Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-04
MANS FATE MAY
HANG ON THREAD
PROSECUTION RESTS IN ALLEN
MURDER CASE
ACCUSED DENIES CRAWLING
THROUGH FENCE
Says He Shot at Person He Sup
posed Intended to Hold Him
Up on the Lonely
Road

When the prosecution rested yester-
day in the trial of John w. Allen,
ARIZONA Jack" charged with killing
Charles de Moranville at Newhall jan
uary 4, Aliens fate apparently hung
on a shred of cloth, torn from his coat
by the barb of a wire fence, 1t Is
claimed while he was making his es-
cape from the scene of the killing
Further evidence was introduced 10
show that Aliens watch fob was not
snatched from him by robbers, but
was also lost when he crawled through
the fence.
Allen says he ran along the railroad
track after he fired a shot at man
he believed was about to hold him up
and that he did not, according to the
theory of the prosecution, pass through
the fence on either side.
Charles H. Kellogg, a rancher at
Saugus, said Allen appeared at ms
place the day after the shooting and
was arrested there by Sheriff Hammel.
The most direct route to the ranch, he
said, was along the railway. The
sheriff was also a witness, testifylng
that Allen made no resistance when
he was arrested.
'I asked him if he knew he had shot
a man the night before" said the
sheriff, land he replied that he would
not admit he had shot anybody. l
told him he was charged with killing
De Moranville, and he saidi Why, L
wouldn't hurt Charley for the world;
he was one of my best friends
The defense will begin introducing
testimony this morning and is expected
to close by the time court adjourns
this afternoon. 1t is probable Judge
Davis will continue the case for argu-
ment until Monday.
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the court his wife imbibed intoxicants
freely and was frequently to be seen in
the company of a man designated as
Jack" Mrs. Mary Neff, an intimate
friend Of the absent defendant, said she
had seen Mrs. Berryhill drink beer and
heard her talk foolish"
Cocktail and Cherry
did she ever drink anything else?"
asked Mrs. BerryhilPs attorney.
1T don't remember" responded the
witness.
do you know what a Manhattan
is?" queried the attorney.
"I have heard of it," said Mrs. Neff.
But 1 don't know the difference be-
tween a Manhattan and cocktail, ex-
cept that one of them has cherry in
it,"
While attorneys representing both
sides in a divorce case waited at the
door of the court yesterday their re-
spective clients, Ruth l.. Evans and
Thomas O. Evans, Strolled hand In
hand up and down the broad corridor
discussing their differences and became
reconciled. Mrs. Evans instituted an
action for divorce against her husband,
owner of the Decatur hotel at ocean
Park, several weeks ago, alleging cru
city and other misconduct on his part
The trial was set for 2 o'clock yester-
day. but when husband and wife met
at the court house Attorneys William
Anderson and H. S. Van Dyke were
told TO await the result of a heart-to-
heart conference. Half an hour later
the couple left the county building to-
gether, and the case was marked "off
the calendar"
DEGREES Granted to Four
-Four DEGREES of divorce were granted
Yesterday as follows: Della C. Brain
ard from Fred A. Brainard, Stacia
Schell from George Schell, Beata v.
Lynn from Paul w. Lynn and Holt B.
Gregory from Mary Ellen Gregory.
The entire session in Judge Moss
court yesterday was taken up with
the trial of the contested case of Sybil
Draper against l.. P. Draper. The
nature of the testimony was such that
everybody except those directly con-
cerned was excluded.
The following divorce suits were
filed: Truesdell R. Wilson against
Annie Wilson, A. M. Jensen against
I. Jensen, Annie Hardin against Dear
wood B. Hardin, Elizabeth Sofsky
against Charles Morris Sofsl1y, Mary
e. Taylor against H. H. Taylor, Gym
thia o. Seem again-t Frank G. Seem
and Hattie Morse against Frank A.
Morse.