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THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG Alva Johnson Confesses the Train Robbery THE KID'S QUILT NOW PLAIN He Gets Mad and Strikes a Witness in the Face Storwni the Roscoe Outrage as It Happened To.d by One of ths Two Criminals Who Did the Job J"Kid" Thompson, the man of the sin ister countenance, may have had hopes, up till yesterday morning, that the evi dence gathered against him oy the pros ecution, might not pro/c sufficiently con vincing to the jury trying him, to send him to the hangman's rope. Whatever were these hopes or fears up to that time, thoy were changed in a half an hour from a state ol incertitude to the most positive assurance that his crime had found him out and that presently he must suffer the punishment that he has so well deserved. ~ . , The attorneys for the defense on Friday must have felt gratified when Alva John- ' son withdrew from the stand wit bout having told the story of the train week at Itoscoe. It was a matter of considerable importance to tbe defendant. Whatever kind of Influence it was that was brought In bear upon Johnson since then —and it .oust have been paramount—lt swept away his conscious scruples which were of the old saw variety, towit, that thro is honor among theives. And when Alva came to tlic witness stand at 10:45, unex pected by tbo defense, unexpected by any body in the crowded court room, except by the prosecution, he had made up his mind to It'll the plain, unvarnished tale of the terrible misdeed which hurled two staunch soldiers of labor on duty into eternity. Johnson was not an unwilling witness when he spoke, neither was lie an eager one. He had forgotten the ex act words used in certain conversations, and little details, not extra materially important, had slipped his memory, but iv the main his story was as straight and complete as could uavo baen desired by any lover of the truth. 'Johiison looked stout physically, but when be Hrst entered the court room it was very evident tiiat ho was anything but stout-hearted. His narrative, told in soft, mellow tones, in grammatical Eng lish, carried conviction with it from be ginning to end. At no time did be seek to screen himself or to try to throw more odium vim Thompson than he was will ing to take himself, and only at the time that ho was Idling id' having heard that some one was pinned under the train did he make use of language that was some what palliative to himself. The facts as related by him without commentary show what a heartless, cold-blooded villain Kid Thompson is, and how richly he deserves the direct punisbmnt that can be meted out by the laws oi the state to an evil doer of his kind. Not only does his own accomplice's plain, unvarnished story show that, but his own act yesterday morning points to that he belongs to a variety of humanity that ought to be indelibly labeled "mad nog.'' As Kid Thompson, the desperado, was being brought from the county jail to de partment one of the superior court, he passed in one of the halls of tho court house, a little man named Doke, whom lie forthwith smote violently in the face, and might have harmed him considerably if not restrained by a depty sheriff. Doke is a witness who" was material, by his testimony, is supplying certain import ant links'to prove Thompson's unqualified guilt. Owing to the delay in the arrival of the southbound train, one of tiie jurors diil not reach the court room till 10:40. After he had taken his seat and explain ed to Judge Smith the cause of Ins ab sence. Deputy District Attorney McComas said: "If the court pleases we have a iit tle further testimony to offer. We have one witness, who has been sent for and who will beSiere presently.' 'Very well; is there any objection on the part ot the defense." The defense evidently did not know what was in store, for the. reply that the query elicited was the nonchalant one that it was within the discretion of the court to say whether the evidence should be beard. After a couple of minutes Alva Johnson shambled in between the bench nd the lawyers' tabic and imme diately took the stand. District Attorney Dunned conducted the examination of tbe man turned state evidence at last, after many an ineffectual attempt had been made to get the truth out of him publicly, although in a moment of discouragement, not long ago, he had confessed privately. After answering a few preliminary ques tions to establish the length of his ac quaintance with the defendant. Johnson said that they were together at Roscoe ou the loth of February, 1804, about sun down. The shifty looks of Thompson darted at Johnson Jin fitful, fury-loaded glances, but the latter went on imperturbably, un disturbed by any vengeful glitters of the eye—now that his mind was fully made up. But Thompson .vas uncomfortable and wrathful and for once he had not the drop on the man who was sjaling his fate. "We started from Los Angeles. " said the witness, speaking clearly and deliber ately, although not in a "voice tnat was audible in every part of the room, "and went straight on to Itoscoe. in a spring wagon drawn by two horses. One was black, tbo other "a sorrel. There was no other person with us. Just we two- Thompson and 1. We tied the horses to a clump and waited till the train was due. "The train came along about 11:30. I made a torch out of brush and signaled to make it stop. Then Thompson and I broke the lock of the switch, and he threw it as the train approached. It had slowed up, but did not coino to a stand still, and as it left tho side track some of the cars toppled over. "Then came the crash, and wnen I saw what had happened, 1 said to Thompson, 'For (iod's sake let's get out of this.' We went a little ways and then Thompson spoke: 'Hy God, we have got them now. We can get it anyhow.' We turned back. I was armed with a Winchester and a re volver. Thompson had a revolver. We met a man, made him throw up his hands and took him with us to the ex press car. We used giant powder to blow open t',o door." The witness' recollection was indistinct as to the order in which the car was jn tered, but he knew that Thompson ordered the messenger to open the safe. Neither did he decidedly recollect what was done in the cur, but ho had a perfect remembrance of what his own actions had been during that time. T walked up and down on each side of the car." said he, "and tired my revolver Once or twice." When tho money was put in the sack and bo proposed that they should carry it. Thompson with au oath said that the tr.iin hands should carry it for them to the wagon. Then they started upon the return trip wh icb he described. Be ing asked whether he had heard during the time that the rubbery was going on A CharHiing Cottage OI 5 rooms, now and modern, a little gem, on car line, corner lot. well improved; parties leaving and prefer selling to renting; price, $1875, ifi 100 cash, balance $2.> pur month House com .SI3OO. Another 5-room house ifil4oo, if'-IS per month and no aash down. Still another, $isoat $15 per month. Inter est is It! cents per mouth. Belter thall paying rent all your life. I.angworthy Co., 220 tj. Opting, Take the raiser. that men had been hurt, he replied |that he had been tolil that there .vas then a person pinned under the locomotive. And it was then that he asserted that if he had known that such a thing was going to happen he would never have taken part in tho robbery. Vain regrets! They made for tho Arroyo Seco bridge and were halted by officers. His re membrance as to what was said here again became somewhat blurred, but the men on duty made escape easy for the train robbers, because they convinced themselves on slim evidence that the outfit was a milk wagon, and that idea came principally from an empty chicken coop which was in the back of tho ve hicle, and all this time the sack of Mex ican dollars was nestling between their feet. When they were stopped by the officers the blood-thirsty instinct of Thompson immediately came uppermost. He knows nothing above a pistol play, with the drop on the other mail. He put his hand on his gun and was for blazing away, but Johnson checked him. The prisoner said something at the time which witness begged to bo per mitted to omit in his narrative and the prosecution granted his request. They pulled off and threw away the tags on the money bags as they were traveling on borne, ami a little ways before reaching there witness hid the silver under some brush. They arrived at the Johnson place about 8 o'clock. Thompson remained three or four days. Afterward witness buried the money in different places on the ranch and divulged the whereabouts of money when he was in the hands of the law. There was $1160 in Mexican money and over $100 in American coin. All of that Johnson gave to Thompson before he left. The latter Wanted the Mexican money disposed of some way or other, but to doing this immediately witness demurred on account of the danger. Several months later Thompson re turned during Johnson's absence. He came to the ranch in the evening, and Etzler, Trogden and Mrs. Trogden were there. Thompson demanded a division of tho money then, to which Johnson would not consent, but he agreed to send him his share wherever desired. At that time he had presented his accomplice with a revolver in a scabbard. A revolver in a scabbard was now shown the witness. Ho Identified the latter as the one given, and as being of his own make, b::t stated positively that tho gun contained in it was another than the one he had handed Thompson as a parting gift to speed the unwelcome guest. Ho then detailed how he had writt.n a letter to Thompson under the address of Parker, advising him that lie would send hi iv (100 Mexican dollars to Tcmpe. Ari zona, on the day following the screed, and that he had actually shipped the coin in twenty rolls on the day announced, in a box to W. S. Parker,Tcmpe. It was un dertsood that either Etzler or Thompson would receive tho cash all right under that name. This concluded Johnson's confession, which it has been so hard to obtain. The cross-examination was at first directed to elicit if possible if Johnson was now speaking because of inducements that might have been held out to him of a pardon or a commutation of his sen tence. He denied emphatically that ha had been promised anything directly or indirectly. He admitted that some for mer statements made by bim during ex amination were perjuries, but exculpated his 15-year old step-daughter of a similar crime by swearing falsely as to his where abouts. If she had testified that he* was at home on a certain occasion she had done so because she honestly believed that he was there then. Owing to a severe indisposition nf Judge Smith, who was with a chill in the forenoon, the case was continued at the noon recess until tomorrow morn ing. Johnson's testimony closes up all gaps in the evidence against Thompson and. it tallies in every point with that already introduced by" other witnesses for the prosecution. " When "Kid" Thompson was returned to his cell in the county jail, he did not go back unfettered as of yore, but his two hands were properly confined, as They shotud have been at all times while being moved from one building to the other, in a good, solid pair of nickel plated hand cuffs. JACK PRINCE The Lone-Distance Champion Bicyclist in Jack Prince, who heads every bicycte record from fifty to 100 miles, arrived in town yesterday. He has been riding bicycles since 1881, having been in twenty-live six-day races, of wihch he only lost two. and has held every profess ional short-distance record from 1882 to 1888. He has crossed the Atlantic eighteen times on racing teams and has competed against all nations for the championship of Europe. He was cham pion of England on the high wheels for two years before he came to tho states. Last'winter he spent three months in Cuba, defeating all comers. He is 33 years of age, and it would be very bar 1 to state how many races this not'd wheelman has contested. So much riding has made his muscles hard as steel ami some of them aye double. Mr. Prince will remain here for nine or ten days, and would liko to have a race while here. He offers a challenge to race twenty miles against any two trot ting or pacing horses in the country, allowing them to relay each other every mile while he must do the full twenty miles without a rest. Ho is willing to bet $20 on the nice, -and can be seen any time at The Herald ofhee to make tho match. BURGLARS AT WORK The Knights of the Jimmy Busy In Various Parts of the City Frequent complaints are being made to the police authorities regarding burglars and sneak thieves, and in some instances the culprits have got away with consider able booty. A few nights since an attempt, was made to gain an entrance into King's grocery, corner Twenty-seventh and Main streets. Evidence of the intended raid was discovered by the attempted prying open of a side door with a chisel, but it is presumed the thieves were frightened away before accomplishing their object. On Friday afternoon Detween 1 and 3 o'clock thieves gained an entrance into the private dwelling at 808 South Pearl street, while the occupants of the house were absent, and they purloined a $20 gold piece, a valuable gold watch and chain and an expensive pair of gold eye glasses. Iv this instance the daylight burglars made an entrance through a rear window. There are other similar cases reported from various parts of the city and it would be well for housekeepers to take suitable precautions. UNDERGROUND WIRES Proposed Route of the Sunset System Extension C. W. Hinchliffe. assistant superinten dent of the Sunset Telephone company, has filed witli the city clerk plans show ing the proposed location of an extension of the company's underground system . commencing at the corner of Sixth an d Olive streets and continuing along Sixth street to Grand avenue, thence to the alley south of l'ico street and thence to the company's west office. Wants Big Damages John 1!. McManis yesterday sued the Los Angeles Consolidated Electric Kail way Company to obtain $25,000 damages. On May 13. 180, i, he claims, he was walk ing across the track, opposite tho Pico liouse and fell just is a car was com ing aloug. It struck him in the hip. For the bodily pain, etc., due to defendants' alleg ed neglect, he claims the $25,000. A Little Meat Bill U. F. Pritcbard has commenced suit against Charles Gassen, tho butcher, to recover several sums of money from him, aggregating $1058, balances due upon thu I sale and pasturing of cattle and sheep. I LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1895. A WORLD'S FAIR FEATURE Montana's Silver Statue Will Be Seen Here MISS ADA RLHAN IN SILVER It Will Be on Exhibition for Only And From Los Angeles It Will do Direct to Europe—Under Guard by Day and Night-Statistics Two years ago this month the world's fair was inaugurated at Chicago. Its tri umphs have been sung and its attractions exploited, but thsre was one chanter that was never written. In every great expo sition there must needs be some ono great crowning feature that is always remem bered and becomes a part of the history of the fair. It is generally conceded that at the centennial at Philadelphia the greatest novelty was a woman modeling faces in butter, and the great Corliss en gine came in for the greatest praise as a mechanical wonder. At Paris the Eiffel tower led all other attractions and is yet preserved as a monument to the exposi tion and its time. For the Columbian ex position, one enterprise alone, the' 'Spec tatorium," conceived by tho late Steele Mackaye, and supnor ed by some of the richest men in Chicago, cost $500,000 and was then abandoned. The colossal build ing was sold for a sung and torn down, while Mackayo died a broken-hearted man soon after. The two things which will, of all others at the Columbian exposition, be thought of as peculiar and monumental io it are the Montana silver state of the actress, Aaa Rehan. and the great Ferris wheel. Both of these were conceived in an acci dental manner. Ferris drew the first sketch of the mammoth wheel on tiie back of a bill of fare at a chop houuse. winle he was waiting for luncheon: Hig bee got up one. night with the idea of a silver statue, sketched it, and went back to bed, and forogt all about it until his wife found the sketch days afterward and carelessly asked if it was of any value before throwing it away. The silver j statue probably had more newspaper at tcntion than any other one thing at the [ fair. It advertised Montana and her great ■ resources in every paper of the world, | and drew everyone to see it at the fair. Since the fair the big silver statue has been on a tour of exhibit, and from May j 13th to the 25th—only twelve days exclus ! ive of Sunday—it will be seen in this j city. A few statistics regarding this J unique statue may prove interesting. Its j height is ( J feet and it weighs 1)7.000 ounces. : There is silver in the statue to the value i of $04,800, and gold in the pedestal to the | value of $224,000. The "cost of the sculpturing was $740, and the cost of casting was an even $5000. Messrs. Htttuburgei A: Sons of the Peo ple's store, 135-145 North Spring street, always enterprising and alive to the in terests of their customers and friends, are responsible for bringing this magnificent statue of Ada Rehan in silver and gold here. Ihe cost of shipping it from Chi cago by Wells-Fargo express will be $300. It will occupy a position in tne center of 1 that firm's floor and will be guarded day ! and night by six men. Tbe exhibition ; wili be free. * From Los Angeles it will ibe taken to Europe. A red sunset foretells dry weather, he cause it indicates that the air towards the west, from which quarter rain may gener ally be expected, contains little moisture. THE SECRET OF BEAUTY fSOAP ♦ The most effective skin purifying and beau tifying soap in the world. It is the only preventive of pimples, blackheads, red, rough, and oily skin, red, rough hands with shape less nails, dry, thin, and falling hair, and simple baby blemishes. It is so because it strikes at the cause of most complexional disfigurations, viz., Tn eCi.oc.ged, IRRITATEO, Inflamed, Overworked, ob Sluggish Pore. 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