The record-union., 1897-12-15
A MOTHERS STRANGE ACT.
rs MRS. ANDERSON TRYING TO
SAVE CIPPA?
Her Testimony Shown Up-The
Case Will Go to the jury
This Afternoon.

The taking of testimony in the case
of N. Cippa, charged with criminal as
SauIt on Mamie Anderson, aged Ii
years, was concluded yesterday III
Judge Harts court, and District Attor-
ney Ryan made his opening argument
to the jury. The prisoners counsel Will
make their arguments this morning, the
District Attorney will reply, and the
case VIII probably go TO the jury by
noon.
Some very clear testimony was gwen
for the prosecution yesterday. Lucy
Wamble. the woman who induced the
girl to visit Cippa's tamale foundry at
Oak Park-and who has pleaded guilty
TO the charge of procuring-testlhed
freely to what she knew, and her testl-
anony was directly against the defend
amt.
Several witnesses were introduced by
the prosecution to disprove Mrs. An
derson's statement made on the pre-
ceeding day. that her daughter was 10
years o. age After having on three
former occasions testified to the cor
rect time of her marriage and the age
OF her daughter the old woman on
Monday ignored it all in an apparent
attempt to shield the man who had
debauched her girl.
Persons who knew Mrs. Anderson be-
fore she was married told of the we'd
ding having taken place in 1857, one of
them being Mrs. Henry Whitber, in
whose house Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson
were married in this city. Mrs. An
derson had also testified on Monday
that she and her husband were married
in San Francisco by Rev. Mr.. Taubner.
then pastor of the German Lutheran
Church in this city.
It was proven, however, that the
wedding took place here in Sacramento,
and that it was on February D. 1882,
instead of 1880.
Cippa was the only witness in his
own behalf, and despite the direct tes-
timony of the Anderson girl and of
Mrs. Wanble he swore he was inno-
cent.
In his opening argument to the jury
District Attorney Ryan expressed his
sastonishment at the course pursued by
Airs. Anderson, who for some inexplic-
able reason had perjured herself in the
interest of the man charged with hav-
ing sustained immoral and unlawful
relations with her fourteen-year-old
daughter.
He said he was willing to concede,
however, that the trouble and shame
that had been brought upon her had
for the time so affected her mind that
possibly she did not realize that she
was committing perjury. He then ex-
hibited to the jury the record book in
the Recorders Office showing the date
OF Mrs. Anderson's marriage and the
fact that the ceremony was performed ID
in this city, and not in San Francisco.
Mr.. Ryan said it mattered not that
the girl may have been unchaste before
she met the defendant. The law had
wisely fixed an age under which girls
cannot legally consent to immoral acts
with rTen. Without some such law to
protect them many young girls unfa-
miliar with the wickedness of the world
were often at the mercy of designing
rascals Cippa knew he was not only
violating the laws of decency and of
society when he had the girl brought
to ais place, but he knew as well that
he was violating the law of the land
and that the natural result of his acts
unless interfered with-would be to
lead his victim into a life Of disgrace
Fortunately she had been rescued, and
IS now in a good home, surrounded by
good and religious influences, and there
is every reason for hoping that she will
make a good woman