The herald., 1897-05-26

prosecution that Lillian Hattery died
from septicaemia, as result of an abor-
ton having been procured. 1t Is yet
too early in the progress Of the trial to
gauge the success that this line Of ex-
animation may have, first, in invalidat-
ing the medical testimony so far as the
inference drawn from conceded set
of facts may be concerned. and second
". in preparing the minds Of the Jurors
and making them receptive for the the.
+ory of Lillian Hattery's death to be
proven to them later from the stand
point of the defendant.
FATHER DESCRIBES HIS SEARCH
I. L. Hattery. the father Of the de-
ceased girl alleged to have been MUIR
dered, was the first witness put forward
by the prosecution yesterday. He stat
ed that his daughter Lillian resided
with him at his home in San Bernardo
no. She left home on January 10th to
come to Los Angeles and he took her to
the Santa Fe train in the morning and
saw her off. He never saw her again
alive. At the time of her death she
was 20 years and some months old.
When leaving home her condition Of
health was good, and she had made no
complaint Of anything wrong. On the
5th of February witness next saw his
daughter, dead, at the undertaking par
lors in this city. Another daughter,
Bessie Hattery, aged is years. was IN
Los Angeles at that time in attendance
at the normal school, and it was to visit
her that Lillian came to Los Angeles
Prior to finding his daughter lying dead,
witness had prosecuted a search for
her, beginning on January S1st. AS a
result of notification he received wit
ness came to Los Angeles and invoked
the assistance Of the police department,
and officers Bradish and Fowler were
appointed to aid in the search for the
missing girl. Kregelo & Bresee sent a
message to witness which caused him to
visit the morgue. After examining the
body Of his daughter witness went, in
company with Bradish and Fowler to
the establishment Of "Dr." Hastings,
on North Spring street. It was some
time between and o'clock in the even
ing, and they saw the defendant. wit.
ness asked defendant where his daugl,-
ter's clothing was, and defendant
brought the several articles and little
else was said Lilian's hat, cloak, dress
and parasol were delivered up, but her
pocketbook was missing. (The hat ard
imitation sealskin cloak were offered in
evidence; the dress did not figure ut
the preliminary examination and was
not offered; the photograph Of Lillian
Hattery was also filed in evidence, with
the letter written by deceased to her
sister Bessie, wherein she spoke OF hav-
ing hurt her ankle ana of being taken to
"kind Of hospitar'). The letter writ
ten by Lillian to her sister will prove Of
Importance later in the case, and Is
herewith Reproduced:
Dear Bess-I expect you will think
am lost But am not. This morning
when was walking down the street
slipped and sprained my ankle. But
don't you be frightened. Because did
not hurt 1t much. There was great
big policeman there and he saw me fall
and he helped me up. I didn't think
was hurt any but when went to stand
on my foot 1t hurt pretty bad. so he
brought me here where I am. These
people are very nice. It seems to be a
kind Of hospital, but guess 1t isn't.
There is an old lady here by the name Of
Mrs. Weaver and she Is awful nice, ana
also the doctor, and he says can't go
away before tomorrow morning. I
wanted to go right away, but he won't
let me. He says my foot isn't, hurt at
all bad, but II I am not careful II NAV.
But guess will do ali right. don't
feel any pain at all. And he says II will
be all right by tomorrow morning. Now
don't be frightened, will your Because