El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-06
ON TRIAL
The Defendant threatens to
Have Witnesses Indicted
For Perjury.
CASE OF LOUD TAI KING
And the Defendant was fined
Courts Generally Quiet to-
day.--The Usual Number Of
Migrants and DRINKS.

The case against Mrs. Augusta Per-
ry, arrested for disturbing the peace
on November oath on a warrant sworn
out by Geo. Spence, was brought up
for trial this morning before jury in
Justice Spencer'S court County at
torney Eylar conducted the case for the
state while NJ. w. Stanton appeared
for Mrs. Perry.
Mr.. Spence was the first witness and
he testified substantially as follows:
Il rented house from Mrs. Perry in
September for S1o a month and paid
her the rent in advance to October LIST.
About the first of October / paid her
nalf of the rent for that month and a
few days later paid the rest of it. On
about the first of November / paid to
November fifteenth, but in the mean
time had let a contract for a house
for myself and the contractors prom
Used to have it completed by Novem-
Der fifteenth.
"She came around to the Office on the
fifteenth for the rent and / told her
that | expected to move out in a few
days and would then pay for every
day that ] was in her house. She
came back a day or SO later and I still
had not moved and told her that did
not know just what day i would move
but would pay her every cent that was
due her when L moved
"On the twenty-fourth she came
again and l went out to talk to her
as she was in her buggy in the street.
She began to talk in a loud and abus-
i've manner and called me a dead-beat
and a dirty dog. l told her that
wanted her to go away and leave me
alone or j would have her arrested
She said, Come on and l will go with
you l turned then and went in the
Office and she yelled at me that l was
a dirty dog ana had better pay that
rent
On cross examination Mr.. Stanton
asked him to show how loud she had
talked. Mr.. Eylar objected to the ques-
ton and the court sustained the OBJ
lection but Mr.. Stanton insisted and
the court asked him if he wanted to
call everybody from the street up to
the trial. Mr. Stanton asked. Was
she collecting the rent for herself or
for Mr.. Long?" Il do not know. She
said that she was collecting Tor Mr.
Long but did not believe her"
Here Mr.. Stanton got the witness
excited and he testified that Mrs. Per-
ry had the receipts but he afterwards
corrected the statement.
j. II. Morse. the tailor who occupies
the next room to the Miller office
where the trouble TOOK place. was the
next witness. He testified: AS Mrs
Perry passed my place that morning
she said in very loud voice. You are
the dirtiest dead-beat in Ell Paso.'"
Here Mrs. Perry said, Il want that
mans testimony taken down and [
Will have him indicted by the grand
jury for perjury"
Her attorney quoted her and began
the cross examination
How are your feelings towards Mrs.
Perry?"
What do you mean by that oues-
tom"
Il mean just what say How do
you feel towards her."
Il am not in love with her if that
is what you mean
Il am not in love with him either"
said Mrs. Perry aside.
DO you feel hostile towards herr"
What do you mean by hostile?"
Mr.. Morse, do you understand the
English language?"
Part of it,
DO you ever use the word hostile?"
Il may have used it at times but
don't remember"
But isn't it a fact that you want to
see this defendant convicted?'
Il am not lawyer and don't know
the law in the case but l suppose that
if she is guilty the jury here will con-
vict her
Are you an enemy of herS?"
Il am not, nor am / her friend
Then he must be my enemy" said