El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-25
Ramuldo Maese Tells of Al
legged Offer By Owen
To Testify.

Charles owen, who was Mrs. Agnes
Orner-s chief counsel in the five trials
she has had on the charge of poison.
ing her daughter, Lille, was arraigned
for trial on a charge of attempt at sub
orination Of perjury, before a jury
in the satin district court Wednesday
morning.
The Indictment against the attorney
grows out of the last trial of Mrs. Orn-
or at Van Horn, where after that trial
owen was arrested and brought to FL
Paso The Indictment followed,
In the Indictment owen IS charged
with offering $50 to Ramuldo Maese
f. testify at The trial of Mrs. Orner that
he had sold arsenic to man py Ihe
name of Lee. ''Or 20 a man whose name
sounded like Lee, and that ne was not
to say anything about the SAFE
on The stand Wednesday morning
Rraese testified that ne knew dlcua-
graph had been strung IN ms room
and that the court stenographer' a as
trict Judge, a county attorney qlstIlcL
attorney and deputy sheriff SIahley
Tudge A. NJ. Walthau, Of the 4lst
district court, is presiding IN tne lflal
of the case, as judge Dan A. Jackson
The Jurors trying the case are: H
r. Borcherding. Charles Erwin, A :
Wagner. i. B. Heyn. J. Y. FRASER w.
O. Martin, Luoius Fuller J. T. Lind
sey, G.. j.. Jones, f. b. Lee LOUIS Lowe
and ". J. Jones.
Judge Dan NJ Jackson Testifies.
Judge Dan N. Jackson, OF the 34th dis
trict court. the first witness ca-leo oy ~
state testified: Il quallIlea ss Jo t a 49,
December 4. The last term at van Horn
was held last october, 1913
witnesses in the case appeared IN tne
court room and the defence announced that
id would ask that the rule be invoked me
witnesses were sworn by Judge WailhaI
and cautioned to observe the rule
ssThe Orner case" judge jackson con
finued. twas set for october s, according
TO my recollection
murdered her daughter Lille Orner," judge
jackson stated THE case was on the DOCK
ct at that time l.. a.,
Judge jackson was not examiner Oy '-io
Ramuldo Maese. next called. testified that
he had been working for the Peak Cnoer-
taking company for two years
SAYS Owen Came to See Him.
'HThe first time saw Owen the witness
said me came TO my room He called me
up over the telephone and said ne wanted
to see me. NY room is in the back Of the
undertaking parlor. 1t was sunday lie
EslIed me il / had worked in a drug store
said YES He asked me If knew man
named Lee lie said ne was IN ne OfneI
case He said that II would JestiLy IL me
Orner case he would give me $50 He said
all I would have to do would be 70 get on
the stand and say that a man oy the name
of Lee came to the drug store and sold
him arsenic but at first did not want to-
yes I went to Van Horn I DO not know
who sent for me ] saw Mr. Owen there.
lie asked me what I was doing there.
Says He Was Given $40.
'fOwen gave me SO Two gold pieces He
said he would give me the rest Of the money
at Van Horn.
mo I did not know Lee. had not sold
man like that, poison. guess Mr.. owen
knew that"
Leading Questions Asked.
Questions were then put to the witness in
an effort to bring out that he had consented
10 go TO Van Horn and testify for the pur-
pose Of catching the defendant; that he
knew that q dictagraph had been placed in
The room where the conversation was all
legged TO have taken place and that he had
been instructed to answer yes to all owen
SAID. The witness answered yes to all OF the
questions. The witness then was asked:
when he came TO Peaks Owen went
right into the facts didn't he2"
sir" was the answer.
And when he left he told you he was 90