Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-21
MRS. CHARLES JOLLY GIVES
TESTIMONY
DOES NOT VARY STATEMENTS
Preliminary Hearing of Mrs. Florence
Wager Enlivened by Spirited
Battle Between Witness
and Lawyer

ceasing fire of questions from Attorney
Davis on cross examination in the pre-
liminary hearing of Mrs. Florence va
ger before Judge Chambers.
Not once was Attorney Davis able to
break down the testimony of Mrs. Jolly.
And, although at times her indignation
was aroused by insinuations of her
guilt, it did not in the least confuse
her or to the slightest extent cause her
to vary her statements made on direct
examination.
knowing as you do that but one of
two parties, Mrs. Yager or yourself,
are or can possibly be guilty of the
theft, did you not decide that Mrs. va
ger would have to be the guilty one?"
and similar questions were met by
Mrs. Jolly with prompt responses and
cool demeanor. Her testimony was
clear cut and directly to the point and
her manner on the stand won the ad-
miration of all in the court room.
Although nearly three hours were
spent in the examination of witnesses,
the preliminary hearing was only fairly
begun. In the testimony but slight ad-
vantage accrued to either the prosecu-
both Mrs. Wager and Mrs. Jolly were
aware of where the money was kept,
but no evidence was given to prove that
either disturbed the money.
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both women had access to the closet
where the money was kept, but nothing
was brought out that would show that
either took the money or the valise in
which it was kept. Neither was there
any positive statements that the valise
was disturbed on the night Of the fire.
DR.. ordway Testifies
DR.. w. w. Ordway was the first wit
ness. He testified that he has lived
at 1147 East Twenty-ninth street for
about seven years and that Mrs. Jolly
had lived with him nearly all of that
time and had handled large sums of
money for him.
DR.. Ordway's testimony regarding the
money was that c. E. Gilhousen had
paid him $500 on Tuesday previous to
the fire and that he had turned over
the money to Mrs. Jolly in the pres
ence of Mrs. Yager to be wrapped in
q cloth and placed in a valise contain
ing S75O,000 worth of bonds, mortgages
and papers.
DR.. Ordway testified that he was
awakened by Mr.. Jolly on the night of
the fire and informed that the house
was on fire. Mrs. wager dressed him
and when he had gone onto the porch
he was reminded of the valise and
asked for it. Later, he was informed
that it was not in the customary place
C. E. Gilhouson of 1881 East Twenty
seventh street was placed on the stand
and testified that he paid DIR. Ordway
the money in the presence of Mrs. Jolly
and Mrs. Yager in the southwest room
Of the house on Tuesday.
Mrs. JoIIy's Testimony
In brief, Mrs. Jolly's testimony was
as follows: 81 have lived with DIR. Ord
way for some years and have kept
house for him a great deal of the time.
On the night before the fire DR.. Ord
way retired about o'clock.
my husband and 1 retired about $3.50
o'clock and Mrs. Yager retired shortly
afterwards. 1 slept soundly until
awakened by the creaking of springs
in Mrs. Yager's room. I heard her get
out of bed but thought nothing of it,
as she had complained of feeling i'll.
Soon afterwards, when 1 was doing, I
heard Mrs. Yager come up the cellar
steps and enter her room.
"I was awakened again by the smell
of smoke. Immediately 1 spoke to Mr..
Jolly and had him look into DR.. Ord
ways room. Then he aroused DIR. Ord
way and went through the house. I
told Mrs. Yager to get up and assist DR.
went to awaken the neighbors.
when ] returned, 1 asked DR.. Ord
way about his money and he sent me
after the valise. Mrs. Miles accompan-
led me and when we looked we found
nothing. Later 1 was told that it had
been in the cellar and was burned. After
that Mrs. wager and I dressed in my
room and were taken to the police sta
tion."
Severe Cross=Examination
Mrs. Jolly was then subjected to the
cross-examination. She was asked
whether she had handled DIR. Ordway's
money before, how much money she had
handled, how much she was paid by DIR.
Ordway who else could possibly know
of the presence of the money and SINH
lar questions.
Mrs Jolly testified that Mrs. Yager
had said once she would get even with
the Ordways and had asked her at an
other time if she (Mrs. jolly thought
it would be possible to work DR.. Ord
way for money.
Such questions as: did you yourself,
not go down those steps instead of hear
ing Mrs. Yager?" "Did Won not think