Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-06
F0RGER
is HELD
Fair Ruby's Methods
Exposed
Aged Foster Parents Are
Loyal
Miss casseIman, seIf-confessed Grim
HnaI, Bound Over to Superior Court
In Sum of $4,000 After Hearing
Lasting Five Hours

Whatever remOrSe ftuDy CdoSClliioi'
the pretty Sunday school teacher,
stenographer and self-confessed forger
Of some half dozen checks, through
which at least two leading banks OF
this city were victimized, has felt for
her wrong doings must have been in
creased tenfold yesterday afternoon
when for nearly five hours she sat IN
the crowded courtroom of Judge Joseph
F. Chambers and listened to the testi-
mony of the witnesses for the prosecu-
tion.
During the entire trial not once did
she raise her eyes from the floor, al
though the court room was croWdeu
with nearly round hundred OF her
most intimate friends, most of whom
she met when in the capacity of in
structor in the Sunday school.
Shortly after / o'clock the trial COM
menced. Miss Casselman was already
there and had been for half an hour.
Dressed in a dainty white shirt waist,
a. blue serge skirt and red turban hat,
her face hidden under heavy blue
veil, she was easily distinguished as the
prisoner. She sat in the first row OF
seats facing the attorneys table. On
and Alice l. Martin. her foster parents.
who had reared her and cared for her
since she was but a little more than
three years old. Both of them are now
old and feeble. Mrs. Martin. so Grip
pied that she can hardly walk about
only with the greatest effort. Yet, al
though the evidence brought out yes
terday and Miss Casselman's own con-
fession point to but one thing, her con-
n15 aftar the tria |
yesterday, furnished bonds of all their
earthly possessions so that Miss Cassel-
man might have her freedom until the
law has imposed it's penalty upon her.
The others who furnished bonds were
Mr.. Ala Is. Bryant. H. e. Casselman
and j. J. Morgan, aggregating $4,000.
Bank President on Stand
John A. Pirtle, president of the West
Side bank was first called to the wit
ness stand. He stated that on August
g. 1905, young woman resembling Miss
Casselman appeared at his bank and
presented a check for $127 which he
cashed. Attorney Mulford for the de-
fense attempted to get the witness to
state that he did not know to whom he
had paid the 1927.
Are you positive that tha money
you paid out was to Miss Ruby Cassel-
man, the defendant in this case?" asked
Attorney Mulford.
mo: I can't say to whom 1 paid 1T,
that is I will not swear to the identity
of the individual. I did just such a
thing once and later learned that 1 had
made a grave mistake"
rs the person to whom you paid the
money in the court room this after
noon?" continued Attorney Mulford.
"She is replied Pirtle.
Point her out" ordered Mulford.
Identifies Miss CasseInan
"She is the young woman dressed in
the dark blue veil, seated over there, ="
answered Pirtle, turning around and
pointing directly at Miss Casselman
do you recognize this check?" asked
Attorney Mulford, handing Pirtle the
check for $127.
"I do, sir; I cashed that check and it
was handed to me by the young woman
whom I have pointed out"
The check in question was drawn on
Mrs. Louisa A. Bowen and purported
to have been Endorsed by Mrs. M. D.
Amick. 1t is under this name that Miss
Casselman secured the money. Mrs.
Bowen was next placed on the stand
and testified that she never made out
such a check. Mrs. Amick was also
asked to take the stand. She denied
having indorsed the check.
In drawing out this money, Miss Cas-
selman had presented bank book said
to belong to Mrs. L. A. Bowen. Mrs.
Bowen, Mr. Bowen and Pirtle were
again placed on the stand and asked
to place the ownership of the bank
book, which had been found by the de-
tectives in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin, where Miss Casselman lived.
None Of them would admit that it was
the book belonging to Mrs. Bowen, but
all agreed that it resembled it strik-
ingly.
On the grounds of this discrepancy,
Attorney Mulford objected to the bank
book being used as an exhibit in the
case, but Judge Chambers overruled the
objection and the book was filed.
Miss Fuller TestIfles
Ruby Fuller, a friend and associate
of Miss Casselman, who was present
at the home of Mrs. Bowen when the
former two visited there, and at which
time the bank book was missed, was
next placed on the stand.
did you accompany Miss Casselman
to the Bowen home on the evening of
July 25, 1862" was asked by Prosecut-
ing Attorney Keyes.
"I did," she replied.
did you use the telephone while
there, and where did Miss Casselman
stand at the time?"
"I did. Miss Casselman stood i'm
mediately behind the chair in front of
a desk in the same room," answered
Miss Fuller.
1t was on this desk that the bank
book was lying, and where it was kept
by Mrs. Bowen.
Ira Phillips of lilo West Adams street
was then called to take the stand. Two
of the checks alleged to have been
cashed by the paying teller of the
National Bank of California and the
money given to Miss Casselman were
drawn on Phillips and were indorsed by
w. M. Burt and Mrs. w. M. Burt. One
was drawn for $609.SO and the other for
ES4.60
Mr.. Phillips testified that he had not
tnade out the checks; that the sigma
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