Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-17

member the time. One was In October.
there alone. We got there about .
IL or 3 o'clock. The balls usually
break up before daylight; the bar is 20
feet from the hall; do not remember
who tended bar; some Of the balls drank
a good deal; they did not usually break
up in a row; l do not remember any
general row when was there; believe
there was little sorape, but 1t was
afterwards; / did not dance with Miss
Perkins every time; she might have been
out OF the room sometimes; II was pos.
sible she might have been Rugged or
kissed and l not sec II; IL was not prob
able; she was uuder my sight all the
time; she was IN the ball room. do
not know OF any shooting; heard there
was one. Last answer ordered strick-
en- out.)
MRS. MARY FRANKLIN
Was next called. She testified as fol-
lows: 1 reside In East Los Angeles;
heen there since last July. Know Mrs
Thomas slightly; was there when Mr.
Higgins came with sewing machine; at
that time Mrs. Thomas said, referring to
her being subpenaed in this case. that
she knew nothing about the Gaze, that
she had met the girl on the street cars;
/ do not know II these were the exact
words.
cRoss-Rx ANIMATION.
Mrs. Thomas was getting ready to
come here; there was young lady
there; showed her about the machine;
Higgins was in the room; was not pay
ing particular attention to all Mrs.
Thomas said; she was back and forth;
she did not say 10 me she had ever met
Miss Perkins.
THE rLAISrFF
Was put on the stand to finish the
questions began short time before. She
said: When we came to Los Angeles
Ike Harris and Budd Sweeney came
with us; had no courtship with Ike
Harris at that time; while at the Cotton
House there was no woman there
named Tyler; I never saw her; there
was no colored woman there; q boy
wal ed on the table then; do not re-
member his name; I did not know at
that time anything as to the character
OF Mrs. Shorb; I was introduced to her
BY Mira, Laird's mother; while there
she STAYED In her room most Of the time;
she behaved like perfect lady; heard
she was not Shorb's wife q good while
after 1 left there; the Mother Hubbard
dress was given me by Mr.. Baldwin;
Mrs. Dexter got 1t made for me ct the
dressmaker's; wore it with belt and
a Jack; never wore 1t loose outside OF
my room; 1t was very warm and in my
room wore 1t loose; the Kate Castleton
bonnet was given me by Mr.. Baldwin;
he gave me the money and Mrs. Dexter
went with me to get 1t; l never told
Mrs. Dexter / was engaged to Mr..
Blackley or to any one; never was en-
gagged to him; l saw Mrs. Dexter at
a camp-meeting at ri Monte; l went
with my parents; Mrs. Dexter wished
me to 20 home with her; Miss Roxey
Bryant also asked me to 90 with her; I
went with Miss Bryant; when I came
to Los Angeles from Ventura / wore
short dresses.
Recess taken until l:S0.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At half past l o'clock court recon-
vened, but owing to the absence Of .
Juror, Mr.. BorinR--the first time since
this long and tedious trial began that
such thing has occurred-there was
delay OF seventeen minutes. At the ar
rival Of the juror, whom Deputy Sher-
| III Field fished up, the trial went for
ward with Miss Perkins on the stand.
Witness said: / weighed when came
from Ventura seventy-five pounds; |
know because q schoolmate who came
| to visit me and l weighed ct the same
time. There is no truth in the state
ment that there had been rape COM
mitted on me in Ventura county, or that
I ever told such . think to Mrs Dexter.
or to any one At Cotton never heard
any profane language used BY Mrs.
Laird nor by any one else. At Cotton
helped Mrs. Laird about the dining.
room. The weather was warm and
drank while there lemonade. l made il
myself. The lemons were kept behind
the bar. I was behind the bar for that
purpose. The ice was kept there.
Room No. was up stairs. Room No.
9 was off the parlor. / never went into
room o nor l., nor any other room with
Stoddard. The story of Ike Harris
about the river red is false; no such
thing ever occurred. The register At
the Cotton House was kept IN the office.
The bar was in the Office. The entries
referred to in the Register I never saw.
nor anything like them while l was
there. Until my attention was called
to them here never saw them. never
| told Mrs. Dexter that had been to San
Bernardino and got gloriously drunk. l
do not thick l ever saw Mrs. Dexter
on the street after. Never got
a letter from Blackley breaking
an engagement. Never was engaged to
him. Mr.. Woodward 81 Fl Monte came
to our house one day and told me and
mamma looked like an Alice Perkins
and that he was going to call me Alice.
/ lever told him nor any one else l was
engaged to Blaekley. / do not know
Virgil carp. Inever took drink with
HIM / never Jaw him until In this
court. l know Meeks. He brought
drinks to Us . few times In the hotel.
They were lemonsdes. 1t was warm
weather. At the Baldwin ranch prior to
my fret visit to San Francisco did not
have sexual intercourse with Mr.. Bald
/ win. This was objected to and the or
lection sustained At no time did !
ever 20 into the Stevenson House. corner
of Los Angeles and First street. do
know Mrs. Klaffki. Two letters were
here introduced for Identification. Wit
ness said: l know the hand writing. l
know that in pencil. They came in the
same envelope. They came in December.
I'82. l am sure 1t was December. They
were received at the Postofiice ct Savan-
nah BY ordinary course of mail. These
are the letters Mr.. Baldwin could not
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