Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-02-13

| MISS br0dcrlck, LOUISE Miss
Drum. and for flew days young lsaie
from Oakland, the Babcocks, and siia
Colbert and the servants. Miss fe'
kins on. THE visit was q little f2milia
with every one she could. One nlgne
went into the dining room and heard
noise Ia q large pantry there--hearu IN
name Of Morris schmidt. pretended
10 have been there twent- minutes
thinking bv that means would be abl
II ssnumn ont" what they were up to
The nantrv Is sxl6 feet. Found Their,
Colhart and ,ouise; bad glasses la theil
hs,ds. found bottle there
Tboucbt they had been drinking bran
ranriin anded both for 1t. They
sor,ed Il oil. l returned here in Octo
her Miss Louie came with me. She
went to the ranch, think. Perhaps
she went home for day or two. / re.
NAMED here six or seven weeks.
When Louise returned to the
ranch after the second trip
Miss Broderick and Mrs. Dexter packed
| up aud left; they would not stay in the
house with Louise; there was some feel.
ing between Louise and Mrs. Dexter,
who has never been back to the ranch
since. The suit instituted by Mrs. Dex-
ter grew out Of this ill-feeling; was dis
missed on my paying her dollar; we
were afterwards reconciled; Mrs. Dexter
was very sick and sent for me.
ALONE AT THE RANCH
On their return to the ranch from the
second trip to San Francisco witness,
Miss Perkins and the Chinaman were
| the only parties at the ranch. Her par
ents came there to see her now and then;
| thinks they knew Louise was alone with
him; did not tell them 20; when got
back to my home in San Francisco ]
found Miss Perkins, Mr.. and Mrs Har.
old and the woman named Howe; Mrs.
Harold was my daughter; had not visit
ed me before for some time; she had
married an actor. arrived there at my
home Just before the holidays; during
| this time there was no conversation with
Louise as to her going to school; this /
assert positively; had she expressed a
wish to 20 to school l should have sent
her. She came back here with me; she
had gone because she wanted to be in
the city for the holidays; did not
ask her what she went for;
Afterwards he learned she had gone to
see Morris Schmidt tordered Sticken out);
some one told him this OF her. During
that visit Louise went out good deal.
He did not see any thing ont Of the way.
She had written to witness about going
up this time.
While Counsel were searching for a
letter, the Court called up Ike Harris, a
defaultinR witness for whom an attach
ment had been issued. Harris said he
had come as soon as he had been at
tached. Mr.. White disputed this and
moved TO postpone the matter until the
officer who served the paper could be
found.
Had Miss Howe put out Of the house
the day arrived, on learning what her
character was. Miss Perkins introduced
me to girl known as Lille King, now
known a. Lille Chester, or Colchester;
Louise said she was school mate Of hers
from the Western addition; I found out
afterwards she was a woman of the
town. l never saw her since.
During this visit Louises conduct was
peculiar; she went out q good many
places. I did not know where
she went. / never Of my own knowl-
edge knew she went To al
masked ball. heard OF it. She went
a good deal with Morris Schmidt, Jew
and a broker.
/ heard Of the Ben Culpin episode
from Mrs. Dexter along about January,
1884, That was before my marriage.
About that time l had letter from San
Bernardino--an anonymous one. Do not
know where 1t is now. / have looked
for It. The letter spoke Of the reputa-
ton Of the house at Cotton. aud Of her
conduct 10 detail there. This was about
the time / brought her down here.
Did not make particular inquiry about
the Cotton matter until after this suit
began. After the third trip to San
Francisco when we came home she
staid there over night. NEXT day her
parents came up for her. She never
came back there and never went to her
house again. / never had any letter
from Mrs Perkins in reference to any
engagement with Louise. never went
to the Perkins house again and was not
lowering around with solicitude about
her health. There IL no truth in
Louise's story Of delicate health. She
always ate all Of her meals ~hen / was
around. In reference to the dropping of
the letter in the road and kissing my
hand, l did drop letter in the road in
front of the Perkins house. 1t was about
April i. 1884 I had received q note
from Miss Louise the day before to
meet her on the county road at desig-
mated point at about ar. n. of day;
did not get the note until too late, so
dropped the note to say I would meet
her at another time; / could not tell
whether kissed my hand; Mr.. Harmon
told him of this note; we were
driving about and wanted to go to the
place; and Harmon said: II know
where you are going" and told me Of
the note. his boy having found it. After
this went to San Francisco. returning
home after my marriage and visiting the
East. never got any letter from Mrs.
Perkins and never was at her house after
my return from San Francisco on the
third visit Of Louise.
The testimony Of Miss Louise was
then produced and some of 1t read,
touching an alleged visit Of defendant in
reply to letter from plaintiffs mother.
The response to this on Mr.. Baldwin's
behalf is: There was no such letter
nor visit"
saw her In Stewards store in March,
1884; / went to see her in reference to
a letter she had written; she said she
had something to say to me; when /
went she said it would not do to talk in
there, so we went out and walked two
or three blocks towards her room.
Here Louise's testimony on this head
was read and Mr.. Baldwin replied:
sThis is not true. About going in the
store aud meeting her is true; the rest is
not true; had no object In seeing her ex-
cept In reply to her note; wanted to see
what she wished. She said il she had
$500 or $500 she would go East to an
uncle. told her would give her some
money, but the matter slipped my mind.
l had a conversation in my house in San
Francisco at the time Of the second trip.
1t was along in September. I had heard
that there was rumor that Louise and
| were likely to be married. / took oc-
casion to bring II up. asked Louise II
at any time had promised 10 marry
her; that had heard she was represent.
ing this around. She said she had not
said So Miss Lulu Drum spoke up and
said, Eyes you did" Ispoke to Louise
Of it next day. and she acknowledged it.
but said she had done so that people in
the house might think moro Of her.
Q.--Had you heard before your mar
riage Of PLAINTIFF relations with man
named Stoddardi
Al heard II, was about as Mr.. Car
roll told 1t the other day. / spoke Of
this to Louise. She ackno wledged being
out riding with him.
Here the Julia Richards" letter was
introduced by Col Howard.
Mr.. Baldwin said, II did not follow
out the suggestion there. l did not in
troduce her as Miss Richards.
DISCRIMINATION.
Mrs. Harold was not in my house in
1883, che may have been living ia San
Francisco, never was in her house: /
believe she was living there; 1 think she
was there lasI in lss3-'S4; could moi
tell in what month she went East; I do
not think she was in San Francisco In
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