Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-19
THE 100000 CASE.
"Once More Into theBreach
Dear Friends"
THE DEFENSE HAMMERS AWAY
Col. Wells Closing Remarks to the
Jury-Col. J. g. Howard
Follows.

ferkina and Mr.. II. y. baiuWtn. Cois
@. Wiley Wells having spoken an hour
and three. quarters on the previous day,
proceeded with his argument to the
jury. He began by taking up the testi-
mony at the Baldwin letters written to
Miss Perkins. The particular point was
the word "Dot." said to be applied to
Mis- Perkins by Mr.. Baldwin. She had
previously said that Diamond" was the
only pet name" applied to her by de-
PENDANT On calling her attention TO
this discrepancy as the Little. Dot and
the Little Diamond. this young, inno-
cent girl sprang to the rescue ana at
tempted to prove the letter was written
at another time. At the same time this
innocent little girl from the country,
previous to the engagement, was writing
to Baldwin and addressing MIN as
,.Dearie." and signing herself Little
Dot" She sprang to the rescue and
said ''that letter was written in 1884, !"
claiming that the last figure Of the date
was "a mistake" The jury were asked
to recall her CONFUSION when confronted
with the date and all other circumstances
Of this letter. New here is this ''pure,
innocent little girl, =" in her own letter,
using terms OF endearment TO Baldwin
before he, according to her own story,
svur used any such words 70 her, II -
. queer thing that this pure little eouD-
try girl portrayed by Mr.. Williams
shouid be found addressing Mr.. Baldwin
as aDearie" and sigping herself ''Dot"
within six weeks Of the time she first
met him and before. as she says herself.
he ever made any amorous advance to
her. tThe attorney dwelt upon the
manner Of witness, her brightness Of
mind, her quickness of comprehension
cn the stand and her ready spring 10 the
reseue 10 claim mistake In date. The
letter to Cotton ip which he asks her to
look out for her conduct ut the hotel
was called up.) "They cannot hurt mel
] do not care what they say Of me-"
is this the sort Of way in which man
would address his intended wifef ut
would be nice il your folks would let
YOU come hero In the fall. Look at
that massage from the letter. Her
mother says Baldwin said they were to
be simarFied Ia . month or two" This
letter IL written two months after this.
Mrs.. Perkins says the conversation was
in April; the letter l. written In June.
It speaks Of the following fall. Where
& tie promise OF marriage now? This,
with the lettars Of warning a. to her
conduct ct Cotton and the way he
epeaks OF II, prove there was no such
thing as marriage contract ct that
time. Here another letter was taken
up.) II hear you are having good
time with the boys. / do not want you
TO be there. You know Mrs.. Dexter said
you were servant. Now you are there
doing just this very thing Now l want
you 10 20 home.r He signs himself
I.from your affectionate friend.' 1t
seems strange, and they say they have
introduced ali the lettsrs--fhat in them
ill there Is not one expression TO show
that hs was engaged to her, There 10
not even an expression Of 6ndearment
from which such an inference could be
drawn. He comes here In July and re-
mains into August. She was ct the
ranch most Of the time. Whensver he
has been here she has been there nearly
al the time. II was at this last visit
mat Mrs. Dexter was cent away, She
succeeded in driving of his inother-in-law
She quarreled with all the people on the
ranch. She was down on the Unruhs,
on the CAROLS, on Mrs. Dexter. tIhe
next letter was written in August. This
was read to the Jury.) "Has broke 1t
up" was In this letter. This was not an
FHeFs u nothing to show such thing.
Mrs os.ss! ;sys i TN; gs' e break v up
mpst Judge by the evid spor pot BY cut
side impressions as 70 the matter. NOV
Louise you oap read this to Mrs. Car
roll II you WISH There e no secrecy
here" Miss Broderick is here.
Here Is the girl about whom they claim
the contention wss. He tells Louise
she IL there at his house. He
signs, Good bye. lots Of kissss, from
your friend, b" There is co engage.
ment here. The next letter was taken
up.) my Dear Louise: received
YOUR letter yesterday ! am sgt.
arised that YOU DO not write
pftener." Her letter calling ont
this from Baldwin was here read. This
u the letter about the lace curtains, and
the $50 for her passage to San Francisco
when she was going up TO surprise him,
This also tells him that Mrs. Laird is
going to Saa Francisco. Now, II Bald
win had invited Mrs. Laird TO visit him,
as she swears, why does Louise tell him
she IL going, II all was arranged and ne
knew eli about their coming, why does
she say, II thought you would be de-
lighted to hsaF that can go{ Why
does she say, i she i engaged to him,
that she has told everyone she IL going
to San Jose to visii Mrs. Laird. and that
she will come up there AZ Mics Rich
ards, and that he Is to introduce her
under this assumed name, | say no
woman engaged to be married would
come to him 90 and ask him to present
her 10 his friends under an essumed
Rafae II she stood ON her engagement
Ind exp&cted to be his wife, Would she
come there under fictitious name
s.Writd aud tell me what you think
about my coming Now. Il hs knew
ell abont this visit Of louise and Mrs.
Laird, why does she consult him about
il, Why does she expect Ia surprise
him BY comin.ly What are you geing to
do with the testimony Of Mrs. Ludwigs
She swears she saw Ben Culpin with his
arms around Louise's shoulders; that she
saw her dancing with Ben in the stable.
Is she impeachedi Yes. Why Because
she Is one Of our witnesses that is VIII
liams' arguwent. II ever woman told
the truth II was that German woman
Hrs. Ludwing. And this 10 the pure,
l5dylihS Young lady who q to marry
BALDWIN in 4 month Dr. two, in the stable
Welising with the stable boy. Here
another letter was introduced and read
TO the jury.)
1.-THE races are about to open, end |
will 90 to Grass Valley, eto Now IL
you Ferc here lLouise1 would have
5oh 90 with me 70 all these places"
~ am glad you are coming"
"You may Telegraph" you may
sa5 Mrs. Laird starts to-day or to-nior.