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Show thecurtiscase" johQ P. Cann of Hnmbolt County upon the Stand, ' BISAW'OUNTOFTIIR 8II00T1S0. fines: Kot Sure that "Samuel of Posen" Is the RI0M Um. ntitw 1 hi: N",,T i",,:"- ,,l Did Xl '" the Mnr.lrr.iM I IHilliinlr "I !! Time or Hi Allriir. girt KitANCtECO, Nor. 19. In the Curtis case today Jo'"! " na of jlunHUt county, Cal., wlio, It bad UrtnitaloJ, vrouid testify tUat lio mw Curtis ihct l'ollrriutn Grant, wna uil upon tho lJ, aud In reply lu Questioning aald ho vaa lnHal1 V'0' cco tlio night of Bepleuiter II, 1S9I. lit had mU out hla huslncai In Y reka, Call and wm on til way to Humboldt ouotj. Howalkcel aluut the streets art the nlflit In ilutJlon uMlllilant-Itotlou uMlllilant-Itotlou vtu attracted to a acullln oil tho aldsa-tdk. The thorter of the two men lbatttiothcrrltu U-ll, mid tlm mur ilcnr then rau away. The v. Uncus vest to Ills hotel and went to lied, uml tbe next dy lelt tho city. Uitin ititod iDauwrr to aitettlon from tho dlilrlct itturuoy thai tlm In o men were en tun aimetlde of thosireet at himself wlitn he flnt taw Ihtin, Imt tlmt tbry lid croiltd over to tho opplalte idr. Alter tho hooting wllt-rei remitlmil hue he wie uullltho man vim hud oone tbo abootlng w brought bk hy twoolhtr men. 11b thought tho man tiouglit back WM tho tatuu ono who badranawny. When asked why ho did not aoanor kIto tbe Information regarding what hebadaeen, he rrplltd: "ltc-causo I had very little money Bad hnd a wl( and child with ine at tho hotel. 1 1 w as necessary lor uio to nit somewhciu wbere I could nuke n llvlnji." Coumil lor thedcfctisu made arrow-examination, arrow-examination, and Cauu elated that ho had tcrvid In tho army durliiK thu ar; entered at a private and winning a lleutcnenl'eio.TiciI.Bloii. lie -Dt tliu battle of Urttyaburg under Ucnoral Hancock, and wounded there. Another of hit fniiuandeia was General Gen-eral Slauer. Wltncre elated that ho would not know the face ol thu man who did tbe shooting, aa he did not no It dlttloctly enough at the time of the tarty. Cuitlt llttcnid lu L'aou'ii irttlmony with much Internal. |
