The herald., 1898-11-26


the sketch of Mrs. Lauterbach, made in the
court room by Herald artist, will show
similar features, but the likeness between
the portraits as published is not nearly SO
great as between the plaintiff and the pho
tograph of her alleged mother.
Charles Gassen, the butcher, testified that
he had known the Voss family since 1868,
at which time Mrs. Lauterbach was a child,
only one or two years old. He had first be-
come acquainted with Voss at Austin, New,
in 1854, before the child was born, and aft
erwards, at Shermantown, he had for three
months been on terms of intimacy with the
family. At that time Mr.. Noss called the
little girl "our baby" and subsequently, in
Los Angeles, twenty years ago, referred to
her as my daughter Never had either
Mr.. or Mrs. Voss in his presence alluded to
Mrs. Lauterbach in any way except as their
daughter
In Nevada the Vosses had squaw to as
sist about the house, whose duty it was to
help in the kitchen and care for the baby.
In 1877 or 1873 the family was living here,
and the little girl had grown to be bright
and plump child, 10 years or so of age.
CORROBORATIVE TESTIMONY
Mrs. Emma Smith, whose home is at Pa
olONt, hOHtSlty COuHtNy III tHls Stdtt,
testified that she is now visiting her old
home in this city, and that her father, Henry
Schafer, is in San Francisco for medical
treatment. This evidence was taken for the
purpose of laying a foundation for the intro
duction of an affidavit made by Mr.. Schafer
as to the relationship Of Mrs. Lauterbach
to the dead man, with whom he was we'll
acquainted.
IAhn c,,1
Zobelein testified to an acquaintance with
the family and to the public acknowledgment
of Lizzie as a daughter. The former had
known Noss at Darwin, Inyo county, years
ago, when engaged in trade there The child
was then in short clothes, and both seemed
very fond of her. Again, at the ST. Charles
hotel, he had seen the family in 1876. Never
a suspicion had been entertained by him that
the girl was not related to the host and his
wife, and they had always spoken of her as
their daughter.
Mrs. Nellie NJ. Young testified to having
served as waitress in the Laclede hotel
for five months on first coming to this coun-
try. The plaintiff was then the wife of Mr..
Ball, and she had heard Voss introduce her
as my daughter, Mrs. Ball." This was in
1884. Mrs. Ball was the head of the house,
and vested with full authority by her father,
but not in receipt of salary, so far as she
knew. On one occasion Mr.. Voss had in
rheumatism, and said he did not
know what he would do if he did not have
so good daughter.
Mrs. Rosa Rising of l407 East First street |
was very satisfactory witness. She knew
the family very well in 1876 and 1877, when
she was living at Vernon. Voss used to come
out once a week for butter, eggs and chick
ems, usually bringing his wife and daughter,
Mrs. Lauterbach, then in short frocks. They
introduced her as "my daughter, my little |
girl, my pet and my darling"
MARRIED HIS COOK
On one occasion Mr.. Voss had told her
he was in trouble, for Lizzie had run away
with a scamp Clancy, and his wife was
sick in bed from anxiety in consequence |
of it, so she could not come out that day. |
Mrs. Rising knew the present Mrs. Voss
when she was a servant for Mr.. Noss, and |
was greatly astonished when she learned |
that he was about to marry her. To her |
expressions of amazement he had said |
well, she's good cook, and / am going |
to marry her" He afterward told her that |
he bought Mrs. Noss' wedding outfit.
Much of this testimony was stricken out
by order of the court, as irrelevant and not
in response to interrogation, but the facts
were enuncated all the same; as was also
the similarity of profile between Mrs. Lau-
terbach and Mrs. Noss, the former wife
The witness was asked, on cross-examina
ton, if Mrs Lauterbach's nose was straight
or hooked when child, and Mrs. Rising
"Her nose was about as now, very
like her Mothers
Mrs. Rising acknowledged that she had
been to the Voss house in this city after
the filing of the suit, but swore that she
had gone there in search of friends who had
called at her house during her absence, leav-
ing no address, and she had visited a number
of other places while hunting for them
She denied that she went there for the pur-
pose of identifying the widow, but having
formerly known her she had spoken of the
suit, and Mrs. Voss had said Mrs. Lauter-
bach was ''no good, and any one who would
testify in her behalf was no better. The
witness had been invited to the wedding OF
Mrs. Noss, but had not gone, and there ap-
peared to be some jealousy on the part OF
the latter on account of the slight thereat,
which displayed itself when she called by
chance at the house.
Charles Haight knew Voss when he used