, 1872-10-15
MRS. FAIR.

MRS. FAIR.
The Story Of the Exchange OF the Piss
tol-D1rs. Fairs Violent Tenlpcr-I1er
| Quarrel xvitK28Her Mother.
| From, the San Francisco Call.
The verdict IN the Fair case has not yet lost
| interest with the community, and it and the
| jurors which found it form topic which never
| fails to produce an animated discussion when
| brought upon the tapis. Next to the subject Of
how the jury came to find such a surprising YER
| dict, Mrs. Fairs probable future movements
may be said to be most inquired about. On this
point: however, Mrs. Fair and her intimate
friends. very wisely keep their own
counsel and as Mrs: Fair declines to be inter-
" to BE- obtained just yet re say that she vii viii
notbe interviewed, notwithstanding the fact
that so-called interview with her was pub
llshed yesterday in morning contemporary.
| Said article has caused great distress to Mrs.
is there imputed to her, nor. behave in
the manner in which she is stated to have be-
haved: Mrs. Little, the Matron Of the jail,
entirely corEoborates her in this denial and
| to make affdavitc' that nothing even approach
| ing to that reported Of him passed between
him and our contemporary's reporter.
Yesterday evening it was reported that Mrs.
Ia1 uuu 4elt Lu6 Guy. DuE VIC nave Te0GQn TO
think that she still remains at the County Jail.
as Judge Curtis remarked yesterday to q CaH
| reporter, Mrs. Fair cannot hurry away from
Sen Francisco all at once. She has good deal
! Of business to transact here before ehe can
leave-.among her other matters on hand are
her suit against her mother, for the recovery OF
money conveyed, as HRS. Fair alleges, to Mrs.
| Lane, and now held by the latter and also the
matter Of Mrs. Cooks suit, for the recovery of
oh fs 1slanis Fairs "sssa eSntraot to us E
the late Elisha Cook. Yesterday,
Gail reporter paid q visit to HRS. Lane Mrs.
Fairs mother, at her hotel, and held long con-
versation with her. Much Of it was upon mat
ters Of nature which should not and will not be
published, but some Of the points are of interest
to the public, and can injure no one. The re-
porter made some remark about Mrs. Fairs hay
ing been acquitted.
is. I did not expect it. The most that I had
hoped for was the disagreement of the jury. +
heard OF the acquitta1 as WAS coming up from
the Post Office TINT morning, and at first could
Reporter. Have you been to see Mra. Fair
since?
Mrs. L. No; she will not see me.
Rep, have understood that you and abe have
quarrelled?
HRS. L. There is no quarrel. These wretched
stronG-mlnded women came in between my
daughter and me and separated us. They want
ed to have her all to themselves. love her
with all my heart. I have begged her to let me
come aud see her, but she will not let me come.
would so down on my knees to her NOW .and
do anything she wished, it ehe would only let
me see her.
Rep. I noticed that you we're not in the court
room during this last trial /?
Mrs. L. No, she would not have me there.
was there the first day, but she would not let me
stay. I wanted to be there very much.
Rep. How did it happen that you disagree?
Mrs. L. Well, Laura ia weak physically, and
har it yyan1- Gha ft;ao inf oaa;o
quickly, md then is very violent. When was
with her in the Jail she used to talk all the time
about Crittenden, and how much abe loved him.
She used to talk before the child, and one day
much about it. She flew up Immediately,
and ordered me- to SO, and never
to come and see her any more. The money
trouble camo on after that. She is weak in her
money have belongs to her, and sued me for
it.. The suit is pending now. They took the
child away from ue-that was the orue1est thing
Of ALL loved that child more than my life
Now Now that have lost my daughters love and
II thought it wonld always be- SO would not
hve much longer. But AIrs. Fair is weak, and
must pear 1t till she comes round again and ia
better, suppose.
Rep. How do you think this last tria. yes
conducted as compared with the first ?
Mrs /: Oh, very much better. MIR. Cook let
her have her own way. He did as she wished !
all through. But Mr. Curtis had IN Influenza
over her.
Rep. 1Ir. Cook made mistake in putting |
her upon the witness stand.
Mrs. L. Yes; poor child she thought she
had only to tell al, to convince the world. She
thought if she told the whole truth that no ono
would blanc hor. But they would not let her
tell all, and all the circumstances seemed to
combine against her so much. Now about |
changing that pistol, was to blame in that, if |
any one WIS to blame !; and yet it did look just
as though she had changed it for the purpose or
killing AIr. Crittenden. Her child was down at
San Jose then with me, and she used to- come
down and see it. A few days before that she
WAS down there, and I told her she ought not to
como down there unprotected, travelling alone
and ct night, as she often did. Mr.. Critteuden
had always made her carry Of his little derin-
gers. but she had given it back to him. told
her thHt she ought it, to cay pistol When We
Bank, we bought pistol to intimidate the boys
that used to congregate around there at night
You know about that. Well, told her to carry
that pistol when she next travelled alone She
go to the gunsmith's and change it for smaller
one; and she did. That's how it happened.
She was thinking Of coming down to see the
Child then.
Reporter. How is it that that did not come
Mrs. L. Well, AIr. Cook did not ask me- any,
thing about it on the stand, and besides lie
thought tue jury would not believe me; that
"hat l SAID would not have much weight, Us
was the defendants mother. ] did not tell Judge
Curtis anything about it. We had not much
conycraation, aud the point did not occur to me
at the time.
Rep. Doyou believe that Nlrs. Fair was utter
1y unconscious when she fred the shot2
Mrs. L. do. know that she was.
Rep. The prosecution made much out OF. the
fact that she transacted business on that day
and collectedly.
Mrs. L. I know they did. But have been
in fho III nav T |
go about and do business and never recollect
anything about it. I once went out and did
some business, and took g hack and gave the
man some money and left. When he brought
the change into the office after me, had forgot
Airs. Ear Las often talked to about the a1oat. |