Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-16

Carpenter, who invited her to her own
my husband and I did not agree on
anv matter, not even the raising oL
our child Mrs. Carpenter offered me
home and went there" said the
| witness. a.,
what is your physical condition.
asked Mr.. Drake.
Prosecutor McComas was on MS
feet Immediately with an objection.
| Mr.. Drake endeavored to show the
matertality Of the evidence. The
prosecution all along has tried to prove
that Bennett had a motive for remov-
ing his wife. Take Mrs. Molster out
of it and you take every semblance of
motive out of the case" he declared.
81 want to show that she was so sick
ir body and mind there could never
be any question Of affinity"
Judge Willis, however, sustained the
objection, and Mrs. Molster, continuing
her story, said:
Bennett did not know that I pur-
posed leaving my husband and there
fore could not advise me to do so. 1
left because Of his cruelty, and the day
after I entered Mrs. Carpenters home
she told me 1 would have to leave.
went to Glendale, where 1 paid my
own expenses with money borrowed
from Bennett, which have since re-
paid. Bennett paid for my room at
the Dakota rooming house. but l did
not know nor did I approve of his
registering himself and me as Mr.. and
Mrs. Arson. 1 told the landlady, how
ever, he was my brother"
This was the only money Bennett
had spent on her account, she said,
until they went to San Diego together
and then she was in his employ as
housekeeper.
Refused Her Sewing Machine
When asked why she went to San
Diego Mrs. Nolster said her husband
refused to let her have her sewing
machine with which to make a living
and she took the first work offered her,
the caring for Benefits children.
She denied Mrs. Carpenters state
ments that she had sat on Benefits
lap in the Carpenter home or had kissed
between bites during a lunch at her
room in the Dakota rooming house.
Ibid Mrs. Carpenter advise you to go
back TO Molster?' asked Mr.. Drake.
yes" was the reply. "She proposed
that I pull away from Bennett think
that's the way she expressed it-and
demand money from him. If he wouldn't
pay she wanted me to return to my
husband and have him sue Bennett for
dl6UdllOl OL dlLGtllDLSs 1 WOuldn
ter into such a scheme. That is the
reason Mrs. Carpenter and l quar-
relied"
Mrs. Molster corroborated the testi-
nony of Miss Helen NJ. Douglas, stat
ing her husband choked her while she
was staying at the Douglas home in
March.
Mr.. McComas' cross-eXamlnation re-
lated to telephone conversations alleged
to have been held between Mrs. Molster
and Bennett, all of which the witness
denied. He also questioned her closely
concerning other portions Of her story,
but when she left the stand no part
of her testimony had been shaken. Mrs.
Molster left the courtroom a few mo-
ments later and did not return.
Mrs. L. II. Upton, Mrs. Eliza Letter,
]. H. Upton, Mrs. Ella B. Walker,
Benefits sister; Mrs. c. A. Bowlus,
cousin of Mrs. Bennett: George Rey-
nolds, Mrs. George Reynolds and Mrs.
Katie Fisher were called to testify that
Mrs. Bennett was melancholy and
morose, Mrs. Fisher stating she noted
Mrs. Benefits apparent dependency
at an entertainment three weeks be-
fore her death and when she asked
her to tell the cause of her trouble
Mrs. Bennett replied she did not care
to live any longer.
George Reynolds. an intimate friend
of Bennett. denied the story told by
Attorney Sterry and Frank M. Fowler
that they conversed with Bennett the
day following his wifes death concern
ing the examination of the chile con-
carne.
w. J. Wadhams, a real estate broker,
said he was at the Bennett home when
Fowler appeared there the day after
Mrs. Benefits death. Fowler repre-
sented himself as a reporter" said the
witness. HE carried a paper contain
ing the story OF Mrs. Benefits death
and said he wanted fuller details"