El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-17

II ECAUSE she felt sorry, and to get
X him out of trouble, Ellen Godsey,
II the prosecuting witness IN the
Caples case, testified Monday morning
that she would have married bill "a
pies. the defendant.
shortly after she was indicted on the
perjury charge growing out OF the eA-
aiming trial held before urge T. b.;
NcCIintOcz. the Godsey girl testified
that Caples came to her proposed mar
rage. suggesting Juarez as the place
to 90 to have the ceremony performed
20 90 on" she testified she said when
CapIes made the proposal. i would
have married him, she continued, be
cause / felt sorry; and to get him out
of trouble
The defence Is attempting to establish
the fact that the witness made state
ments TO the effect that if she had been
gir-IT a house and lot She would not have
prosecuted Caples. She was asked sew
eral times bv ~ ". Stanton, who con-
Quoted the examination of the witnesses
for the defence Monday, if she had not
made this statement IN the presence OF
Mrs. Emma Webster and night Jaller
T. B. Elliott. The witness denied max
inc the statements. In answer to the
question of district attorney BrldgeTs
the girl said that she did say she would
have 10 have a house and lot because she
knew that Bill" Caples did not have any
money. except what his mother gave
him
Ellen Godsey Is Recalled
Ellen Godsey was recalled Monday
morning by the defence. She took the
stand after the defence introduced A l.
Gibbs and Mrs Ida GrissOm. Mrs Girls
som ran the HOllenbeck hotel. at which
the Godsey girl was staying at the time
of the alleged occurrence. Both the
testimony of Gibbs, who was a rOomer
al the hotel, and that of Mrs. GrissOm,
was to the effect that the girl appeared
intoxicated on the morning she returned
from the automobile ride with Caples-
Gibbs testified that the girl bumped
into a door with great force and after
that he saw blood on her face He would
not say that he saw blood on the girls
face before that, saying that he only
saw her profile when she 1lrst passed
him in the hallway Of the hotel
That the defence Is going to make an
effort to impeach the Godsey girl was
indicated in the examination Of the two
witnesses and the girl herself. The line
of the defence's examination was taken
as an indication that predlcates were be-
inc laid on which the Impeachment testl-
monv VIII be introduced later. Cues
tiOns. prOpSunded to the GOdsey girl by
the defence Monday morning also showed
that the defence Is relying on showing a
bad character of the witness
in addition to the testimony, the
Jurors are being schOOled, IN various
dances and incidents connected with
show life. Mr.. Stanton asked Ellen
Godsev If she had not gone TO the TlvOH
cafe IN Juarez and danced the rag
dance" As an illustration of the kind
Of a dance he meant. Mr.. Stanton rose,
wriggled his shoulders, made other bod
iIv confOrtiOns. and took one OF two
steps He sat down amid a roar from
those in the court ROOM Caples smiled,
Ellen GOdsev laughed out. and then Mr.
Stanton smiled.
LET us have order in the court room"
said Judge jackson.
@Order in court, deputy sheriff Kill
patrick cried.
Sunday afternoon deputy sheriff Kill
patrick took the Jury for a walk, but 1t
started raining after they had walked
block, and the deputy brought the Jury
back to the court house
Girls Age Is in Question.
On the ground that it was immateriaL
district attorney ". W. Bridgers moved
10 have stricken out the testimony Of
~ T. ana Hallle NTOleegs parents o.
Ellen GOdsey. whose dispositions stated
the girl was IS years old She testified
that she was 16- The attorneys for the
defence stated that they would like TO
produce authorities on the question
Judge Jackson announced that he would
withhold his ruling until after the pre-
sentatiOn OF the authorities.
District attorney Bridgers asked per
mission TO reopen the states case, in
order to Introduce other witnesses !
When questioned as to what he eX-
pected to prove, the district attorney
stated that his Witnesses would testify
relative TO facts concerning the de
PENDANTS flight
It was agreed by. the defence that
the testimony of the witnesses might
be used as original testimony. BIr.
Bridgers then withdrew his motion to
reopen the case
Gibbs Testifies For Defence.
A l. Gibbs was the first witness
called Monday morning by the defence.
He testified that ne lived at Hotel Hol-
lenbeck, 2l41h Texas street. He had
lived there three years He said he
was invoice clerk at the smelter. On
the night of September 8, he said, he
retired at II o'clock. He occupied room
No J.
Room No. Z, he said, was on the
Stanton street side. The witness knew
the location Of the rooms in the HOl-
lenbeck. Double Nc. ." was in the cor
ner; No. I was at the head of the stair
way. Witness was shown a diagram