Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-25
HENRY'S WARRANTS.
INTERESTING TESTIMONY GIVEN
AT THE EDELMAN TRIAL.
The Theory Advanced About Ex Deputy
Auditor Lauterio-Warrants Drawn in
the Names of Men Who Never Saw
Them. a7

In department one OF the superior
court yesterday morning the trial OF
Henry Edelman, formerly clerk of that
court, charged with having presented a
fraudulent demand to the county treas
urer, was resumed before Judge B. N.
Smith and a jury.
The cross-examination of ex-County
Clerk G. H. Dunsmoor consumed the
greater part of the morning session. He
was followed by G. w. Blake, who was
until recently clerk OF the board of
supervisors. The last witness, in addi-
tion to going over the same technical
ground rs the preceding witness, ex-
planned in detail the process through
which a jurors claim went through the
county offices.
The witness Blake was cross-examined
for about two hours during the afternoon
session. and Deputy County Clerk E. G..
Wood was put upon the stand, but was
not called upon to testify.
Ex-Deputy County Auditor Frank
Lauterio was then called, and briefly
testified that he had given the traudu-
lent warrant for $54, in favor Of F. A.
Bliss, to the defendant at his request.
On cross-examination the defense at
tempted to show that the witness was
biased and prejudiced, by extracting
from him the admission that he was un-
der indictment for forgery and had been
fugitive from Justice. The court, how
ever, interfered on the witness's behalf !;
when Mr.. White addressed the court,
and stated that he expected to show by
the witness that he himself issued the
warrant, and was the interested party !;
but the court took the matter under ad-
visement, and Lauterio was excused un-
til today, when his cross-examination
will be resumed.
County Treasurer Jabez Banbury was
the next witness. He testified t0 hav-
ing paid the Bliss warrant to L. B.
Cohn in his Office, and to having seen
that gentleman endorse it, "F. A. Bliss,
per L. B. Cohn." "a
L. B. Cohn, the pawnbroker, was then
called to the stand and proved most
unwilling witness for the prosecution.
He identified the Bliss warrant from
the fact that his name was endorsed on
the back of it, but he could not remenn-
ber from whom he got it. He secured'a
! good many county warrants, probably
forty or fifty from different parties.
Some he had received from the defend
ant, D. Kevane, A. A. Montafio and F.
Lauterio. Whoever it was, from whom
he received it, authorized him to sign
! membered getting it in his store. and
remember for whom he caehed it. Next
day he cashed it with others at the
county treasurer's Office. He denied
that he ever admitted that he received
the Bliss warrants from Edelman. The
witness was not cross examined.
f. A. Bliss, the next witness, swore
that he did not serve as term trial
juror in department one during the
month of January, and never saw the
warrant shown until it was produced in
the grand jury room. He did not re-
ceive any cash for it, never presented it,
nor authorized L. B. Cohn, nor anyone
else, to sign his name to it.
| On cross-examination he admitted
that in October, November and Decem-
ber, 1888, he served as Juror, and re-
ceived pay for his services, the warrant
being given to him by Frank Lauterio
| in the auditors Office, when he called
for it.
| G. Seaver stated that he had resided
in Pomona for the past eight years, and
had never served as juror in any ca
pacity during that time. Hewas shown
a warrant dated May 9th, 1889, in his
name, and endorsed 20. Seaver, per L.
B. Cohn." He denied its authenticity
as emphatically as the witness preced'
ing him had done.
At the close OF Seaver's testimony
court adjourned for the day, and the
case will be resumed at 10 O'Clock this
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