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him that he was tired OF life. and would
commit suicide.

SOMETHING WRONG HERE"
At this point Detective Hawley pre-
cipitated crisis by coming out point
blank and telling German plainly of the
suspicious aroused against him. Ad-
| dressing him he said: Look here! Your
story shows that you and Gassen had
fight and that you put him out of
your room. After this you left your own
! room and went into his, finding him
bleeding at the ear. whereupon you took
| your own handkerchief and wiped away
| the blood. You were excited, you say,
| for no apparent reason, as you had
done nothing to him nor ne to you, yet
when you got through with that hand
kerchief you take 1t into your own room.
| and put it into the pocket of Charley's
| coat / must tell you, young man, that
there is something wrong here, and that
| 1t would be better for you to come out
| and tell the whole truth"
| German did not finch at this direct
accusation. but shrugged his shoulders
and said well then. won't say an
other word. / have told you everything
| that know, aud you won't believe me-"
| This about finished the examination of
the witness and he was told to stand
aside, being given a scat under the eye
| OF the officers, where he sat for the rest
| of the examination.
DEAD, NOT SLEEPING.
| Joseph Johnson, a young fellow who
| has been employed about the lodging
| house, said that Gassen came up stairs
| about II o'clock. stayed for perhaps an
! hour, then went away and did not come
| back until after / p. m. He was sent
| down stairs for some beer, which he
got, and it was drank by Mrs. Arbuckle.
| Gassen, German and himself Gassen
| seemed in good spirits, and talked, joked
and laughed for time. finally getting
up and going out onto the back porch.
| Johnson went out there few minutes
later and found Charley standing moody
and detected looking. He aslssd Gassen
If he was aick, receiving a negative re-
| ply, but a. little later he came in. and
| going into the room lay on his bed II
and the others remained in Germans
room, and were after time attracted
| by the snoring of GaYsen. He went in
and spoke to him, getting a sleepy reply.
and in a short time Gassen was snoring
| louder than ever.
Mrs. Arbuckle told him to go in and
wake Charley up, which he tried to do,
| by hitting him over the head with a
pillow. Gassen was lying on his side
with his face buried In the bed clothing
and could not be aroused He shook the
sleeping man and rolled him over onto
| his back, being startled by the appear
ance of his face, which was almost black.
/ he fhOlllltu tnt OluCTc lDdl SudIity W dS
| very sick and Immediately telephoned
| for doctor. but could not get one.
| Then he ran to the elder Gassen's shop
| at Third and Spring streets, telling the
father that his son was dying. and was
| by him sent off for another physician,
whom he failed to find in, his office. Co
| ing to a drug store he had calls sent for
several different doctors. but could reach
| rcne of them, and finally went back to
| the lodging house. only to find that the
police had meanwhile been notified and
| had removed the patient to the receivir g
| hospital. Witness was also at a loss
| to account for the cut on Gassen's ear
and did not know how or when it was in
ficted. He had seen the injury about
| II o'clock in the morning, but at that
time it was not bleeding and appeared
| to be all right.
ARBUCKLE'S TESTIMONY
George w. Arbuckle. whose wife runs
| the lodging house, was the next witness.
| He was lifelong friend of deceased and
| frequently saw him. On Tuesday night
Gassen had slept with him, or at least
| when he woke up about $3.50 on We'd
nesday morning he found Charley lying
| across the foot of his bed, fully dressed.
| Arbuckle got up, dressed and went to his
saloon to open up. but was feeling sick,
| and at 8 o'clock came back and went to
| bed again. He found Gassen still there
and woke him up. At that time there
were no marks about his body and he
| appeared perfectly sober Arbuckle
went to sleep and Gassen went away,
but was in the room again about o'clock
| or little before, and bade Arbuckle
| goodbye, saying that he was going away,
kissing him and asserting that he would
| not see him any more. To this little
attention was paid, as Arbuckle thought
the man drunk. Gassen went away
and next showed up in the lodging house,
where he was seized with his fatal ILL
ness.
Witness said he knew German well,
also. The latter was sickly fellow,
who would hurt nobody. 1t was his
| opinion that he was mentally weak, and
he knew of several doctors who had said
that something ought to be done for
German, as his mind was going. He
knew that German had been sick for a
long time. and had neglected himself,
refusing to accept medical treatment
| The final scrap of evidence against the
suspect was furnished by John H. Wat
| son, one of the proprietors of the saloon
under the lodging house, who eaid that
| Gassen had been in his place for twenty
minutes just before IL o'clock. and was
/ sober, showing no signs of injury. He
| gave deceased a drink of whisky, after
which Gassen went out, and he never
| saw him again.
THE VERDICT
With this the testimony closed, and
the jury deliberated for nearly an hour
| finally returning the following verdict.
I'VE find that the deceased, Charles
| M. Gassen, came to his death on the 18th
day Of March, 1897, by hemorrhage Of the
brain, caused by blow on the right ear
received in the rooms S and 6 at No. 139H
South Los Angeles street, and we, the
jury, find that the only violence offered
to the deceased. according to the evil
dence, was by one James German"
GORMAN ARRESTED.
Acting upon this verdict Gorman was
| taken into custody and escorted to jail
where he was placed In a cell. Whether
whether he will be taken before commits
sion to examine into his mental condi-
tion remains to be seen. Notwithstand-
! ing the testimony and the action Of the
officers, Germans friends laugh at the
idea Of his having anything to do with
Gassen's death, and point to- the appar-
ent lack of motive. Nevertheless the
prisoner will probably be called upor
| to stand preliminary examination and
| will be brought into court today. Cor.
| man Is we'll known in the city, having
a brother in the saloon business and be-
ing we'll connected. He has dissipated
a great deal and broken down his con-
stitution, so that It Is a question whether
his mind will ever be perfectly clear OF
not.
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