Show Lucky Baldwin Breach or Promise Los ANGELES February 12In the breach promise suit of Louise Perkins versus E J Baldwin the California millionaire today the defendant was placed on the witness stand He testi fled that plaintiff visited his ranch as the guest of Mrs Dexter his motherin law that plaintiff and Mrs Dexter accompanied ac-companied him when he went to San piancisco and later went to Sacramento Sacra-mento and San Joe with plaintiff alone t bY J made numerous valuable presents to plaintiff but the latter said she must have a diamond rim and he had n valuable stone set for her He testified that he never spoke to her on the subject of matrimony never hnd n conversation with Mrs Laird about marrying Miss Perkins never received any letters from plaintiffs mother regarding re-garding an engagement never had allaY talk with her about had a conversation conversa-tion with Miss Perkins in San Francisco Fran-cisco in the presence of three young ladies in which he charged her with having stated that ho had agreed to marry her She said It is not so but had said it merely that the servants would respect her more if they thought so He further testified that he gave I her presents because he thought he was under obligations to her the same as any man was to his mistress |