Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-10
END OF CASE IS
IS STILL FAR OFF
cORWELL TRIAL BEGINS FIFTH
WEEK
important Testimony Will Be Given
by Witnesses for Both Prosecu-
ton and Defense in Fight
for Woman's Life

In Judge Wilbur's department of the
superior court, this morning at 10
o'clock, will begin the fifth week of the
trial of Mrs. Estelle Corwell, charged
with killing George T. Bennett on July
22, 1906.
Notwithstanding the statement made
by the court on Thursday that the
case was expected to go to the jury
Friday of this week, there is general
belief among attorneys and others as
ISOLATED with the case that the trial
will reach into If not wholly absorb a
fortnight yet to come.
The prosecution which has spent the
past week in presenting rebuttal testi-
mony, still has at least twelve wit
nesses which they feel should be placed
on the stand, and at the rate In which
these witnesses have been testifying
during the last few days, it will at
least take up two days time for their
testimony.
The defense has at the lowest
estimate twenty-four witnesses who
will give sur-rebuttal testimony, and
many of these persons are expected to
be held on the stand for long time
not only on account Of the expected OBJ
jections of the prosecution, but because
of the detailed nature of the evidence
they will give.
important Testimony Expected
The week promises to be the most
important one of the trial. The first
witness today will be DR.. George w.
Campbell, who testified for the defense
Thursday that he had made physical
and mental examination of the defend
ant within 48 hours following the ira
gedy, and had found she was healthy
in every respect.
The defense refrained from cross
examining this witness Thursday. and
it is not to be doubted they have taken
advantage of the interval between that
day and the beginning of the week S
work to supply themselves with large
fund of material which will develop In
the form of interrogations flung at the
physicians head.
Handwriting experts, it is expected,
will also be called to the stand during
the coming week, the prosecution hop
ing to be successful in it's efforts to
place in the evidence the register of a
hotel at Avalon at which Mrs. Corwell
and Leon Popoff are said to have been
registered as man and wife.
This register has not been allowed
to lie brought into the case except for
Identification, the court ruling the de-
PENDANT, not being party to the regis
tration, could not be connected with 1t,
and that the registration could have
been made for the purpose of casting
reflections upon her.
Testimony Important
How the prosecution hopes to COM
bat this ruling, even should the writing
he proyed to be that of Popof, is not
quite clear, but that they hope to be
successful in their efforts Is made evil
dent by the fact that experts have been
husilv engaged for two days examining
and comparing the chirography i'll the
directory with that in letters and other
papers belonging to Popoff.
The prosecution will also bring in
other witnesses to testify concerning
the color of hat worn by Mrs. Cor
well on the night of her arrest.
Around this piece of headgear there
centers the one mystery OF the case,
the defense maintaining with an earn
estness horn of conviction that the de-
PENDANT wore black hat, while the
nrosecution declares with equal vigor
Che wore a white hat. The defense Is
also ready to bring forward a number
of nersons who will swear their con-
tention is correct.
'The defense also has NUMBER oi
musicians who are expected TO testify
in sccordance with the insanity theory,
While in order to refute the testimony
of DIR. Campbell the attorney VINO nrst
took charge of Mrs. Corwells case and
whose name was included in camp
haIIic statements on Thursday, Will De
| placed on the stand. A..
The Arrowhead Spring trip OF MIS-
| o,or>yell. Miss G. Niblock ana Two men,
~, which the prosecution places great
NE, ne ybt will it Is declared, also be ex-
n,ained to the satisfaction or the jurors