Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-01

or to throw suspicion on me if the
passing of the forged check was dis
covered when 1 presented it at the
bank.
II was at the school on the morning
of December IL, but If you will exam
inc the roll book you viii find that
was marked as absent In the forenoon
and present in the afternoon. 1t was
in the afternoon the check is said to
have been presented at the bank, and
I believe the book was prepared the
night before by some person, the in
tention being to send me to the bank
before noon.
'It was not 1 who took the check
to the bank, but some person in the
school who resembled me greatly. The
teller says the woman wore a dark
waist and skirt and carried a music
roll
Denies Story
'I did not have music roll at the
school and that was the first morning
in December that / wore a white
waist. and I believe the person who
presented the check thought I would
dress as usual on that day and herself
wore dark clothes.
II know / am innocent of all these
charges and / know God will help me
to prove it,"
"What can I say in regard to Ruby
Casselman's story!" exclaimed Mrs
Bryant last night. when told of the
statement the young woman had made
"The girl has always been puzzle tC
me. She is at one time the most de-
vout Christian and yet extremely un-
truthful. Many incidents rejecting or
ker honesty came up while she was ir
the Sunday school, but all were passed
fbo
I'll tried so much to help the unfor-
tunate girl.
II really believe she is possessed OF
devils, as were persons in Christ's
time, and only the Lord can cast then
out. She is talking quite in her nat
uraI way If she infers that 1 had ac.
cess to the Bowen home, but I do not
even know the family and have never
been in the house. When Ruby went
to the Bowens with Miss Fuller to use
| the telephone I admit she could not
| then have taken the check books, but
the housekeeper says she came a Sec
| ond time and that she was admitted
Says Story Is Untrue
'I did not ask her to plead guilty
two years ago. She did so at her at
torney's suggestion. I walked with
her to the court house and had no op-
portunity to go on my knees, unless
did SO on the street, and / certainly
would not do that. I remember the
incident about the dollar Ruby, 1 be.
lieve, took the money, but returned II
after I left the room. 1 prayed the
Spirit would send conviction on her
and L believe my prayers had the de-
sired effect. The money was found II
a letter I had given her to read.
ruby attended the school the mex
Sunday, but she knew her hold upor
me was broken-that I knew her as
she Island she never again entered the
class.
'She was in charge of a committee
raising funds to pay doctors bill fol
me and they were to give me the re-
ceipt for a birthday present. We dis.
covered the bill had not been paid II
full and my mother insisted that Ruby
accompany her to DR.. Hayden's office
Ruby said there was a balance of 81
due on the bill, but we found $16 was
yet to be paid. Mother paid $11 an6
Ruby paid S., saying she would take
up more collections and reimburse my
mother. 1 know she did collect other
money, but never turned it over or ex-
planned to the girls.
ruby Casselman is an enigma. She
is one of the most 1ovable girls in the
world and yet one of the most dan
gerous."
The district attorneys office has fol
some time been carrying on an In
vestigation of the allegations of Ruby
Casselman. This investigation has moi
yet been completed.