Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-21
SAY COUPLE HAD
MANY QUARRELS
WITNESSES TELL OF FIRE.
0UENT ALTERATIONS
ACID NOT IN ROOM WHERE THE
WOMAN WAS SLAIN
Attorney Rogers Of Counsel for De-
Tense Fails to Prove Gun Was
Placed In the Bed by
Policemen
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kitchen behind the stove and that you
picked 1t up and put 1t on the stove?"
In this question he referred to the cup
aferward found to contain sulphuric
acid.
81 did," replied the witness.
but Carey said that he found that
cup, without any handle on 1t, on top
of the kitchen stove before you got to
the house. Do you know how 1t got
from the top of the stove to the fioor?'
81 do not"
"How many cartridges were gone
from the box of cartridges you found
In the bureau?"
II don't know. Some were gone. ]
didn't count them"
you said that McComas said some
thing about shooting Mrs. Noyes.
What did he say?"
HE said: I shot the poor kid.
she ran right into my second shot
Rogers and Fleming Clash
At this stage, the proceedings were
rudely interrupted by row started
by Attorney Rogers and barking back
to his troubles in San Francisco. He
attempted to ask the witness ques-
ton and Deputy District Attorney
Fleming tried to formulate an objection.
"Oh, don't try to initiate Heney,"
growled Rogers, before Fleming had
finished.
The prosecuting officer looked UP in
surprise and stammered out, 81 don't
understand to whom you refer"
ITO Francis ]. Heney," said Rogers
deliberately. An angry red surged into
Fleming's face, when suddenly Rogers
bowed and said:
IT know the comparison is odious.
will apologize to Mr.. Fleming and
to the court"
Peace once more restored, Miss LII
lie Vance of 1645 Ingraham street, d.
rectly across Little street from the fiat
in which Mrs. Noyes was killed, took
the stand and told the first story of
previous trouble between Mrs. Noyes
and the man who. later on, snuffed
out her life.
Miss Vance was self-possessed wit
ness and evidently made strong i'm
preston on the Jury. For the first
time since the trial began, one of the
Jurors asked questions of the witness.
AS the witness told OF q former row
and of hearing Mrs. Npyes scream, 1t
was evident from the appearance of
McComas that the shots had struck
home. He made no comments, but he
moved his hands nervously and his
tanned face Redeemed perceptibly.
Where were you living February
28?" Miss Vance was asked by Deputy
District Attorney Fleming
cat home" was the quiet answer.
'Do you recall hearing of an alleged
murder at GIL Little street on Feb
ruary 2S?"
Eyes, SIR"
THAT night was your attention at
tracted to a noise or disturbance at
the home OF Mrs. Noyes?"
Yes. 1 cannot tell the time def
nitely. 1t must have been shortly af-
ter II o'clock. I heard three shots. 1t
seemed as though the shots were fired
as fast as they could be. Our home
is just across Little street from the
place."
ION that day did you see McComas.
this defendant"
81 do not know"
did you know Charlotte L. Noyes
in her lifetime?"
eyes"
HAD you seen trouble before that
day between the two?"
Mccomas Nervous
IT had heard something. I didn't
see it," responded the witness quietly.
And here it was that the flush deep
ened on the face of the defendant and
his hands grew nervous.
did you see anyone at the Noyes'
home at that other timer" asked
Fleming.
Eyes. 1t was some time before
Christmas, one evening. I cannot give
the date. I saw the defendant. He
came to the door, 1t was before
Christmas last year"
What did you see the defendant
do?"
HE came to the door to admit some
one. Before that, I saw him come to
the window looking out on the porch OF
Mrs. Noyes' fiat. 1 think ii was the
defendant. Then I saw a woman--I
think 1t was Mrs. Noyes-start toward
the window, and I saw him pull her
back. She screamed and then l heard
her say over and over again: I can't
do 1t. I can't do it. Then a man was
admitted later on. judged he was
physician. I heard the defendant
here at the telephone and I could hear
part of what he said as he gave direc-
lions to someone at the other end Of
the line how to get to the house."
HAD you seen Mrs. Noyes before
that day?"
II had. And I saw her the day af-
terward at the window. She had been
in the habit of coming to the window
and calling down to the vegetable
men. The next day after I heard the
scream she didn't open the window as
usual. but hid behind the curtain as
though she didn't want anyone to see
her face"
"And how did she dress when she
did go on the street after that"
Wore Black Veil
"She wore a heavy black veil.''
Attorney Paul Schenck conducted the
REORGANIZATION. He tried at first
to show that the trouble between Nc
Comas and the woman he killed was
trivial hl1t in This he fafIad
"That may have been a scuffie in fun,
may 1t not?" asked Attorney Schenck.
ST think not, from the sound of the
woman's voice." responded the witness
firmly.
"Her voice sounded as IL ne was
angry?"
mo. 1t sounded to me as .haGFh re
was very much frightene6
what Is II fixes these aetei 10
your mind after all these nonta '
asked the attorney for the defense
at had heard disturbances there be-.
fore, but this one vas very unusual %
was the response. I'VE AZ not have
happenings of that kino ~ our reigb-
borhood often"
"As a matter of fact" saiL the att
torney, growing harsh and colo, YOU
were devoting good deal of your l.tne
to watching your neighbors. Isn't thai
a fact?"
81 was not. I was very much wor-
ried at that time"
''You said you saw some one come
to the house later who was admitted
by this defendant" continued Schenck
with hardly a pause. Don't you know
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