The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-04-02
AMES VS.. TREADWE ELL.
She Tells Why She Gave Thirty
Thousand Dollars.

Fisher Ames' suit to recover $4,000 from
Mabel Treadwell for professional services
is rapidly nearing the end. The defendant
occupied the witness-stand yesterday, and
withstood severe cross-examiuatiOn by
Lawyer P. F. Dunno with heroic fortitude.
When she had taken her place at the
opening of the court she was asked to tell
whom she employed in the case of LOOMS
against 1readwell, and she answered that
she first employed Reuben III. Lloyd. She
denied that she engaged Ames in that case,
but declared that she never asked him 10
give any testimony in that case that was moi
true
Mrs Treadwell was asked about claim
that w. W. Montague held against her lol
work done on one of her houses, ana sue re-
piled that the money 5000 had never been
paid. She gave a check for the amount TO
Ames to give to Montague, but she subse-
quently learned that the money had never
been paid
Did Ames ever advise you not to 90 be-
fore the Board of Equalization to ask Tor
reduction ?" inquired Van Ness.
NO; he never gave me such adYice. lie
went before the board himself, but was un-
success tul. "
Elbow many children have yOu?"
II have four-two boys and two girls. My
husband provided for them alike"
lUlS testimony WAS dGuNCcu W SlUW bndI
AmeS had appeared as representing her and
the children. lie came into the case for her
before the distribution of the estate. Van
Ness then questioned Mrs. Treadwell as 10
her croSs-complaint, asking her how she
came to pay Ames $4,000 to settle the case
of Reay against Butler. She replied:
"When the case came down from the
Supreme Court | was very anxious and
worried. | knew Mr.. AmeS very well, and
Us a friend | asked him If something could
not be done. He said he would see what
he could do. At last pressed him to take
some action, and lie said if we could get a
deed from Reay it would settle the matter.
| then said that l would be willing to pay
$1,000, $1,000 or $4,000. We finally de-
cided to effer $4,000 and | drew that sum
from the bank.
"Then Ames said he had seen Reay and
it would take AZ least $4,000 TO make the
purchase. | said l would draw $4,000, or
would leave a margin and draw So 600,
But subsequently Ames told me that Reay
would not sell for less than S350O0 or $40
GEO. | told him could not afford 60 pay a
cent more than $4,000, as that was all
considered my interest in the land was
worth. 1t was finally decided that $4,000
would do. In the presence OF my brother,
Calvin SOmerS, gave Mr. Ames the $50 900
in the Safe Deposit, and he transferred the
money from my vault to his"
p. F. Dunno opened the cross-examina-
ION ny queSLlOuiuS lIlG NItheoS loldli'o W
her marriage to j. p Treadwell, and in re-
Spouse TO his questions she stated that she
is So years of age. She was living with her
mother when She first met Tread we'll and
her mother was his tenant. They were
married by civil contract in 1873. and in
1884. six months before his death. the mar
rage was sOlemnized by religious cere-
mOuy.
She was next questioned about the Reay
VS.. Butler case, and she admitted that Hall
McAilister did no work in connection with
the case after May, 1888 She was asked if
she was in town in May, 1888, but did not
know. In reply to DUNES questions she
stated that after Ames had obtained the
$4,000, he frequently pressed her for small
sums. DUNES object was to show that if
Ames had kept the $4,000 he would not
have found it necessary to borrow small
amounts. The trial will be continued to-
day.