El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-05
LONG CASE
ON TRIAL
Continued from First Page.)
Miss Carter.

= | Tor many years. Am stay Ing WIFI Hei
1T the present time. The letter offered
witness was received on or about Feb
ruary 81, 1900. Had seen letters writ
ten by the defendant. The letter pro-
duced is just as | received it,
The letter was one purporting to
have ben received from Mrs. Long by
the witness warning her against Mrs.
Perry.
She came to Ell Paso in April, 1899
and had made this her home ever stree.
Another letter was here produced by
the prosecution bearing the same date
as the other one,-February II.
Witness opened the letter herself.
Cross examination: 1 gave the let
tr TO Mrs. Long to keep for me. That
was on February %, 1900. Kept it to
refer to as / thought 1 would need it.
Mrs Perry is not my aunt. l am niece
by adoption. Mr. Long kept the letter in
the safe. l expected to use it against
the defendant | had reasons to keep
it. / knew / should need it some day.
l did not want to use it then because 1
| had reason to wait. L wanted to have
proof. l wanted to compare these let
tiers and other letters ana show Mrs.
| Long that they could not be the means
of my leaving the town. l wanted it
to come before the public that Mrs.
Perry and l are innocent. No, l never
had any trouble from Mrs. Long. L
had no ill feeling against her and have
none now. When a letter like that was
sent to me speaking ill Of one who had
been 4 mother to me | felt that it
ought to be made public. 1 never ap-
preached Mrs. Long and asked her if
she had written the letter; but l be
lieved that she had.
Redirect examination: l am twenty
eight years old. Am single. Mrs. Per-
~ has been a mother to me. She has
been kind and good to me and since
was a child l was taught to call her
aunt.
Recross examination: l had lived with
Mrs. Perry since 1899 Lived next door
to her for a number of years in Cow
ington, Ky.
In answer tc Mr. Stanton, witness
said:
The statements made in the letters |
derogatory of Mrs. Perry are false. Her |
character is spotless.''
w. H. Long
w. III. Long was next examined Il |
live here, have lived here since 1866 |
My family consisted of my wife,, son |
and daughter. Have known Mrs. Per- |
ry for n number of years. She adver- |
tised in a newspaper for the position |
of housekeeper. l answered it and as |
a result | engaged her to keep my house |
and teach my children. That was in
1889. My wife died sometime before
that The charges of improper rela-
tions between Mrs. Perry and myself |
are absolutely false
The letters in question were produced |
and offered the witness.
Il have seen the Letters before. l |
put them in my safe. have seen let
tiers purporting to come from her to
my son. Also photograph of her sent
by her to my daughter. 1 am 81 years
old. My business now is abstracter of
titles. l have had occasion to compare
having worked III a bank
for many years.
In answer to Mr.. Buckler:
Left the bank in 1875 No, have
not had much experience in comparing |
handwriting since that time.
The letters handed me have been in
my possession most of the time. They |
arc addressed IN yariOuS members Of /
my family. In my opinion as an ex-
pert the letters are of the same hand !
writing. The word sincerely in the |
letters is identically the same also the !
word young and my dear / am IA |
miiiar with the handwriting of my son,
also the other memters of my family.
The anonymous letters containing mat
ters of family history were not written
by either of them.
On cross examination:
Yes. l think the same person wrote
the letters handed me. Some of the
letters show an attempt to disguise the
hand, but many are identical. Mrs
Perry came to my house in the early
part of 1899. Ny children returned i'll
May from school. Mrs. Perry and
lived in the house from February until
May alone. Have never heard Of re-
Elections made upon our relatives. Yes,
a circular was printed containing IN
favorable comment and published at |
the time | was candidate for office |
Have never heard of the grand jury en-
beayOring to get eVeidence 10 sustain |