Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-16

acter; at the Cotton House never rose
from the table where Halstead and my
mother sat and went into another room,
remaining there for some time; nothing
of this sort ever occurred; there never
were any improper relations between
myself and Mr.. Hunter; / never was
intoxicated at the hotel; never on any
occasion used profane or vulgar or dirty
language; Miss Perkins, while ct my
house. was never under the influence OF
liquor; it was very warm when she was
there and she drank a great deal OF
lemonade; Mrs. Shorb never did
anything improper that knew
while she was there. Miss Perkins left
there in July. knew cold Mr.. carp"
At The depot in this city in had con-
versation with him; l had a converse
tion with Mr.. carp. IL was just about
the time this suit began. At that time
Mr.. carp said he knew nothing against
me or against the Cotton House. He
had always been my friend. While
Miss Perkins was there there was no
ball at the hotel. had social, that
was all. The dance which carp helped
me about was in February. 1888. The
social was simply the boarders and few
friends. Mr.. Campbell and his wife
were there. After the refreshments
they cleared the dining.room and had a
dance. While there Miss Perkins never
went out riding to my knowledge except
with me. She assisted me at anything
wished her to do. She was not EN-
ployed by me. When we wanted water
| In the dining room we went to the bar
room for IT, The ice was there and the
lemons. She went for ice; so did l. /
know Meeks. He brought lemonade to
Ius in the dining-room. DO not remem-
Der his bringing any in the parior.
| On cross-examination she said she had
said there was no dance; 1t was social;
and afterwards they danced little, the
same as she said now.
MR.. NAPOLEON BouRsHY,
OF Los Angeles, came next. He said:
1 am a shoemaker. Was here in 1888.
Was at Cotton three months Of that
year-June, July and part Of August.
boarded at the Cotton House. saw
Miss Perkins there and Mrs. Laird.
Room No. l was at that time upstairs.
am sure it was not back of the parlor.
| never saw Miss Perkins drink any
thing except lemonade. Saw her every
day. Saw Mrs. Laird every day. /
never saw any improper conduct on the
/ part Of these persons while was there.
Az that time Cotton was q small place.
never heard OF Mrs. Hunter swearing or
using vulgar language around the hotel.
II she had SO behaved l think I would
have known it.
Mr.. Edwin Hunter was the ncxt per-
son lied to the stand. He said: / am
general painter. am employed now
in the C. P. car shops at Sacramento.
l am SO. went to Cotton on the 10th
of September, 1882, At that time Mr..
Strickland kept the hotel. went there
to board. ! boarded there from that
time to the I'd Of July. ! was clerk at
the house for q short time--three months
in all. l began to clerk there about
May LIST, 1889. When / was
clerking there there was woman named
Tyler; remember when Miss Perkins
came there; at that time Mrs. Tyler was
not there; she was elected from the
house; there was negro woman there
as waitress for short time; she was
gone, think, before Miss Perkins came;
she was requested to leave for improper
conduct. know W. E. Campbell; do
not remember Just when he came there;
he was there several times; he always
came when he was in ColtonJ he brought
his wife there, It was In 1888; he re-
manned there off and on several times,
with his wife he was there two or three
weeks; he had not said anything e. to
going away from the hotel; he never
said he wanted to leave the hotel; was
clerk when he came there with his wife
and when he went away; he went from
there to private house; Mr.. Campbell
told me that lady had been talking to
him to 60 to a house with high ceilings;
the Cotton house Is an old house with
low ceilings and Cotton is very warm.
After this when he came to Cotton he
invariably came to the Cotton house.
Last July, when and my wife and little
baby were at Cotton, he left the Palace
and came to the Cotton house to stay. As
to the character of the women who
Stopped at Cotton house in June and
July. never knew anything against
their character except by hear say. !
never saw anything wrong. Mrs.
Shorb behaved herself very we'll. She
was nearly always in her ROOM. This
was in No. 8. 1t is opposite No. /.
Mr.. Campbell in his bridal trip was in
No. s. 1t was in 'S3. Under date
June 18th the entry w. E. Campbell
and wife, San Franci co, was found. and
under date June 2lst was found the
same entry as in room No. ]. l kept
the register. II was in the bar. The
bar was as much the Office as the bar.
Doors led from the bar to the dining
room. And also doors led into the
street. Under date juneau entry is
found OF man from "H--'s half acre"
and from s. tail bend. etc., etc. The
witness said these entries were not
there when I left the hotel. The regis-
ter lay on the desk near the door lead
ing into the dining room. know c. F.
Perry. He was there at the lumber
yard with his father for q while.
Since this case opened I have not ex-
amined the register. These entries /
never saw before. When / left there
the register presented as good an ap.
pearance as any ordinary hotel Register.
The entry Henry Ward Beecher,
Brooklyn, N. Y, WAS read and the wit
ness said that was not there when
II was clerk. Between me and
Mrs. Laird there never were any i'm
proper relations Of any character. The
facetious entries were gone further into
and the witness said these were certainly
made OH the register since l had 1t.
There IL no such room in the hotel IS
406, nor such room ~ "B." There Is .
Not. Under June 10Th the name
"John Doe" was not on the register
when il passed from my possession. !
do not know who made the entry. The
last six or seven on the book, "Tom,"
"Dick" and Harry. etc.. etc., were not
in the book at the time it passed out Of
my possession. Under July Sd and six
others on the same page these entries
were all made after l left the hotel.
There IL such room as No. 10. 1t Is
not in the hotel proper. Under date Of
July 9Th the writing ''Stotard" is not
the way the man know by that name
spells his name. ! do not think II is
his handwriting.
Mr.. White said he could not get done
with this witness In less than half an
hour. He has Miss Perkins to put on
the stand again and he thinks that is oil
the testimony he has. Adjourned until
to-day at o'clock.
$500 Reward.
The fc,-roar rrour;efor of Dr 9aoa'x