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Show SURPRISE IS SPRUNG IN TOE I1IY CASE SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26. Frank C. Oxman, a wealthy cattleman of Durkee, Ore, sprang a sensation today in the trial of Thomas J. Mooney for the preparedness pre-paredness parade bomb murders here last July when he testified for the state that ho saw Mooney and Warren . K. Billings, another of the alleged bomb conspirators, place a suitcase on the sidewalk at the exact spot where the explosion which killed ten persons occurred a few minutes min-utes later. Oxman, appearing for the first time as a witness, whose entry into the ease was unsuspected by the defense, corroborated in practically every detail the testimony' of John McDonald, a waiter, who swore that he saw Mooney and Billings place on the sidewalk the suitcase which the prosecution claims contained the infernal machine. Weathering a hot fire of questions under un-der cross-examination by W. Bourke Cockran, leading Mooney "s defense, Oxman Ox-man declared that there was absolutely no possibility of a mistake in his identir ffcation of the two men, who. he said, arrived at the site of the explosion in an automobile, together with Israel Weinberg Wein-berg and. Mrs. Rena Mooney, both of whom are defendants and both of whom he identified. "I was deeply impressed by the actions I of the party, whom I took to be a gang j of thieves." said Oxman. "Mooney and ! Billings and another man were greatly j agitated. I thought they had stolen the suitcase and were attempting to abandon it. I heard Mooney say to Billings. 'Give , !t to him. the "bulls" will be here soon. " j The witness said that following this con versa t ion Billings passed something to the unidentified man, who is yet at 1 large. i James McDougall, a 13-year-old bov, followed Oxman to the stand. He said that he sat within a few Inches of the suitcase and "that the explosion occurred at the same spot a few minutes later.-' T'nder cross-examination Oxman said that he took the number of the atitomo-hilc atitomo-hilc license. It corresponded with the number of Billings's machine, according to the police and Billings's own admission admis-sion in court. Oxman was unable to identify Edward Nolan, one of the alleged conspirators. Cockran spent two hours trying to shake Oxman's story without avail. He said that he had been reluctant to testifv "because he did not wish to get mixed up with a crowd capable of planting hornbs." Oxman's statement visibly affected the defendants and their attorney?, who have contended that the bomb was hurled from a roof. The trfal will be resumed Monday mornintr. Asked why he hadn't reported what he had seen to the rolie Immediate! v. Oxman Ox-man said he had the business of 5000 head of cattle on his mind and that he "didn't want to tret mixed up with a bunch who would n'ant a bomb on a sidewalk." side-walk." And he added, "I came here re-lurtantlv re-lurtantlv even now." On cros -exam! nation today M""DonaM admitted that the authorities bad "pain his board since la.t July." He denied tha he had told friends that he "wp eettlnt? bit: pay for his testimony." He said he souirht no rew-ard. |