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California Condor
Eben Millan
28 July 1964
the trial as evidence that we know Condor and what they
look like. I told Mr. St. Clair I would have photographs of
Condor with me.
I was also advised by Mr. St. Clair that Howard Binkley
had moved to Sacramento, California and is employed in that area.
Now, He said it is possible Mr. Binkley will not show up for the
trial, in which case, the trial would again be postponed until
Mr. Binkley could be brought before the Courts. He mentioned
also that Mr. Binkley had either quit or been fired from the
Ellsworth Ranch in Cummings Valley where he was employed
when the Condor shooting incident took place.
In the course of the telephone conversation I had with Mr. St.
Clair I asked if other witnesses were being called. He said
He doubted any would be usable as they had mentioned
before, to the District Attorney's Office Special Investigator,
who had gone to the Ellsworth Ranch to gather information,
following the setting of a trial date by Judge Wood of
Tehachapi, that they worked for the Ellsworth Ranch and
were not sympathetic to enforcing the law in this case. I
mentioned Dan Garcia to him and told him that Mr. Garcia
would be a star witness and that he did not work
for the Ellsworth Ranch, but that he had been at the
Ellsworth Ranch as a representative of the Kern County
Agricultural Commissioners Office the day of the shooting
and had no reason to favor anyone. Mr. St. Clair said he
would call Mr. Garcia immediately and find out if
he would appear as a witness in favor of the People.