Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-10
HATTIE WOOLSTEEN.
Her Confession Not Admit
ted in Evidence.
TESTIMONY TAKEN YESTERDAY
The Circumstance Attending the
Attempted Suicide and the
Finding Of the Watch.

Finding Of the Watch.
As usual yesterday the courtroom
Of Department No. of the Superior
Court was crowded with curiously in
clined men and women anxious te
hear the evidence as it came from the
mouths of the witnesses. Ex-Chie1
Darcy on cross-examination testified
that while he had Miss Hattie at the
police station he had given orders thai
no one should be given permission te
see her. During the first evening she
vas not under arrest and she coul6
have gone until she confessed. She
had merely been asked to come down
/ did not tell her l intended to keeI
her there until doomsday or until she
confessed. After that I held her un'
der arrest for the next three days,
She did not say that she wanted 9
lawyer, and l did not say to her e.
d-you, am lawyer enough for you.
Redirect examination Previous to
her confession she could have left
without my permission.
NJ BRADY
Testified that he was q detective in
October of last year. On the 18th OF
that month went to 514 south Fort
street about JPN. went there on
my own account, and reported the in
terview to Mr.. Darcy. At 8 or $50,
Darcy told me to get Miss Hattie.
I went to the house and raped on the
window. She asked me who it was.
/ told her Brady. She asked me what
I wanted. I told her Chief Darcy
wanted to see her. She said she was
in bed, and asked ii the next morning
would not do. told her no. She
then dressed herself, and we walked
leasurely to the police office. talked
to her on the way down, and tried to
impress her with the fact that she was
connected with the Harlan murder.
] think I told her about the buggy
standing in the yard all night. l
think tried to impress her with the
necessity of telling the truth, that it
would be better for her if she did tell
it. do not remember telling Darcy
|'here is Hattie, 1 will go and bring
Minnie." 1 told Darcy that Minnie
Has at the theatre, and that I would
afterward 60 and get her. went at
ter her later in hack.
Cross-examined for the people:
was not instructed to arrest Miss
Hattie. was told to bring her to
the office. did not use force. After
/ took Miss Hattie to the police sta
tion went back to the girls room
and returned at about II o'clock. The
first word said to Miss Hattie was
that it was pleasant evening. Then
/ said that l did not think that
Minnie would enjoy the theater. for I
had seen her crying before she went.
I asked her if she enjoyed her buggy
ride last Thursday evening. l don't
blame Harlan for getting stuck on
you. Then said something to her
about telling the truth. I tried to i'm.
press upon her mind the fact that we
were in possession of sufficient facts
to connect her with the Harlan
murder case. 1 think that I told her
she was the last one seen in the COM
pany of Dir. Harlan. I said nothing
to her yh;;cch would have had ten
dency to lead her to hope for
leniencv if she told the truth. ! did
not use the word CONFESS We
were walking along quietly and she
had a hold of my arm. l offered her
NO inducement Of any kind, nor did l
use any threatening language. / was
kind Of making love to her.
Judge Cheney here ruled that the
confession could not be admitted I'M
der the ruling of the Supreme Court.
which was to the effect that no con.
fcssion could be introduced where the
defendant had been told that it would
be better for her to confess or where
she was in charge of officers.
CHIEF DARCY
On direct examination identified the
pistol and watch and chain as having
been found in q gum grove. He tes
titled: went to the gum grove to dig
up the watch and pistol. The place
they were buried had been indicated
to me. 1t was about ten or fifteel
yards from the fence, close to the roo
of the tree. There was an old tin cal
over the place where they WERE
buried. identified the can The
watch and pistol were wrapped up il
this stocking. Hattie Woolsteen wa
standing by me when got the ar
ticIes. She told me where to 60 t.
find the watch and pistol on the
evening of the 18th. dug them VI
on the 18th Of October. When we go
to the grove she directed me to go t.
the particular tree under which th'
articles were buried. She told MI
how they were wrapped up. Whel
the pistol was found there we're eithel
two or three cartridges discharged
The watch had run down. ha(
been told that the piece of cloth had
been cut from the buggy lining. Mis-
Hattie first called my attention to j
on the night of the 18th.
W. N. HART,
OF the Examiner, testified that b
had picked up the tin can in the gun
grove. On later visit he had foun,
. rag tied around tree a few fee
from where the can laid.
At this point . recess was takel
until 2 O'Clock.
Afternoon session.
Chas. @. Phelps testified that b
lived at Fairview at present, but il
October he lived at 514 South For
street. He had known Hattie an
Minnie Woolsteen as far back a
September. They bad the front room
on the ground floor. He heard of th
burning Of the Barley barn on tn
7th Or 9Th Of October. 1t had burne
on the night Of the 9th of October
He had seen Hattie on the 7th OF DC
tober about half-past 6 O'Clock in th
morning. She was in buggy an,
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