Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-05-28

the table; in answering your question
don't think it matters much whicl
way | look. [The Judge here compli
mented the witness for her directnes
in answering questions This table wa
at Mrs. Wattel's house on First street
the defendant did not offer me back al
the money that he took from the table
he only offered me $40; l did not ask
him for more; he told me to take $50 in
case something might happen; l don't
know what he meant; when he took the
money from the table did not tell him
not to take it; entrusted the money to
Kim because | had confidence in him.
but l never told him to take the money;
after he took it | entrusted it to him:
my intentions were to keep the money
myself; after he had taken it was almost
obliged to entrust it to him; that's what
| mean by the use of the term entrust;
did not entrust, on former occasion,
the $5 to him; gave it to him; it was
$5 gold piece; when he took the 1920 off
the table he took the bank notes and,
putting them in the lining of his hat, he
said, WHO will be the cashier, or who
will hold the stakes?" said, l suppose
you; suppose it meant that I was to
have the money whenever l wanted it;
l expected him to pay my fare; that was
the understanding; didn't think
anything about giving it to
him when / drew the money;
he told this Joe Mendibles, the time he
bought my ticket, to get me sleeper,
too, and when Joe Mendibles returned
from the depot Billy asked him if he got
a sleeper for me; he said no, but gave me
the check for one of my trunks, saying
it was a check for both trunks, and it
was not until then that Billy gave me
the $40 and told me that would be
obliged to get q sleeper; he offered me
the $50 and / said never mind; he in
sisted on my taking the $40, and he put
it in my purse, at Mrs. Wattel's house
on First street; the whole thing,
taken together, was that Billy
and l had agreed to run away to-
gether; Billy Somerset, as l said before.
said, "Who will hold the stakes % or,
"Who will be the cashier ?" There
were no such words used as "what's
mine is yours" or "what's yours is
mine;" if there was | did not hear them:
| said once before, after he had the
money, 81 suppose you'll be CASHIER"
he has always treated me with extreme
courtesy, and as a lady invariably; 1 do
not remember counting the money at all,
except at the bank, and l did not put
the money in his hands at all; l did not
ask it back when he picked it up; l
remember of his counting it and saying
it was $40 short; l did not ask him for
the money at the Wattel house, nor at
any time since then; l don't see how l
could know he would return it if l had
demanded it, as we never had any expe-
rience in money matters before; l sup
pose he would have given it back; if l
had not thought so, l would
not have entrusted it to him;
our plans for leaving here were
broken up, and l have not asked him
for the money because l could not see
him; remember saying in my direct ex-
animation that the money in bank be-
longed to both myself and husband, and
that so informed defendant; 1 do not
remember telling Somerset that my hus-
bands money in bank was separated
from mine; l do not remember saying at
Wattel's that Fred's money was separate
from mine; in the first place, very little
conversation took place there; | don't
remember of saying, at any time, that
Fred's money in bank was separate from
mine; it is hardly possible that could
have said it and not remember it.
The witness was then asked Did you
not, on the 23d of May, in the presence
of Jailor Thompson and others, say,
that before you would tell where the
money was they might burn you at the
stake, or words to that effect? Objec-
ton was made and sustained, and her
examination ended.
Captain Cuddy then answered few
minor questions and the Court adjourned
until Monday at l0A. M.