Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-20

room in which her body was found.
The top of the triangularly folded quilt
was frayed as though torn and threshed
in the cogs of a machine, though the
under part of the covering showed no
signs Of decay.
Spattered and eaten through by acid
the paper said to have been pinned TO
the kitchen door was next placed in
evidence. And, following this, the door
thar had hung between the bedroom
and the kitchen, one side of it--said
to be the kitchen side--streaked and
bIotched with the stains of the acid.
Fails to Shake Witness
On cross examination Attorney Rog-
ers went after Carey with a vengeance,
but he failed to shake the witness. He
endeavored to show that Herman Hit,
a friend Of the defendant, had accom-
panied Carey to the Noyes fiat that
fatal night This the witness abso-
lutely denied. He said that he did not
remember whether or not Mr.. Hit was
In the house. but he denied that he
had accompanied him or been with
him when the conversation between
himself and McComas occurred.
On later questioning, Attorney Rog-
ers unearthed the fact that Carey had
tie of McComas, taken from his neck
after the shooting. Rogers insisted on
having this produced. 1t was.
The necktie, wrapped in a handker-
chief belonging to the witness, was
eaten to spongy mass ON the portion
where the four-in-hand knot would
come Even the handkerchief in which
1t was wrapped was filled with holes
made by the acid.
After these were placed in evidence.
Attorney Rogers attempted to show
that Carey had not made a determined
attempt to find the gun said to have
been in the possession of Mrs. Noyes,
and which. it was claimed, could not
be found.
"You searched that bed thoroughly,
didn't your" asked Rogers.
II only pulled down the clothes in
the bed and the head of the mattress.
/ didn't look under the foot of the bed.
1 didn't pull down the mattress very
much"
made strenuous argument to the de-
PENDANT, insinuating that he was coll
oring his testimony to bolster up a
discovery made after his visit This
he denied, and the judge ruled Attor-
ney Rogers out of order.
"And where did you find acid?" asked
Rogers.
Acid on Floor
II found acid on the kitchen floor;
close to the kitchen door; there was
acid on the bathroom floor; there was
acid on the quilt on the bed in the wo-
mans bedroom; there was acid on the
floor in the doorway between the bed
room and the living room, and there
was acid on the telephone"
DIR. julius Koebig, expert chemist,
was called next. He was employed by
the district attorneys office to ex-
anime the contents of the cup found
by Carey on the gasoline stove in the
kitchen of the Noyes flat after the
killing.
did you examine a portion of the
contents of the cup given you?" asked
Prosecutor Fleming.
At did," was the answer, after the
cup had been identified. some time
early in March
How much liquid was there in the
cup?'
'About one quarter of an ounce"
"What were the contents?"
"Sulphuric acid-oil of vftriol," re-
piled the chemist.
was there any olive oil in the cup?"
asked Fleming.
None at ALL" was the reply.
Cup Placed in Evidence
The cup was placed in evidence and
then the chemist added: This cup had
been kept open before it was brought
to me- When L analysed 1T the acid
was about of commercial strength 1t
probably was weaker when it came to
me than 1t had been before. The cup,
IL filled, would contain about a pound
of acid"
1t was on this apparently innocent
testimony that Attorney Rogers, later
In the afternoon. was to show an ink
ling OF his hand in his questions as to |
what dehydrated sulphuric acid, a
powder, would do, and whether or not.
IL kept open to the air, 1t would notl