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VOLUME LXXIX.-NO. 81.
HUNTINGTON AN
ARTFUL DODGER
But He Squirms Under the
. Hot Fire of Morgan's
Questions.
THOSE BURNED BOOKS.
Managers of the Contract and
Finance Company Took No
Chances.
FRYE COULD NOT SAVE COLLIS.
Clever as He Is, the Railroad Magnate
Makes Some Very Peculiar
Admissions.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 18.-The
examination of President Collis P. Hunt
ington of the Southern Pacific Railway,
by Senator Morgan, was resumed this
morning before the Senate Pacific Railraods
Committee. Morgan directed his line of in
quiry toward the relations between the
Contract and Finance Company and the
Central Pacific, and the destruction of the
books of the former company.
The books ware burned, Mr. Hunting
ton said, because the company was disin
corporated and there was no use in keep
ing them, as the accounts were closed.
He said he had suggested to Mark Hop
kins that the books be destroyed, but did
not remember that there nad been any
reference in his conversation with Hop
kins to the clause in the California con
stitution regarding the personal liability
of stockholders. Such a matter as that
would, he said, have been referred to the
legal department of the road.
Senator Morgan— Did any lawyer advise
you to destroy these papers?
Mr. Huntington— l think not. It was a
mere casual matter. We did not regard it
as serious.
Senator Morgan lt becomes serious
here. I should like very much to have
the books here now.
Mr. Huntington— l should like very
much for you to have them, but in view of
the fact that they are not in existence I
don't see how in the world you are going
to get at them.
Morgan then read the resolutions
adopted at tbe mass-meeting held recently
in San Francisco to protest to Congress j
against the extension of the debt of the j
Pacific railroads, and Mr. Huntington said
it must have been a very large and enthu- !
siastic meeting, for he had been informed j
there were just fifty-two persons present j
at what he termed the Sutro meeting. J
The call had been issued to all the coun- j
ties in the State,. and but five of them were I
represented there. Tie representation
was largely confined to San Francisco and
Oakland.
Morgan having mentioned the names of
James H. Barry, Charles C. Terrill and
John M. Reynolds as members of the
anti-funding committee appointed at a
meeting held in San Francisco fast year,
Mr. Huntington said contemptuously that
lie wondered whether they were on the tax
list of San Francisco.
"They may not be," Senator Morgan
said, "but you know that it is written that
the poor shall inherit the" kingdom of
heaven."
"I no not know," Mr. Huntington re
marked in an indifferent way.
"And I expect you will never find out,"
the Senator remarked.
"We will see," said Mr. Huntington,
hopefully.
"Yes, we will see," Senator Morgan said.
"Do you know either of these gentlemen?"
he asked.
"I do not know that 1 do," said Mr.
Huntington. "I take it they are not
among the merchants or bankers of San
Francisco."
"They may be common people," Senator
Morgan remarked. .
In the same connection Morgan spoke
of the earnestness of the protest coming
from San Francisco.
"There is nothing in it," Mr. Hunting
ton said, "hall so earnest as Adolph Sutro
was when he told me that if I did not
build a road to. his place, where he has a
drinking-saioon, a bathhouse, a gambling
house and rooms upstairs, and build it
right at once, he would fight me in Wash
ington and fight me everywhere. That
was an earnest matter."
Huntington afterward spoke of Messrs.
Sutro, Estee, Cannon, Gibson and others
as being "as uncanny a crowd as a farmer
ever found in his henroost at night. All
these charges emanated from the same
parties," he said.
Morgan, recurring to the building of
several branch roads by the construction
companies, asked how one of the roads
was paid for. "
"By issuing bonds. They were very
nice : bonds," said Huntington.
"i don't care whether they were very
nice or not," snapped Morgan. "Confine
yourself to answering my questions."
[Laughter.]
Again Huntington said he could not re
member exactly how much it cost to build
the Copperopolis branch.
"No. of course not," said Morgan; "your
memory is very bad. You have a way of
not remembering and of saying 'I think'
and "don't know.' Why can't you state a
lew facts?"
Recurring to the destruction of books
of the Contract and Finance Company
Senator Morgan intimated his belief they
had been destroyed so tbat the directors
could not be held liable.
"No," said Huntington. "They were
burned, as I remember it, to make room,
and because the company having been dis
banded there was no further use for them,
It was no serious matter to do so, we
thought at that time."
Senator Morgan said: "You may find
that it is serious before you get through
with it."
"I wish to state," said Huntington,
"that no conversation passed between my
self and Mark Hopkins about destroying
The San Francisco Call.
books in order to shield us from personal
liability."
At another point in the examination
Huntington boasted that the roads con
structed by him in the West had "built up
the country."
Morgan— Yes, and you got very rich out
of your benevolence, did you not?
Huntington— Well, I may not be as
benevolent as some but I meant well and
thought I was doing a big thing to build
up the Western country. I have oiun
parted with my money very easily —
Morgan (interrupting) — You can spare
us that eulogy on your own generosity.
We do not care to hear it. Of course we
know it was not money you were after,
but you worked for glory.
Huntington — No, sir. I have never
worked very much for glory. [Laughter.]
Soon afterward Senator Morgan forced
Huntington to admit that Stubbs, as joint
agent for the Southern Pacific and Central
Pacific.* could divert traffic from the Cen
tral to the Southern route, unless shippers
otherwise directed.
Mdrgan — Then Mr. Stubbs could have
sent most all of the freight over your
Southern route to the impoverishment of
the Central road if he bad wished?
Huntington— Well, no, you see, that is,
I suppose
Morgan (interrupting) You must not
try and get away from the facts and don't
base your statement on mere suppositions.
We want facts. Now, you admit you were
heavily interested in the Southern Pacific
and only had about 4000 or 5000 shares of
the Central Pacific stock.
"I think about that much," replied
Huntington.
Morgan — You think so. Don't you
know? You seem to know very little
about your own business.
Huntington— lt is difficult to remember
so far back.
Morgan— Well, you think you had that
much and admit you had heavier interests
in the Southern Pacific. You have been
vice-president and president of the South
ern Pacific and Centrall Pacific companies?
Huntington Yes.
Morgan— Has it not been your policy to
send as much freight as possible over the
Southern Pacific? -
Huntington— We have shipped much
heavy stuff over the Southern route, but
forty-nine out of fifty cars have gone over
the Central route. I have been ambitious
to encourage fruit-growing and to give
them as good rates as possible, so much so
that New Jersey and Delaware fruit
growers have complained that cheap in
troduction of California fruit into these
States damages the business. Rates over
neither of our roads have been high, only
twelve mills per ton per mile for freight j
and less than two cents per mile for pas
sengers.
Morgan — The Southern Pacific is a very
much longer line than the Central Pa
ne?
Huntington — Yes, sir; almost twice as
far from San Francisco to New Orleans
than from San Francisco to Ogden.
Morgan— Your interest was then to se
cure the long haul if you could? Would
you have dismissed Mr. Stubbs if he had
not sent considerably more traffic via the
Southern than by the Central route? ;
Huntington— No, I think not. "yV i'-y
Morgan— But you would have lost money
by his so doing, and you certainly would
not keep an employe who caused you such
financial loss. The two roads were com
petitors, were they not?
Huntington— Yes, to a certain extent.
Morgan— How much did the Southern
Pacific formerly pay for its lease of the
Central road.
Huntington— We paid $1,300,000 per
year, but when we ascertained that the
Central road could not earn enough to
pay us back tbat amount the agreement
was made that the Southern Pacific should j
not pay more than tbe Central earned per
year.
Morgan— Did not the Central Pacific
earnings decrease because your agents
diverted traffic to your own road, the
Southern Pacific?.
Huntington— No. The results shrank as
a result of competition of the overland
roads.
Morgan— But how do you account for
the fact that Southern Pacific rates did not
shrink also? ; \ y
Huntington — I do not know.
Morgan— Was it not to your interest to,
divert traffic to the southern route?
Huntington— l always wanted to be
fair — Ay" ■
Morgan (interrupting) — I am not asking
about your great generosity. That is very
well known (sarcastically).
Morgan inquired about Huntington's
Atlantic steamships, and whether these
lines were not established in the interest
of the Southern Pacific.
Huntington — Yes, sir.
Morgan — Now, what have you ever done
to get business for the Central Pacific route ?
You say you have been its chief executive
officer.
Huntington — Well, we had our agents in
New York — y-
Morgan — I am not asking about your
agents. I am inquiring about your own
individual efforts.
Huntington— Oh, I never solicit any
freight or « passenger business myself.
[Laughter.]
Morgan— Oh, don't be so narrow, Mr.
Huntington. You understand well enough
what I mean. Then you haven't made
any personal efforts to build up the Cen
tral road?
Huntington — Ob, yes; I have improved
the roadbed, rolling stock, laid new rails,
and —
Morgan (interrupting)— l am not speak
ing of the physical road, and you know
it. I shall assume that your attempts at
evasion are sufficient answers to my ques
tions.
Huntington— The executive department
of a railroad has nothing to do with select
ing traffic.
Morgan — Now, will you answer my ques
tion or not? What have you, individually,
ever done to extend traffic over the Central
Pacific, as you have done oyer the South
ern Pacific?
Huntington— l have kept the road in
good condition.
Morgan— You made contracts for steam
ers to feed tbe Southern route? --".••'.>-.*
Huntington— Yes, sir.
Morgan— Did any of that freight from
Europe go over the Central route?
Huntington (innocently) No, Senator,
for our ocean going boats cannot run from
New Orleans to Omaha.
Morgan— Who established those steam
ers? .-'-. -y "
Huntington— Well, we directors of —
Morgan (interrupting)— But didn't you
on yesterday claim great credit for your
self because of the establishment of this
line of steamers?
Huntington— l said that we had some
I very fine steamers.
SAN FRANCISCO, MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1896.
Morgan — You cannot evade my question
in that way. That won't do at all.
Huntington — I had long tried to estab
lish a good line of steamers between New.
York and Liverpool. ..':'»■
Morgan— ln the interest of the Southern
Pacific? -„ ! ■;"; . y' ;
Huntington— To a certain extent.
Morgan — But you can't say what you
have done for the Central Pacific. Did you
expect the latter road to prosper when you
did nothing for it and everything for its
competitor, the Southern route?
Huntington— The Central Pacific is in
very good physical condition. Forty-nine
fiftieths of the fruit lias been sent over it.
Huntington indignantly denied the as
sertion made at the convention in San
Francisco to the effect that he, Stanford,
j Hopkins and Crocker had made $200,000,
--000.
He denounced it as a lie, as well as the
assertion that they had derived from the
City and County, State and general
sources four times as much as it cost to
construct the road. . . _
Morgan inquired how much . money
earned in railroading had been put into
the roads. >';■ *J y
Huntington— l think I was worth about
a million dollars when I commenced rail
roading, but after completing the Central
Pacific I was considerably poorer on ac
, count of the heavy accumulation of debts.
Senator Morgan inquired about the con
tract of the railroad with the Pacific Mail
steamers, via Panama. *_-*
Huntington said $75,000 had been paid
them, and this contract continued three
years. Itwasdonein order to keep rates
uniform and in a measure prevent rate
cutting.
Morgan — But you, as guardian and prin
cipal executive officer, have never done
anything lor the Central road?
Huntington— l think my management
of the road has been very fair. I know
that I made money out of the Chesapeake
and Ohio, Big Sandy and- other roads in
Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and
Tennessee, after they had been abandoned
by others, but I lost money in construct
ing the Central Pacific.
As to the proposition for the settlement
of the Central Pacific to the Government
Huntington professed the willingness and
desire of the company to pay every dollar
of it on an extension of 100 years at 2 per
cent, but would not admit that there was
any liability on the company to pay inter
est on the interest payments heretofore
made by the Government.
Morgan— l guess we have heard enough
for to-day.
Huntington— Can't you hear me an hour
longer?
Morgan — No, sir.
Huntington— Can't you hold night ses
sions? I have important business in New
York. •_ •, '. ..,;.-■
Morgan — No; I don't propose to sit at
night. I work hard enough now for my
salary. lam not made of steel or railroad
bonds. -.':.' . . ■'. y-"i"; . "-_' y
The committee then adjourned to meet
Thursday/when the examination of Hunt
ington will be resumed. }.y.ii '
WJLL J.OSE THE CHARTER. ■-
But Huntington's Men Will Fight Des
perately All the Same.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Feb. 17.— There is
no legislative move more preferable
to the professional * lobbyist than to
smother an obnoxious; measure and lull it
to sleep by delay.
Every day it becomes more apparent
that the enemies the bill for the repeal
of the Southern Pacific charter are pursu
ing these old tactics, and it has been their
only effective fight against the measure. >
• The friends of the bill are thoroughly
awake to this manner of procedure and
Continued on Third JJage,
AN OLD MAN'S REVERIE.
" I really can't remember."
SIXTY MINERS
ARE ENTOMBED.
Most Disastrous Explosion
of Firedamp in a
Coal Pit.
NO HOPE FOR WORKMEN.
All Those Laboring Underneath
the Ground Meet Death
Instantly.
WRECKED AND SET ON FIRE.
The Vulcan Mine at Newcastle, Colo.,
Will Have to Be Abandoned '
to the Flames.
NEWCASTLE, Colo., Feb. 13.— The Vul
can coal mine, located in the hogback, just
below town; was completely wrecked and
set on fire by a terrific gas explosion shortly
after 11' o'clock to-day and all the work
men in the mine were instantly killed.
About sixty men, including foremen and
coal operators, were in the several rooms
along the slope when the disaster occurred,
and so severe was the explosion that not a
single man could have survived the shock
or - the fire which ; immediately ensued.
The old Vulcan mine was abandoned some
years ago because of fire, and this new
mine will doubtless share a similar fate.
With the exception of a few bosses the
killed are Italians, but in the confusion
and excitement of the day it has been im
possible at this time to make a complete
roster of the names of the unfortunates.
The town of Newcastle was shaken as if
by an earthquake by the explosion, and a
dense black cloud obscuring the site of
the Vulcan mine and workings indicated
only too plainly what had occurred. The
entire population rushed to the scene to
behold the surface workmen in the midst
of a thick cloud of dust trying in vain to
start the work of rescuing their unfortu
nate fellow-laborers within.
, The earth had settled perceptibly about
the hillside, and the dense mass of black
smoke issuing from crevices in the up
heaved mass gp.ve evidence that the coal
vein had surely been set on fire by the
explosion. Women and children rushed
shrieking and screaming to the scene,
adding to the confusion. The mine
owned by the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company, two and a half miles away, was
promptly closed down, and all hands
hastened to assist Superintendent Herrcke
of the Vulcan in the work of rescue, but it
was quickly seen that little could be
done. • ■ . •
Herrcke with several men had torn
away the * broken ; timbers at the landing,
and had rushed into the slope soon after
the explosion occurred with wet sponges
on their lostrils, only to be driven back
again by the deadly fumes. . "'■
A special train was sent to the mine by
the Colorado Midland Railway Company
with medical ; assistance, prepared *.' to'care
for the wounded if { any were rescued,' but
the sun went down behind the mountains
before any progress could be made.
The force of the explosion may be
imagined when it :is known that the
BulTdihgs'and trestle at the mouth of the
slope were "completely wrecked, a hole 100
feet square carved out of the hillside at
the mouth of the incline, while timbers
two feel square were blown into the Grand
River, 400 feet away. One miner was on
his way down the slope when the explo
sion occurred, and his mangled remains
were subsequently found several hundred
feet away from the mouth of the slope.
- There were 140 men employed in and
about the mine at the time, and about
sixty were at work under ground this
morning. The present Vulcan mine has
been opened only about two years. State
Coal Mine Inspector Griffith was here
•February 8, and pronounced the mine in
better condition than it had ever been be
fore. An immense fan in the slope, which
was about 500 feet; in depth, seemed to
afford complete ventilation, and every pos
sible precaution was taken to prevent an
explosion of the gas known to exist in the
mines of this district. ■ < •
It. is believed that a half-lighted fuse
ignited the gas in one of the new rooms
while the men were blasting down coal.
The old, Vulcan mine has been abandoned
for, several years and was in no way con
nected with the present property, a new
slope having been driven into the hillside.
The Vulcan Fuel Company operates the
property, which is owned- by the Atchi
son, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Com
pany, with headquarters at Topeka, Kans.
Just at this time the mine was being
worked to its full capacity, the output
being from seventeen to twenty cars per
day.
The entire slope is filled with debris, and
it is now plainly evident that many days
must elapse before the bodies of the en
tombed" miners can be rescued. Since
darkness fell the smoke seems to have per
ceptibly diminished, and it may be that
the fire will not destroy the, property as
was first feared earlier in the day, but the
force of the explosion was sufficient in
itself to practically destroy the mine, and
new workings will have to be started.
• The latest estimates place the number of
men in the mine at sixty or more, and not
one escaped death.
The names of the company men were
only known to . the pit boss, James Har
rison, whose body lies with his dead com
rades in the bottom of the ill-fated mine,
and can- only be ascertained by the re
covery of the bodies. From the lamp list
and information gained from those above
ground, the following thirty-eight are posi
tively known to be among the killed;
James Harrison, pit boss ; \ Tom Larrigan,
fire boss; three brothers, Joe, William and
Abe Dore; Peter Patricio, Daniel Morris,
Gabriel Gleese, Frank Rossio, Baptisto
Chowcett, August Matteve, John Scaif,
Alex Scaif. Philip Racha, Peter Brewer,
Frederic Sigmond, Antonio Patricio, John
Pactori, John Coughlan, William Webb,
William Haggerty, Dominic Matteno,
Frank McGourly, Robert Cattle Jr., Alex
Reno, Frank Simonic, Robert Seitiger,
Jacob /Jenkins, .'Domino Ozello, John
Oteno, James Fraegna, Domino Possetti,
Peter Tappero, Antonio Tappero, Andrew
Rolando, Peter Magento, Antonio Martino
and David Evans.
Most of these men leave large families.
RECEIVER £ URJJ EIOH ARRESTED.
Charged With Embezzling : Money Col-'
7y v lected, for a Firm.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 18.—An
drew S. Burleigh, receiver of the Northern
Pacific Railway, for Montana, Idaho and
Washington, was given a very disagreeable
surprise this evening on his arrival here
from Tacoma, in the shape of a warrant in
the hands of -Detective Michael Hoy of
Minneapolis, charging him with the mis
appropriation of $5100 belonging to George
- -■-... .
R. Newell & Co., the Minneapolis whole
sale grocers. ■ V y ■..-,
I The lattei charge that Burleigh made
collections for them in the West to the
amount named, but failed to turn over the
money. Mr. Burleigh refused to talk on
the matter, merely saying the suit was
part of a scheme to harass him as receiver.
CUTTERS AND TRIMMERS STRIKE.
It Is Expected That Nearly Fifteen Thou-
sand Clothing - Worker* Will
Soon Quit Work.
CHICAGO, 111., Feb. 18.— Hiisch, Elson
& Co., clothing-manufacturers, to-day re
ported that nearly 100 more men had
joined the striking cutters and trimmers
since yesterday. The situation is so seri
ous that within forty-eight hours a general
strike of the Clothing-cutters' and Trim
mers' Union, involving 12,000 >to 15,000
workmen and women, is expected by the
union men as well as by the employers.
C. P. Kcllog & Co. were unable to operate
their establishments to-day because twen
ty-five men joined the strikers. The same
number walked out of Guthman, IThlman
& Silberman's factory, and smaller num
bers quit work in other factories. Hiirch,
Elson & Co. expect all their 400 employes
to be on strike to-morrow night, when a
decisive meeting of the union will be held
as to calling a general strike.
Cutters and trimmers want the manu
facturers to keep the agreement made with
the union as to hours and wages and shop
regulations, while the employers say that
they are simply resisting the arbitrary
edicts of the union and intend to say here
after what wages they shall pay and the
hours their men shall work.
WEDDED AT CASTLE HILL.
Mrs. Amelie Rives-Cbanler Becomes the
Wife of Prince Troubetzkoi
or Russia.
RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 18.— At Castle
Hill, Albemarle County, the home of the
bride, Mrs. Amelie Rives-Cbanler, the
authoress, was at 3 o'clocK to-day married
to Prince Troubetzfeoi, a Russian noble
man. The affair was very quiet and great
efforts were made to keep tne time of the
event from the public.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Paul L. Menzel, D.D., of this city, a Gei
man Lutheran minister, and was accord
ing to the form of the Episcopal church.
Miss Gertrude Rives, sister of the bride,
was maid of honor and Allan Potts of this
city was best man. The bridesmaids were
Miss Landon Rives, sister of the bride;
Miss Bessie Martin of Richmond: Miss
Julia Magruder, the authoress, and M 133
i Eleanor Page of Keswick.
Only the immediate family of the bride
and tne white and colored tenants of
Colonel Rives' place witnessed the cere
mony.
The groom arrived at Castle Hill about
a weeK ago. The couple will remain at
Castle Hill until the 29th inst. and then
sail for Europe.
TWO INDIANS FREEZE, TO DEATH.
Winnebagos Drink Too Much Firewater and
Wander Away on the Prairie .
to Perish. '
PENDER, Nebr., Feb. 18.— News was re
ceived this evening that three Indians,
living in the vicinity of Big Horse Wawa
ba's farm on the Winnebago reservation,
secured two or three gallons of whisky at
Pender yesterday, and after filling them
selves with liquor proceeded to have an
old-time war-dance, stripping to the skin
for that purpose. After thoroughly ex
hausting themselves they fell in a drunken
stupor and finally wandered out some dis
tance on. the prairie, where they were
found by a party of white men, frozen to
death. The inside facts are hard to ascer
tain, owing to those interested wishing to
cover the matter up. Bootleggers, it is
claimed, furnished the whisky.
CARNEGIE BLACKBALLED.
The Pittsburg Millionaire Shut
Out of the Cleveland Cham
ber of Commerce.
Refused Honorary Membership and
Denounced as an Oppressor
of the Poor.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 18.— Andrew
Carnegie, the Pittsburg millionaire, was
refused honorary membership in the
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce to-night.
Mr. Carnegie has long been an active cor
respondent of the chamber and has spoken
before it on two occasions. The cause of
his turndown has created a sensation in
this city.
When J. W. Cowles presented Carnegie's
name L. A. Russell delivered a bitter
speech against Carnegie, whom he de
nounced as an oppressor of the poor and
challenged any one to dispute the state
ment.
The Chamber of Commerce is a dignified
body, but the scene which ensued was
much like a squabble in a political conven
tion. Some business men sided with Car
negie, but more opposed him.
Amid much confusion a secret ballot
was ordered, with the result, as announced
by President Wilson M. Day of the cham
ber, that Andrew Carnegie had been black
balled from membership in the Cleveland
Chamber of Commerce.
The action of the chamber is an immense
surprise to the general public, as it was
supposed the business men here looked
upon Carnegie a3 a sort of commercial
demi-god.
DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.
Wreck of a Passenger Train on the Ver-
Mont Central Road.
BELLOWS FALLS, Vt., Feb. 18.— A
passenger train on the Central Vermont
road went down a forty-foot embankment
near Ludlow, Vt., this morning. A num
ber of trainmen and passengers were seri
ously injured.
The wreck was caused by a broken rail.
The baggage-car, mail-car and one coach
went down the embankment and were
smashed. The engine was left on the ties.
Six or eight passengers, besides the
trainmen,. were hurt. - The most seriously
injured is T. J. Baker, employed by tbe
railroad as a carpenter, and it is doubtful
if he can live. This is the third train. to
go off the track within twenty-four hours
within a mile of this place. The rails are
damaged by the excessive cold.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BRADY MAKES A
FULL CONFESSION.
The Ex-Bandit Describes in
Detail the Yolo Train
Robbery.
SACKS OF GOLD CACHED.
Found the Money Missing When
They Returned to Take
It Away.
FELL INTO HARMEN'S HANDS.
Sensational Evidence at the Examina
tion of the Man Who Squandered
the Loot.
SACRAMENTO, Cat... Feb. 18.— The
examination of John P. Harmen, ' the
tramp who found the loot of the Yolo
train robbery, and who had been posing as
an embryo millionaire in San Francisco
until captured in that, city "ten days ago,
was commenced in Judge Henry's court
10-day. The proceedings created more
than ordinary Interest from the fact that
Brady, one of the participants in the rob
bery, who was brought down from the
Folsom penitentiary to testify, made a
confession of the manner in which the
robbery was performed and detailed in
full all the incidents which occurred.
This is the first time Brady admitted com
plicity in the robbery.
A large crowd was in attendance at the
hearing. The defendant, who is repre
sented by ex-Senator F. S. Sprague, is a
short, stocky, well-dressed man, whose
face indicates that he possesses more than
usual cunning. His hair is gray and
scant, and he wears gold-rimmed glasses
that tend to give him a rather aristocratic
air. The morning session was consumed
in hearing the testimony of the various
agents of Wells Fargo & Co. as to the
amount of coin that had been shipped
on the train that was stopped, and the
story of J, D. Paige, the express messen
ger on the train.
In the afternoon Convict Brady made
his appearance in the courtroom and was
placed upon the stand. He testified tbat bis
name was Harry Williams, but tbat he
was better known as Jack .Brady, gave his
present residence as Folsom, and then
continuing he said:
"On the night of the 11th of October I
and a man named Brown held up tho
overland train about six miles from Sacra
mento, in the direction of Davisville. We
had secreted our arms the night before
near the scene where the robbery took
place and left the city shortly before dark
to walk to the spot. On the way
we met and stopped a trackwalker, who
we stood up, and after taking his watch
and money we made him stop the train.
He did so, not daring to resist, as he was
almost frightened to death.
"Brown went on one side of the train
and lon the other. I heard Brown say:
'Come out of that, you!' and then saw the
engineer get down from the engine. Then
I made the fireman get down and we all
went back to the express car. We told the
messenger to open the door, but he refused
and began firing through the door. Then
Brown and I fired back through the door,
and in a minute or so the messenger
seemed to think better of it and opened up.
Then we all piled into the car, and while I
held the messenger up Brown went
through the local boxes. Then we com
pelled the messenger to open the safe and
Brown took out four sacks of money, and
while doing it the messenger looked at
him, and Brown said: 'Turn around there
or I'll fix you,' and he obeyed.
"We took six packages in all, making
the engineer and fireman carry them to
the engine, which we uncoupled from the
train. Then we got on the locomotive
and pulled out. We kept going until we
came to a sign which said, 'One mile to
the drawbridge.' Here we stopped, took
the money off and then, reversing the en
gine, sent her back toward the train. We
then went into the thick brush a short dis
tance, dug a hole and planted the larger
sacks, retaining the smaller one, which
contained about $1600 or $1700. Then we
hid our rifles about twenty or thirty feet
from where we buried the stuff and
skipped.
"At that time we both had bicycles and
had no trouble in getting away. We came
back six different times after hiding the
money, but of course could get no trace of
it. We always came on bicycles, conceal
ing them in the brush while prosecuting
our search."
After being arrested Brady had gone to
the spot where the money had been
secreted with Detective Thacker. He then,
by aid of a rough diagram, showed where
the robbery had occurred and the money
been secreted, claiming that he had been
told by the real robber. The hiding-place
of the money was just 150 steps from the
track. On the stand to-day Brady said
that be and Brown had carefully laid their
plans for the robbery, but were greatly
surprised to find they had captured such a
large amount. He bad shot into the car
for the purpose of frightening the messen
ger and with no idea of hitting him, as it
would do no good to do that. '
While he was testifying Brady acted as
though he was proud of being a train-rob
ber and rather enjoyed the notoriety he
had achieved. He appears hale and hearty,
as though prison life agreed with him, and
he showed no hesitancy in answering any
questions which were propounded to him.
Ex-Senator Sprague, who is conducting
Harmen's defense, is in doubt as to
whether he will introduce any testimony
on the part of the defense or not, and the
examination will probably be concluded
to-morrow.
Freano Roy Killed.
FRESNO, Cal., Feb. 18.— Citrock Tatec
sian, aged 9 years, died to-day from in
juries received while trying to jump onto
a freight train while it was running
rapidly-