Los Angeles herald., 1891-03-14
AMONG THE COURTS.
THE CRUMB-CALvERT ADULTERY
CASE ON TRIAL.
Damaging Testimony for the Prosecution.
The State Rests-Judgs Smith and At
torney Appel Again Lock dorns-Other
Court News--New Suits.

The trial OF William Crumb, the one
eyed fireman, charged with having com
mitted adultery with Mrs. Mamie Cal
vent, was resumed before Judge B. N.
Smith and jury in department one
yesterday morning at 10 O'Clock in the
presence OF large crowd of interested
spectators.
The first witness called was G. w,
Swope, an. employee OF the cable com.
pany, who testified briefly to the effect
that he knew the defendant and Mrs.
Kate Crumb, to- whom he had been in
troduced by Crumb as his wife, when
they were living together in house adj
joining that OF the witness.
Mrs. Minnie p. Bright, colored
woman, who kept lodging house on
South Spring street, testified that
on Saturday, January 18th, last,
she rented room to Mrs. Mamie Cal
vert for week, which she occupied un-
til the following Thursday. During the
time that Mrs. Calvert roomed at her
house, the witness saw the defendant
Crumb talking to her lodger in the ball
way on several occasions, but never no
ticed him in Mrs. Calvert's room.
The next witness, Mrs. Sarah M. Nor
gan, was little more communicative.
She testified that she kept lodging
house at No. 744 South Spring street,
and that the defendant Crumb engaged
room there on January 3rd, last, for a
week, paying the rent in advance. He
was accompanied by Mamie Calvert,
and they represented themselves as man
and wife. She frequently saw Crumb
about the house. In the evening the
couple would be in the room. Crumb
had violin which he played upon. The
couple seemed very happy singing,
talking and laughing together.
This was strong evidence that the
couple were on very intimate terms.
But Mrs. Bryant had stronger proofs of
their intimacy. She actually saw them
occupying the same bed. This incident
came to the lady's notice by accident.
She happened to be out on the balcony
attending to some work, when she
looked into the room occupied by Crumb
and the Calvert woman.
One day letter came to the house ad-
dressed to some one Mrs. Morgan did not
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unknown to her and she had neglected
to ask their names. She took the letter
up to their room. Mrs. Calvert answered.
the tap at the door. Crumb was in the
room, too. The former stepped into the
hall and told Mrs. Morgan that they had
run away; that they were married, but
did not care to be exposed. Mrs. Nor
gan told her that the step was a foolish
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it had been taken. She said she would
upon some other occasion give details of
what looked like a romantic episode.
woman divulged her tale of love.
In the course of Mrs. Morgan's exam
ination the prosecution asked her as to
the amount OF baggage Crumb and his
"wife" had at her house. Mrs. Morgan
thought for moment and replied that
all the baggage che saw was a pistol and
- a pair of stockings. The former belonged
to Crumb and the latter to the woman.
The witness was subjected to very
severe cross-examination, the defense
attempting to show by her that owing
to the location of the bed with relation
to the window, and to the thickness of
the curtains inside the room, it was an
impossibility for her to have seen
whether or not the defendant was in
bed. Mrs. Morgan was at times little
uncertain, but in the main she came
through the trying ordeal with flying
colors and stoutly maintained that she
had not only seen the faces OF the occu-
pants OF the bed, but could distinguish
them from her position in the hallway.
At the close of Mrs. Morgan's testimony
a recess was taken until 2 O'Clock D. m.
On reconvening after lunch Mrs. Il.
M. Brown, OF Santa Monica, was called
to the stand. She testified that she
knew the defendant Crumb, and saw
him at the fremen's ball at Santa Mon
lea on the night of December 31st last.
Mrs. Calvert, whom she knew slightly,
was also there on that occasion. Clumb
rented room at her house that night ;
but Mrs. Calvert did not visit him, nor
had she ever seen them together.
George A. Crumb, brother OF the de-
fendant, proved rather unwilling wit
ness for the prosecution. He testified
that before the defendant came to Cali
fornia he and the witness had lived with
their father at Detroit. Dickinson coun-
ty, Kansas. He knew Kate Swanson
back there in 1878, as she lived near his
fathers house. He did not know
whether or not his brother and Kate
Swanson were married, nor had he
ever heard his brother address her as
his wife. He admitted, however, that
his brother had taken her to his fathers
house, and that she was generally
spoken OF as his wife. He did not know
whether his brother had any children
or not, but he admitted that he knew
that three children had been born to
Kate Crumb.
Harry Richmond, member OF the
fire department, testified that he lived
near Crumb, some time ago, on East
Seventh street, and that he also knew
Mrs. Calvert by sight. In the latter
part OF November last he saw them both
at dance on Seventh street. Crumb
was playing violin in the orchestra
during the evening. Just before the
party broke up and as some of the guests
were dispensing, the witness heard some
of Crumbs friends ask him to accom-
pany them, but the defendant refused,
saying that he wanted to stay and get
Calvert, who was also present, drunk,
$50 that he could get away with his
wife,"
The witness, who was very closely
cross-examined, admitted that most OF
the guests at the party had been drink
ing pretty freely, and that Crumb was
slightly intoxicated. He denied en-
phatically that he had ever told Ralph