Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-13
A WANT OF EVIDENCE.
WHY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY MS
MISSED A MURDER CASE.
The End of the QuartarilIo Murder
Charge Yesterday-Other Gases
Which Were Never Tried.

The district attorney aud his large
corps of assistants must be doing an i'm
mense amount of business of the most
infinite Importance to the public veal,
when they will allow man charged
with murder to walk out of court with
out trial.
Yet, this is just what happened in
Judge Smiths branch OF the superior
court yesterday. In the case of the
people against ID. Quartarillo, who was
arrested some time ago, charged with
the murder of fellow Mexican in the
eastern suburbs of the city. In the pre-
liminary hearing before Justice STAN
ton. there were swarm of wit
nesses present, and the burden of
their testimony conclusively showed
that Quartorillo was the guilty party.
In court yesterday, ON motion of the
counsel for the defense, the cause was
dismissed for the reason that Quartorillo
had not been brought to trial in the
time prescribed by the statute, to witt
sixty days. In answer to this motion
the district attorney had nothing to
offer save that he had been unable to
find sufficient witnesses to successfully
prosecute the case. 1t is well known
fact that there were plenty of witnesses
present at the preliminary hear
ing, and the question which now
naturally arises is, why was
the case not pressed to a speedy
trial, and why did not the district attor-
ney keep track of the witnesses, and if
they were not people of settled abodes
and responsibility to take the necessary
precautions to ensure their attendance
at court.
The alleged murderer, Quartorillo,
did not 60 out of Jail alone yesterday.
On motion of the district attorney, the
case of the People VS.. William Frick,
charged with assault, was dismissed,
and Frick was discharged on the ground
that there was not sufficient evidence to
convict.
On June 1st, Cora Belheimer, the 4
woman who was arrested, charged with
felony in attempting to entice young
Santa Monica girl away from her home
for purposes of prostitution, was dis
missed on motion of the district attor-
ney for want of sufficient evidence.
On May 10th, Ben Holmes, charged
with burglary, was discharged on mo-
tion of the district attorney for want of
sufficient evidence.
On May 10Th the case OF the Pe0pleys.
Samuel j. Fleming, a case familiar to
the public, was, on motion of the Dis
trict attorney, dismissed "for want Of
sufficient evidence"
On May 9TH Charles Walters, charged
with grand larceny, was dismissed on
motion of the district attorney ''for
want of sufficient evidence"
On April Goth the case of the People
against Charles Korn was on motion of
the district attorney dismissed for
want of sufficient evidence"
The above cases are of comparatively
recent date on the minutes of depart
ment one.
In department five, on the 1st
of July, the case of the People
against George Carpenter, charged with
burglary, against whom a strong case
was made out before Justice Owens, was,
on motion of the district attorney, dis
missed for want of sufficient evidence"
There are lots more dismissals in the
other departments Of the superior court,
which will be submitted in the near flu
ture as they are tabuiated,