The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-05-24
Mrs, Fair Again in Court.

9- ii'9- Laura d. FAIR WILL ASK FOR 4 CHANGE
OF oFNENUE-sENsIBI.E ACTION.
Messrs y. Greene Curtis and ToorIar
/ Qulnt, Mrs. Fairs ATTORNEYS. on TuasCIoy.
OF the present week fled in the 18th Dis-
Wy t1 court paper notifying District
AltoThey Murphy of their intention IN
move on saturday next for a change of
Venue, on the ground that a fair ami
impartial trial cannot be had in fhis
eity, Owing to the bias and prejudice
against the defendant. The motion is
based on an
AFFIDAVIT
Made by Mrs Fair, in which She sets
iorth that CTittenden was a practicin,.
attorney OF many Years Standing, and n
man OF great personal influence. and
generally known and much esteemai
throughout the city and county: thar
his large circle of frinds and relatives
have, from the date of the. alleged homi-
eide been industrious in the circulation
OF reports and rumOrs derogatory To her
character, and denouneing her as 4 cold
blooded, heartless murderess.
THE NEWSPAPERS.
Afliant further says that there were
at the date Of said alleged homicide. and
stlll are several daily and weekly news
papers published in said city and county
OF san Francisco, and among them the
1tG, the BaHeti1, the CdIL, the CTiy.O7i--
cte, all of which published what pur-
ported TO be accurate accounts of the al
legged shooting of the said \. P. Critten-
uen by this atfiant, and at the same time
containing highly infiammatOry arti-
cIes against her. That said papers were
generally read throughout this city and
county, and were calculated to and did
ha Il
community against her That from the
time Of the alleged shooting up TO the
present time, said papers have almost
continually slandered and maligned this
affiant by the publication of what pur-
ported to be an account of her past his
tory and life, most OF which were utterly
unfounded and defamatOry to her char
acter, and all tending to infiame the
public mind against her, and to prevent
her from having fair and impartial
trial in said city and county.
The affidavit cites an instance of such
articles, one which appeared in the
Chronicle of Nov. 4th, 1870, headed as
follows: "A WOman's Revenge AS
sassinatiOn of \. p. Crittenden BIZ the
notorious Mrs. Fair,u "He is Shot ON
the Oakland Boat while Surrounded bv
his Family" ''The Career of the Assas-
SIN, THE Wiles of Bold, Bad Wom-
an Also an article IN the Chronicle of
Nov. Sth, 1870, headed: 'The Assassina-
ton, "Eulogistic Tributes i'm and Ad
journment Of all the Courts,r 'sNIourn-
ful Obsequies of Alexander Parker Crit
tenden,' ''The Assassin i'm her Prison
Cell, - "FOurth Marriage" zone of her
Evil Deeds etc. Also an article in the
4Alta of Nov. 4th, 1870, headed: .sThe
Tragedy" !" 'Playing Crazy" ''Who Mrs.
Fair is" Also an article in the Bulletin
of Nov. 4th, 1870, headed: "The Critten-
den Tragedy in San Francisco "a
Prominent Lawyer Shot by his Mistress
in the Presence of his Family" Also
an article in the call dated April 23d.
1872, appeared, with which Fair claims
she had no connection whatever. head
ed, "An injunction to restrain w. c.
RalstOn from fOreclOsing a MORTGAGE
given to the bank by Mrs. Fairs vic
tim.u
Afiiant alleges that she is informed
and believes that large number of the
most influential citizens combined to-
gether and contributed large sums of
money to hire private counsel of distin-
guished ability to assist the Prosecuting
At1iant says she believes that should
she be acquitted, there will be an at
tempt to take her life-S. z. Pioneer.
lfay 9H.