Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-09-11

Her Movements r Traced by Elk
Senator stewart from the TimS
of Her Arrival fn San Francisco
Up TO the Time the Contract Is
Dated.
ESPECIAL TO n SENTINEL
SAN Francisco, Sept. 10.-The argu-
ment in the suit Of Sharon VS.. Hill be-
gan this morning. Ex-senator Stewart,
of counsel for the plaintiff, briefly traced
the movements of the defendant from the
time of her arrival in this city up to the
time the contract il dated. He said she
bad been engaged to be married to a law
yer in this city, which engagement was
broken off. She was az years CT age, and
Mr.. Sharon sixty and a grandfather.
Their courtshIp took place in his office.
She was dealing in stocks. They met at
the Bank of California, and he invited
her to his Office. They met frequently
until the 25th Of August, 1880. when
they entered into q written contract. 1t
was to be kept a secret. This
might have grown u Of their habits
in stock dealing. 1t does not appear
why this secrecy was stipulated, but
immediately thereafter they separated,
she going to the Galindo House
and be to Nevada. During this separation
no letters passed between them. On Mr..
Sharon's return from Nevada he called upon
her at the Baldwin, where she was found
by his servant Hi. She had removed from
the Galindo TO the Baldwin in September
8. On the 25th OF September she went to
the Grand Hotel to reside. Things went
along pleasantly, with occasional disagree
ments. On November 8, 1881. Mr.. Thorne
gave her notice to leave the hotel. She
left on December 6. In the interim she
wrote three letters to Sharon, begging him
to allow her to remain. Subsequently,,
Mr.. Sharon made q settlement with her,
paying her SO, 500. In the Fall Of 1882
she claims to have made up with Sharon.
After that several scenes occurred, but
they were still considered friendly. On
September /, 1883, Mr.. Nelson declared in
a newspaper that they were married, and
that she had evidence TO prove it. Sharon
was arrested on the 9Th, and on the 18th
the contract was published by Nelson, on
which document this suit is based. The
original contract was called for. Mr..
Tyler said ID was not in court, but they
had copies. The Court thought il strange
buhb tu6 pdpCEb WAS uOt III COuAt 40 thCf
should have been all the time during the
trial. Mr.. Stewart said the defendant had
testified that Nelson had published the
contract. Our first proposition Is, you
will observe, that the woman precedes the
man in the contrsot-somethiDg never be-
fore heard Of. The testimony of the two
parties is in direct conflict. He swears
that he is entirely ignorant of any such
contract. Miss Hill swears TO the con-
trary. We must, therefore. look to other
testimony, and to all the surroundings.
The second popularity is that the writing
is begun on the second page of a half-sheet
Of note paper, The signature Of VIM.
Sharon ia on the wide-ruled line. used for
the beginning of q letter. The writing is
contracted more and more from beginning
to end. Our theory Is that The writing
was done over the signature. The contract
was written over the folded paper, as
shown by an expert In the testimony.
They tell US that ink will spread in the
folds OF paper where written across after
being folded. The counsel then produced
several representations Of portions OF the
contract enlarged from 40 to 80 .diameters
by q " camera lucida." and he proceeded
to point out the defects as testified 70 by
DR., Piper,