Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-20

PEAR WHEN SEATED IN THE
| the living room. There was blood
spot on her white shirt waist over heI
right breast and another over the
muscles of her left arm. I didn't see
the defendant at all"
Rogers Grills Witness
Attorney Rogers grilled Sawyer on
cross-examination and then Arthur
Petzoidt was called to the stand. He
corroborated Sawyer's testimony as &c
the conversation and the time, but said
/ that he did not go to the house, but
went home.
John C. Hosick of 1904 West Pico
| street, night Waterman in the Eos
| ter service, was the next witness. He
said he heard the shots as he stood al
| Seventh street and Burlingame ave-
nue. talking with Policeman Wyatt
He didn't investigate.
Frank F. Aufdemkamp of 1861 Ma
| pie avenue, who was saying good
| night to his sweetheart on the porch
| of the house at 1921 Ingraham street
on the fatal night, also said he heard
| the three shots. He said one of the
bullets whistled past his head and he
| heard it strike something across the
street. He did not hear any scream
but started home almost Immediately
BY this time the witnesses had testi-
fed to all the possible chances for In
tervals between the shots. The first
two testified there was distinct in
terval between the first and second
shots and that the third and fourth
followed in rapid succession. Hosick
declared that the interval was between
the second and third shots, and Auf-
demkamp said that there was no in
terval and that the three shots were
fired in rapid succession. That there
were three shots fred none of the wit
! nesses denied.
Coroner Tells of Inquest
Coroner Calvin Hartwell told of the
inquest held March on the body OF
Mrs. Noyes, and identified the package
containing her clothing. Then v. c.
Carey was called and took the wit
ness stand.
Carey is a detective in the employ
ment of the district attorneys office,
and happened to be at the Hotel Pepper
when McComas, his face and hands
dripping with acid entered the hotel
and announced that he had killed a
woman. He was the first to reach the
room other than the womans slayer,
and the first TO tell OF the story told
by McComas from the witness stand.
He was not called at the preliminary
examination.
GIL Little street," asked Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Fleming.
February 2S, between 11:15 and IL
o'clock at night" was the answer. az
was in the Hotel Pepper and heard a
man say: There's a man out there
with acid all over his face who says
he has shot a woman Then started
toward town on a run and 1 was look
ing around. I saw lighted house on
Little street and went there"
What did you do?'
II went up on the porch and was
about to ring the bell when heard a
voice saying, Here I am, up here
went up to the head of the stairs and
looked back. Then / saw a man stand
ing at the door of bedroom opening
out of the hallway on the second
floor. 1t was w. P. McComas-that
man there" pointing to the defendant.
What was he doing?" asked Flem-
ing.
His hands were at his face and he
was walking toward me-"
Ibid he have anything in his hands?"
Seemed to Be Suffering
NO: he seemed to be suffering" was
the answer of the witness. when he
saw me he said, Yes. killed her. She
threw acid in my face. / shot once to
gave it to him and he went into the
second shot. 1t went clear through
her.
He seemed to be in great pain.
said, Where's the gum? He said,
She had one. but I haven't been able
to find It,
IT went to the telephone 20 call the
police. Then he spoke up and said,
God, boy, I did that two minutes
after shot her. In the meantime the
police told me the wagon was on the
way and would be at the house soon.
"Then this man seemed to be in such
pain that I wanted to help him. He
told me to get bottle OF olive oil that
was on the table In the same room
where the body was. I got the oil and
gave it ohm and he went into the
bedroom at the southwest corner of
the house and put some of 1t on his
face and hands,"
when did you see the body?" asked
Fleming.
f''As soon ash reached the top of the
stairs" answered Carey. After Nc
Comas told me she had a gun but he
hadn't been able to find it I examined
the pouy. Sne was lying race down,
both arms under the body. There was
rug under the forehead. 1t was
rolled three or four times over"
1t was brought out in later evidence
that McComas admitted that he rolled
this rug and put 1t under the forehead
of the dead woman. 1t may figure
largely in later stages of the trial. This
roll of rug may tell the story as to
whether or not the acid was thrown
before or after the fatal shot was fred
Where was McComas when you ex-
amined the body?" asked Fleming.
HE stood in the archway between
the living room and the hail." answered
the witness. There was some CONVEX
sation about the acid. and we went into
the kitchen to see II. He showed me
the acid anofa on the bed In the he'd