Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1888-05-05

Browns dance-house on the mornin,
of the 18th, between II aud IL O'Clock
/ examined his wound. and found
punctured wound in the left groin. /
| Y as about one inch in diameter, AMI
ranged down and in, and back for
distance of five inches and severe'
the artery that runs from the be srt t.
supply the legs. The wound was in
flicted with q doube-edged knife al
least FIVE and half inches long. TIL,
wound was bound to kill a man 81
wounded in fifteen or twenty minutes
after its infllction.
DIR. EDWARD D. LATHRoP.
Was called and testified: l did no
know the deceased. / saw his body ii
a dance-house owned by mar
named Brown the morning of The It'll
Of December. l did not see him be
fore his death. The injury was q
knife -wound-I think in the left
groin. The wound was fatal neces-
sarily.
DIR. WIN. A. WELDON
Testified: did not know Neidman
personally. l was called to see him
one night, some time in December
about midnight. When l first saw
him he was dead; the cause Of death
was knife wound in the left groin.
| knew defendant; she had been a
patient of mine. / could not tell
what her business was, though | could
tell where she lived.
JUDGE WEEKS
Testified: / know nothing of the
facts in this case at all. | have had
a conversation with the defendant.
She told me she had escaped from
Jail. This conversation occurred,
believe, the second day after the muir
der. / saw her at the Constable's
house the next day. She said she did
the cutting.
Cross examined The constable was
present at the conversation. She told
me she escaped, and told me how she
got out of jail. She voluntarily told
me the facts. The constable asked
her some questions. She told me
Neidman had showed her over and
she cut him while she was down. /
advised the constable to bring her up
here to the County Jail, and he did
so. l believe there was man named
Hogan present when she made the
confession. was not acquainted
with Neidman. The defendant had
been out of jail some hours when she
made this confession. Excused.
ALBERT MASS,
A sailor, testified: l was tending bar
ut the time of the murder. / knew
Henry Neidtnan before his death ]
saw him about five minutes before he
was wounded. He was outside the
hall and walked toward the town. /
saw Isabella and Barber Joe on the
sidewalk just then, and Isabella
grabbed the barber by the right arm
and they turned around toward Gus's
dance-house. Five minutes later /
saw Henry Neidman brought in
wounded. was standingin the saloon
door when / saw defendant and
Barber Joe. Henry told me when l
was standing at the bar, that he
wanted to 60 out side and say rats,
you tarrier." / do not know what he
said it for. When saw Isabella and
Barber Joe go out, Henry went in the
opposite direction. / could not see
defendant after she got out, as it was
a dark night. l was with Henry all
the fore part Of the night. was in
GUS dance house when Isabella came
in and jerked Henry's hat off. She
slapped him and called him some
nasty names. He jerked his hat
from her and run out, she followed
him. / saw defendant after Henry
was hurt, when she was brought in
by Thompson and others. The man
was not. dead when / ran for the
doctor. was gone about ten minutes.
Henry was dead when got back. /
saw defendant after Henry was
wounded and before he was dead. l
was on my knees at his side trying to
pour glass of whisky down his
throat when / heard her exclaim,
"My God, is he dead" l looked up
and saw her in hall. / never saw her
after that night until saw her in
Wilmington at the examination.
Characterization: have known
Henry a long time. The night OF the
murder we took a drink at the Coast
ing Saloon and then we went up to
Browns, where we stayed a good
while, over an hour, and then we
went to Gus saloon. When we left
Browns to got to Gus, we left Isabella
in Browns. When we got to Gus
Henry had dance. Isabella came
up as soon as the dance finished. l
was standing within two feet of the
door when she came in with a rush.
When Henry ran out of the door |
looked out and saw him running down
the road, and Isabella followed him
running too. l met Henry coming
back when got as far as the bridge.
l followed him when he ran out, with
a woman friend Of mine. He was
alone. I and my friend went on to
Browns. and Henry went to GUS
alone.
3 JOHN T. HOGAN,
Deputy Constable OF San Pedro, tes-
titled: / know the defendant. had
her in my custody on the night Of the
tenth Of December, after half past IL
O'Clock. / got to Browns dance
house just as they were carrying a
man in. l saw crowd dragging
Isabella Andross around toward the
front Of the saloon. When she saw
me, she ran to me and asked me to
take her to the jail. / did SO, and re-
turned in about fifteen minutes and
searched her room, where | found a
knife and other articles. While |
was taking her to the station l asked
her what she was afraid Of. She
said because she had killed Henry"
but in the next breath she de-
MED it. / saw her in the
jail after Henry died. She was badly
frightened, and was afraid Of being
lynched. When I opened the door
she crouched down behind it. asked