The herald., 1894-09-13

been in a penitentiary, but had been ar
rested In humboldt county on a charge
OF aiding his brother. who was accused oil
murder, to escape from the county Jail.
He was arrested and put in Jail, but after
an examination was acquitted.
The counsel for the defence had
stopped when they had asked the wit
mesa ii he had ever been incarcerated,
but Judge Ross took hand and allow wed
| Mr.. Bosqui to make the explanation re-
ferred TO.
Officer j. G. Goodman was sworn and
testified: II have lived in Los Angeles
since 1886 and have been police officer
for five and half years. l saw Plat
and Harris at the police station. They
were with Sergeant Gus Smith, Officer
Benson and Officer Bosqui. They were
taken into the detectives room. ] saw
Smith take out q paper from Mr.. Har-
| ris's sleeve-a check.
The COURTROOM where, did you say
Mr.. Goodman-From his sleeve.
Mr.. Denis-What else did you do?
Mr.. Goodman-I asked Harris what
was the trouble, and he said nothing.
Platt and Harris were put in the cells.
Either Benson or Bosqui told me to re-
search Harris. started to do so and
he grabbed out memorandum book,
tore out page and began chewing it.
told him to stop that. | put my
hand ON his chin and throat and told
him to give me that paper, and he took
it out of his mouth.
When had il in my hand l said
"Whst is THE ?" He replied: "Only
memorandum OF an address for papers
to be sent to Wells-Fargo."
7 ha -
in a low voice Throw il away" and I
said "All right" and made a motion,
but kept it.
w. T. Harris, former partner of @. D.
Platt in the jewelry business, testified
that he had known him ever since he
had lived in Los Angeles. He had been
associated in business with him, and
said he was acquainted with Platt's
handwriting, not as an expert, but from
having seen him write many times. An
anonymous letter to Mr.. Crandall was
shown to the witness and he said that
in his opinion it was written by Mr..
Platt, as we'll as the address on the en-
veiope. This ia the letter received by
Mr.. Crandall few days before he ar
ranged with the chief of police for the
trap for Plett and Harris. Tie note
was as follows:
E. r. Crandall, esq. Roeder Building, Main,
Bet neen Second and Third streets.
DEAR SIR Go and see Emil Harris
at once. IL is to your interest to do so.
A LADY FRIEND.
May 10. 1894.
Mr.. W. t. Harris. under further ques-
tions by Mr.. Denis, gave some very
damaging testimony against the de.
PENDANTS.
During our partnership" he said
(which was between March, 1892, and
December, 1898, / had conversation with
Plat about Crsndsll. He asked me If
knew Crandall, and told him l had
only business acquaintance with him.
Other matters were asked bringing in
other names. ] don't know whether it
would be proper for me to mention them
or not"--
The court, drily-You need not.
well. continued the witness, "Bome
time last fall Plat asked me again if l
knew OrandalI we'll. | told him I did
not. He asked me il had seen him at
such and such place. l told MIN had
not.
HE then asked me il l knew him we'll
enough to make proposition to him.
told him it depended on what it was.
He then said Emil Harris had some
if | would see Crandalf and adhin arm
what he would give to have it not pubs
lished. He said | could get $4,000 from
him, $1,000 for him and $1,000 for me. l
asked him what about Harrie. He said
he wouldn't be in it. [ told him l not
only would not do anything OF the kind.
but would warn Crandall, which l after
wards did,"
The witness then related CONVERSE
ton he had with Emil Harris, about
the middle of last March. He told him
of Platt's conversation, and Harris de-
MED that there was any truth in 1t, and
that he would have nothing to do with
any such scheme.
At the afternoon session, after brief
cross examination of w. L. Harris, In
spector Flint WAS recalled and said the
stamp Cancelled on the envelope OF the
anonymous letter showed it had passed
through the main Office.
Sergeant Gus Smith was then sworn
and related what he heard of the con-
VIBRATIONS between Crandall and Plat
and Crandsli and Platt and Harris. He
did not hear it all. but his testimony
was corroborative of the main facts testi-
| fed to by the other witnesses.
| After Platt and Harris had left the
room he accosted them and asked them
to accompany him to the police station.
| When they arrived he saw Harris put
his left hand in his breast pocket, take
something from it and drop it in his
right hand and put it up his sleeve. He
grabbed Harris and took the paper from
his sleeve. 1t was check for 500 on
the First National bank, payable to
Emil Harris and signed by E. E. Gran
dali.
Mr.. Crandall was recalled and testified
that the words he wrote on the Harris
memorandum book were "Send all
written matter, cuts. ETC., you possess
to f. f. c.. L. A.. CAL, by W. F. Elk,
Co."
at this point the government rested
and the defense began. Several char
acter witnesses were frat introduced al
to the reputation of Emil Harris fol
truth, honesty and integrity. William
J. Brodrick. ex-Sheriff William R. Row
land, ex.Sheriff James Burns, FREQ
Hardness and ex Chief Of Police j. X
Skinner testified that it was good.
Then exSheriff Burns, ex-Chief o
Police P. NJ. Darcy, DR.. John E. CLARK
and VIM. b. Mccullough, formerly o
Humboldt county; ex-Oficer Rober
D Martin, Charles A. Bell and Robert l
Coutts testified that Officer Bosqup
. reputation for truth, honesty and Integ