The herald., 1898-11-15

she and her husband stole this document
from his papers. He caused their arrest on
the charge OF grand larceny, but they were
discharged at their preliminary examination,
and then Mrs Williams instituted the suit
for false Imprisonment and was given judg
ment for damages sutaned.
When the case was called yesterday Mr.
Shnn announced that Mr. Casebeer was too
Ill at his lodging house, the Marguerite on
North Spring street, to attend court Case
beer arrived in the city one night last week
to attend the case and he claimed that he
was set upon by two men on Mimosa street
and stabbed in the breast several times. The
purpose of the men, Casebeer thought, was
to kill him. These wounds, Mr. Shinn said,
were very serious, and he desired the court
to visit the room of Casebeer and take his
deposition at that place, instead Of hear
ing the testimony in regular session, as he
feared that Casebeer would be hurt by the
eXertion of attending court. Mr.. Hunsaker
entered an objection to this proceeding, for
he claimed that the circumstances of the
case were such that it would be necessary to
cross-examne Casebeer, and rather than
take the dispositions as proposed he would
have the case postponed. The court said
that the other witnesses could be examined,
and when Casebeer was able to attend court
his testimony might be heard. DIR. W. A.
Dunn, the physician of Casebeer, was placed
on the stand to corroborate the statement of
Mr.. Shinn regarding the condition of Case
beer. The old man had been stabbed between
the fifth and sixth ribs, and the physician
thought that the point of the knife had
punctured the lung. There were several
cuts on the same side and right side also.
The first witness in the prosecution of
Williams was then called, and Miss Allie
Carter, dressmaker of Santa Barbara, took
the stand. She is quite prepossessing look
ing young woman, and is the same person
who accompanied Casebeer from Santa Bar
bara last October when he came to this city
for the purpose of securing settlement with
the Wiiamses. The purpose of the prosecu
tion was evidently to show by this witness
that there had been no animosity felt toward
the Willames by Casebeer, as he had so an
nounced to them by letter, which he die
tated on the Friday before he left. Santa
Barbara and which the witness had written
for him. 1t was also desired to show, If
possible, as the defendants declined to ad-
nit it, that the letter must have reached its
destination before Cnsebeer's arrival as it
had been mailed to the Williamses the day
previous to Casebeer's departure for Los
Angeles.
Miss Carter could not remember the en-
act wording of the communication, and it
was finally decided to allow her to give what
portions she recalled. She said that the
letter had been addressed jointly to "Ben
=. and Kit" meaning evidently Williams and
his wife, Kate . 1t stated that the defendant
was coming down to see them that day for
the purpose of securing a compromise with
them of the Judgment they had secured
against him. He would come to their home.
he said from the Arcade depot, and with NO
malice in his heart and upon peaceable mis-.
sion. He would not be armed. They had
accused Mrs. Lloyd of things which she had
not done. This referred to an acquaintance
of his in Santa Barbara, and Casebeer said.
further, that he had been unable to sleep for
two nights past from worrying over the
trouble. His attention was called to the
mistake in naming the day, so later in the
letter Casebeer stated that he would call
upon his relatives on Saturday night, which
was the day following Miss Carter related
the circumstances Of Casebeer entrusting