Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-12

is Henry Woolsteen. | have two sis
ters, Hattie and Lille Woolsteen.
My mother is at home in Peoria, H.
linois, or she was the last | heard
from her. My father was contractor
and builder there, but l had no busi-
ness. My father sold out and resides
now on farm ten miles from Peoria.
Hattie and left town together and
went to st. Louis to fair. Then we
went to Kansas City where we visited
some cousins, then we came directly
to Los Angeles, and arrived here jan
uary IA, 1887. The first night we
stopped at the st. Elmo Hotel, then
we went TO place on Downey avenue.
My sister afterward went to work at
Mr.. Bradleys,' and went to work be-
low at Mrs. Widneys. We both worked
in our situatians five months and
then went to Mrs. Wheeler's, where
we stopped but a few days. We went
from there to No. 5l4 Fort street, and
here we boarded out. That is, we
took our meals out. Father sent us
money to pay our bills. | remember
DR.. G. III. Harlan. Ny sister had
dental work done by him in the latter
part of January. He visited Ha tie
at Mr.. Bradley's once in a while, and
continued his visits after we left
there. His visits became quite fre-
quent in the latter part of July for the
reason that Hattie was engaged to
him. Hattie said she was engaged
to him, and told me so about or just
before the 4th of July. After the en-
gagement his visits were very fire.
quent and l did not know he was a
married man until the papers said Sc
after his death. That was the first |
knew of his marriage. He once
asked me how l would like him for a
brother-in law, but told him | would
not like it, for it was probable he had
wife somewhere else. He was an
gry, and said l did not have conf
dence in him. did not like the en-
eagement hor approve of it. Hat
tie was not as friendly to me
after their engagement as she was be-
fore, and l noticed something in her
actions toward me that gave me some
alarm. Her actions were peculiar
especially on the Monday previous to
DR.. Harlan's disappearance.
Odd you ever know of her try
ing to take anything?
A I hate to tell anything about
my sister.
On the Monday morning referred to
l noticed that Hattie acted queerly.
[ came in4o the room and 70 nd that
she had lain down as if to take nap.
She seemed to be in stupor, as il
under the influence of drug. l shook
her, but she did not awake. | then 10 k
ed around the room and found bot
tie of chloroform ON the stand. TWAS
not quite full, and thinking from her
actions that she was using it, Tempted
the chloroform out and filled it up
with wafer. Later that day she woke
up, and | watched her so to the bu-
reau, take the bottle | had filed with
water and empty it in a glass. she
then drank what she thought was
chloroform. That night she woke me
up and said she thought she had bet
ter bid me goodbye. She said
she would leave me before
morning. l paid no attention to this,
for | knew she had only taken water.
In the morning she seemed to lose
her mind as to where she was. Har-
Ian callel Monday, but l did not let
him see Hattie, but he called Tuesday
and took her riding. On Wednesday
they went riding to Whittier with a
bay team. On Thursday 1 did not
see Harlan until 5 80 in the evening
when he came to the gate and stood
| there motioning to Hattie to come out.
She went out, and the next time |
saw her was about six o'clock, when
she told me that DIR. Harlan was COM
ing that evening to show me the plans
OF the house he was going to build.
did not see her again until
FRIDAY MORNING.
| woke up that morning and she was
in the room. She was dressed and
had her hat on. She said the buggy
was in the yard and that she had rot
returned it from the ride of the night
before. S:,,e went out to hitch up Il Tie
horse and got up and dressed and
went to help her. put the bride on
the horse, but Hattie had most ol
the harness on when 1 got out.
| did not see Hattie in the buggy
She drove away shortly after. She
was arrested on Wednesday night
the 18th. was at the opera at the
time of her arrest. When returned
home there we're several officers il
the room and they told me to go to
the police station. Everything was
scattered around the room in con
fusion. The officers took me to the
police station in a hack and put me il
Il room by myself, where 1 stayed
about two hours. After that L sat w
with my sister all night long. ]
stayed with her all the next night
She had nothing to eat that l know
of during that time. The third night
at II O'Clock we were taken into the
other room, where Officer JefFres
told us'to make ourselves as comfort
able as we could. Hattie was taken
away from home in her night clothes.
She was kept in these until the next
day, when l got suitable clothing fol
her out of the trunk. Chief Darcy
told me that Hattie should remain
there until doomsday if she did not
tell him all she knew. asked him
W., ut she could do then and he said
he would let her go scot free. Isaw
Brady take certain things from the
trunk, which he said would be useful
in the case. The things taken from the
trunk and not Returned were
a pocket-book. d ring purchased
for my sister Lille and some
photographs. l never got my purse
back, nor nave l ever seen the ring
again. In the back room, on Friday
night, Hattie went to sleep first and
then / laid down afterwards. There
were no bed clothes there. I threw
our plush cloaks about Hattie and my
self. We were locked in. On Fri.
day morning We went back to the
Chiefs Office, and that day went out
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