Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-21
ACID IN ONE ROOM, BODY IN ANOTHER

foregoing witness, had another word to
say about the trouble between Nc
Comas and Mrs. Noyes. He said that
he had seen McComas around the place
so often that he supposed he was the
husband of Mrs. Noyes.
did you ever hear any disagreement
between this defendant and Mrs.
Noyes?" was asked Of the witness by
Mr.. Fleming.
"I did" replied the witness. after he
had identified McComas. 1T was in the
latter part of January, about 10 O'Clock
one night. First I heard a sound like
a chair being showed suddenly and then
I heard noise like a body falling
down stairs. opened my outside door,
which is next to that leading to Mrs.
Noyes' apartments. The defendant was
at the door, and apparently hanging
around his neck was the woman. She
seemed to be pleading with him. They
went away and then returned again.
They had a conversation in the stair
way In low tones, and then heard him
tell her to Go to HE'LL He went away
second time, but again returned, and
this time went upstairs. That Is all
know"
Apparently this man didn't want to
be retained, and the woman was trying
to retain him. Wasn't that the way 1t
appeared to your" asked Rogers.
McComas Wanted to Leave
Apparently he didn't want to stay"
said the witness, and he was excused.
When Captain of Detectives Flammer
took the stand he had another bundle
of light to shed on the relations between
McComas and Mrs. Noyes.
"A month or two before the tragedy
said Flammer, "McComas came to me
with a letter of introduction, signed
either by Mayor Harper or his secre-
tary. The letter said that any favors
extended to the bearer would be appre-
ciated. I had a talk with McComas.
He said that he had been intimate with
a woman and that he had had diff
culties with her on several occasions.
He said she had a bad temper and that
he wanted to quit her, and he told me
that he wanted an officer to go with
him so that he could obtain his personal
effects
He told me that the woman was
quarrelsome, and that she had a re-
volver, but that he had fixed 1t SO that
she couldn't use 1t. Later on, that
same afternoon, ] met McComas and
he said 1 needn't send an officer with
him. as he had fixed things up and
everything was all right"
did you visit the place February 20
and find any weapons"
II did. I turned up the covers and
found the weapon. 1t was loaded.
think 1t was a .32."
Attorney Rogers again rehashed the
fact of the finding of the weapon while
he and Attorney Schenck were out of
the room, but got little satisfaction
from Flammer. He said he had been
ordered by Fleming to keep the discov-
cry from Rogers and Schenck, and that
he had done so.
When Detective Roberds, who had
corroborated the principal points Of
Ritchs testimony. was recalled to the
stand, the final bombshell of the after
noon came. 1t was close to time for
adjournment.
Again bringing up the question of the
finding of the gun, Attorney Rogers
said excitedly:
Didn't you know who dropped that
gun in that bed that day."
mo-" replied Roberds. ST didn't
know anything about it,"
Don't you know that you dropped
that gun in that bed that day your
self?" insisted Rogers.
81 know nothing of the kind" said
the witness, and court was adjourned
until 10 o'clock this morning.