Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-24
CONDUCTOR IS HELD
TO SUPERIOR COURT
EL0PEMENT CASE HEARD BE-
HIND CLOSED DOORS
Deserted Wife and Young Woman Tell
Practically the Same Stories
of Edgar ArnoId's Es-
capade

ONTARIO, July 23-Behind closed
doors, only the parties concerned and
the members of the press being present,
the preliminary trial of Edgar Arnold.
street car conductor, was held today in
Judge Pollock's court,
The first witness was Mrs. Arnold
the deserted wife. She appeared re-
lGctant to talk, but under close ques-
tloning told the whole story, She stat
ed that she had been married to Arnold
since May IL, 1908, and that they had a
child. Then, speaking in a strained
voice, she told the story of the elope-
ment and the incidents leading up to it.
AT one time the girl with whom Arnold
had eloped, according to his wife 5
statement, told her that "she was Just
as much to him as his wife" and that
they had a heated discussion on an
other occasion Mrs. Arnold met Miss
Tulnbull on the street car with her
husband, and had a quarrel with her,
curing which she had slapped the girl
in the face.
She said that her husband had kissed
her and the baby good by on the morn
ing of the elopement, stating that he
was simply going to the TurnbuH home
to bid them good by, and she had not
heard from them until the two were
captured in Phoenix, Ariz. She had.
at tliC LllIISs OlIiy SA.oU, AlUOlu having a
large sum with him, as they were plan
ming to move to Los Angeles the same
day
The second and most important wit
ness called was Miss Annabelle Turn
bull, with whom the accused man had
eloped. She talked freely. The story
of the elopement was related, and was
practically the same as that told by the
first witness. She told of their having
walked to a station some three miles
away, where they boarded a train for
San Bernardino. AT that city they reg
istered at a hotel as man and wife.
They took the Santa Fe overland for
Phoenix, via Needles, passing as man
and wife under the name of Pifer.
AT Phoenix, according to the girl,
Arnold tried to get work on the street
cars Anabelle has friends in Phoenix
to whom she introduced Arnold as her
husband. On the next Sunday, how
ever, the man was arrested. The law
yer for the defense, A. W. McNabb,
then pOintedly accused her of trying to
break up the Arnold home, at which
point she broke down and wept hyster-
iCally for several minutes. The defense
asked several other questions calcu-
lated to make her vince. In reply she
stated that she had met Arnold at a
picnic; that she had not told her pa
rents that Arnold was married; and
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The defense then made the query:
did not Arnold wish to return to his
wife and child, and did you not reply
| that you would make it warm for him
if he did SOP To this she emphatic
ally replied, mo" DO you love him?'
asked the lawyer. Il do" answered the
girl. She stated that Arnold had re-
peatedly said he would never return
to California.
The case was put into the hands of
Judge Pollock. He bound Arnold over
to the superior court, fixing his bail at
$500, stating that he should have been
placed on higher bail excepting that he
was a working man and needed the OPP
portunity TO work. He also commented
strongly on the character of a man who
deserts a wife and child for another
woman Arnold has not yet obtained
bail.