The herald., 1896-12-18
Secret OF a Preachers Wonder
full Capacity
A USEFUL LITTLE SATChEL
An Astonishing Discrepancy In the Wis.
iting Dates
A Parkhurst Trial That Was Unique in
Many articulars-Promised Sen
sations Fail to Materialize.


to Rev. DR.. c. C. Mclean and other
members of the Parkhurst society's COM
mittee of spoilers was notable more
for the forensic efforts of the attorneys
than for the spiciness of the evidence
given. The crowd that literally packed
Police Justice Morrison's courtroom all
Of yesterday was disappointed in the lack
of salacous details expected, but was
RECALLED with some extremely highly ma
vored roasting of the prosecuting VIII
nesses by the attorney for the defense.
In the audience there were many we'll
known citizens, who have not frequently,
if ever. been in a police court before,
but the small leaven of respectaollity
was not enough to leaven the great
lump of the other kind of humanity that
befouled the atmosphere of the room.
At the opening of court Justice Nor
rison announced that he had decided
not to order Rev. DR.. Mclean to bring
into court the notes he had made during
his various visits of investigation. Then
ATTORNEY Rush for the defense demanded
a subpoena for j. r. Ross, who had, the
day before testified for the prosecution.
and some time was lost in waiting for
the trial was really resumed, and at that
liour Rev. DR.. Mclean was called to the
stard by the defense In reply to the
questions of counsel, the witness said
that he was member of the Parkhurst
society or league. He is not an officer
in the society, but is chairman of
committee. There is no permanent Sec
rotary, each secretary of a meeting be-
ing elected pro TEN. The money used
thus far in securing evidence has been
supplied by witness, but he expects to
get it back from the society. All the
money thus far used has been contri-
buted by members of the society in the
way of membership dues. He believes
that all members of the society are cit
izens of Los Angeles.
do you remember the last place you
visited before you went to Nine. Van's?'
asked counsel.
Yes sir; l visited Jennie Mead's,'
answered the witness.
Have any drinks there?'
"Yes, sir
How many bottles of beer-that it,
how many rounds
only one that remember"
"Were any of these other men with
you them
Il could not answer that"
What place did you visit before Jen-
ME Mead's?'
Rose Mitchell's.''
Where before that?"
AT Pearl Mortin's''
How many drinks did you have
there?"
II think we ordered twice.
Were the same companions with
you?'
"Substa rtially the same"
Where did you go before Mitchells?"
Florence Laddys."
How many drinks there?'
One"
Where were you before you went to
Florence Laddy's?"
athletic club
Have any drinks there?"
mo, SIR
While the attorney was making a cat
alogue of these places the witness re-
membered that the party had also
dropped into Ethel Wilson's after hav-
ing visited Florence Laddy's.
Did you go home directly after leav
ing Nine Van's?'
No l believe not. We reached home
about o'clock
DO you remember whether you were
afoot or horseback"
II walked home"
Have company homer"
Yes, my companions were with me"
Witness said the committee had di-
vided several times that evening, and in
reply to a question said he had visited
the Van house only two times.
Rev. Dr. Mclean was then cross eX-
amined by Frank j. Thomas. attorney
for the prosecution, who said
Doctor, in testifying as to the various
places you visited you spoke Of the num-
Der of rounds What do you mean by
that?"
"The number of times we ordered
beer
"Did you order anything but beer?"
Il don't remember"
How many glasses of beer did you
drink altogether"
mot over two glasses the whole night.
1 just took enough to satisfy myself
did you have satchel with you on
those visits?'
"Yes, sir
What were it's contents?"
THE satchel is here-it contained a
tin can and sponge"
At this juncture the satchel was pro
removed half gallon lard bucket, fat
tened, and in it large coarse sponge
such as Is commonly used for washing
buggies.
MY object in carrying this satchel,'
said Rev. DR.. Mclean, was to use 1t in
places where / had no convenient way
of disposing of the beer in my glass.
When there was no spittoon handy |
would open my satchel and pour the beer
into the bucket and sponge"
By Mr.. Rush: Did the other men,
bers of the committee carry valises with
cans and sponge?"
mo, SIR
Did you empty any beer into your can
at this place?"-meaning Madam Vans
mo, SIR"
"And yet you took more drinks here
than at any other place. Isn't it a mat
ter of fact that the more places you Wis
tied the less use you had for sponge ?"
After Little sparring between the wit
ness and Attorney Rush over the use of
the word rounds" the witness was ex-
cused.
Attorney for the defense then moved
that the case be dismissed, as there had
been no evidence given to show tina
the defendant had sold any LIQUOR, knew
of any such sale or had any authority
over the colored woman who had served
the beer. Another point was that the
complaint charged the defendant with
carrying on the business" of retail
liquor dealer, when the language of the
ordinance is the Occupation of a re-
tail liquor dealer. The attorney In his
usual eloquent manner undertook to
show that no evidence had been giveIi TO
prove that this place was not a priva te
dwelling house, and the visitors had not
simply been treated as guests
The melton was overruled, but before
court adjourned at noon Attorney Rush