Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-21
When He Was Testifying Yes
terday in Court.
Justice of the Peace Lockwood and
His Dear Friend.
The Testimony Yesterday in the Lock-
wood Case-E. T. Wright Tells
What He Knows-Jim the
Penman on the Stand.

Justice-of-the-Peace Lockwood's trial,
on the charge of having harbored Dam
ron while he was fugitive from justice,
was resumed yesterday in department
one.
f. 7. Wright was on the stand in the
Lockwood to the district attorneys Of
flee, where an effort was made to 'hush
up'' the forgery matter. At that time
Lockwood stated that his signature on
the Wright note was forgery, and his
pleadings were for Damron, whom he
called his dear friend. The witness
concluded from Lockwood's manner,
that he was aware that his (Wright's)
signature was the work of forger. This
took place several days before Damron s
arrest.
Police Court Clerk Joseph T. Cham
bers, who was next called, repeated the
story of how Lockwood had admitted to
several persons in the old city hall that
he had given Damron refuge in the Red
dick block. On cross examination the
witness was not quite so sure that Lock
wood had said in the course of conver-
sation that Damron had been illegally
arrested, and that he had given him
lodgings rather than have him stay in
jail over Sunday; that Damron had no
intention of making his escape and that
Lockwood had no idea of aiding him in
escaping the just demands of the 1aw
but he was of the opinion that the de-
fendant had made such remarks.
In the afternoon Mr.. Damron was
called to the stand. AS usual the Hon
orable James was as cool and collected as
a cucumber on ice. In response to the
interrogoraties of Judge Campbell, DAM
ron said:
l know Lockwood. Between July Goth
and 23d of the same month occupied a
room in the Redick block, corner of
First and Spring streets. l was in rooms
8, 10, II and II, and think that l slept
in room II three nights and stayed there
most OF the time during the
day. On the other nights
l slept in room 8, which adjoins room
10. These rooms are on the third floor,
have doors opening in the hallway, and
are all connected by inside doors.
Numbers IL and are unfinished, but
the two others had furniture in them. 1
never slept in room TO-. l saw the de-
fendant every day while l was in the
block. went to it OF my own volition,
although the first offer had come from
Lockwood. | am not aware which of
the rooms were rented by him, and l am
sure | don't know if he had anything to
do with room II or not, although took
some furniture out OF it and placed in
room 8. During my seven days stay in
the Redick building Lockwood brought
me all the daily papers and conversed
a n
me current on the street. The witness
here told the oft told story OF his capture
by Jennings and Smith. He related
how when he first went to the Redick
block he had told Lockwood, at one
O'Clock on the Saturday morning in room
10, that he believed he would stay
there, as he could not so to the hotel,
and had received information from his
wife that the officers were after
him. He did not recollect having re-
quested the defendant not to give him
away. During his cross-examination
the witness related to the jury in a
highly artistic and dramatic manner the
way in which the police had dogged him
at the suggestion of the deputy district
attorney, before he disappeared for a
week in the Reddick block. Several
other witnesses were heard, but their
evidence was neither new nor interest
ing The case will be resumed tomor-
row at 10 o'clock.