Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-25
THE ST. NICHOLAS DIFFICULTY
rcssimony an shs Case Of e. e.
Cramdal1. r..4t.

TessimoMy an the Case Of e. e.
Crandall. tsrr.ss
The case of E. E. Crandall, charged
with battery, came up for trial before
Judge Austin and a jury yesterday af-
ternoon. fe.
Jacob Henkle testified-I reside in
Los Angeles, and on December 20,
1887, was proprietor of the st. Mich
olas Hotel. On that day Mr.. Gran
dali brought wagon to remove his
baggage. l presented bill of charges
for gas consumed by the stove he had
erected and for damages done to the
carpet, etc., by his dog. l told him
he could not take his baggage till the
bill was paid. He told me to present
the bill at his place of business. l
replied that this was my place of bus
mess and wanted it paid then. He
struck me in the face and then put
his hand to his hip-pocket and drew
out what l took to be q pistol. l ran
away and telephoned for an officer.
Goff, the expressman, was removing
the baggage for Mr.. Crandall. told
my wife to prevent him from carrying
the baggage out, at the same
time telling him that the baggage
could not be removed till the bill was
paid. EGoff took hold Of my wife and
pulled her from the door. got hold
of him and told him not to assault
my wife. He struck at me and hit me
in the face. grappled with him when
he drew a knife and followed me into
my room with the knife still open in
his hand. / went to the bureau, took
my pistol and struck him over the
head with it. had never been noti-
fed by Crandall that he was going to
remove the furniture. 1t was about
midday when he came to remove the
baggage.
Cross.examined-I was in the hall
when Twas struck, and outside room
4 when Crandall drew his pistol. II
did not pile empty bottles, nor put a
step-ladder in front OF Crandall's door
to cause him to stumble as he entered
or came out of his room. 1 did not
take the gas chandelier out of his sroom
and was never ordered by Judge
Taney to replace it. 1t was once taken
down for about an hour to be re-
paired. .-..
Mrs. Williams testified: Twas en-
ployed at the St. Nicholas Hotel on
December Goth. l saw Mr.. Henkle
present the bill to MIR. Crandall in a |
polite manner. heard Crandall tell |
Mr.. Henkle to come to his place of |
business. l also heard Henkle say
that Crandall had a pistol. 1 saw
Golf carrying out some Of the baggage.
l did not see Crandall strike Henkle,
but l saw him make motion as if to
strike. l then went upstairs and
came down when Mrs. HenSle tainted. |
Cross-examined-I did not see Mr..
Crandall strike Mr.. Henkle, and did
not see pistol in his hand. | heard
Crandall tell him to "get out" in an
angry manner.
A Chinaman testified to seeing the
blows struck and hearing the con-
Mrs. M. L. Henkle testified: III
heard Mr.. Henkle say ooh! he has
got a pistol" / saw by the appear
ance of Mr.. Henkle's face that he had
been struck. l stood with my back
to the door 10 prevent Goff from going
out with the baggage. Golf took
hold of me violently and pulled me
from the door. My husband came up
and said to Goff, "don't assault my
wife," Goff released his hold of me
and took out knife and went after
my husband who went into his bed
room. said, ooh! Jake, don't get
your pistol" and shortly afterwards I
tainted and remember no more.
Cross The first l saw of
The knife was when it was in Goff's
hand. 1 did not see him take it out
Of his pocket. The case was here
continued until this morning at $50
o'clock.