Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-22
SAYS HE
KNOWS SLAYER
MOTORMAN so TESTIFIES IN
MURDER HEARING
STATEMENT FOLLOWED FINDING
BODY OF sHlVELY
Man and Wife Have Preliminary Ex-
animation on Charge of Being
Implicated in San Gabriel
Crime


Stone, both charged with the murder
of Morgan Shively, Pacific Electric
conductor, on January 2, sat stolid
and unmoved through their prelim-
mary examination, which was begun
yesterday before Justice William NJ.
Northrup in the Alhambra court room
in East san Gabriel.
The defendants as they sat beside
| their counsel, Sud Rush and lie
| Compte Davis, seemed TO have no in
! terest in the proceedings and remained
| Indifferent as the facts of the case
| were being reviewed by the witnesses.
Only when Donaldson stated that after
| finding the body of Shively, Stone de-
| clared II know who killed him." did
the defendants appear to take notice
of what was going on before them. AT
| this point Stone sat upright in his
| chair with his arms folded and with
| a staring look tried to catch the eye
| of the witness.
Many Curious Present
The small courtroom was crowded
to overflowing with curious long be
Ifore court was called to order. The
doors and windows were lined with
persons and every available space
which offered standing room was oc-
cupied.
| The first witness was Alfred R.
| Street, deputy county surveyor, who
| identified a drawing of the interior
| floor plan of the house which he made
at the request of S. L. Browne, chief
| detective of the district attorneys
office.
Dr. A. D. S. Mccoy, autopsy surgeon
| of Pasadena, described the wounds on
| hody and testified that the
one which severed the artery in the
| left arm was the only one which was
| sufficient to cause death. He stated
that the mans bleeding to death with
| in from twenty to thirty minutes after
| its infiiction resulted from this wound.
| He also testified that there were
wounds in the palm Of the hand, which
| Indicated that they had been caused
| by grabbing the blade of some sharp
| instrument and the instrument having
! been pulled away from his hand as he
| grabbed it. Pictures of the wounds on
| the arm were introduced as evidence.
| Upon the completion of re-cross eX-
animation adjournment was had for
| noon.
Motorman Testifies
At the opening of the afternoon ses-
| sion the first witness to be called was
Fred r. Donaldson, Alhambra, who
was the motorman on Shively'S car,
and who had known the defendants
| for the past five moths. The ques-
| tions put to Donaldson by Joseph
Ford, deputy district attorney, were
| confined chiefly to details regarding
the relations between Mr.. and Mrs.
| Stone and Shively and the facts and
| circumstances which happened the
night before the murder was COM
mitted; also the time at which he
| and Shively left their car after get
| ting through with work on the night
of the murder, and from the time they
left their car to so home until the
| body of Shively was found.
Donaldson said that he and Shively
parted at the entrance of the Stone
| residence about 2;15 a. m. and that
| there were two lights burning in the
house, which was always the case, as
| they left the lights lighted for Shively.
about 4:45 o'clock in the morning
1 was awakened at my house by Mr..
and Mrs. Stone, who came to my
| house and informed me of the tragedy.
Stone kept repeating, They got Nor
gan,'" testified Donaldson.
Cry for Help Heard
"Stone said he heard a cry for help
in the kitchen of his house and that
he rushed down stairs, but that Shive-
ly was gone and that the kitchen was
| in disorder. The windows and the
lamps were broken and the tables and
chairs overturned, and it appeared
that there had been a struggle. The
floor was covered with blood and the
sink. which had been torn off the wall,
was partly filled with blood.
"Stone said that Shively must be
| found or he would freeze to death, as
he was clad only in his night clothes,
and it was raining at the. time. stone
and l went back to his house to
search for Shively, While Mrs. Stone
remained with my wife. We first went
into the kitchen and then started to
hunt for Shively in the shed at the
rear of the house and all around in
the neighborhood. AT dawn several of
the neighbors had been summoned,
| and the search was continued until 1t
was found in Broadway street, near
Eighth street, about 1900 feet from the
Stone house. At the time of the find
ing of the body l was within couple
| of hundred feet from the place where
| the bodv was found and saw Stone
coming up the wash toward me. We
| heard the cries of those who had
found the body and hurried to the
nlace where it was lying. Stone did
NOT 90 I'D and look at the body, but
asked. is he dead?F Upon saying this
he turned around and started pack TO
the house."
Dining Room Described
| Donaldson was examined very close
ly as to the position of the table in
the dining room of the Stone house
and also as to the mirror, lamp, trav-
cling bag and wash basin which had
been thrown out the window.
He also testified that after returning
to stones house after finding Shively's
body Stone told him that he had fired
a shot from the dining room towards
the rear porch, thinking that by doing
SO he would scare away any one who
happened to be in the kitchen. Dis
trict Attorney Ford examined the wit
ness very carefully and thoroughly as
to the revolver and rifle found in
stones possession.
The court after finishing the exam
ination of Donaldson adjourned until
Monday morning at $3.50 o'clock. 1t is
thought that the examination will last
for two or three days, as there are
quite number of witnesses yet to be