Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-13
THE WOLFF CASE.
Testimony Introduced for the De-
PENDANTS.

PENDANTS.
The Wolff murder trial still attracts
considerable attention, there being a
crowded courtroom at every session
The first witness on the stand yesterday
morning was Mr.. George T. Insley, City
Marshal of Santa Ana, who testified thai
on the road to Santa Ana Wolff told him
that Wilson had said he kissed Mrs
Wolff twice, and that he loved her and
was going to write her letter. Wolf
had told him this in reply to question
as to the cause of the shooting.
w. B. Vanhoosen, clerk at the hotel
at San Juan-by-the-Sea, said he had
| heard the shots and had run from the
interior of the building to the porch
where Wilson's body was. Wilson was
on his back, and witness had turned him
over SO as to let the blood run out of his
mouth.
Robert L. King, bartender for Chas.
Potter, who kept tent saloon at San
Juan y-the-Sea, said that Wolff and Pc
terson were at the tent for about
half an hour on the morn
ing of the shooting. While there
Wolff had said that he had come down
to have a settlement with Wilson.
The prosecution closed with this wit.
ness and an adjournment was taken un-
til half past o'clock.
In the afternoon session the attorney
fer the defense outlined the direction
which the testimony in behalf Of the
| VOLTS and Peterson would take in a
speech of about an hours duration. He
declared that it would be shown that
| Wilson was bad man, especially when
he was drunk, and that Wolff had been
for some time in fear Of his life from his
display of violence. In this way the
counsel claimed it would be shown tina,
the homicide was justifable.
| The first witness for the defense was
Dolores Garcia, saloon keeper of San
Juan Capistrano, who testified that he
saw Wilson drunk on the day that the
shooting occurred.
George E. Freeman, a San Juan Justice
of the Peace, told how Wolff came to him
accompanied by his wife, and asked that
| warrant be issued for the arrest of Will
son, two days before the quarrel culmin-
ated in the latter's death.
j. E. Baker, Justice of the Peace
from San Juan Capistrano, testified to a
cali from Wolff, when the latter asked
for a warrant to arrest Wilson. The
second time Wolff came the warrant
would have been issued had
not some special business de-
tanned the magistrate. The next day
Wolff thought better of the matter and
said he would not take action against
Wilson as yet. To the testimony of JUS
tice Baker, the constable, A. w. Weber
added few corroborative facts and told
how Wilson would get very drunk at
times and was then quite abusive.
M. Mendelssohn, the postmaster and
took the stand and testified as to the
fuence of liquor. On one occasion Will
son had driven into town with Mrs. Wolff
in the same buggy and when asked about
it afterward had said that she was his
sister. When reminded of the fact that
this could hardly be as he was English and
she was German, he remarked that she
wasn't exactly his sister, but something
better than that. The witness told the
VOLTS of this utterance and Wilson was
very angry with him because he did so.
Early in the month of May Wolff visited
the witnesses house and was taken sick,
perhaps from drink, and was delirious.
During that time he continually called
out for protection against some one who
he said was endeavoring to murder
him, and he showed his throat,
which was all bruised. Witness
understood this to mean Wilson. Wit.
ness saw Wilson three days before the
shooting. He then inquired whether ii
was the witness who had been saying
bad things of him to the VOLTS, and
threatened to thrash him for it. On
cross-examination Mendelssohn said that
Mrs. Wolff and Wilson seemed to be on
pleasant terms when they we're riding
together, and that he saw them riding
together at sundry times. B. F. Golden,
a San Juan blacksmith, was called to
confederate part of this narration. He
was then allowed to go, which he did
with evident satisfaction, announcing
that he had family of eight children to
look out for. A. B. Cook, young sur.
veyor, was next called, and he told how
on the day of the shooting Wilson got on
the train with him to go to Santa Ana
but that catching glimpse of the VOLTS
he said, There is party l want to see''
and got off the car. He was drunk.
The testimony of Cook closed the
afternoons sc ssion and the Court ad.
journed until 10 o'clock this morning.