Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-13

said: | went with Elton one night
20 find places where property had
bet n stolen. We found one place, on
Main street, where the pistol was
stolen, and where watch had been
taken.
MR.. THos. c. DoUGHERTY
Said: | am an engraver and live
about half mile out of town. do
not know Lucas. That star was made
in my place for Adams, the gunsmith
on Commercial street. about six weeks
ago. My place Of business is at No. 5
Arcadia street. | do not know
Elton. do not know when
Elton was arrested. Lucas and
another gentleman came into my
office one day to inquire about a GER
tain badge, and if it had been made
there. | do not remember who the
gentleman was that came with him.
| don't think / ever made any badges
for Lucas.
WILLIAM ELTON
Testified: | am living in Los Angeles
now, at the County Jail. My occupa-
ton is mostly that of clerk. / ara
eighteen years old. | met Lucas in
San Francisco about two years ago,
where | worked for him as an agent
in tue Pacific Coast Detective Agency.
next saw him when came to Los
Angeles about the beginning OF March.
| saw him on the street the very day
| came. / saw him in his Office and
went to work for him that
day. The first work / did
was spotting on the Temple
street cable road. The next work |
did for him was burglarizing houses.
The button hook and corkscrew
came from Main street, where Lucas
went and got them. He and | had
been walking along the street and
when we came to No. POI he said wait
a minute, want to go up here. He
was gone about fifteen minutes and
came down with the shoe buttoner
and corkscrew and apackage which |
thought was vest. / took that purse
from house on Temple street, it had
$25 in it. LHcas got $12 and the
purse, and |, the rest. Then one day
he took me down Hill street and
pointed out house which he said
would be very easy to rob. That was
the first time he mentioned robbing to
me, and then we agreed that | was to
have half the money and give him the
other half and the property. Lucas
then gave me $5 to get badge say
ing that if landlady should see me
in there or should get caught, | could
show them the badge and say that |
was in search of some one. gave
the pistol to Lucas and afterwards he
told me | could keep it for self protec-
tion. | got all the rings from one
room on Main street. | gave them to
Lucas. Lucas knew everything |
gave him was stolen. cannot tell
exactly where / got all those articles,
as / went into so many houses that it
would be impossible for me to remem-
Der them all. ! do not know but two
or three streets.
Examination was here postponed
in order to give the defense chance
to put in the testimony Of some of its
witnesses who were officials of Stock
ton and Lathrop and wanted to start
back. The defense then called
MIR. NJ. l.. BEACH,
OF Stockton, who said: | am jailer in
stockton and deputy sheriff. | know
the witness. / met him first on the
23rd of November, 1887, when he was
in the county jail on charge OF
larceny, sentenced to 100 days.
talked with Elton about Lucas
first in my office. He asked me il
Mr.. Walker did not have some letter
about him from Lucas. He said Mr..
Lucas had got him in hole once be-
fore, and was trying it again, and he
was going to get even with him if it
took his lifetime. His reputation was
very bad. / would not believe him
under oath.
Cross-examination; l had to put
Elton down in the cellar once for bad
behaviour. Then | told him if he
wanted to fight me | would let him
into the hall, where he could do it..
He was the worst prisoner I ever bad
in the jail.
MR.. c. B. WALKER,
Constable of Lathrop, said: / met
Elton in Stockton about one and a
half years ago. l met him in Lathrop
afterwards. Elton's reputation in that
community generally was bad. l
would not believe him under oath
He asked me if l did not have some
letters from Lucas ! had used in the
case against him. l told him yes,
and he said, "I'll get even with him
yet"
Cross-eXamination-I have known
Lucas for five years, but never worked
for him. | told Lucas attorney about
Elton's threat to get even with Lucas.
The commitment of Elton to the
Stockton prison was introduced by
the defense as evidence.
The Court ordered an adjournment
at 80 o'clock until Tuesday at 9 A.
NJ, when the prosecution will continue
| the examination of the witness Elton