Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-02-09
eorrespondence Of the stockton Nail.

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eorrespondence Of the stockton Nail.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 6.-Every
fsw days somebody pretending to
be very we'll informed makes the
announcement in q newspaper, or
starts the story in some club, that
the parties to the Hill-Sharoa d.
vorce suit, and the innumerable
side-shows attendant thereon, have
| about agreed upon a basis Of COM
| promise. "Sharon." they say, sis
tired of oil the row and wants the
matter settled some way. any way"
Sharon, withou: doubt, is tired,
very, very tired OF the nasty row.
but mark my words. that suit will
never be compromised. If poor
old Sharon had had his way about
it the suits would all have been set
tied long ago, but there is pres
sure forcing him up to the rack OF
these trials that he simply cannot
withstand, and that pressure is ap-
piled by his son Fred and his son.
in-law Frank Newlands.
SCaEMING OF THE HEIRS.
That is the secret force that is
wi:hstanding the temptation to set
tie the wretched affair and have
done with it. Fred Sharon and
Frank Newlands are each actuated
by the same lofty motives: they do
not propose to let any recognition
of Allie Hills wifely claims i'm
peril the fortune of old Sharon, to
which they are the two principal
heirs. Their reasoning is simple
enough to follow; the distinguished
ex Senator has been SO thickly be-
smirched with social filth already
by the developments of the trial
that any additional plastering o.
the same kind would not-could
not alter his appearance nor the
position he now occupies in San
Francisco society. Therefore they
say, let the thing 60 GU; fight AL
| lies CAIN until she is worn out and
some court has given its judgment
that Sharon is not her husband.
That will save any embarrassing
claims of putative wife. and Fred
| and Nevlands will profit there
by.
POOR BILLY.
OF course, this is rough on old
Sharon. Not that he has any sem
sibilities to be outraged by any
amount of testimony as to his hor-
rible life he has long since ceased
| caring for that-but it is a deuce
of a bore for a ten. millionaire and
an ex Senatrr to be dragged into
the Police Court one day, the Su-
| perior Court the next, then up to
bully Tyler's office, and then to the
Supreme Court, and SO on until he
has scarcely moment of the day to
cultivate his love Of the true and
beautiful, or devote to those noble
acts OF charity for which he is so
distinguished. Moreover. the poor
old reprobate' income is seriously
affected by these proceedings
COST OF THE TRIAL.
1t may startle you if l repeat an
estimate I heard made by a well-in-
formed man, that these trials are +,
in one way or another, costing
Sharon in the neighborhood Of ST.
900 day. Still, | don't think this
is much exaggerated. He has two
high-priced civil lawyers, Barnes
and Evans. one of whom alone
(Barnes) is reported to be receiving
$3.50 day for his services. Then
there are two Of the highest-priced
criminal lawyers constantly en-
gagged. Murphy and Darwin; there
is the higest-priced stenog:apher IN
the city. and his staff of assistants
constantly employed; a bleeding
private detective-probably two or
three--constantly at work, and the
regular detective and police force
to be kept good-natured and alert;
witnesses brought from all over the
country at big expenses. if nothing
more. court costs, notary fees,
etc.
Does that not begin to look like
81 900 day?
But what do Fred and Newlands
care? It is not they who are drag