The herald., 1897-07-28

companionable and pleasant to a man in
his lonely condition if he would treat
her right
On the following Tuesday Long came
to his houseto borrow a lantern to enable
him Uong) to hunt for a watch he
claimed to have lost. Long went away
and returned shortly saying he had
found his watch. A day or two there
after the girl, Hattie Mann, came around
to get witness to remove her trunk.
That was on Friday. My wife came
along while 1 was talking with the girl
and winked at me. The girl noticed it
and spoke of the occurrence. She then
went away My wife came up and told
me not to go to any room with a woman,
as trap was being laid for me. She
asked me why 1 went out to Thirtieth
street and Maple avenue to meet Leona
John. went at Leonas request. but
it rained and she did not keep the date.
l met her there, however, at that point.
the next Sunday, and went to Jefferson
street. Leona said, Papa said you have
had criminal relations with me. l de-
MED it and told her it was a lie and for
her to tell him so. She refused on the
ground that Long would beat her to
death. l revealed the whole matter to
my wife when she asked me what 1
was doing out there with Leona. MY
wife afterwards admitted to me that
Long was putting up a job on me- 1
went to the chief of police and Clerk
Hensley. The former was not in, but
Hensley said:
This case needs attention; you go to
the chiefs house"
mo, told him had date with Hat
tie Mann at Third and Los Angeles. I
went down there and saw the girl with
crowd of men, and Long was in the
crowd, dressed in a brown bicycle suit.
The girl came over and refused to go
with her that night. This was July 4th.
agreed to go on the night of July 5th,
and then l returned to Chief Glass"
The chief told me to get some of my
friends to help me. He did not think he
could put man on the case for me. !
then went out and that night got nv
friends. met the girl and we had a few
drinks and some talk about money mat
tiers. We then went upstairs over the
saloon in the johnson house. Hattie
kept looking up at the window that
opened out into the hall.
Then we went down to see where the
fire, was. We returned and entered the
room. She made overtures to me. which
refused and said wanted to go out for
minute. She took me outside and went
out on some pretense. When she re-
turned she commenced yelling 'policei
and said to some one policeman was
up there. We went down stairs, and she
told me my wife was at the bottom OF
scheme to get me into trouble, aided
by Long, but that Long would get us
out of the predicament."
The witness told of other converse
fions with Hattie Mann through the
telephone, but he claimed not to have
seen her until the day Of the hearinp
OF the case.
"A man named Coulter, a city fire.
man. told me-" continued the witness
Il had gotten myself into a trap.
went to Chief Glass again, and he told
me II Coulter interviewed me again to
try and have the talk in the presence
or witnesses. Subsequently / saw Coul-
ter and we went out to my house and
l got lady who lives in part of the
house with me to secrete herself be-
hind my dressing case, where she could
hear all of our conversation. Mrs. Cam
meyer hid behind my dressing case and
Coulter accused me of improper rela-
tons with low woman, and that had
been caught. Coulter said that Long
mao met him and told him that he (Long)
had 1t in for me on account of Leona
Johns, and that my wife was aware of
the facts; that she would get divorce
on evidence furnished by Long, ami
then she would obtain alimony, which
she would divide with Long"
Wyche told Of his visit to Assistant