The herald., 1897-06-16

was married, but have been divorced
for number Of years. know Alfred D.
Green and his family, and got acQuaint-
ed with them soon after going to live
in that neighborhood three years ago.
II never in my life paid court to Dora,
never had any intention of 1t, and never
spoke to her father about the matter.
Once or twice her father limited at 1t to
me-"
Being asked the specific questions re-
garding the drugging, assaulting and Of
fering to marry Dora, the witness en-
phatically denied every allegation made
by the prosecution in the course Of the
present examination. He stated that
about Christmas and New Year there
were some ladies at his place. and he
thought, so far as he remembered, that
he had treated them to wine. He denied
having asked any witness to testify in
his behalf or promised them any reward
of any kind.
"On the 5th Of January. tell the jury
what you and Mr.. Davis did,"
ION that day got up about $3.50 in the
afternoon and got to working on an in
vention of my own-a patent cooker, an
affair to cook without fire. was work.
ing around, and about 4 o'clock Dora
Green came along and got the wheel. l
then went up to my beat in Sonoratown,
for I'm watchman there. The Wedge
saloon had been broken into on, think,
| Christmas eve and officer Talamantes
and had suspicious of some fellows and
| looked the matter up. TalamanteS told
me he was going to lodge installation
| that night when ] met him about $50.
Upon leaving him I went to the Pico
house and collected 81 for about that time
had some collections to make as night
watchman. l then went to a restau-
rant on New High street, and 1t must
have been $3.50 when l left there. The
night before Mr.. Hall had been to my
house and left note for me, saying he
would call around next night. I went
home to keep my appointment with
| him and found him waiting. found my
wheel, that Dora had brought back,
standing outside, and took it in. and in
vited Hail inside. I paid him and asked
him for receipt. He and I then went
up town and left him at the old church.
| for he had to take the car up town to
where he lived at that time"
| Witness identified the receipt made out
| by him and signed by Hall. and produced
from his pocket the receipt book, with
the stubs, from which the receipt had
been torn.
HARD SWEARING SOMEWHERE
''On January 81" continued the de-
fendant, Dora Green came to my gate,
and was crying. and asked her what
| was the matter and she said: Mr.. NAL
kim, I'm enceinte to Gene Abbott,
| and he's gone away She said she want
ed s25 to go to the electric DOCTOR and 1
| told her that I wouldn't give her any
money for that kind of thing. and that
she had better go over and tell her sis
ter, and that she might catch cold stand
ing out there"
Did she make any threats against you
at that time?"
mo, sir not at that time, but about
two days later Mrs. Vannieuwenhuyser
and Dora came over and said they want
ed $50 to go to the niger DOCTOR
said 1 wouldn't give them a cent for that,
and Birdie said: You'll be sorry for
that She said Mr.. Green had taken a
gun and made Frank Vannieuwenhuy-
ser marry her. and he'd make me marry
Dora, and that they'd swear the child
on to me. l told Birdie that Dora had
told me Gene Abbott was the father of
the child but she said that didn't mat
ter, that they'd swear it on to me.
ION February 1 saw Mr.. Green, and
| he said his wife and Dora had told him
| that had outraged Dora, and that he
had a notion to shoot my brains out.
said: Mr.. Green, have never wronged
your child. and Dora told me that Gene
Abbott had got her into trouble He
shook his fist at me and said it was a
- lie. He left then, and l went home.
On February 1 met him again on New
High street, and he said 1 daren't say
what 1 had said about Gene Abbott be-
fore Dora, and that he'd have her down
that night at 6 o'clock. l then went to
my attorneys and told them I wanted
some witnesses. had told Green 1t was
blackmailing scheme, and he replied
that he would send me to San Quentin,
and that 1 daren't come down to Brides
house that night and say the same thing.
| When l went down 1t night Green asked
| me what 1 had sent the - lawyers
down for
| "A couple of days later me It him again
at the old church, and he again told me
| if l wouldn't marry Dora they'd send
| me to San Quentin. That they had seen
the district attorney and were just CIV
| ing me little time. On the day was
| arrested I met Green again with his wife
and Dora. AS 1 came up he said: Here
| comes and he told me 1t
was my last chance to marry Dora, and
1 told him 1 didn't want to talk to him
without witnesses. He then returned to
the district attorneys office and 1 went
up and delivered myself up.
Il saw him once after that and he
: then said that he and l had always been
good friends, and that if I'd put up $50
he'd have the case dismissed. I said
| all right, to come up to my attorney
l didn't intend to pay the $50, but l
wanted him to make his demand before
my attorneys, but he wouldn't talk"
| The witness was on the stand at ad-
journment and will be cross-examined i
this morning.