Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-29
NEGRO JUMPS
At TESTIMONY
TELLS OF JAX0N'S
HATRED
Had Declared Pasadena Would Be
Better of If Logan Were Wiped
of the Face of the
Eearth

The first valuable evidence Of the
prosecution in the trial Of the negro.
J. c. G. JaXon. under charge for the
murder Of James II. Logan. came to
light yesterday afternoon in depart
ment one of the superior court when
T.. J. Howell testified that he had
heard JaNon say that Logan ought to
be wiped of the face Of the earth.
The evidence proved a surprise to
the defense and created CONSERVATION.
Howell is a recent discovery of the
district attorneys Office and he did
not appear at the preliminary exam
ination. The evidence of the lower
court had been thoroughly thrashed
over by attorneys for the defense and
there was but little of 1t that caused
them any particular fear.
And even yesterday JaXon sneered at
the men who We're testifying against
him. until Howelrs name was called
and that negro appeared in court to
take the stand. Then Jaxon seemed
nervous and did not appear as light
hearted as he had been.
Il was in Jaxons shop about eight
months before the murder" testified
Howell "and We were talking when
Jaxon said that Pasadena would be
better off if a certain damned niger
who he meant, he said he was talking
about Jim Logan"
At that piece of evidence Jaxon
jumped to his feet, and so did Attorney
Rogers. and a lively scene resulted, but
it failed to shake the witness. The tor
rent of questions rained upon him
failed to shake his testimony and he
left the stand still making the state
ment that Jaxon had said it would be
be better if Logan were dead.
Mother Testfies
Mrs. Louis Young. the mother of the
dead mulatto. was one of the wit
nesses in court yesterday. She is as
light colored as her son was and she
told how Jaxon seemed to take but
little interest in the death of the man
whom he was always claiming was his
best friend.
As Mrs. Young left the stand she
passed within few feet of JaXon and
as she did she muttered:
You dirty black -" the rest of
the sentence being lost in muttering.
In the corridor she collapsed at the
recollection of the testimony of the
murder.
Another important witness of the
day testified that on the night of the
murder he saw JaXon, a white man
and man whom he could not see very
well going toward the wash near the
golf links, where the body was found
the next morning.
1t is thought that the white man
acted as messenger to lure the young
mulatto to some trysting place and
that the third man who was seen
hanging around near the couple fol-
lowed them there and sprang upon his
victim as soon as he was out of call of
the road.
This third man, according to the
prosecution, was JaXon, but the wit
ness stated that he could not even tell
in the darkness whether the myster-
ious third man was a negro or white
man.
1t is expected that Miss Ida Nc
Daniels, a former Pasadena nurse, will
arrive in Los Angeles today from Chi
cago to give testimony in the case.
Miss McDaniels is a negress, a
former sweetheart of Logan. She was
nurse for the wealthy Mrs. Hariette
McVicars two years ago when Mrs.
McVicars died after a lingering ill
ness. At that time there were allega-
tions of poison having been used, but
those allegations fell through.
1t will be alleged by the prosecution
that Miss McDaniels was approached
whereby they were to get slice Of the
McVicar estate through some secret
deal.
1t is alleged Miss McDaniels carried
the story to her seetheart, Logan, and
that he advised her against having
anything to do with Jaxon. Jaxon is al
legged to have planned revenge against
Logan from that time until Logan was
killed.