Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-09-15
SAN FRANCISCO.
rho vindieasio. OF an Injured aud
Insuited womau-fiora NJ. Pin.
neg Tells why shs has liraushs
suit AxHiust Her Late Husband.


San FRAscisco. Sept. 1.-THE Batstia
this morning publishes . remarkable state.
mcni. q column In length, written by
Flora ~. the divorced wife Of George ~.
Pinney. sho states that In bringing her
recent action against w. II. Culver Of the
Masonic bank. Z. W. Burr Of the Clay
Street Bank. and George NJ. Pinney, her
action was voluntary, and not. As has been
charged. at the instigation Of pinney's
enemies. with none Of whom had she hal
any communication whatever with refer
ence 10 tho subject. She says my
action has been actuAted by = sense OF
honor, not by any mercenary motive; the
recovery Of my home being q side issue.
but tho determination 10 forever ~Alienato
myself from the thrAlldom and influence
Of the man who has sworn his intention TO
follow aud curse inc etcrnally with
his presence. Repeatedly. 10 him. a.
well a. ~ outsidors, have ex.
pressed my intention 81 leaving tho coun-
try 10 escape his persecution. but finally
abandoned such 0 mode OF escape, from
the conviction that ] could not avoid u
save by appealing to the law and the pub.
Ito for protection. II being tho only. re-
naming venue by which u IL possible to
free myself from the hend whom i onco
called husband. but who had tortured me
for years : who, by his uRwelcome pres
encc 1T my house, by his threats and In.
situations 10 hirelinss and friends. had
left nothing undone 10 fulfill his terrible
curse that he Womb compromise my honor.
Jamn me before the world and thus make
me subservientt 10 his base purposes. which.
in the end, would liberate him from tho
multiplicity Of charges hanging over him."
She then recounts that Crawford. her
brother, has bound himself by m alliance
with Pinnoy and has used all efforts IN in-
Juce her 10 assist him In oItricsting Pin.
ncy from his p~rrdicament, and that the
conversation reported 10 have occurred with
Crawford In Placerville. published In the
CaromieIs Of August 10th. Was . complete
fabrication. She continues 81 well
knew that the alleged agreement between
Carr aud Pinney. whereby tho former was
10 pay OF the Indebtedness Of the latter.
was n fraui. aud never was In existence
prior W Pinney's return from abroad In
the Spring Of 1877, when he, at my house
In Oakland. on or about the It'll OF May,
1877. remained closely and busily engaged
In composing this same agreement, and
when completed compelled mo 10 re-writc
the SAME. while he paced the floor reciting
IL TO me. When ! had finished the frst
copy he threw his draft into the fre and
insisted upon my making several copies OF
this pretended agreement for his use. Az
tho day Is not far distant when tho partic-
ulars shall be given. I refrain from going
into details upon the matter" With re.
gard 10 her evidence at the placervills trial
lin which she denied having made state
mcnts TO others that Pinney dragged her
around by the hair. etc..-she states that
al the time she had made no such state
ments. At 10 her refusal 70 testify 81 that
trial about her domestic grievances, that
was prompted by natural dlsincllnation 70
enter upon matters that were not essential
A paper was then offered. prepared by
Edward L. Lewis Of philadelphia. show
ing that prior 70 1860 the ststs tax on
bank shares was only three mills on the
dollar, but In 1905 the State Legtslature
enacted Q law imposing . tax Of enc per
cent. on National bank stock. The Clear