| Show 4 TiJE ARNOLD CASE OPENED A JKry Obtained Without IttHCli Trouble The Testimony of Orson Arnold Jr At the afternoon session of the District j I Court the first case taken up for trial was I that of the United States vs Orson Arnold Ar-nold charged with unlawful cohabitation on a threecount indictment Especial interest is taken in this case from the fact that Arnold once before I pleaded guilty to a like charge and upon I promising to obey the law had his sentence sen-tence suspended Considerable of a sensation sen-sation was created when Arnold was rearrested re-arrested upon the charge and since that time the trial has been awaited with great interest Mr Dicksou appeared as usual for the prosecution and Messrs Sheeks Rawlins and Richards appeared for the defense After the witnesses had been called eJ jury was empaneled J M Harvey I had formed an unqualified opinion ana was excused Mr Pancake and Mr Roy went down on a peremptory challenge chal-lenge from the prosecution and Mr Shill and Mr Foster went down under a lke challenge from the defense Mr Bamberger who had formed an opinion was challenged for cause by the prosecution prosecu-tion and was excused Mr Bynon and Mr Cannon had formed unqualified opinions opin-ions and went down under challenge from the defense Mr Davis was excused on a peremptory challenge from the defense de-fense The jury as completed stood as follows M Dosseldorf James WinchesterS SE Underhill Wm McCrea J B Wilson R P Martin Charles Shields George Morrison J L Osborne Edward Berry Frank McLaughlin Georgo Mullett The indictment was then read It charges the defendant with having lived with Alicia Arnold and with Fanny Dora Linnell The prosecution then asked that the witnesses all be excused from the courtroom court-room The Judge ordered that they all retire to the adjoining room and the examination ex-amination was then begun by calling ORSON ARNOLD JR He was sworn and said I am a son of the defendant my mothers name is Alicia since the ijrst of May 1885 my mother has lived in the Thirteenth ward I have visited there about once a week during that time have seen my father there I usually go there at about 10 oclock in the morning have seen my father there about once in two weeks during part of the period mentioned my father has been away twice during that time he was away in the spring of this year he came back on the 28th of February and went away again on the 1st of March he had beento Washington dont know when he went away the first time know Fanny Linnell Arnold she lives on First West street in the Seventeenth ward she has lived there for six or seven years have been there several times since May 1885 have been there about once in two months have always found her there she has four children the eldest one is Ernest he is about 8 years old have seen them all dont know the names of the others the youngest child may be 3 years old have never heard it called by any name did not go there any oftener before April 1885 than I have since have seen father there two or three times since May 1885 have never left him there can swear that I have not caHetl there for him since May 1885 I migljt have called there for him some time in my life last saw my father there about a month ago we went there in the buggy and he got out and went in he remained about five minutes it was perhaps a week and perhaps a month before that that I saw him there he hastaken me there twice within the last two months saw him there last year after the 1st of May saw him there more than three times during that year from the 1st of January of this year to the 1st of May of this year I dont remember having seen him there Mr Dickson then started to refer to the record of the evidence given by the witness wit-ness before the Grand Jury Mr Sheeks objected to this and stated that the evidence heretofore taken from that book had proven that the record was a most uncertain one ora most certainly false one I The Court ruled that the record might I be referred to for the purpose of refresh ing the witness memory Mr Sheeks took an exception The record was referred to but it failed to refresh the memory of the witness upon that point To defenseOur family is not in the habit of visiting at Fannys ray mother never visits there Excused At this point our report closed I |
