Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-06

might have been caused by q bull
let having entered through the |
portions Of the head burned |
away. l discovered several bruises |
on the chest and on the right
arm. They must have been inflicted
before or very soon after death. After
death takes place there is no circula-
ton, hence there could be no deposit
of blood. There was also a cut
on the breast about six inches In
length. l cannot account for the cut,
the clothes covering the wound being
undisturbed. From my examination
of the remains l would say the body
had not been long dead. AT the Cor
oner's inquest l observed that the
body lay somewhat on the right side,
face downward, the left arm extended
over the head and the left arm under
the body. I drew from this the con-
clusion that while yet limp and PHI
able the body had been dragged into
the barn by the left arm, dropped and
allowed to remain. From this posi-
ton l am of the opinion it had been
alive directly before the barn was
burned.
Cross-examination l have prac-
ticed medicine and surgery for twen-
ty-fiye years. The bruises on the
breast did not appear to be deep but
that on the arm was. 1t would have
required very heavy blow with a
heavy hard instrument to infiict such
a wound. The bruises must have
been inflicted shortly before the burn
ing examined the moustache to see
| ii I could gain some information by
which the remains might be identi-
fed, but they were 80 burned could
not even ascertain the color.
WIN. CHICK
Testified: l reside in Los Angeles
and am in the livery business on
Fifth street, between Spring and Fort
| streets. I know Miss Hattie Wool
steen. The lady hired buggy from
me on the evening of the 9th of Oc-
tober. She came to my stable and
asked me il she could get buggy and
horse for the evening. She asked me
what kind of horse I was going to
give her. l told her a black one.
She replied, 81 guess it is the same
one I had BEFORE" told her did
not know. She asked what kind of
buggy l had for her, and | told her a
piano box. | then had the horse
hitched up and she drove off toward
Fort street. She said she wanted the
horse couple of hours. saw moth
ing of the lady until $50 A. NJ.
next day. l was standing at the
Eureka stable when she drove up
to my stables and dismounted.
Some two weeks afterward | discover
ed that a piece of the lining OF the
back curtain had been cut out. (Cur-
tain offered in evidence and identi-
fied,) If the top had been thrown
back the point where the lining was
cut out would be in the center of a
pouch or fold which would be formed
by the slack in the curtain.
Cross-examined: 1t was about two
weeks after Miss Woolsteen hired the
buggy that my attention was called to
the hole cut in the curtain. The bug
gy was at shop for repairs when
Chief Darcy and District Attorney Du
Puy called my attention to the cur
tain. l met Darcy on the street and
he asked me if there was hole cut
in the curtain. l told him l had not
noticed one. When it was sent home
examined it aud found it as it now
is. | saw nothing wrong with the
buggy when it was returned, but |
paid no attention to it. The hole in
the curtain could easily have been
there and I not notice it. l don't
think the buggy washer would have
noticed it either.
| ROBERT A. LING.
Testified: 1 knew DIR. Harlan
in his life time. 1 last saw
him on the 9th day of October,
between and 8 O'Clock in the after
noon. l am a Notary Public and
attorney. He and his wife came to
my office to secure my services to
draw up bond for deed for two lots
in Whittier. The deed was made to
Miss Hattie Woolsteen. He was in
company with his wife. They both
signed the deed and told me they
would leave the instrument with me
until Saturday, when they would come
into town and fix the whole matter
up. Miss Hattie was to have copy
OF the deed. The consideration was
$500. (The instrument referred to was
identified and offered in evidence
The 5000 was to have been paid by
Miss Woolsteen to Mrs. Mary Harlan
on or before October 8, 1887.
Cross-examination had met Mrs.
Harlan several times at my Office be-
fore. The Doctor and his wife often
came to my office ON similar busi-
ness. When drawing up the
instrument l asked how to
spell Miss Woolsteen's name, DR..
Harlan told me. | then inquired if
the lady lived in the city and he re-
piled, "Put it Peoria, H." exam
ined Mrs. Harland apart from her
husband, in accordance with the usual
form, and she told me DIR. Harlan was
her husband, l see from my book
that on September 10, 1887, took Mr..
and Mrs Harlan's acknowledgment of
a deed 10 Mr. c. NJ. Fout. From DR..
Harlan's conversation 1 inferred that
Miss Woolsteen was lady living in
the East, having means.
| J. F. BURNS
Testified: reside in Los Angeles.
Am acquainted with DR.. Harlan. /
have seen Miss Woolsteen. l saw the
Doctor and the lady referred to walk
ing north on Spring street about 6
O'Clock in the evening ON the 9th day
OF October, 1887. / would not swear
positively that the lady is the prisoner,
but | think she is.
| E. BURMAN
Testified: Ireside at No. 1S Ingraham
street between Seventh and Olive. /
knew DR.. Harlan in his life time,
saw him some time in the early part
of October, driving west on Seventh
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