any sooner by tell.
ing this story.
Said he had told Sheriff Clark about
the conversation before he was taken
to Canon City and then talked with
II yesterday morning.
On cross examination he admitted
| telling Mrs. Bates. the jailer's wife.
that he had not heard anything. The
counsel for defense then made him ad-
nit that he told a falsehood when he
told Mrs. Bates he had not heard any
thing.
Yesterday Afternoon.
A larger crowd was in attendance
at the trial yesterday than on any
day previous and large number OF
women were present.
Sheriff Clark in his testimony yes
terday afternoon said Mason had told
| him he was notified that the govern
ment party was up on the hill.
Clark stated that he had been assist.
ing the district attorney since Nov. 8
in getting evidence. Allowed Jim
| German TO interview Mason Said Cor
man did not tell Mason the govern
ment would spend sl0.ooo,O0O to pros
ecuie him and Vanderweide, or shake
his fist in Mason's face. Said he was
present all the time they talked He
served subpoenae on Dave Coliips
and brought him to Durango ayd the
Strater hotel.
The defense attempted TO show that
n bogus court had been held at the
| Strater and that witnesses were
brought before IT, The district at
torney objected TO this and the oh.
| lection was sustained
Sheriff Clark testified that when he
met Mason and vanderweide on the
road as they were coming to town to
give themselves up, he asked them for
their guns and they told him they did
not have any, that Jim Struthers at
Hesperus had the. shotgun So Clark
went on to Hesperus and went 10 the
office of the Porter Fuel company and
asked Struthers for the gun. Was
answered that he did not have the gun
Clark insisted that he did have the
gun, because Mason told him he had
and then Struthers gave IL up. saying
he didn't know whose gun II was
He then went to the boarding hoouse
and asked Mrs. Nanderweide for his
gun, and where he kept the gun. and
sne told him she didn't know anything
about it, While asking for Wander
weide's gun the sheriff said he helt
The shotgun behind him.
1t developed that number OF peo
gun, both in Durango and Denver
Clark was ordered to produce tn,
clothes and guns and other articles II
his possession IN connection with tn,
case in court He brought In th'
outer clothing on a dummy, having ;
wax face, to represent a man, so tina
the location OF the bullet holes In re
lation to the body could be more easil.
determined. He brought the shot
) gun, Walkers gun. scabbard. the rop'
and pulley, Walkers hat and anothe
gun or two taken from parties at Hes
J perus.
He testified that the various article
! had been handled at different time
by the government men In Durango
| and in the grand jury room In Der
: yer, but said that he was always pre-.
s ent when they we're being handle
4 and that the examinations were Away
. made under his eyes.
y Lee Knapp. a gunsmith OF Denve
y was called as powder expert. II
, said he had been called to Durango o
e the 18th of November TO examin
b Walkers gun to see II 1t had bee
l. fired recently Said he could tell 81