Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-23

ed out the location of the burns, using
his own hand for the purpose.
WAS that the occasion when you
and DR. Campbell had falling out?
asked Deputy District Attorney Blair.
mo, that was later"
did you and DR.. Campbell have any
trouble?"
"Well. he made me angry because
he talked to the defendant and | OBJ
jected to it," said the witness.
]. c. Floyd, a real estate dealer, said
Mrs. Corwelrs reputation so far as he
knew was good. He knew her, he said,
for five or six years.
Makes Call on Invalid
Mrs. Anna Muellar of 664 South
Spring street said she knew Bennett
and Mrs Corwell and that they had
been visitors in her home and had at
tended parties there ten or more times.
She said Bennett asked her to call on
Mrs. Corwell while she was in the
hospital and she did so.
II met Mr.. Bennett a few days later"
said the witness. "and asked him how
Mrs. Corwell was. He said she was
getting along nicely and when she left
the hospital they were going to keep
house. l asked him if they were go
ing to be married and he said yes"
Later. she said she heard Bennett
and Mrs. Corwell were keeping house.
Mrs. Warren told her this. she said.
rs Mrs. Warren called the Spanish
Beauty>?" asked Mr.. Blair.
mo" said the witness; Mrs. War
rem is not Spanish"
"She was not a Spanish beauty,
then?" asked Mr.. Appel.
mo, sir; she was blonde-very
blonde"
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kind of a hat Mrs. Corwel wore the
night of her arrest. Next morning, or
the day following. she wore a black
hat.
Did you ever, while she was in your
charge, see any white hat there?"
asked the attorney.
'I don't remember" was the reply.
A Puzzling Witness
Miss Loretta McPeak. a police ma
tron, was a puzZling witness for both
sides. She said she first saw Mrs.
Corwell inside the jail on the night of
her arrest but she had no hat on her
head. Il saw her in the hallway of
the JAIL" said the witness.
Did you see her before that?' asked
Mr.. Blair.
Il can't see through an iron door,"
was the reply.
"Did she have a hat on?"
81 said she had no hat on
Did she have a hat?'
81 don't say whether she had a hot
or not"
did she have any hatpins?"
"She may not and she may have
Did you take any hatpins that
night?"
IF she had hatpins that night 1 took
them"
IF you don't know, say So" said the
court
"Wen. 1 don't know" said the wit
ness, and she was excused.
Mrs. Laura KempfreY said she knew
Mrs. Corwell while both had apart
ments at the Gladstone hotel, Fifth and
Main streets. Bennett. she said, called
on Mrs. Corwell three or four times
daily. They met each other generally
in the parlor of the hotel, but 1t was
customary for Bennett to go to Mrs.
Corwells rooms unannounced.
Frank Cofer and w. B. Carr of
Kingman, Ariz., testified that Mrs.
Corwell's reputation for peace and
quiet in that city was good.
Saw Miss Bennett at Hotel
J. f. Quart who stayed at the Ana
capa hotel in Ventura in 1905, said he
| knew Male Bennett but did not know
George T. Bennett. He saw Miss -3en-
nett, he said at the hotel in August
| of that year. He was allowed to give
description of the man Miss Bennett
is said to have accompanied at the
time and said he was a dark man,
about six feet tall and partly bald. The
couple. he said. were at dinner and
breakfast in the dining room.
Wallace A. Ward. a laundry driver,
said he had occasion to see Mrs. Cor
we'll at the Venice apartment house on
Hill street many times in 1906. The
clothing she gave him, he said, includ-
ed ladies' and gentlemen's garments.
Ward said he knew Mrs. Corwell by
the name of Mrs. Bennett and never
by any other. He was introduced to
her as Mrs. Bennett when he first went
to the house.
John Walsh, newspaper agent,
identified a number of receipts for
newspapers delivered to the Venice
apartment house and subscribed for
by Bennett. The receipts, he said,
were given to ~'Mrs. Bennett"
Frank e. Simpson. who testified that
he had seen Mrs. Corwell and Bennett
together, was the last witness of the
day. He had not concluded when an
adjournment was taken until 10 o'clock
this morning.