Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-14

turned to Los Angeles, Robe later re-
turning to the northern city, while sht
found employment here. She SAID
Miss Butterick took the child and cared
for it while Mrs. Robe was at the
rooming house of Mrs. walker. 1t was
later returned to her, she said
DIR. Warren N Horton, physician
who at one time was employed IN the
st, Louis city hospital, testified regard
ing his experience with and study o.
epilepsy. He said the cases coming %
the hospital numbered from three Io
fifteen day. :,
Assume that a man % years old OIL
| slender build and delicate has a suodeH
pain in the region of the heart, ne cries
and falls to the floor while froth ap'
pears at his mouth; he tears his ciotn,
| ing and this is succeeded by stats "
coma: assume that he has had several
Ats similar to this, what in your opih-
ion is the cause of these manltesla-
tions?" was the hypothetical question:
put by Attorney Veitch.
Says Possibly Epilepsy
eThe nature OF such fits is possibly
epilepsy" was the reply.
He said epilepsy had tendency 10
cause the will power to deteriorate'
that the mind may be completely PLANK
for short or long intervals, ana tnae q
person recovering from one oil theSe
attacks talks incoherently and as
jointedly. 0r Horton
cola tho will power decreases as eile
frequency of the attacks increase
Here Mr.. Fredericks asked lons ~
nothetical question based on the su SUPP
sition that a man of the chaIa ',''iino a
described by Mr.. Veitch and Ancluulhs d
detailed account of the attempted rop-
berv of the Garleman grocery, ana the
events leading up to the killing OF Ly-
ons "what particular brand OF lnsah-
,tv would you call that?" asked the us
trict attorney "a 49,, nit
mo brand of insanity" replied the Wit
ness. 3o,o Al.
The next witness was Rolla kooe' tne
defendant. He appeared signify nervous
at first. but soon regained his compos-
rre and his voice became stronger as
bis examination proceeded. He said ne
had been in Los Angeles about nineteen
Years. was about % years old and lived
with his wife at the time or ms arrest
Robe then told the story of the events
of the night of the killing of Lyons ana
of his mountaineering with Meskll'
Meets with MesklI
.I was sitting in the pool room waiting
for a Job and was talking to man,
he said, ''Meskil came up and asked Tor
a knife We talked a while and my
friendnleft. Meskil and I went out ana
had a drink, and then to a restaurant TO
get something to eat We stopped IN
nearly every saloon on the way. lie
gave me 25 cents and told me to follow
him, as he did not want the two OF us
to be seen together. We started for MS
room and he told me he had revolver
in pawn for IS, and went to Hoegee's
store and got it. Then we had five or
six drinks in a saloon on North Main
street. We had fifteen or twenty by
that time.
''He asked me IL wanted to go out
and hold up a place, but 1 told him
was not in that kind of business. He
said we could make money easily, and
that the police of Los Angeles were
easy.
1--WE bought some masks and caps and
we went to Sixth and Main, where 1 had
my shoes shined. We had a few more
drinks and then he told me to come to
his room"
At this point the court called to Mrs.
Robe and asked, her to take the little
girl, which had climbed upon her fathers
knee. and the child was taken by It's
mother from the room.
Robe said he and Meskil separated at
sixth and Spring streets and met again
at o'clock and drank again. Meskil
bought a bottle of whisky ana the WV
went to MeskiTs room and got the caps
and oyeralls and drank the whisky.
They Go to Grocery
They then went to Garleman's grocery,
where. he said, they hitched up the morse
and drove around the block several
times. getting more whisky, Whlch tney
drank. Meskil, he said, went 10 tne
store in front of which they stopped
but soon came back ana tolo nm W un,
hitch the horse. They then drove away
and in the accident that followed Robe
said he lost the revolver, which was
given to him by Meskil when ne re-
turned from the grocery store. He lost
his hat and coat at the same time, ne
said but found the hat later, but de-
clared he had never before seen the nat
Identified by Garleman and others as
his.
II told MeslIil I was going to cut
loose then" said the witness. I'VE went
douyn an alley and came up Central
avenue and when opposite the winery
Meskil said, Let's go over ana get
them 1 said no, and Meskil said, You
better come or I'll get you l opposed
the plan, and Meskil threatened me with
the revolver and made me come He
went into the place first and made me
get the money while he held up the pro-
prietor. l had no revolver or mask
Robe said he went into the winery
following Meskil, fearing the latter would
back out of the door and shoot him. He
said he ran down Fourteenth street,
saw a light, and fearing he would be
seen by his companion, returned. When
he reached the corner, he said, he heard
Meskils voice calling, Throw up your
hands or Til kill you"
1T threw up my hands and ran across
the street. Then 1 saw he had an Off
Ger " It'll his hands up and another man
searching the officer. He told me twice
to search the officer, but didn't do 1t.
Then the officer turned and was shot"
Says Meskil Fired at Him
Robe said he followed Meskil on a run
down Fourteenth street. They entered
a yard and Meskil jumped over a fence
and when Robe started to follow Meskil
ordered him to stop, and when he did
so his companion fired a shot at him,
the bullet passing near his head. Meskil
then ordered Robe to come on, but the
latter said he gained hiding place and
refused to advance. hen l took off my
overalls and walked to the yard of my
home, where 1 had a fit" said the pris-
oner.