Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-16

There was not much progress made
yesterday in the examination of Ben
Hunsaker for embezzlement. The case
was not resumed until O'Clock in the
afternoon, by which time Justice
OWENS court room was jammed with
people who wanted to catch glimpse of
Benny" and the countess.
City Clerk Teed was first called and
testified regarding the issuance of a
license to 0. W. Hunsaker, who secured
a transfer of the old Carlton saloon H.
cense from J H. Kennedy. That was
about September 1st.
Lulu Martell, the damsel on whom it
is alleged he "blew in" the "countess's"
ducats, was placed on the stand'
She testified that she resided in San
Bernardino at the present time. In
September she lived in this city. She
stated she had known Benny less than
two months, having met him six or
seven weeks ago in the saloon, meaning
The st. Julian.
manned in the saloon the night she and
there any other night.
The court sustained an objection to
the question.
She was then asked whether Hun
saker rad not spent a great deal OF
money on her, but the question was also
ruled out.
Lulu admitted that Benny gave her
SIS one night to rent a piano for her
own room. He gave her the money be-
cause she is musical. Witness went to
San Bernardino after he was arrested.
but she did not remember of getting
any more money from him. At one
time, when she came up from San Ber-
nardino, she loaned Benny 500 or $25,
but she was intoxicated, and don't re-
member whether he ever paid the
money back.
Mr.. Davis-Did you ever go to the
st. Julian saloon and demand certain
sum of money from Benny, and draw
revolver on him?
Mr.. Stephens--We object.
The objection was sustained, but the
court put another question, as to
whether she ever went to the saloon
with pistol.
Witness-Yes. / was out drinking
all the afternoon, and was intoxicated.
| don't remember whether he gave me
any money at that time. lcs
Mr.. Davis-Did not Benny induce
you to go to San Bernardino so that you
would not be witness in this case, and
pay all your expenses?
Witness-No, sir. paid all my own
expenses.
Mr.. Davis-Did you not say to Deputy
Sheriff Brown of San Bernardino that
Benny gave you money and presents,
and sent you to that city to keep from
testifying in this case?
Witness-No sir. 1 said
Mr.. Stephens-We object on the
grounds that the persons present at that
time are not named.
The Court-Objection overruled.
Witness-There was another woman,
and Mr.. Brown and another man. |
may have had such conversation, but we
were all intoxicated except Mr.. Brown.
| gave Mr.. Brown a note and asked him
to call at the Los Angeles county Jail for
Benny.
Mr. Davis-Did you not say that the
note would prove to Benny that you
were still in San Bernardino?
Witness-No, sir.
Mr.. Davis-Did you not come up here
before this time and demand money
from Benny, or his agent, and threaten
not to go back unless you got it, and did
you not get it?
Witness-No, sir.
Mr.. Davis-Have you been in consul
tation with Judge Hunsaker or Benny
or their attorney since you came up
this time?
Witness-I saw them, but nothing
was said.
Mr.. Stephens then asked to make the
witness their witness, and asked if she
knew the Countess.
She replied that she had met her in
the saloon and saw her several times,
but did not know whether she was in
toxicated or not. When witness let
Benny have the $40, it was her inten-
ton to pay back the SIS for the piano.
| Once the countess watched witness
and looked over in her room on chair
to see what she was doing, and wanted
to know who she was.
On cross-examination by the prosecu-
ton, witness stated that she drew the
pistol the second time she came up from
San Bernardino. 1t was at that time
that she saw the countess and
snapped the pistol. She did not know
why she drew the pistol. She must
have been out OF her head. There was
no one in the room with her at the
time. Witness and the COUNTIES"
never spoke to each other.
Perry Wildman was the next witness
and stated that he knew the defendant
and O. w. Hunsaker. Witness was in