Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-11
TO CHARM SENATOR SHARON

der in His Bed, spice Cakes Under His
Pillow. and White Powder in His
Drinks-A Death or Marriage Charm.
san Francisco Letter to the Sun.
Everybody is laughing over the enter
tainment furnished By the divorce case Of
Sharon against Sharon. HI, the Chinese
body servant of the ex-senator, has been
on the stand, and, although he is very far
removed from a fool, he has made as
much fun as any clown ever did. Since
the opening Of the case he has appeared
mere or less in the testimony offered by
other witnesses, usually in a laughable
stand has been awaited with in
terest. During all the extraordinary
scenes participated in by Nellie
Bracket and Sarah Hill in the Senator's
rooms at the hotel hi was a spectator
whose silence was easily secured by the
use Of money. He was intensely loyal to
the Senator up to the point where a gold
piece touched his palm, and then he be-
came passive but none the less inter-
ested observer of all that was going on.
He was taken into the confidence of the
young women, and knew everything that
they did or tried to do. although not al
ways pretending their motives. in
explanation Of some of Ki's statements it
may be said that other witnesses testified
that Sharon made Miss Hill believe that
he was the father of a child which a Miss
DeitZ, an intimate associate of his, was
exhibiting in exclusive social circles in
this city. This information made Miss
Hill furious, and she contemplated several
schemes by which she hoped to overcome
the partially which she believed the Sem
at0r felt for Miss Deitz.
When HI came on the stand an attorney
suggested that he can be sworn Chinese
fashiOn-that, is, by cutting off the head
of rooster. The court observed that it
had no time for such a circus, and Hi
kissed the book. Then he told the story
of the loves Of the SbarOns in substance
as follows:
1 came to California in 1858. I first set
up tenpins, then worked in a saloon. then
in a law Office, and afterward for Sen
Sharon. | didn't know Miss Hill by that
name at first. l first saw her in 1881.
She called at Misser Sharon's office and
sent in the name of Miss Howard. / af-
forward saw her at the Baldwin Hotel
with notes for Misser Sharon. Then l
saw her at the Grand Hotel when she
lived there. | have been in her rooms
there vely many times. l took Miss
Deltz's baby there once, when Misser
Sharon told me to. and showed it to her.
Miss Millette was there, and she say il
look like a little Sen, and ] say so too.
Mss I'M SIT s-tL NEAlS dll2lt. anu size say
moo, II don't bit. Then Miss Hill she
take me off one side and say she not like
it all, and tell me to steal it away and kill
1t. She not like the baby get anv of the
estate, and she tell me she give tree-fo'
hundred dolla' i'll kill it or steal me AWAY
Miss Hill keep coming to Alisser SharOn's
rooms alice time until a little while be-
fore she was pun out. She hang
around the hall a great deal,
alice time coaXing me to
take notes to Misser Sharon and get an
swer. Misser Sharon didn't want to give
her an answer, and l tell her so. Then
she say. "Whes WY: :" alice time, and |
saw because Misser Sharon say she stole
letter and papah from room. One time l
saw her hid i'm SENS room. | was rub
bling Sens feet when ] heard noise n pack
bedloom, and went to see what was mat
tel. 1t was velly dalk, and | see her in
closet. She step out and seal me hap to
death. WhOOp! with q terrific yell)
don't get Oyel It in tlee week, it seal me
so. Misser Sharon he come in and tell her
to get out, but she don't say much. He
shove her out and she don't get in again
that night. One time altel this she came
to Chinatown 70 see me and ask What
TO MisseT Sharon not love me any mo :"
She said come down and let me in his
room. | tell her not to poison him, and
she say no, she just want give him some
thing make him love her. / tell her all
light. if she do him no harm. Next sun
day Misser Sharon 90 to Belmont and she
and Nellie Blackett come and see me in
Sens room. She take little black
pOwdel ana splinkle little bit on
chair, little bit on table, and little
bit on no. Then she 20 in wine closet
and put little white pOwdel in all bottles
whisky, blandy, clalet, gin, pOlt wine.
/ laugh, and she say ''Oh, don't laugh, me
XII" and she shut the do. Then Nellie
Blackett go to SENS bed and put some
thing like Glove spice under SENS pillow
five, six pieces. Then Miss Hill give me
five dolla' piece and say when she mally
Misser Sharon she give me tOusand dolla'
and flOty dOlla' evly month. She say must
come two time more make her what you
call charm good. She come and | wouldn't
let her come. / say 'EYOu want Misser
Sharon cut my thlOat? I tell him you
here and he velly angly. You cant come
any mo-" Then she coax me and bimeby
she 90 away. Then she fool me. She say
"Misser Sharon tell me come dinner" l
let her come in and Misser Sharon come
in, and he sGv, ''What you doing here!"
and he shake her vellv hard. Then he
say, You a thief; you steal money out
my pocket; you steal my lettah, papah,
evlything." She ely, and say, whats
matta:' and he say, Il don't want you
here no mo-" Then he choke her some
mo-, and she ely alice time. Then she
hang abound a good deal and coax, but
bimeby she get velly tired. When Sen
went Washington she came and said he
left lettel for her, and she looked Though
about tOusand, and take maybe dozen,
maybe mo-. Sen leave letta in box and
take care. One time Nellie Blackett came
with her, and l play pokel with Miss
Blackett. Bimeby / watch them Though
clack i'm do, and saw them put something
in bed. Miss Hill give me five dolla'. Before
Sen dive her out she stay with him thlee
TO times week, and take blekfast vellY
many times together. They Tide out two,
thlee times, and when Sen in Washington
she Idle out two, thlee times in his cal
liage.
Mrs. Wagner, the author Of the now
celebrated graveyard charm, told her
story IN a clear, straightforward way.
She said:
"Miss Hill wanted me to make charms
TO use on Sharon, but l told her / could
not give her any. She then showed me
some she had. One was pigeons heart
into which she had stuck nine pins and
nine needles, and another was a bullfrOg
that had been killed with needles. She
had the.u done up in red silk, and wore
them in her dress. She used to come and
ST mt htuAl every udA. anu sometimes
two or three times day. l talked with
her about Sharon at least 500 times. |
told my girl several times to tell her that
! was not at home, but she called the girl
a liar and insisted on searching the
house. i hid in a closet. Finally / told
her about the graveyard charm, and she
said she would give me $4,000 for it.
told her that my grandfather and father
had worked it very successfully. | said
she must take a shirt, pair of socks and
collar, and put them into a new-made
grave at midnight. Then, as the body de-
cayed in the grave. the man whose gar
ments were under il would either die a
lingering death or marry her. l told her
she must first wear the clothes nine days.
and she did so. | said / did not think she
was brave enough to carry it OUTPUT she
said she was desperate enough to do any
thing for money, and she didn't care
whether he died or married. Either
would do. She carried out my orders to
the letter, and / am responsible for her
performance in the cemetery.'
The defense has had an expert on the
stand examining the alleged marriage
contract and the letters said to have been
received by Miss Hill from Sharon begin