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*on of, died suited mg.t 13790 til Alle l»ain exam-oners. ff yes-KKt.OOO lost it him goas ur-vith ay ene-• haveN writ leged lor bydel, olmilt toexecu-te, has i id c uce b stateon has toek of L- J•. Law-V! Mc-i byca-kas ar-As he hie cf-lim to in thetided a i wereto thefailedtitutedKohl-Hoeck*ratus,ivenue »rnoou granl-i to W. to be aciation :o hold urpnse harter. •hurter •barterMOLLIE WOODWARD’S TRIAL.VICflHer Slanj Artifices for K«-#*pIuu a Minorin ll*»r House.After numerous delays the trial ol Mollie Woodward on a charge of admitting a minorto her hi use of shady ret ute was commenced before Judge Jonchirosen and a jury yesterday afternoon. The notorious Mi llie w as defended by three lawyers, and they delayed proceedings by objections aDd arguments upon every question.Josie Laconey, alias Leslie Carlisle, aged1G years, told how she entered the Woodward's establishment last November, and hoiv she remained there two months.In answer to questions the girl told hewshe concealed herself w ben ever the housewas visited by the police. Under instructions from the defendant she dirnbed to the roof several times when Officer Anthony entered the house in search oi her. On another occasion she scaled a ladder and dropped over a back fence into an adjoining yard.“Then Mollie Woodward told me I must get married/' continued the witness, “to save her from gettiug into further trouble on my account. * • * ' r ’ • lt;-/“We object to this, roared Attorneys IDnrv MePike, J. J. Dunne and J. H. Long in chorus.“I want to show/' explained Prosecuting Attorney Steven*, “that this girl was married to a man she met only 20minutes before theceienn ny was performed, that she ha9 not seen him since the marriage, that she 19 a wife without a husband, and that the man wa paid $20 to marry her and defeatjustice. \ •;Fhe objections were overruled and the girl whs a kid: / / '“Did you get married?‘T did.“What is your husband’s name?“He gave the name of J. H. Williams.“Kelate (he circumstances of the mar-rlnge. 1 v Y* ~-r-“One evening I returned to the house and told Mollie that officers were following me. She sad 1 in list get married at « nee. At first I could not find any one to marry me, but one of the girl* in the house found a man. The next day I put on a blonde w ig, dressed in black and went to Oibland, where I met the man I was to marry. I was married by a minister, after which my husband was given $20. lie left at once and I have never seen him since. Then I returned t*» Mollie Woodward and told tier about the ceremony. Mie said she was glad it was all over and that she would have no further trouble.Crns*exa mined the girl said that her true name was Josie Gutcher, but that she had been adopted by Mrs. Sarah Laconey. \\ hen she entered the house of the defendant she assumed the name of Ledie Car-15. Iahatpi ai frnn is inFimT1of tLeyoncludensiT1menaftewasTlreadn ate list ’ onlyComway If'HimenTlnomC.No.dentTleleciHanT.liasgransentJamTlthe]reV. 1TistallatteMa|MmanbepresmorCouMarW li;spec f rou loreic* ti ai
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San Francisco Morning Call
San Francisco, California, US
Fri, Aug 05, 1892
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