Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-17
'M|STAH' BELLAMY
PLEADS OWN CASE
NEGRO CHARGED WITH PASS
ING BOGUS CHECKS
CALLED HUMAN PH0NoGRAPH
Court Tells Him He Has Fooled Two
Jurles, and Reminds Him to Be-
have Himself In the
Future
CALLED HUMAN PHoNoeRAPH

"Ah sweah foh Gawd All wusht Ah'd
nebah done seen dem checks" testified
"Gawge" w. Bellamy, a negro, charged
with passing fictitious checks, as he
took the witness stand in his own be-
half in Judge Smiths department Of
the superior court yesterday.
Bellamy came into prominence sew
eral weeks ago when, as a human
phonograph, he conducted his case on
the same charge before a jury and won
out. The crimes with which he was
accused were the passing of ten bogus
checks on various merchants Bellamy
claimed that the checks were given him
by Jockeys at Ascot park in a crap game,
and took his wife and baby into court
and made strong plea for the SYM
pathies of the jury. He won his first
case, and a large contingent of his
dark friends were out in force to see
him tussle with Assistant District At
torney McComas yesterday.
But McComas never had a show. The
TALL smooth. tongued darkey won look
that would have appealed to the most
hard-hearted man and studied with
great care his pose as he addressed his
witnesses. He drew his head down be-
tween his shoulders, drew in his chest
to give a consumptive outline to his
figure and folded his arms in an appeal
ing manner. By his side, and holding
her tiny baby to her, sat the patient
wife of the accused man and formed a
fine background for the pathetic effect.
Even the aged mother had been taken
into the picture and sat near by the
speaking likeness of sorrow and woe.
Cross-Examines Witnesses
Bellamy went through his cross-ex-
aminations in his same spirited man
ner of the former trial. He called
several witnesses to the stand to prove
that the checks had been passed to hirn
during a crap game in the Ascot stables.
He then called the wife of his former
employer, Mrs. w. H. Kornblum, to the
stand in order to prove his reputable
character.
Mrs. Koahnbum," he began, trying
to initiate the manner of attorneys
'what can yoh say of nah reputashum
for trufulness, honestness and"
Here the darky looked at the judge, for
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Integrity" suggested the judge, and
the negro continued the questioning Of
the witness, and took the stand in his
own behalf, testifying as follows:
Judge, youah honah and de mos
honorable jury, All am certainly inno-
cent OBJ dis chawge agin me. Ah
simply faded dem guinies fob de money
an Ah won an dey glib me de bum
checks. Fading is when you bet you
won't make de seben and dat was nah
strong point. De jockeys dey said Ah
was so lucky dat If dey should trow me
into de mud Ah would blossim foath
like a rose. I dun thinked maybe dey
would try throwin' me in de mud an
I lef."
In making his speech to the jury
Bellamy outdid all his former argu-
ments. When the jury brought in the
verdict and Bellamy stood up to be dis.
charged by the court Judge Smith gave
the following opinion Of the case:
'Bellamy, you have, with the aid Of
bringing your wife and baby to court
and playing the pathetic. succeeded in
fooling two juries, but you can't fool
this court. I don't believe that the evil
see that you behave yourself"