Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-30
been seat from store to the Jail by
herself
Weeps at Mothers Name

been se.lt from store to the Jail by
herself
Weeps at Mothers Name
She said she had sent some articles
cf clothing to the Jail the day after
the shooting. This apparel was taken
from Mrs. Corwelrs room and before
sending them to the prisoner, the wit
ness said, she had talked with Mrs.
Corwells attorney.
Miss Quinones said that at the time
Mrs. Co"well was injured in her rooms
| by Bennett Mrs Quinones, her mother,
was very i'll and continued so until
December 20, when she died. At every
mention of her mother the witness
| broke down.
Appel here introduced a certified
copy of decree of divorce granted to
Trevor l.. Corwell in Galveston, Tex,
on November Z. 1898. The papers were
| fled, and no further testimony con-
cerning the divorce or Mrs. Corwelfs
marriage was brought out.
Mrs. Emma Rich said she had known
Mrs. Ccrwell since she was years old
| The defendant came to. Los Angeles IN
| 1900 and stayed at the home of the wit
ress, whom she called Mother Rich.
| She told Of a fainting spell of the de-
fendaut in Arizona and said she saw
| Mrs. Corwell in a store acting in
strange manner about . week prior TO
the shooting.
"She was walking about, wringing
ner har ds and acting strangely sala
Mrs. Rich. II stopped her and asked
what the matter was. She placed heT
| hand over her heart and asked me II L
knew that George had gone away to
marry Maize Bennett and said George
had been at her rooms and held her
while Maie Bennett gave her poison
| N,,.k.r,, in TestinoonV
G. M. D. Fisher, a surveyor, said ne
had measured the height OF Mrs. Cor
well at the county jail on TUESDAY anu
found her height to be feet lncnes.
| THE purpose of this testimony was not
made lnown. In reply to Blair wit
ress said he did not know whether the
| Defendant wore shoes at the time
Miss Manic Spencer, manicurlst'
s.id she had visited Mrs. CorweH on
INV Q last year and, receiving no re-
| sponse to her knocking, NyalKeo lnto
| the room. She found Mrs. CorWel sll
ting on a. chair, devoid OF clotnine - ~.
with her hair streaming oo"h oFei t'o
shoulders - o++a,. 1vas >,
| said the witness, "and she SAID Maze
| Rennett had come to her rooms any 1
taken George away and If he did NOT
| return that night she would XIII hei
self" u.oo,,ad
90 +astified that Mrs. Corwell while
she attended his school exhibited per-
sonality different from any other per-
son with whom he had come in con-
tact. II. u..,,, ,,,.,-
Mrs. Tillie H. Asmann. who was pro-
nrietress of the Venice apartments III
i9o5-6. said Bennett had MADE arrange.
ments with her for rooms, saying ne
wished them for himself and wife. Ihe
aDar+nents were on the ground 1looi
and were very dark and damp. Mrs,
Corwell. she said, did the cooking ano
washing. making her way about the
rooms on a crutch.
Greeted Bennett Lovingly
"wbenever she saw Bennett get of
the car. a block from the house, said
the witness. "she would run to the
door and greet him lovingly When ne
was not there she was greatly worried
and cried, why don't George come
He's gone with MAZE Bennett! why
can't 1 die?-I can't live without
him'" -.
At night she would walk from room
to room. crying out for Bennett. -
told her to try to forget him." said thf
witness. land asked her why she con-
tfnued to care for a man who desplsec
her. but she said she would be willing
to live in an attic Win george,
Mrs. Asmann said Mrs. Corwel
washed and ironed Benefits clothing
and when asked if she put perfume or
them, replied:
everything, underclothing and hand
kerchiefs, and when he went to thf
door she followed him with a perfume
bottle.
Mrs. Asmann identified family pic
lures said to have hung in the apart
ments. One picture is missing, ac-
cording to the defense and a subpoena
was issued for three police officers tc
appear and tell what they knew OF Its
whereabouts, If anything.
Mrs. Corwell, said the witness, was
very fond Of children and would often
bring all the little ones in the neigh
borhood into her rooms and play the
graphophone for them and treat them
with cake.
Always in Hurry
"she often asked Bennett to take her
ont and tell him she was so lonely
but he would reply, 'Oh, no, Kid,
can't: I'm so busy He was always
chuck full of business and in a hurry
81 told her time and again If had
a husband like that / would lock him
out. and persuaded her to do SO
once. He came home about / or
o'clock in the morning and she hob
bled to the door and opened 1t and
said. Hello Yankee, here you are.
The next day scolded her but she
said she couldn't keep him out"
In reply to question of Blair, Mrs
Asmann said there was one "measly
little rug In the Bennett apartments