Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-11-20
MARY WALKER.
The Charge Against Her is
Not Sustained.
HER FATHERS TESTIMONY,
The Court Releases Her and She Re-
turns to Her MOther-A
Weak Case.

Police Judge Owens was occupied for
several hours yesterday afternoon in the
trial Ct the case against Mary Walker,
the girl under IA years of age, who was
charged by M. v. Wright, the officer OF
the Humane Society, with having wan.
dered about from place to place without
proper guardianship and consorted with
disreputable persons of both sexes for q
period of six months prior to the 18th
instant.
The case was called at O'Clock; but
owing to the absence of the District At
torney. it was fully thirty minutes later
before the proceedings commenced. The
first witness was Officer Wright. He
testified that on Wednesday last he was
informed by the girls father that Mary
was in bad hands, and at the request Of
Walker he accompanied him over to the
place where she was then living, on Mo
Fart street, in East Los Angeles. AS the
house was unoccupied, the occupants
having temporarily vacated it., he re.
turned to town with Walker. On Friday
and arrested the girl in the presence Of
her mother and several other people
who lived at the house. A struggle en-
sued. the mother attempting to prevent
the arrest, but no more violence was
used than was absolutely necessary
Prior to that time he had seen the CIR
down on New High street one evening
talking with disreputable woman.
On cross-examination the witness
stated that he made the arrest because
the girls father told him to do so, al
though he had no warrant for her arrest
and although she did not threaten to mol
was she committing any crime at the
time to his knowledge. After the arrest
he brought the girl over to the Police
Station, but afterwards accompanied
both father and daughter to hotel
where they stopped until the next day,
j. r. Walker, the girls father, was
next called to the witness stand. In
reply to the question propounded by the
District Attorney as to whether he was
the girls father, he replied that he was
unable to answer positively. 1t was
claimed that she was his child, and he
supposed it must be SO. Mary would be
IA on December 18th next; of that he
was positive. He had lived with her
mother fo- over twenty years past, and
since Mary's birth she had been in the
custody of both of her parents. AS to
the complaint sworn to by Officer Wright
the witness knew nothing. ALI he could
testify to was the fact that both Mary
and her mother had visited q family
named Redona, who lived on New High
street, between two houses of prcstiiu-
ton. He had often been there himself
to take them home, and had nothing to
cay about the Redonas, except that he
supposed Mrs. Redona to be the mother
Of disreputable woman named Sulli.
van. The witness was instructed by the
Court 10 state what he knew and MOI
what he supposed; and he then started
to tell about Mary being sen. for beef
when they lived on Buena Vista street
On further questioning, however, it was
learned that that occurred some
two years ago, and the witness was again
interrupted. On cross.examination, the
witness appeared to lay great stress upon
the fact that he and Mary's mother were
not married, and as it was apparent that
he wanted to go into the details of his
domestic relations, he was dismissed.
Mrs. M. A. Sheridan said che knew
the girl was very bad and kept bad com.
pany. She had seen the girl at the house
with two Mexican boys, who were drunk
for two weeks. Mary used to go out with
q bucket every day, but witness did no,
know what for. She supposed it was fel
beer. Another time two American bows
came down the street and Mary followed
them down to the willows, about q hal
block from the witness house. The
witness didn't watch the girl to see whst
she did, but she thought it "disrespec..
full" for girl to follow the boys like
that.
On cross-examipation the witness ad
mitted that che bad been involved in 0
difficulty with Mary's mother about 9
COW, but insisted that it was psaceable
and friendly one. She had never visited
the places frequented by disreputable
characters and therefore could not have
seen Mary there.
Walter Sheridan, teamster, and the
son Of the former witness, testified in 9
somewhat similar strain, after which the
Court granted the motion of Judge j. A
King, the defendants attorney. for dis
missal on the ground of insufficieucy o.
evidence, and discharged the defendant
SOME MORE VISITORS.