Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-09
HER FATHER KNEW
GIRL WAS GOING
CAPTAIN BELIEVED WOMAN
MARRIED
Had Been Told Of Wedding, but When
Questioned Supposed Victim
Admitted 1t Was Not
Legal
tConnnucd from rage One,

CONTINUED from rage one)
him we must have a contract for our
mutual protection.
For some unexplained reason he
lodged the proposition twice, when
finally was so insistent that a contract
was drawn by me and signed by both
which / told him to keep as there was
no more paper available. on giving
him the contract | informed him that
reserved the right to change my
camp when and where | pleased.
To this he assented and taking me
by the lapel of my coat said, Here
Cap, | am a rich man. There is nc
need of my family working out, but
want this girl to go away, as Mexican
is trying To fool her into peneVlnS ne
wants to marry her"
/ assured him that she would be safe
with me. and on the way to the water
front her brother Tony told me how
glad he was that she was going, as he
had not slept for seven nights, lying
with his pistol in hand to protect her
from being run away with.
on passage to san Quentin Madam
Howerton asked me If l had authority
to marry parties on the sea. / replied,
in international waters
"What is the course you take?"
"Just the same as officials on shore,
only | must make an entry in my log
book with position of vessel and give
parties certificate"
DO you ask questions same as on the
shore?" she asked me.
| replied, Yes" then with an oath
she exclaimed, "he will not marry me-
Wanted to Drug Man
was surprised, as she had already
told me that she and Howerton were
married in Mexico.
| taxed her with this. She became
confused and finally said, Yes, but 1t
was not legal, as l had not peen
divorced a year from O'Connor."
She then suggested that l give How
erton dope. and l marry them and give
her a certificate. l refused point blank.
Hence her animoSity and regard her
as the arch conspirator. Thereafter
Leslie, the Howertons and Dora Bennis
were holding nightly conclaves In the
enfine ROOM and at San quentin l
taxed Leslie with having told Howerton
he was going to kill me or dump me.
He denied it. l did not know this girl
was dissatisfied. Now, Mr. Editor,
Capt. VIM. M. Colburn, S. S. st. Denis,
on her passage to San Quentin passed
as close to me as less the width OF
Spring street. If there was any Kid
napng, why did they not cry out?
After we left San Quentin channel,
which Leslie and Howerton done
against my will, Dora told me that she
wanted to tell me something, but was
afraid of Emma. 1 urged her to tell.
She said, Emma told me you were
going to throw me overheard and drown
me- / want to go home
VERY WE'LL" l replied II will sent
you home from ST. Domingo. It's ou
of my way, but l will send you from
there"
Captain Hall Marooned
At ST Domingo I learned that the
steamers no longer called there. Going
on shore with Leslie, he and l, on the
10th of December. went down to the
custom house to submit my papers and
found they were without food. l tolo
the young man to go with me and
would give him some provisions. He
done so, and invited me to come down
on the second and shoot some wild
geese. At that time, on the night OF
the 1st, I heard the conspiracy in the
engine room, when Leslie said, II have
got out of the old gray-haired --
that we are beyond the pale of civil
ization till we get back to San Quentin
Now is our time to dump him in the
next few days" to which all concented
including this LITTLE INNOCENT
CHILD DORA.
The next morning I took the two mer
ashore and told them to cut wood while
| was at the custom house. On going
to the custom house / told the young
man of the condition of affairs and de-
manded protection. He said he Woulo
go with me, by and by, but there was 6
storm come up and we did not get away
that day, and the next morning from
the lookout | could not see my Vesse
up the coast and felt presentiment o.
evil, but could not hurry the office.
went afoot around the head of the la
COON, some eighteen miles, barefooted
coatless and old pants on, and on ar
rival | found the vessel gone and OF
the beach the insulting message signed
by Warnell, alias Leslie, as has beer
printed.
On 'the 9th of December the fishing
boat America, Captain Verale, came
into port. At first he did not want t.
take me. Finally 1 prevailed on him t'
take me to Ensenada. Now, Mr.. Edit
or, If guilty. knowing the coast and th'
interior of Lower California as L do
why, l say, did l come back? Why die
| go, on arrival there, when | heart
there was a reward, dead or alive, ant
offer to surrender to Mr.. Bailey, Ameri
can consul? Why did / wire Mr.. Car
ter, district attorney at San Diego, tina
was here? Why did | write Deputy
United States Marshal Pilan that
was here? And why did | unbosom my
self to that SNUG faced reporter of thu
Examiner if l was guilty man?
| have never been under Surveillance
nor arrest; come and go at pleasure
and am only waiting for something
definite regarding my vessel ere | go t.
Calfrnia to fight this out in the courts
Both Bennis (who people here say il
not Dora's father and her brother sa!
that she was allowed to go and wen
willingly
! | have tried to give you true ac
count of this unfortunate incident, 81
that my many friends around and II
| Los Angeles may know that the conf
lannn that lheM ranasal In in da ".