Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-25
SLANDER TRIAL
LIKE PINK TEA
LONG BEACH SOCIETY LIGHTS
IN COURT
Witnesses Excluded From Room See
Golden Observation-Disclosures
Idol Finds Himself Center
of Admiring Group

About two score of the leading men,
bers of the Long Beach "4OO," Joseph
Galbraith, the once famous matinee
idol of Los Angeles, and his pretty
bride, and about fifty others crowded
department and the witness room of
that department In the superior court
Yesterday, to listen to the evidence in
the suit for slander filed by Mrs. Bes-
sic Fleet against Mrs. Adelaide Tiche-
nor for damages amounting to $4,000.
Galbraith took lively interest in
the case and the feminine portion of
the audience seemed to take a lively
interest in him and the sober looking
members of the Ebell club of Long
Beach looked on the proceedings and
whispered to one another.
Incidentally, Judge Bordwelfs court
has been afflicted with more Long
Beach cases during the past few
months than any other department of
the superior court, and scandals, libels
and damage cases have all been
threshed out there.
The -Tichenor case is undergo
ing it's second rehearsal. When it was
first called, nine months ago, q jury in
department. of the superior court sat
in open-mouthed wonderment and lis
tened to what the fair representatives
of Long Beach had to say about each
other. At that time adjectives and eX-
pletiveS were used and the Jurors We're
aghast, but at this trial it is threat
ened that something worse may be
handed out by the witnesses and the
Jurors are mostly old men who will
take the levity of youth into consider
alton. a
Learns Inside History
ha
was formerly an employe in the house.
hold of Mrs. Adelaide Tichenor Mrs.
Tichenor at that time was Madam
President" of the Ebell club of Long
Beach.
During June of 1906 Mrs. Tlchenor
left her home to attend a meeting Of
the club. She left the key to the house
as usual beneath rug on the back
porch of her home. She alleged that
Mrs. Fleet was the only one besides
herself who knew that the key had
been placed there,
When she returned, according to her
allegations, quantity of jewelry and
jewels were missing. 1t is alleged by
Mrs. Fleet that Mrs Tichenor accused
her of having stolen the jewelry and
to have told her suspicious to several
of her friends.
Result: slander suit for $4,000 against
Mrs. Ilcnenor Dy Mrs. Fleet ana more
Long Beach history aired in depart
ment 8.
Some weeks ago a minister from
Long Beach sued railroad company.
The case was tried in department 8
and Judge Bordwell became convers-
ant with the early history of that de-
lghtful beach town and of some of
the peculiarities and oddities of its in
habitants. A few weeks later
young business man of that city sued
the Evening Telegram for libel, asking
a small amount, about $50, 900, for SLAM
der to his character. He lost, but the
court got a varied second canto OF
Long Beach's glorious past and brill
liant future during that hearing in de-
partment Q.
5alllff Knows Games
Fortunately, Deputy Sheriff Harry
the greatest man In Long
Beach, is bailifr In department 0 and
knowing all the people In
Long Beach, he knows just exactly
where they Mt in so that Mrs. So-and-
So," chief madam sergeant at arms"
Of the Society for the Advancement of
Ethics and Technical Research, is
seated on the first seat of the first
row OF chairs Just outside the railing,
while madam chief clerk" OF the inside
circle of the Society for the Prevention
OF Short Bathing Skirts at the Bath