Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-30
CALZADA'S CASE.
The Evidence All In fol
Both Sides.
THE DEFENDANTS EPILEPSY
The Fits From Which He Suffer
ed When q Child-Heart
Disease Later On.

The Calzado murder trial was re-
sumed yesterday morning in Judge
Cheney's Court, the usual crowd Of
curious spectators being present. VIM.
]. Foley, the attorney for the defense,
asked to be sworn, and upon taking
the stand testified as to the accuracy
of the notes of the reporter made at
the preliminary examination before
Judge Austin, there appearing to be a
material variance of the testimony.
e. Calzada testified: am brother
Of Francisco Calzada. do not know
how old am, but know l was born in
Sonora, Mexico. My brother was also
born in Mexico, where he lived until
about eight years of age. We were
raised together in the family of my
grand parents, our parents being dead.
Nv brother suffered when child
from alferecia. The interpreter here
stated that he was unable to translate
the word literally into English, but
that it was his opinion it meant some
kind of fit Attorney Foley OBJ
iected to the answer and asked that
another interpreter be called, stating
that the translation was an epileptic
fit. A Spanish dictionary was intro
duced and the word dlferecia found to
be epileptic fits. Continuing, witness
said: He often had such spells. He
would commence to tremble, roll his
eyes and fall to the ground with a
scream. These attacks were brought
on by punishment received at the
hands Of his uncle. His uncle took
him into field about mile from the
house, tied his feet to tree and
lashed him. After that time he had a
sickness of the heart. He would
often commence to tremble and
then sit a long time in silence. | left
Mexico in 1872, but Francisco came to
the United States some time before.
Inext met him at Santa Maria, Santa
Barbara County. was frequently
with him after that and know OF him
having two spells in fits.- Once in San
Luis Obispo County while he was at
my place he took one OF the fits. He
clenched his teeth and seemed un-
conscious. He took up a shirt be-
longing to me and tore it into pieces.
CA letter was introduced, exhibited
to witness and identified as one writ
ten by Francisco Caizada.)
visited Francisco after he was
married, which was some six or seven
years ago. He appeared to be living
quietly and happily with bis family.
Jose Luis Lugo testified: l know
Francisco Calzada, having lived near
him on the Rancho de Los Lugo for
about year. / know Francisco la
bored under a deformity. The first
time noticed it was once when he
came to my house in the morning. l
asked him to come in and get break
fast. He came in and I noticed he
was very pale. asked him if he was
sick. He replied, eyes I suffer
from heart disease" noticed he
was uneasy and nervous. 1 offered
him coffee but he refused and asked
for water. He appeared to be tired
and worn out. / asked him why he
did not take something for his sick
ness. He said he did not think it any
use as he could not get we'll. He in
herited the disease from his father.
This was the first time I ever noticed
his deformity. The next time was
about ten days after when I went to
his house and found him laboring
under the same sickness. He was
shaking, rolling his eyes about, froth-
ing at the mouth and apparently out
of his right mind. He appeared ex-
asperated and his wife was unable to
control him. l assisted her until he
recovered.
Court adjourned until half past one
O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The attorney for the defense read
the paper in the habeas corpus case
the substance of which was given in
Wednesdays account of the trial.
The first witness introduced in the
afternoon was an aged Spaniard, Fran
cisco Qainjado, who testified: I am
seventy-eight years old. l remember
having testified in habeas corpus
case brought by Calzada in June last
Louise Calzada lived in my house
about a month some time prior to the
killing. While she occupied my house
= man by the name of Jesus Romero
lived with her.
At this juncture Francisco's little
three-year-old girl was brought to the
aged witness, and he was asked if he
recognized the little one. AS soon az
the child saw the old man she rar
laughing into his arms.
Francisco came to my house while
Louise was residing there, and asked
if any one was living with her. l had
to tell him the truth. He did not ap-
pear to be sorry, but smiled and
seemed contented. / told Francisco
that his wife and the children were
occupying the same bed with Romero
He laughed and said, I do not want
the woman, but 1 do want my chill
dren.
Isabella Calzada, the oldest daugh.
ter OF Francisco, being called, testi-
fed: am twelve years old. l know
my father had some kind of spells,
He had one short time before moth
er's death. 1t was Just before he went
TO Santa Barbara. l know Of his hay.
ing had two spells of sickness. It was
heart trouble they told me. Once he
fell down on the bed, got very white,
clenched his teeth and trembled.
do not think he knew what he was
doing. The second time he acted
just the same as the first lime but il
did not last SO long. He was over il
in about an hour. ] remember wher
We were brought into court and giver
into the custody of mother. Refort
that time father always treated mother
kindly. l remember when my mother
was killed. We were in the court il
front of the house when father came
mp to the gate. Mother met him
and he kissed her and asked
for my little sister, Catalena
Mother called to her and father
took her up saying, "What pretty