Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-02-20

place. He had stopped there repeated
". Yet he takes bis wife there whel
he knew il all. All these people VIII
testify against this house stopped there
Went away and went back again. II 4
the same with the European hotel
They made signal failure TO show th'
bad reputation Of these places.
Then there Is the man Williams. W,
did impeach him. There were person
Of good standing there who said th,
reputation OF Williams for truth, hon
esty and integrity was bad. How dix
they support his reputation There wal
not one Of the witnesses who wers
brought here whose testimony die
amount to anything.
Now take Williams and his testimony
do you believe hims The girl denies
fatty his story. His testimony IL i'm
peached. There are the various wit
nesses from Cotton. Do you want us Il
do any more to prove they are perjured
meni Do you doubt the girls sterys II
you do not then you have to take
the oath of these men. Here the poor
old mother Hubbard" dress and tia
alleged gerish s'Kate Castleton" bonne|
were again held up and torn to tatters.)
This was the scare crow that terrified
Meeks. that made Virgil carp turn pale
that so stirred the heart OF Baldwin'i
propristy. II she was little loo
fresh" at Cotton Baldwin laid the
foundation for such conduct.
ANOTHER PHAsK
OF this Is that Baldwin had right td
break any engagement that might have
existed, on account Of plaintiffs subse'
quent unchsste conduct.
Ike Harris comes here in flaming
gsrb. He comes hero and tells you Of
the days when, on their way down from
Ventura, he courted Louise and they
were engaged. He goes to the Perkini
ranch. He does not like Baldwin. He
l. jealous Of the millionaire. But one
day he was in the river bottom. on hia
way TO FL Monte. The moon was In
the last quarter, and at in the evening.
Here he saw the scene near the road,
There was the girl who had captured
his heart, violating every principle Of
morality. He did not think much of II.
He is slow. He goes to the Monte. HI
gets his tobacco. About six month";
after he broke the eugagement--no'
for the river bed matter, bat because
she was going with Baldwin. A month
later he goes to Clark, to get that man
TO intercsde for him. He goes down
aud tells Mr.. Cobls that he had offered
money for her virtue; that he had failed.
Ike could not reconcile these things.
he admitted after = long time that he
had told lie in ono case, Halstead
comes here and sWears he saw Mrs.
Laird 20 before him and her mother
with q strange man into bedroom.
They wers all off a. to the number Of
the room. Here il Halstead and swear
to this story. He swears positively,
From the testimony Of Thomas and
others, and from his own admission, he
said he weuld like to get money out Of the
case. He said he knew what was favor.
able to the girl. Why did he not tell 1t!
Like Hughes he was looking for money,
Like Hughes he was expecting money.
shimman said Halstesd had declared be
would get money ont Of II some way.
They s.y they were In fun when they
made these remarks. They are funny
witnesses. Rlackley's letters from Lou.
lee were written in the latter part Of
1884. She had been discarded BY Bald.
win. She still sAys she had some hope,
but It must have been dim. Her Pc
reuts had lost faith. They refused to
let her 90 with him any longer. THE
letter. were quoted. These ietterz
speak Of an aching heart. She sseka
to conceal her relations with Baldwin.
She knew abs was an abandoned girl
She knew her friends had pointed al
her with scorn. This man comes to her
as : friend. He signs himself, "youE
friend" He writes after this suit wsa
begun pledging her bis aid. He invites
her TO his house and promises to helT
her. (The letter. were read A card
was Introduced from Loaiss to Baldwin,
and claim made that the error in ths
Last figure of the date was really an err
rof. The filing Of the exhibit made By
the Clerk Of the Court had mazda on this
very letter . precisely similar error,
Blackley. this Friend" then went and
turned these letters over to her enemies
What is there in this nans Of friend
When | take you by the hand ant
uledue my friendship you know You
have something 10 lean upon
The man who goes to cir
with honeyed words and wins her conf
dencs and then betrays her i a. de
graded and false o. God eyer permits Z
man to be and live.
They say they will defend this man
They cannot do 1t. This man Blackle,
| Is branded - traitor. The man VIII
glides like serpent TO the side Of CIR
and wins her confidence and then be
trays her, ! have no use for him--throv
him into the same cesspool where X
Harris and Cawelti shall wriggle forever
Here il girl--formerly young and In
nocent. Baldwin comes along. hav
an experienced mother-in.lAV. ruine
her. She should not have yielded.
| cast her of. There she il. | am no
hurt. He comes here to tell you TIL
| girl has done wronR-but he--he ha
done no thing very bad. He was NO
| compelled to put in the deposition Q
Colbert any more than that of Gregory
| Here Colbsrt's testimony was read.
am referring to this to sho'
you that this man il 90 Low
20 contemplate, that be cannot 3
belisved-this appeaps from the Ian
guage be uses. I will not read this,
have too much respect for my ow
mouth, am afraid never should g
II clean again. They went to "chir
| pie ball" This servant Of Mr.. Baldwi
went TO ball where only pimps an
w. go; he must have been one {
them. "a good deal Of attention wa
paid to Colbert's deposition TO show til
degradation Of the witness. the sttorne
drawing his inferences as he went alonl
Colbert swote IN Z blasphemous wa
and this was emphasized by the alto
ney.l She says she did not know whsl
she was. nor the character Of th
I"Poodle Dog" She went with Mr.
Harold; there is no crime in this; Oh
went with Baldwin's daughter; he b.
dragged his daughter into this; does
not remember when she was borni Do'
he not remember when as child sk
climbed on his knee; does be renemb'
when she grew up to blooming woman
| hccd and ha nosnfed 10 her and ani