Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-10

udteu Oecem DoI 4tn, Dut tn16 WAS offset
disastrously by the production of q sub
Ip9ns dated October 10th.
Mrs. Nelson, who keeps the Moro
Castle, was put on the stand, and Mr..
Williams attempted through this wit
ness to put Attorney Peyton on trial, but
Mrs. Nelson did not testify in the proper
way tn do this. At the same time Mrs.
Nelson appeared quite willing to do 30 if
she could. When under cross examina.
ltion Mr.. Peyton asked the witness if she
did not harbor some ill will towards him
for trying case against her some time
ago. She freely admitted that such was
the case.
Mrs. Arnold was then called. She
stated that Malta Garrett told her she
had been virtuous girl up to the time
OF her meeting Edgcomb.
Clay street where the CARROTS lived, was
called to the stand. She was examined
as to the room occupied by Garrett and
Malta. She said when they came to the
house all the rooms but one were full.
She put them in the vacant room, where
was one bed, and she spread ''shake-
down" on the fl foor for Malta. Next day
she put them in her own room, which
they occupied about week. Then che
gave them . better room. In all the
rooms occupied by the CARROTS in her
house there were always two beds,
large one which Captain Garrett used,
and cot for Malta. He paid rent
lin advance, and then offered her
rings in lieu OF further rent,
but she declined the offer and they
moved away. While Malta was a. Mrs.
Farrell's house Garrett went East and
brought Ella back. They left her
house the very day Garrett re.
turned. He brought back dresses
for Malta. Mrs. Farrell saw
them. They were made-up, and were
nice dresses. As to the manner of the
Carrots toward each other, Mrs. Farrell
never noticed anything out of the way.
Malta did not seem to be unduly afraid
of her father, he seemed kind to her,
and there was nothing to excite suspi-
cion. On cross-examination, Mrs. Far
rell said she was not paying particular
attention to them. They took care of
their own room, and she did not 20
near them.
While waiting for the appearance Of
Deputy District Attorney Hardesty,
Williams tried to get in the complaints
sworn to by Malta, charging Edgcomb
with seduction, with assault to commit
Irape upon Malta herself, and with rape on
Ella. 4 good deal of sparring took place
between the lawyers on this point, and
the Court at length ruled this testimony
out in the main, on the ground that Malta
had admitted all these things when on
the stand. The defense wanted to show
that Edgcomb was in isil and while
there he married Malta, and then
she wanted to get Edgcomb out of Jail
to put her father in.
John F. Humphrey was called. He
stated that while he was q member Of
the Council and one of the Police Com.
missioners Garrett was the Mayors
private detective. Mr.. Humphrey was
President of the Council and Garrett was
Chief Clerk in the office OF Street Super
Iintendent. In these connections the
witness never heard Garrett's moral
character called into question, excepting
when Malta had gone to Mrs. Watson'e.
Then he called Garrett to task. On
cross-exsmination Mr.. Humphrey &C.
know,edged that the street comment be
heard on Garrett was unfavorable to
him.
W. T. Williams was then called to the
stand to testify as to the papers which
Josie Corbett said had been prepared fol
her use on the other trials. The attorney
stated that it was rule with him when
he had case to have all the testimony
written out for his own use in
the trial. He used these sketches
to examine the witnesses by. These
statements we're 30 written for his use,
and laid on the table in his office or in
the drawers in his desk. Mr.. Peyton
demanded the papers, and he produced
them in court. That is the way these
papers came into court. Williams also
told of the testimony Josie Corbett gave
as to being at Santa Paula with Garrett
and her fears of being prosecuted for per-
Jury. He told her if she made q false
statement knowingly that it would be
very dangerous to 60 on the stand to cor.
rect it, and he advised her not to do so.
On cross-examiDation by Peyton, there
was good deal of skillful fencing
done by the two lawyers. Mr.. Peyton's
effort was to show that Mr.. Williams did
not willingly give up the papers, and Mr..
Williams wished to make it appear he
was perfectly willing to produce them,
Major Bell now and then interposed a
plea that Peyton abstain from intimidat-
ing tie witness, Williams, which was
,,cQpstrusS by the large audience present
to be joke.
Hardesty followed Williams, and told of
Malis's story to him when she swore out
the complaints against Edgcomb. This
is nearly all old matter, and it is not
necessary to rehash it. She told Har-
desty she was chaste until she met Edg-
comb. She said she would not marry
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was said about killing Edgcomb. Garrett
said he had been watching with Win
chester rife to kill Edgcomb, but could
not get shot at him. Hardesty went
into all the details of Malia's story about
being seduced by Edgcomb, and about
his attempt to produce an abortion on
her.
Justice Lockwood followed with his
story about swearing to the complaints
made against Edgcomb, and how Malta
signed and swore to them.