Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1875-06-17

ern Pacific and went to Frissno (Fres-
no), where We stayed for two or three
days, and came back tn Stockton. We
put up there at the Grand Hotel, and
stayed there two or three days longer,
and got all her clothes washed up at
the Chinaman's. Then / got a ticket
for Wadsworth. and we got there, /
think it was on Thursday night. On
Monday went 10 work for the G. p.
Railroad Company, in the car shop.
repairing railroad cars. | worked there
three weeks, up to the time | was ar
rested, in the name of J. A. Cotton, y
week ago last Sunday evening, from
the hour of six to seven O'Clock, by j.
Allen, Deputy Sheriff, and poose.
Then they moved me that afternoon
on the train for Reno, the county seat
of Washoe county. L remained there
up to last night, aquarter past twelve.
| arrived here tonight between the
hours of five and six, and here |
am.
PICKING UP THE BROKEN THREADS.
Reporter-Wha was your motive in
keeping this thing concealed?
Answer-Because | was not guilty.
Chief Cockerill-You didn't tell us
about poisoning the dog.
A.-Oh yes-lemme see-there was
blood on the rafters of the barn where
he was shot; because he Louis or Cot
ton?-ED. fired that way Showing
and spattered the blood on it, and she
made me tear them down. She pois-
oned the dog, and saw her take a
clot of blood which the dog had taken,
and throw it into the stove and burn
it up. The dog had been to the ma
nure heap, and came into the house
with mouthful of straw and clot Of
the daed mans blood and she took 1t
out of the dogs mouth and threw it
into the fire--her husbands blood, and
she poisoned the dog
Reporter-Why did you keep the
facts of this murder concealed?
Al kept it concealed because / be-
ing the only man there, would be ac-
cused of the crime. | made one trip
to Carpenteria to tell the storekeeper
about it, aud then my heart failed me
and I got q bottle of whiskey and went
home. She begged me not to do it,,
and that ! should go my way and she
would go hers.
In response to the question whether
any one in the neighborhood knew
Dutch Louis, he replied that no one
knew him nor the man Eugene. He
then unused awhile and said: cat
Wadsworth she said, when are we
going to get married pet?' and said,
wait, don't get in a hurry, there is
plenty of time, and no signs of death
in the family l have been on this
coast since Isl, and was arrested on a
warrant from Mayor Coon, in SIS or
'56, for hitting a niger with pitch
en- was mate of q ship in the har-
Der here, and the niger licked the
cabin boy, which he was Malay"
During the recital Mr.. Cotton new
er looked any of the listeners in the
face. He held his head down in kind
of hang-dog kind of way, and blunt
ed out the horrible details as if he was
narrating some everyda y occurrence.
THE WOMAN.
Caroline Norton is demi-blonde,
about five feet five inches in height,
with light auburn hair. She is rather
attractive In appearance, with short,
thin nose, and cruel mouth and
square jaws. She has two children,
girl and boy. The girl, Susan, is
about six or seven Years of age. She
has light hair, slightly curly, and blue
eyes, rather pensive in their gaze.
The boy, John Edward, is about three
or four years old, light complexion
and thick Set, The photographs,
which the guilty couple had taken in
this city, represented Cotton sitting
down aud tho WON N Lou nj ntr upon hie
shoulder. The prisoner will be taken
to Santa Barbara to-day.