The herald., 1893-08-04
Miss George Cummings Identi-
fies Him in Court.
Graphic Description of a Most Cruel
and Brutal Assault.
Tho Coll Being Tightcned About the
Defendant in Judge Smiths
Court - CorroberAtivo
Testimony.

gun in Judge Smiths court yesterday
morning.
Nearly all the morning was occupied
in the selection OF jury. The prcsecu-
tion is being conducted by Assistant
District Attorney Dupuy and John W.
Mitchell, and the defense by w. II.
Young and Chss. T. Howland.
When the taking OF testimony began
spectators were excluded from the court
room, the newspaper reporters being
allowed to remain.
Miss Cummings is an unusually pref
ty-faced. modest young lady and while
she evidently suffered in detailing the
circumstances OF the assault, was very
direct and straightforward in all her
statements.
The case was simpli6ed to consider
able extent by the defense admitting
that an assault had been committed on
Miss Cummings as she related, but that
che was mistaken in her iden tilication
OF the defendant az the perpetrator.
1t was also plain to be seen that the
defense would attempt to prove an slibi,
and claim that Farbar was not in the
: city on December Goth, the day OF the
crime.
Mics Cummings was asked first about
her residence in the western part of the
city off from the Temple street cable
line, and described the localities adja-
cent thereto. Her attention was par
ticularly directed to the gum grove at
the side OF the road she took to her
home that evening, and how the road
curved at that point 30 that people can
not see each other until they are quite
close.
81 saw man, she said, standing by
the wire fence, about half way between
Court and Temple streets, when went
to the Temple-street Car line. Nothing
occurred then. then went on and
boarded car and went to grocery at
the corner Of Temple street and Union
avenue, where bought my goods, and
started home with roll of butter and
some tea. l stayed there about Is
minutes before started on my return.
got off tho car at the College road.
started up the College road. About half
way up the road towards Court street
met q man and he asked me il l was
No. and passed on. / soon heard
the footsteps Of q man running
behind me, and commenced to run.
He overlook me, grasped me by
the throat and dragged me through
the wire fence into the gum grove on
the west OF the road. fell as soon as
he pulled me over the fence, and he
dragged me down the hill. He ran a pin
into my throat and held me and choked
me. After what seemed to me about Is
minutes, he released the hold on my
throat and endeavored to go through my
pockets.
''He said: 'Oh don't you be uneasy,
III get your money too :
"Then he tore my dress, and he ex-
posed his person. After which he tore
away my clothes. and despite my en-
treaties he partially accomplished his
purpose.
"He told me he was heavily armed
and would kill anyone who might come
II gave the alarm. He made me count
120, and while was doing 40 he went
away.
81 then made my escape, taking the
remnants of my dress with me. 1 left
that portion of my dress in the district
attorneys Office. 1t is there" Witness
pointed to the table on which was a torn
and badly rent light brown dress.
Asked to identity her assailant If he
was present. Miss Cummings pointed
with her fan towards Farber, exclaim.
ing:
'There is the man who assaulted me-"
Farber bore the ordeal nervously, and
when Miss Cummings pointed him out
his pimply face grew scarlet.
Upon croes-examination an attempt
was made to show that it was too dark
for Miss Cummings to identify her as
sa;lant. She insisted that IL was sun
down and light enough for her to thor
oughly fix in her mind the staring.
CLASSY eyes of the defendant and his
rough features.
She was tripped to slight extent as
to the color of his eyes, because she tes.
titled at the present trial that che could
not tell what color they were from her
fright, and at the preliminary examine.
tion testified that she told the chief Of
police that the color of her assailant's
eyes might have been brown.
j. S. Mailman, who lives near the
Cummings residence, testified that Far
bar worked for him over year ago, and
had not been out at his place from four /
days to week before the date of the as
Gault.
Mrs. J. s. Mailman testified to Miss
Cummings' arrival at her house after
the assault, with her clothes almost torn
off, her face badly scratched, and said it
was pitifnl sight.
Mrs. H. 9. Thomas and H. @. Thomas
testified to much the same thing. the
testimony being cut short by the defense
sgain admitting that the assault was not
denied.
0. Morris. who had known the de.
fendant for two years, said he saw him
on Olive street four days before the
assault.
Officer Walter Auble was then called.
and told how Farbar in talking with him
asserted that he was at Artesia Decem.
Der 10th, working for Mr.. Purdy, Mr..
Pierce and others.
The witness then described how he
went to Artesia, saw these men. and they
remembered Farbar being there, but It
was in March, several months after the
date of the crime.
When Auble got back Farbar then told
him he had made mistake, that it was
Riverside whore he was December goth,
working for Mr.. Darling, a rich orch.
ardist.
When Officer Auble finished, the Ar
tesla men and Mr.. Darling of Riverside
corroborated his statements.
Mr.. Darling said Farbar came to his.
place to work January 1lth. 1t was
December 29th whec the assault was
made. ~TfE
But the most suggestive incident Of |