Show I 1 san francisco court Stosa Sensa tion tim SAM SAN MuN cisco oct 24 on the night of auguet august 10 16 1890 samuel jacobson a trunk manufacturer wag was shot and killed at the door of hie his real resi deuce dence by unknown persons subsequently sidney be bell dersons and edward campbell Oam arrested arre eted loi for the crime and may ath laet last bell was convicted a of I 1 murder in the first degree caeg campbell and one charles schmidt schmidt w who a bad been arrested for burglary being the chief witnesses against him schmidt alleged that while confined in the county jail bell bad had confessed the murder to him schmidt vats arraigned in the superior arlor court today to day on two charges of euph burglary burR lary and the district attorney re read d two lengthy communications 6 1 u 4 from 1 schmidt wherein the latter ira claimed l to be in innocent Docent of the charges and stated that he p pleaded is a d e d guilty f for or reasons beet best known to the district attorney he ile charged the district attorney with having prompted prompted him to give testimony aga against I 1 not BF ball 11 on the of lease and claimed that campbell I 1 boasted boasted of hie his cifes influence with judge murphy before whom the case was tried with the district attorney and with the police officials Schmidt accused campbell of using fraudulent means to secure bells conviction and bis his own release and declared be had good reason to believe bell never committed the crime for which be he is to hant bang district attorney barnee barnes d denounced need te statements as false and as part of a conspiracy to save bells life lie ile asked leave to file the communications as part of the courts records but judge denied the motion boding that the letters were acu ecu scurrilous arilous and irrelevant schmidt pleaded not guilty to the charges of burglary and the case went over for a week |