Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-20


me, criticised me f or allowing my daugh-
ter to 90 into the bedroom alone with
men. I found out that the man she had
gone in with was McGowan, gripman
on the same road under me. Malta con-
fessed to the mans coming and giving
money to Ella and sending her out to buy
candy. l talked with McGowan, and
ordered him not to let her ride, without
pass or fare. / don't believe McGowan
seduced her. We then moved to Twenty
third street, whence we moved to Califor-
MIA. | had talk with my daughter, and
said we would go 10 new country. l
urged her then to begin new and clean
life. but if she disgraced me there would
have no more to do with her. We went
to San Francisco, and took rooms with q
school-teacher.
A son of my old friend Jackson called
on US too frequently in San Francisco,
and ASKED Malta to tell him to call less
often. Jackson protested against this,
and asked if he had not always acted as
a gentleman. l thought he was COM
promising my daughter, and often caught
him sneaking out Of the house when
came home in the daytime.
Shortly after we came to Los Angeles,
leaving Ella in San Francisco. We took
one room with two beds at Mrs. Critten-
den's, on Fourth and Spring streets.
We went to San Francisco to see Ella,
and when we came back our room was
occupied. We took a room with two
beds in the Grant block; l occupied one
and Malta the other. We stayed two
nights and then went to the Ferguson
building, on Clay street.
We had not left the Crittenden's yet,
and shortly after l took crazy man
East, leaving Malta at the Crittenden's.
When l came back, after fifteen days.
absence, I found that Malta had dis
obeyed me and gone to the theater in a
closed carriage with strange man,
whom l afterwards found WAS bar
tender. This man afterwards called on
Malta while we were at the Fitzeerald's,
and stayed till II O'Clock talking low with
her in the parlor. We afterwards moved
to Virginia street and took in Mr.. Kane
and wife. Malta wanted to 60 clerking, and
1 got her position in the Peoples Store.
One day she said she had been insulted
in the store with an offer of IS and the
expression ~she knew what it was for"
We went to the store and the matter was
explained. l went as far as any father
could to protect her, even sending letters
to young men to make them explain. ]
got her place at Stewards after this.
One day l found one of her elegant silk
dresses across the line unfit to wear. She
said it was caused by mans carrying
her home through the mud. She began
to complain of her health, and l took
her from Stewards. About this time l
found that Ella had been violated by
young Jackson at San Francisco, and had
contracted disease. We next moved to
225 Spring street. Two young girls-Ida
and May Vandeventer-soon after came.
1t was late one evening, and they said
their mother was dying, and they wanted
to confer with me. They stayed all night.
l gave them my bed and slept on the
floor,
Here the Court ordered recess until
80, and when court convened shortly
after that hour, Mr.. Payton asked the
privilege of putting Officer Connolly back
on the stand, to ask him some questions
which had been omitted when he first
testified. Mr.. Williams consented and
Connolly took the stand. He was ques-
toned about certain evening during
the time when he occupied room next
10 Captain Garrett's in Mrs. Farrell's
house on Clay street. 1t was about IL
O'Clock when the incident occurred, and
Malta and Garrett were in the next room.
After they had talked for a while, he
heard them retire, and shortly after heard
what he thought sufficient noise to con-
vince him that they were together.
There was nothing but board
partition between the rooms. Connolly
was cross examineds as to whether
he had any enmity against Gar
rett, because of the latter's getting
the wages of policemen reduced, but he
was unaware OF the fact
Garrett was put back on the stand,
and testified as follows As to my
keeping" Josie Sheridan in st. Louis, I
wish to offer this in justification. (hand-
ing the Court paper purporting to be
marriage certificate). That is why /
lived with her, and I believe that our
separation was caused by Malia's lies
about me going to desert her.
Garrett again told the story about
Ella stealing money from a fruit stand
in st. Louis, at Malia's instigation, and
the corset story, which occurred in Los
Angeles, in which Malta bought corset
and cheated the woman out of her
money. His many trials with the girl
in Los Angeles, caused by her want of
veracity, and his experience with Mrs.
Watson, were again gone over. Mrs.
Watson had told him that "Malia was a
very untruthful girl.'
He had seen man go into the house
one day, and he sneaked in the back
door to see what was going on. He found
Malta and Ella talking to two men in the
parlor. Ella was saying: 81 don't know
whether he is my father or not; any way
1 amt afraid of him." Malta said, "Oh,
wouldn't he fix me if he caught us talk
ing here with you He don't want me
to have anything to do with poor men.
He calls them trash. He wants me to
marry a rich mans son, like Boyle
Workman"
After several stories about Malia's ex-
perience with Charley Foster, the son of
the President Of the cable line, and other
men, Garrett arrived at Malia's meeting
with Edgcomb. That gentleman's in
PRODUCTION to his daughter, the latter's
seduction and Edgcomb's arrest were
all detailed. Garrett said he wanted to
kill Edgcomb, but he "went up to the
Hot Springs aud intended to act when
he got back" Malta wanted to lure
Edgcomb to the house and then kill
him, he said, "aud 1 thought that good
scheme" Edgcomb was not killed,
however, but arrested, after conferences
with many of his friends; and at this
point the testimony closed for the day.
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