Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-24
evening. went to DR.. oatman on the day

port She replied: When 1 lived over MIR.
Russell's store he helped me to pay my rent;
don't remember how much ne helped. On
one occasion he gave me 81, which PAID for
that months rent. At other times he would
! give me small amounts. He did not buy me
| clothing, bat gave me small amounts, and L
paid it for what I needed. l used to go into
| his pockets sometimes and help myself, II
found some. He did not have very much
money. One time when asked him for some
money be said he wanted it to buy cigarettes
with, and told him he'd better let me have 1T.
! Don't think he ever gave me $40 IN all lie
! told me before we were married that ne nad
bank account of s., 600. A short time before
he went to Woodland he said he was going to
| build me house, and he and my sisters went
to look for a lot. He was going to pay for it
on the building loan plan. When he came
! from Woodland after he had been there little
over O month, I asked him for some money,
and he said he had been sick three weeks
and didn't teach, and hadn't money enough
to pay his board over there. The next time
he came over he said my publishing the birth
of my child had made min lose
his school and he had no money.
George L. Landes, defendant, testified:
Have known Mrs. Julia A. Finn since a
year ago last July. No relation whatever
exists between us. | was never married TO
her. No such pretended marriage as she
states ever took place. l went out with Mrs.
Finn to her mothers on Sunday, September
%, 1879. Met her at East Park because L
had to get my horse hrst l met her at the
park by appointment. While at her mothers
| arranged to come down town and get
horse and buggy and go out and bring her IN
and did so, and left her within short DIS
lance Of my sisters. IL was o'clock In the
afternoon when L left her there. l then took
the horse and buggy home-to the Telegraph
Stables, and took my horse and Immediately
left for Antelope. This Is the Sunday
she testifes that we went out and were mar
ried at Justice Fosters. | didn't take her on
the Brighton road, and only down from her
mothers near the American river railroad
bridge, to town. | never promised to take
her rs my wife and was never engaged to her.
l never talked over the subject OF marriage
with her. l never held any improper rela-
tons with her at any of the places where she
has lived, and as she has testified. We never
assumed the relation of husband and wife as
stated by her. | did not remain with her
over night on August 4th, the day before |
went to Woodland. 1 was not there that
night.
The Foster certificate of marriage was
shown to witness, when he continued: The
first time l ever saw that was in ID. Z. Alex
anders office. | heard he had it and
some letters which it was claimed wrote,
and l went there and saw them. The writ
ing in the certificate is not mine; | don't
know the persons whose names are at the
bottom of it; don't know who wrote it; |
never gave it to j lia, nor to any one never
showed it to any one, nor stated that she was
my wife, nor called her so; dent know why
she should bring this suit against me; there
never was any trouble between us, until she
came over to Wlllow-slough school-house and
shot three or four times at me she came |
there then and said something about prom
Use l had made to marry her, and told her |
did not know when any such idea came into |
her head she said had promised to marry |
her, and, from the relations we had sustained, |
| ought to- and referred to her little child, |
which she said was mutually ours; started to |
leave her, and, when short distance from
her, she commenced firing. 1 went back and |
took tke pistol from her after she had shot |
three times, and then she drove away. l |
remember borrowing the revolver of james |
Aiken. l went down into the country at that |
time, and saw Miss Hack when L was gone.
did not say to Mrs. Firms child before |
Mr.. Aiken, "Come to papa" and never
kissed Mrs. Firms youngest child. When |
went to the Brothers College | went at in
the morning and stayed till II; returned at
and stayed till from 3 to 5 o'clock. | took
private lessons in English and Latin gram
mar, in which L recited after regular hours.
did not go to see Mrs. Finn on the 4th of
August last, nor on that night [ was at my
mothers on August 4th until l P. NJ, and
then went over TO my brothers about half
an hour; then went back TO mothers, and
about o'clock in the afternoon took my bag
gage to the depot. After that went to the
Golden Eagle and took room and stayed
all night; went there between 5 and 6 o'clock;
got my supper on J street; | stayed there
bacar,sa T bo1 rnafa with r,ras-
ent wife to meet me there from Freeport the
next morning, which she did; we were mar
ried there in a private parlor up stairs that
day, which | took right next to the room |
slept in that night; they communicated !;
we only used the parlor that day; wrote
two of the letters exhibited here, which !
are dated at Antelope don't think | wrote
the others; don't know why l addressed
Mrs Finn as s. My Darling" and dearest |
Julia y we were not particularly loving to
each other; 1 did not write any of the letters
from Woodland which have been put in evil
dence I did not go to DIR. 0atman's and en-
gage him to attend to Julia in her sickness
1 did not tell Julia's sister that would direct
letters to her for Julia, and never did so;
did not send any medicines by her to Julia
on the morning of August 9TH Alice Town
send was passing the Golden Eagle and told
me Julia was sick and that she had pre-
scription to get filed, but had no money;
took the prescription and got it filled, paid
for it and handed it to her; that's all there
was of it; I was not requested, So
hcited nor compelled to marry Miss
Hack, but did so of my free choice. Counsel
for prosecution accepted this as correct, and
expressed high regards for the lady from all
they had heard in regard to her. The de-
| fendant was subjected to cross-examination.
during which he was called upon to spell sew
| orol Orra yxh N Ia md
letters, with a view to ascertain whether he
would spell them in the same manner as they
there appeared. The following are the words
be was asked to spell and as spelled: widow"
"Allice" "loausome, " terrible, ''damn."
He was also called upon to write
several words, when he objected to
further examination In such manner
His counsel also interposed and argued that
the counsel fer the prosecution had no right
whatever to cross examine the witness only
by permission courtesy of defendant, or
his counsel, ard they did not wish it to go
any further, as it was only consuming time
and an improper mode of examination was
being pursued.
The Court held that while defendant could
not have been compelled to go upon the
stand and testify in the first place, yet, since
he has seen fit to be placed upon the stand,
he is subject to the same cross-examination
as any other witness.
Some words were then written by Mr.
Landes upon further ssexamination, and
the paper containing them placed in evil
dence.
Cross-examination resumed-Whiie Mrs
Finn lived over Mr. Russell's store 1 went
there to see her perhaps once week
| did not testify on the examination of
Mrs. Finn the other day at Woodland, that
the reason 1 went to see her while was here
was because was giving her private lessons
did not go to see Mrs. Finn when came
over from Woodland after the birth of her
child. It is not true that l made such q CALL
aud when told that its name was George
Emmett Landes, replied that if that was its
name it would be brick. paid 81, l be-
lieye, for the accommodations at the Golden
Eagle for the night of the 4th of August and
the next day. 1 only paid for the rooms,
and got my meals elsewhere.
Mrs. George Il. Landes formerly Miss
Emma Hack testified: Was married to
George Z. Landes on the 9th of August.
$780, Saw him first on that day about A.
NJ, at the Golden Eagle Hotel. Was mar
ried at that hotel in private parlor on that
day at about II o'clock a. NJ. We went to
Woodland on the o'clock train that night.
At this point the defense rested their case.
TESTIMONY IN REBUTTAL.