The herald., 1896-09-23
Grijalva Alleged to Have Libeled
Certain Young Ladies
A eMODEST DAMAGE CLAIM
The Question Of . Courts Jurisdiction
Again Comes Up
San Bsffatti, the Arcadia Bar Tender, In
Very Hard Luck
TirstF He 10 on Velvet ana Then l.
Thrown into Prison-A Couple Of
Pugnacious Veterans at the
Palms-Rough Horseplay

Palms-Rough Horseplay
2, Despite the fact that the evidence
adduced yesterday in the Kingsbury
murder was Of more interest than that
given on the preceding day, the attend
ance in the court room was not SO large.
The defense opened Its case, too. and
there were several spats between coun-
sci that helped to liven things consider
able.
From now on until the case closes it
will not be devoid of interest for the
reason that there is a woman-or rather
women-in it, and so far all attempts
to uncover this feature Of the case have
failed. 1t is true that the Misses Van
Ness, who are among the most estima-
BILE people of Compton's young ladies,
are not directly connected with the case,
but inasmuch as tits alleged that Ra-
fael Grijalva tried to besmirch their
characters that t%in itself first served
to arouse Grijalva against Kingsbury.
The pity of such case appears when,
as yesterday. the young girls Of each
household appeared to give testimony.
b
when old man Kingsbury told how his
son. after helhad shot Rafael, at once
made for home and told his father what
had happened. Then the father went into
town to find the deputy sheriff that the
latter might go and place his son under
arrest.
Altogether, the days testimony was
interesting, and as an additional factor
several of the witnesses for the pros
ecution have given testimony that
serves, to some extent to sustain the
theory of the defense that Rafael medi-
tatedan assault upon the defendant, and
that. the latter was in a more or less
chronic state OF fear.
MUTUALsRECRIMI
+ John Palmef. clerk in store, was
the first witness called, and said he had
known Rafael, for the ten yearsehe had
lived in Compton. He saw AL Kingsbury
on the morning of the Sunday when the
shooting was done. He was about one
half mile north of Compton and was
in spring wagon.
HE told me-" said the witness, che
and Rafael had had trouble, and Rafael
had threa tened to shoot him. At the
tiinc he was unarmed and had only a
p!tchfork, but that he had notion to
him somewhere down town the previous
ni.sat. and he had gone down, but he,
Rafael wasn't there He said that he
supposed, he would see him that day
somewhere and that he was ready for
him"
What did he say regarding that?"
asked Mr.. McGomas.
HE said If Rafael jumped him he'd
give him the best he had, and showed me
the pistol" ~
"And what, more?" was asked.
"Irrom what learned the trouble had
arisen in consequence of Kingsbury
having told Mrs. Van Ness, where he
was employed, something about Ra-
faers remarks regarding her girls"
Mr.. Peck adopted the familiar method
in examining this as other witnesses.
Jack, you've worked long time at
Mr.. Gcldwater's store, haven't you?"
uueried counsel. land you have grown up
with Grifalva and Kingsbury?"
Answering counsel in the affirmative
about his meeting with the defendant
on an occasion that had been referred to-:
"Al was in a spring wagon" remarked
the counsel, "and had milk cans in the
wagon and he was on the way to the
cheese factory wasn't he?"
He was working for Mrs. Van Ness.
wasn't he?" nr
ssYesn hi 4
"And Grijalva came to the field where
he was working at the time?'
v "Yes.''
. "znd Al 4 I A b pitchfQrk in his hand'"
Nov didn'tshe say that Grijalva had
reflected uponsthe Van Ness girls?"
II don't think So"
"And didn'tshe then say that Grijalva
put his hand in his hip pocket?'
II don't think So"
..AIld didn't he tell you that Grijalva
said he must come down to Santone's
saloon or he d kill him on sight?"
Eyes, he said that. He told me that he
told Rafael that he didn't want any
trouble
i ..And what did you say to that?"
Z IT said, you know what Mexicans are
3 and don't let him get the best Of you "
'And what reply die he make?'
"Iie said II he, jumped him he'd give
him the besthe'd got"
"When you spoke of watching Mexi-
cans you had in view the treacherous
character of Grijalva, hadn't your"
Objection was made to this question
and sustained.
THE OvERALLS AGAIN TROTTED
OUT.
DR.. Downs. recalled, proceeded to tes-
tify or rather repeat certain parts of his
previous evidence. He said be told Ra-
, fael he couldn't recover. after he was
carried into the house. He was bacl,
and forth to the house three of -four
times, and it was about the second time
:. that he advised Rafael that he couldn't
recover.
81, .'He asked me twice: DO you think
can pull through? between s o'clock and
$3.50"
"Did you visit him next day?" asked
Mr.. McComas.s
IT called at about s o'clock on Monday,
at Amelia Grijalva's house."
ibid he then say any thing as to what
he thought about getting well?"
HE said he was suffering great pain.
but nothing else"
Look at those pants and see IL they
are the egarments you said were blue
oyeralls?" (Pants in evidence submit
ted.)
Objection was raised by Mr. Peck, in
asmuch as the matter Of clothing had
already been gone into exhaustively,
and II opposing counsel did not see lit
to pursue that particular line with this
witness 1t the proper time that was the
fAult Of the district attorney. Nothing