Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-22

depression in the carpet and under
meath, in a dent in the floor, was the
missile. He also saw blood stains on
the tablecloth, he said.
Later 1 questioned Figueroa about
his actions that night" the officer
testified. IT asked him where he was
while he was away from the house.
He said he went with Surber, the man
who was said to have been in the
summerhouse that night with Figueroa
and his wife. to see him aboard a car
Later he said he went out to look for
Surber and to get a drink. He said
he did not get the drink, however"
Chief Barretto of the Ocean Park
police force was called to the stand.
He told of breaking" the revolver
found in the summerhouse and discov-
ering that one of its five chambers
was empty.
He also talked with the defendant.
who declared he knew nothing about
the shooting, the chief said, but ad-
mitted there was an agreement among
him, his wife and John r. Surber for
all three to occupy the single bed in
the summerhouse that night
Adelbert Pugsley, brother to the dead
woman, was recalled to the stand. He
related that the day after the shoot
ing and in the presence of Chief Bar
retto he saw Figueroa and said to
him: This is bad business, George"
To this he declares Figueroa respond
ed: Did you know Sarah had your
gum" Pugsley said his answer was:
Il don't know anything about it,"
MRS. PUGsLEY TEsTIFIEs
Pugsley testified about keeping his
revolver always under his pillow and
identified the one on exhibition as his.
He said that for awhile Figueroa and
his wife had OppuDip6 1iS ,.np,,, hut
that the last time he had seen the
weapon it had been in his bed.
Mrs Glendora Pugsley, mother to
the dead woman, testified that the
morning Of May 21 she had made the
bed in her sons room which she also
said was occupied by her daughter and
her husband. She declared she re-
moved the weapon from the bed and
placed it in plain sight upon her sons
oesk. 1t was that night she stated
that the Figueroas packed up and
moved to the beach.
DR.. George w. Campbell, autopsy
physician, testified that the weapon
must have been held more than foot
away from the head when it was dis
charged. He deducted this from the
fact that there were uneXploded DOW
der marks on the dead womans face
and that the singeing of the hair was
such that ii could not have been done
at closer range.
He said the discol0ration noted upon
the fingers We're post-mortem internal
effects and were not upon the outer
surface of the skin.
SHOT ENTERS BRAIN
He also testified that the shot de-
stroyed the motor center when it
passed through the brain and that all
power over any motion of the body
ended as paralysis resulted. There
fore, he argued, it was impossible for
the woman to have snot herself and
to have thrown the weapon ten feet
away behind a basket, where it was
found.
Following the testimony given by
Paul Taylor, the prosecution rested its
case and the defense placed upon the
stand Drs Gilmore and Palette In
answer to hypothetical questions the
former said the tragedy might have
been suicide and declared the wound
would not have caused paralysis. DR..
Palette, although he acted with Dr.
Campbell at the autopsy, also differed
from that physician.
The case now is practically ready to
be given into the hands of a Jury.
The prosecution will call no more wit
nesses and late last night the defense
declared its intention, unless some
thing unforeseen arises this morning,
of calling no more. Neither Figueroa
nor Surber nor some of the character
witnesses who were subpoenaed have
testified.