Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-20
Q.-Are there not criminal proceed

Ayes, there are criminal proceed
ings pending against me in the Superior
Court of this county. Witness shown |
four indictments. / believe these are
the cases pending against me. These
indictments were filed June IA and 2S,
1889 have had conversation with |
the District Attorney since l left the
county Jail. 1t was in his Office. never
had an agreement with Mr.. Kelly about
the reduction OF bail. asked him,
inasmuch as others were getting their
balls reduced, If mine could not be re-
duced. left the matter with my attor-
ney and Mr.. Kelly. | was not present
in court when my bail was reduced.
Q.-Have you conversed with any one
about the case?
Al never had any conversation in
regard to this case with Mr.. Hardesty in
the District Attorneys office. ! have
had three conversations with Mr.. Nc
Comas in regard to this case. One con.
versation was not taken down by short
hand reporter. / made a statement be-
lore leaving the mountains, reduced to
| writing, which is in the hands of the
District Attorney, but decline to give
it here.
holly-i aAVo bu6b 5bhtClhOAe
locked up in my safe.
Mr.. White-We would like to have
that statement.
MIR. Kelly-I will get it for you when
you want it.
either in the county Jail or any other
place which was taken down by lady
employed in the District Attorneys Of
fee relative to what should testify to.
At this point Mr.. White asked that Mr..
Kelly produce the statement referred to
above.
| Mr.. Kelly stated to the court that the
statement did not pertain to the case at
issue, but that he would submit it to the
court to decide. This appeared to be
satisfactory.
Q.-Has not the District Attorney
agreed with YOU to continue these cases ?
40. G. Stephens is my attorney,
and l do not know upon what grounds
they were continued, 80 far as 1 am con-
cerned there had been no agreements
entered into.
Odd you not tell Mr.. Appel that
you were glad that you had attended the
trial of Carl Browne. and had listened to
the testimony of H. H. Boyce, for by do
ing so you had learned how to conduct
yourself upon the witness stand, that
Boyce only gave his impressions.
A.-If he says 80 l guess it must be
30.
Q.-Had you conversation with Mr..
Appel in 1889, just alter the grand jury
was impaneled, as to this warrant for
So, 800?
Al do not remember.
n fnN hn
WAS gone?
Al may have done SO.
Odd you not tell him that warrant
had been destroyed?
Al never said 80.
Odd you then say you had an idea
who drew that warrant?
Al never said 30.
Q-Do you remember that Appel said
81 do too," and you asked him "who ?"
and he eaid "tell me first, 80 that can
see if we agree on the same person ?"
A.-ThRt must all be in his mind. do
not remember it.
Odd you not say it was Aaron
Smith?
Al did not.
Q-Do you remember asking Appel
| if he would not speak to the supervisors
/
because he was injuring you?
A.-No, sir.
O-Do you remember when Montafio
was in jail?
Al remember he was in Jail twice.
Q.-Do you remember the second time
he was in Jail, one Sunday afternoon,
when you were sitting there reading a
paper, when Montsfio and Mrs. Mon
tafio, Mr.. Appel and Mr.. Seville we're
| there, when Appel went over to get some
| water you followed him and slipped a
piece of paper torn off from the margin
of the journal you were reading, into
Appel's hand?
A.-Yes.
Q-Do you remember what was writ
ten on that?
| A.-No cir.
This slip OF paper was shown the wit
ness, and he identified it. Mr.. White
sought to put it in evidence, but the
court would not allow it. It transpired
that the writing was of such a nature as
to tend to lay the fraudulent warrants to
Aaron Smith. 1t asked the question,
''Does the Auditor allow Aaron Smith to
sign his name to warrants?"
| In answer to scme pointed questions
as to conversations with Mr.. Appel, the
witness said he desired to make general
statement, which was to this effect: All
this time Appel has been following me
around. He has pretended to be nv
friend he has tried to induce me to talk
about this case, and has aeked me to 60
to bis Office to be interviewed. have
told him had no objections to holding
an interview with him, but that it muse
be in the presence of others. In all
these conversations pointed at by these
questions the talking was by him, and
said very little. l may have said to him
that had no i'll will towards Monta.o,
and that was his friend. l probably
did cay that.
| Odd you in June, 1888, in front of
Fred Linde's place, in Temple block
meet Appel and ask him how to epell
Mr.. Delereaux's name?
| A.-No.
| Q-Do you not remember, after the
death of Charles Dominguez, meeting
Mr.. Appel, when he asked you if you had
learned how to spell the name?
Al do not.
| Odd you know Mr.. Delereaux?
Ayes. l had some business with
him.
Odd you introduce him to Mon
taflo?
Al did not need to do so. Mr..
Mofltsno knew him.
Odd you introduce him to Mr.. VAL
encia when you did some business about