Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-19

Took up the line Of argument for th
defense. Mr.. Wells, at the conclusion
referred to publication in one Of tn
newspapers which Mrs. Perkins say
was the basis Of her complaint But
seems to me she must have known be
fore Of this. The letters Louise wrot
to BlackeIy Indicate that Mrs. Perkinl
knew about any damage that had beer
done. Assuming this to have been tn
first Information Mrs. Perkins had, i
would not justify the trip of Miss Per
kins TO San Diego with Fallon and regis
tering there as Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks
1t would not justify her doing this II sh'
was the pure child they claim-if sh,
was the broken hearted girl she claim
| to be. She should have retired to hei
own home and rested her torn and pal
| pitating heart on her mothers bosom
That was the proper course. and not I
resort to open prostitution.
| From all that appears here Miss Per
kins seems to be more developed thar
they swear she was. She seems 10 mt
| to be more than twenty. Hear her ties
timony in this case and say II she is not
elder. She is a girl OF superior intellect
Why did she not 60 10 her mother when
she was cast Off
IA novel was here introduced. ''Tht
Vicar Of Wakefield" was referred to and
the attorney quoted1
sWhen lovely woman stoops TO folly,
"And finds too late that men betray.
"What charms can soothe her melancholy
what art can wash her guilt awayY
1.-THE only art her guilt to cover,
ITO hide her shame from every eye.
ITO give repentance to her lover,
"And wiring his bosom--is TO die"
That Is what the true, Pure woman
does. No Fallons there. She runs away
with no Fallons.
There has been much contrary swear
ing here. gentlemen Of the jury. There
was much swearing by the army in Elan
ders. l once asked judge Of expert
ence what was the thing he learned
most in years on the bench. He said to
gather the truth from human lips.
There have been about 90 witnesses ex-
amined. / do not think it right of Mr..
Williams to call all the witnesses en- our
side robbers. thieves and liars. He has
exhausted the whole Ventura voeabu-
larry in this. and then was not done. Be-
causs of some little trickery of cross
examination o witness is confused, is no
just reason to call him perjured liar.
1t seems to me the expenses are evenly
balanced between us. There have been
witnesses from San Bernardino on their
side, and from Ventura. Now | tell
you, gentlemen Of the Jury, II you can
prove single red cent dishursed i'm.
properly by Baldwin, we will surrender
the whole case-one single cent, vii.
liams, the witness who has sdisgraoed
the fine old Welsh name" Of the lawyer
now my old friend Tom Bedford, |
think he was in very doubtful mood
when be gave his testimony Now
there was Hughes. ! never saw him be-
fore, but on or of the witness stand l
never saw an honester face. / do not
believe God ever put dishonest heart
beneath so honest face. It is not 10
the possibilities that be ever told that
story to the constable. 1t IL farcical.
THE attorney here read from law book
an extract eaHoerning these breach of
promise eases. The point was that the
engagement period Is one Of probation.
and that ii either find out the
other, it is duty to break of. The
plaintiff 10 always woman, nearly al
ways bold one, soiled dove. one who
has at least granted q husbaEd's privi-
leges TO ole who Is not yet husband
II Mrs. Perkins has, as she says, institut-
ed this suit to retrieve the loaf status Of
her daughter, blasted by her association
with Baldwin, why what has been the
results Her fame aud story have been
sea tered broadcast over the whole
country. Then there is the fair face,
the voluptuous form Of the plaintiff in
these cases; they speak trumpet-tongued
to all men. What is this gifis See her
on the stand, the oomposure with which
she tells her sioryi see the effect OF the
boldest questions on her. 1t would be
better II she bad not been so composed;
it would have been better IT she had
blushed crimson as her friend Miss Hun.
ter did under the same trial. / really
attach much credit to the witness
Cowelti. He has been ahused and
called hard names, but he came here
with manly bearing. The tale Sweeney
lie alleged to have told-Mr. Perkins
was poor, Mrs. Perkins went out nurs-
ing. On rented land they brought up
house with six rooms, 90 that there was
no reason for them Ill TO sleep In the
same room. TheFe Is difference Of
two rooms between the story Of Mr..
Perkins and Mrs, Perkins. 1t was
brought IN here to deny Sweeney's story
when we had no chance at this distance
to go into the matter. 1 do not believe
Sweeney swore the truth. He denied
that he had told snythins to bis father.
His fathar came here and swore
he did. And this Is your innocent
broken flower who was so caught with
Sweeney at between "A and Is years Of
age. The testimony is overwhelming
that this little hoodlnm girl at that
early age, while her mother was out
nursing, had learned the mysteries OF
nuptial relations. Now take the other
story Of the boy hunting hogs who
cinohed her saddle aud then got his
toll" She told this to Mrs. Dexter.
We do not know II it was true. Louise
told 1t to Mrs. Dexter. This girl in
short dresses admits herself that she
had received serious marriage attep-
tions. A very respectable woman, at
whose house she boarded, says this lit
tie country girl was flirt, wild, and
fond Of gentlemen's society. She was
in the habit Of going to Monte balls.
Now. do mothers permit their girls TO
90 to these balls with these rowdy hoyss
II you do they must become depraved.
The stories Of Ventura believe. The
story Of Ike Harris l believe. We do
not say You have syndicate. We do
not say Il has cost you all the way from
5000 TO $40, 0Q0 to Garry On this case;
but my friend, Mr.. White. there, does
not no into case like this for contin-
gent fee. See Slaugbt's storyi she cries
to 90 to these balls. She is not the un-
developed girl she looks Vegetables
and girls develop rapidly in this climate.
'sThey ripe and ripe from hour TO hour
and then they rot and rot, and thereby
hangs q TAIL" Outwardly she is a
lady, but inwardly she is a slut
She is like the pictures Of the
old masters. On the outside 10 q
Madonna. Inside is something else.
This girl from tirst to last has developed
genuine California hoodlum. Shrewd
as Macohiavelii; shrswder than K. j..
Baldwin. THE testimony taken before
the Court Commissioner was referred to-
Never was there more elaboration IN b
court Of justice th1n IN that deposition.
This young girl 10 not 10 guiisless and
innocent and pure MS she seemed when
she came on the stand. there an extract
was read from Tom Marshall zhoVin9 the
advantage girla hage as witnesses5.
have been II trials Of rape where men
have been convicted on the story of girls
Of IA where they have repeated their
story parrot-like so that il was impossi
| Bile to shake them, Now We TRACE her
mp to January and February, 1882 when
she hrst visited Baldwin on Ills ranch.
This guileless, pure little girl was receiv.
| ing the attention Of four persons Of that
time. / think the evidence shove that
long before this the girl was riied Of thai
priceless pearl worth more than all else
TO girl. She went to this ranch. She
had been there before aud received some
presents from Mrs. Dexter. II she was
pare, then We could discredit the story
4 Of Baldwin. II she were harlot We
will not beiieye her story. The first day