The San Francisco call., 1897-12-23
1t Stops Abruptly on the
Night Before the
Murder.
Hatred Born Of the knowledge
That Ladue Had Tired
Of Her.
Last Christmas They Talked of Love
Now lis Of Murder and
Death.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
sos Broadway. Dec %

oakland Office san francisco Call,
sos Broadway, Dec. %
Clara Fallmer, the little girl" of her
attorneys, and the young woman" of
the prosecution, was put on the wit
ness stand to-day and told a portion of
her story. Her attorney very adroitly
allowed her to testify only up to the
night prior to the fatal I'd of August.
BY so doing they were enabled to keep
out much Objectionable ross-examina-
ton, for 1t was held by the court after
argument that the State in cross-ex-
aiming the young murderess must
conhne themselves to the exact time
covered in her direct testimony, and
must not go outside of it,
Inc girl was very pale on the witness
stand She IS most decidedly a broken
down girl, and fully realizes the enor-
NIFTY OF the possibility hanging over
ner. Her appearance and the manner
IN which she told the story seemed TO
create favorable impression with the
jury. She has evidently some feeling
OF shame, and is not the same brazen
glrl that she appeared to be at her pre-
Amlnary examination. Her story was
not a long one.
Shortly after last Christmas" she
sad, Charley asked me to marry him.
he gave me ring and l consented to
ms request Under this promise of
marriage l was deceived and at Char
ley s suggestion / made a short visit t.
san Francisco. After this l told him
that 1 believed he did not .ntend 10
marry me, and that ] did not want anv-
thlng more to do with him, and that I
mad been sick and suffered for him.
Sllu later we made up and again Char
ley promised to marry me. on one oc-
Caslon went to San Francisco to meet
1 = lestr i
gone to meet Miss Glen. l begged him
20 carry out his promise, but he
grabbed his hat and started to leave.
i tried TO make him listen to me. but
ne struck me and fell unconscious TO
:the Hoor. Miss Glen after this arranged
. q q, pIchIc and invited Charley so that
we could make up"
me greater portion of the prisoners
testimony was of a private nature but
she contradicted most positively the
evidence of Cardinet that she had told
= MN unless Charley married her he
would see some fun. She stated that
tne ring Ladue gave her was given
pack to him at the restaurant where
ne Knocked her down. Then followed
a very critical cross examination bv
District Attorney Melvin. He tried
nard to ask some questions referring
d: 70 the time between the night before
the murder and the removal of the
70 the County Jail, but was prevented
BY objections sustained by the Court.
Drs Fisher and Buteau testified to
some technical matters and to their
treatment of Clara Fallmer while at
the hospital and in the jail Their tes-
tlmony was for the purpose of at
tempting to prove that the girl was
temporarily insane and irresponsible
for some time after the murder was
committed
The courtroom to-day was filled and
even inside the rail men and women
Jostled each other for the purpose of
hearing testimony Of such a nature
that it would have been better had the
courts doors been closed Speaking
Of the packed lobby and the manner
of its behavior during certain phases
of the trial, Sheriff White remarked: :
1t is hard to understand why so
many people apparently respectable
here seemingly enjoying the objection
able details of to-day's testimony. I
have watched the actions of some of
them and ii is very plain that they
consider the trial of this young woman
for murder as a sort of entertain
ment."
In the witness-roOm this afternoon
was Mrs. Ensign Henleman of the
Rescue Home at Beulah. She will
probably be called by the prosecution
to dispel the impression created by the
defense that prior to meeting Charles
Ladue, Clara Fallmer was a modest
young girl. II is known that she was
in the Rescue Home prior to that per-
iOd and it is believed that Ensign Hef-
heman is to testify on those lines.