The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-08-09


Wit of Judge Baggs, sustaining me, full
~ on these points. I did all my own
work when we kept house in Yreka.
and kept no servants. Every person
who lived in Yreka at the time we
lived there viii bear me witness of the
truth of what | say. Colonel Fair
lived only three months after we left
1reka. In October CT the year 1861
Colonel Fair had made his arrange
ments to move to San Francisco, and
sent me and my child in advance, while
remained to close up his business,
expecting soon to follow; aud on the
LIST of December of the same year he
came down and settled here. was
stopping with my mother in a house
she had rented from DR.. Hitchcock,
on Bash street, where the Brooklyn
Hotel now stands. Colonel Fair came
Immediately to the house, and we lived
there together, in peace aud quietness,
TIL he died. He sent his books and
other things to DR.. Murphy's Office,
and took an Office there with him, until
, he could get one. It has been cruelty
reported hat Colonel Fair was Jealous
of me, and that we had separated be-
fore his death. This is all SANDER,
: ing of his death he left the house as
usual and went to his Office. Soon af-
, ter DR.. Hitchcock called to see him,
, and was told by me that he was at his
f Office. He went to his Office, and in at
: tempting to open the door found some
I thing heavy against it, and pushing it
open found that the obstruction was
/ the dead body of Colonel Fak. He had
G been shot through the head with a
g pistol ball, and the world said he had
4 committed suicide. DR.. Hitchcock i'm
7 mediately came to our house aud in
h formed me of his death. Colonel
r Phelps left Colonel Fair but few mil
: utes before his death in Dr.. Murphy's
n office, near the corner of Montgomery
e and Washington streets. DR.. Murphy
:, tod my mother and myself the same
morning of his death, that Colonel Fail
!, had left letter with him in which b,
stated that his wife and family hat
nothing whatever to do in causing biz
! death. DR.. Murphy was requested af
n terward to produce the letter, as thu
5. papers were accusing me of the cause
/ Of his death. This request was made
II at different times, and have begged o
,e him TO produce it, but he will not
II There is no scandal that the ingenuit,
l of man can devise but what has beer
is raised against me and circulated will
d the rapidity of lightning since this I'm
IN fortunate affair of mine with Mr.. Crit
n tenden. 1t has been said that Coloue
Y Fair was Sheriff of Siskiyou County
III and that he absconded with a larg
Or sum of money belonging to the coun
re ty, and that l, his wife, ran away wit
V, d man named Gordon. Now, Their
is was a man by the name of Fair, sher
,e if Of that county, and he is reported +
IA. have absconded, but whether he had
ct wife or not am unable to- say o
,e whether a man by the name of Gordo
of ran away with her. His name wa
N Samuel Fair, but in no way connecte
y with my husband, and as for Gordon
lie never saw him. 1t has been stated tha
is shot my partner in the Tahoe Hons
it in Virginia City for attempting to rails
Sc the American flag over my house, an
10 that Mr.. Clittenden defended me; ais
l. that / walked the streets of that cit
Sc with Confederate flagin one hand an
le a pistol in the other. All this is falls
a. and one of the meanest things ever nj
I'd tered. There was falsehood enoug
uttered against me on my trial, undo
the solemnity Of an oath, TO crush
dozen mortals like me without resor
S, ing TO wholesale mendacity like thi
This is all malicious manufacture
he In the first place l never had a partn'
e, in business, nor in the Tahoe House.
SD never had Confederate flag an
~ never saw one. l never walked tt
Z streets of Virginia City with pistol
rs my hand Or flag of .alfT kind, or Il
u streets of any city with either. l kel
to the Tahoe House in Virginia City, an
kept italone. About Christmas of Isl
a man engaged in the toy businesske
at store under my house. He placed
or large Christmas tree, covered vii
ed dolls, drums, bags, fifes, and other a
lie ticles belonging to a toy store upon N
a balcony. My boarders complained
so the obstruction. 7 then requested ii
We toy merchant to take it away and pl
i'm it upon his own premises. He refuse
nd and said he had right to put it thel
|e- when I called my brother, O. D. Hun
M. who was then acting as my clerk, al
u had been for some time, to como al
of cut it down, which he did. Some
A. my friends came and told me that ii
u crowd outside misunderstood my M