El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-16

No"
Urged to Keep Down NOtOriety.
/ ''Mr. Stanton she continued, said
] had better leave town and keep all this
nOtOriety down. 1t was after that night
/ when left the house. Mrs. Caples was
! crying. / got to crying. I then said
! that I would leave town-would do all
I could. L left town the next day at
/ 8 o'clock. Dave Marshall was running
( the machine. I don't know whose 81
was. I heard afterwards that it was
! Ike Alderete's- We landed at Dem
| ing. There was a detective there"
''You were brought back to FL PasoZ'
Mr. Bridgers asked The defence OBJ
jected.
7 came back because I had to, -
said the witness. Mr.. Crosby brought
me I intended to catch the train at
Deming for Los Angeles"
Did you intend to come back and
testify in the case at that timer" Mr..
Bridgers asked
rs it true. or not true, that you in
tended to go to Los Angeles to avoid
testifying%
Answers Despite Objection.
The defence objected to the question,
but before the witness could be stopped
she answered: "Ye
When court stenOgrapher Fryer put
the answer in the record the defence
moved to have It stricken out. The
motion was Overruled-
was IN the GlBnLn grace Wnen 1
quit school" said the witness. Z have
been in the show business a year and
four months"
You say your father wrote you that
some lawyer in Los Angeles called on
him at the insdgatiOn of Mr.. Howe,
your attorney"
Yes"
You don't know Mr.. Hover
NO
What consideration. or remunera-
M n q
California;" asked Mr.. Bridgers.
4 don't know exactly Mrs. Caples
wrote check. She gave It to Davis"
Did you get any Of that money!"
.Did you get a ticket to California;"
Miss Godsey, you stated that you
wrote to your mother something to the
effect that there was nothing to this
charge Was that after you had talked
to Mrs. Caples, and after you came
back from Deming2"
Would Spare Mother.
why did your"
I didn't want my mother to know
anything about the case. She would
go crazy"
Were the statements you made to
your mother in that better true or
They were not"
In answer to the question by Mr..
Dale If 'Bilf .Caples had given her
money to leave the state, she said he
had not
She admitted that she did write her
mother to the effect there was moth
ing in the charge.
Is it a fact that Mr. Stanton told
you that it would not be proper to
state anything you had testified to be-
Tore the grand Jury?' Mr.. Dale asked
Il think he did" she replied. q
L.
trouble If 1 went back 10 my people.
BE said: Don't you think It would be
petter Tor you to leave town and keep
down the nOtoriety@"
Didn't Mr.. Stanton say that you had
DeJIer De sent back to your roOm2'
Yes, he said I had better be sent
back to my room to think it over"
When did this come up about the
trunk and room rent, Miss Godsey?"
Mr. Br1dgerS asked.
The next day. Mrs. CapIes sent me
a trunk. She said DAVIS was to pay
for it I don't know whether he did
or not They were to express the
trunk to me"
Did you ever employ Mr.. Stanton?"
Mr. Brldgers asked The objection to
the question was sustained.
Concludes Testimony.
The witness left the stand at Gas
o'clock Saturday afternoon after hav-
ing resumed it at 1870. She seemed to
have suffered slightly under the after
moons examination. She appeared to
be somewhat tired and was glad to
leave the stand The defence reserved
the right to recall her if it was deemed
necessary
Mildred Meredith Testifies.
Mildred Meredith, the next witness
called, testified that she came here
from Los Angeles. She said she knew
Ellen GOdsey in Los Angeles.
1T was about $780," the witness
said, Eve heard crying and consider
able confusion I went 10 the door
and let Miss GOdsey in. Her nose was
bleeding and her dress was mussed up.
Her lip was considerably swollen Her
hair had burrs in the back of it She
was very hystericaL Her crying, when
she came through the hall attracted
me- washed her face and brushed
her hair Then I put her to bed"
Did she go to sleep?' Mr.. Bridgers
asked.
Not right away"
The witness was then turned over
to the defence.
she was considerably under the in
nuence of intoxicants, wasn't she?'
No I wouldn't say that she had
been drinking"
How could you tell that she had
been drinking2" Mr.. Bridgers asked.
by her breath
Did she remain in your room that
night2" asked Mr. Bridgers.
yes"
The witness was then allowed to
leave the stand Here the state an
nOunced it rested.