Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-02
EMMA CHRISTIANS BABY.
DEPUTY MARSHAL JENKINS MAKES
A STRAIGHT STATEMENT.
He Evidently is Innocent of Having
Wronged the Girl-Her Father Knew
of Her Condition.

Deputy United States Marshal Charles
jenkins returned yesterday from busi
ness trip to the north, and was inter.
viewed by HERALD reporter in regard
to the death of Emma Christian, the
young woman who died of childbirth
fever at the home of Mrs Martinez, on
Thirty-eighth street, last week.
Emma had formerly worked for Mr..
Jenkins, and it has been implied that
Mr.. Jenkins might possibly know more
of her child's parentage than had yet
been published.
Mr.. Jenkins was highly indignant
at the reflections cast upon him, and
said that particular injustice had been
done him by this girls father, who was,
he said, fully C ognizant of the facts and
perfectly informed as to his daughters
condition. Mr.. jenkins made the fol-
lowing statement, which he said he was
ready to maintain, if necessary, under
oath:
Emma Christian worked for me
about year and a half. | think it was
fully two and half or three years ago
that she first went to work for me.
About year ago she left my service and
since that time she has worked for Mr..
Webber and Mr.. De Garmo. The first
intimation that she was in delicate
condition was received from her father
about five months ago. She had left
Mr.. De Garmo's and come back to our
house. have no children and my wife
had always told Emma to make our
house her home when out of work. |
saw her father about that time and he
told me he believed from Emma's ap-
pearance that something was the mat
ter. did not believe it, because Mrs.
Jenkins and l understood from Emma
than she was being treated for the
dropsy. did not see Emma from that
time till about the first of January, when
she came to the marshals Office
and called me out. Deputies
Marsh and Flint were in the
Office at the time. She then told me
that her father had put her out of the
house and refused to have anything to
with her, but had promised not to tell
her mother what was wrong with her.
She told her father that Mrs. Jenkins
had told her that she could come to her
house any time she was out of work and
that she would see Mr.. jenkins and try
to get position out at Azusa, and her
father promised to tell her mother that
was where she was working. | did go to
Azuss and tried to get position for her,
but could not find one.
''On the Sth of January saw her and
she told me to get her some place to
stay, and knowing old Mrs. Martinez, l
sent her there. Emma told me she had
$40 at that time.
81 saw her two or three times after
she went there, and delivered two let
ters, written ostensibly from Azusa.
She did this because she said she did
not want either her mother or Mrs.
Jenkins to know her condition. She
promised me that as soon as the baby
was born she would tell me who Sc
duced her, and | promised to try and
make him marry her or make amends.
81 am sorry her death prevented this.
All the time since the 9th of January
her father knew of her condition, and
admitted so to me; in fact, as l have
stated, suspected it five months age. [
suspect no particular person, but will
make every effort to find out who the man
was who seduced her. Emma, as far as
l myself knew, always behaved herself,
and had no lovers, and was always
home at night. She would sometimes
leave, however, and be gone two or
three days, but always said she had
been home"