Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1888-05-05
Fob MURDER.
The Trial Of Isabella An
dross, Of San Pedro.
WHAT CAUSED THE DEED.

WHAT CAUSED THE DEED
Henry Niedman Stabbed With
Dagger Because He Neglected
Her For Another.
The case Of Isabella Andross
charged with the murder o
Henry Niedman at San Pedro
on the 10th Of December last
came up before Judge w. A
Cheney, in Department No. / Of The
Superior Court yesterday morning
shortly after 10 O'Clock, for trial
Assistant District Ait ,rney s. M. Pey
ton conducted the prosecution, ant
Mr.. j. nj. Damron and Mr.. w. s
Williams the defence. At fifteen
minutes Of IL o'clock the twelfth
juryman was chosen, and the jury
was complete. The following are
their names: w. H. Holmes. J. M
Chapman, J. M. Hathaway, John
Barrett, John Branscomb, T. M
Bower, M. G. Cuddeback, @. G.. KEEL
logg, N. Van Fleet, j. X. Breniger,
n. V. Collins and John L. Pavcovick.
The defendant, Isabella Andross,
.sccupied chair at the attorneys
desk next to Attorney J. M. Damron,
and appeared perfectly calm Her
little boy, five or six years Of age, sat
. few feet behind her and looked
around the Courtroom without show
ing the slightest appreciation Of his
mothers situation. The mother is a
woman of medium height, with jet
black hair, black eyes and dark COM
plexion. She was heavily yelled and
wore q green silk dress. After the
Jury had been selected, the Clerk
read the information in the case and
the Court ordered recess until P. NJ.
Afternoon session.
The prosecution opened with Thos.
Thompson on the witness stand. He
testified that he knew deceased
Henry Neidman, at San Pedro, be-
fore he was murdered. There were
several dance houses in operation
when the murder occurred in Browns
dance house on the night OF the 10th
of December last. He was employed
in Weber's saloon as bartender. l
saw him in Gus Seals dance house
and saloon between IL and IL o'clock
at night. I saw him next in Browns
dance house in a dying condition
twenty minutes after / had seen him
at GUS saloon. The defendant and
Neidman had lived together in Los
Angeles and at San Pedro for two or
three years. The last time / saw
Neidman he was brought into
Browns dance house by three
Or four men and laid down
On bench. / jumped up
and saw he was bleeding-I opened
his pants and saw he was cut. l
asked Neidman if Isabella Andross
had cut him. (The Court ruled the
last sentence out). He nodded his
hcad-he never uttered word,
and died ten minutes after he
was carried in. / saw defend
ant in her room after Neid-
nan died. She was dressing herself.
There was friend of mine with me.
asked her to come into the dance
hall, but she refused. I caught her
by the wrist and she said 'Don't
hurt me; know cut him." There
was great deal OF excitement there
then. / took her to the dance hall
and gave her to the Constable. He
took her right away. l went with him
to the jail and locked her up. The
Constable searched her room, but /
don't know what he found. She was
putting on blue or black dress when
I saw her after Neidman died. She
wore q striped one in the early part of
the night. l don't know whether
Neidman and the defendant were on
good terms that night or not.
/ had not heard of any quarrel.
Reidman was about twenty-five years
old, Eve feet nine inches high and
weighed about 175 pounds.
Cross examination: / did not tell
Isabella that he was dead. He was
not dead. / asked her first to come
into the dance hall, and told her Hem
ry was dying. She burst out crying.
forget whether she cried insher room
or in the yard. | broke in the door
and told her Henry was dying and
grabbed a-hold OF her wrist. She told
nae not to let anyone hurt her. Then
she told me she had cut him. Neid-
man lived with her in San Pedro and
Los Angeles, where he tended bar at
Weber's saloon.
PEARL HINTON
Was called, she said: / was at San
Pedro last December, on the 10th. l
know defendant and / knew the de-
ceased, I saw them both at Gus
dance hall that night. They were
not Observation-Disclosures was dancing
with me. 1t was between IL and IL
o'clock. The defendant was present.
There were few words passed be-
tween the defendant and the deceas-
ed, but don't remember what was
said. The woman did most of the
talking. do not know whether they
were friendly or not. saw her grab
his hat, she held it few moments
and he took it away from her, and
went out. She followed him and
about twenty minutes later / heard
that ssNeidman was murdered. She
had been in the hall about three min
utes when she jerked his hat from his
head. do not know why she did it,
she took it off roughly. She approach
ed him slowly. He was dancing with
nae at the time. Before Henry left
the hall he and went to the bar to
take drink. She followed and
ordered one too. Henry got
his first and left before hers
was poured out. She went after
him without waiting for her
drink. He came back about five
minutes after he left first, and took
another drink. / saw the woman
come up to the window and look in
While he was drinking .T0a the bar