Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-14
THE COUNTESS TESTIFIES
YESTERDAYS PROCEEDINGS IN
THE HUNSAKER CASE.
She Tells of Her Journeyings With Ben
Hunsaker-The Money She Gave Him
Shs Did Not Know He Was Married.

The sensational Hunsaker embezzle-
ment case occupied all of Judge Owens
time yesterday.
Mrs. Sarah Jane Grifith-Clsrk was
on the stand the whole day and was
submitted to long cross-examination.
Deputy District Attorney Phibbs and
LIE Comte Davis are conducting the
prosecution. G. G. Stephens and o. T.
Hunsaker, the father of the young man,
are the attorneys for the defendant.
Mrs. Clark related her experience
with the Hunsaker family in detail. She
appeared to be worried and evidently
realizes the old saying "that fool and
his money are soon parted" Mrs. Clark
testified that she came to Los Angeles
from Modesto with Ben Hunsaker, who
was then a sewing machine agent. 81
gave Ben $50 to pay the hotel BILL" con-
tinued the witness. "We then went to
hotel bill. At Coronado we discussed
about purchasing business. l wanted
to go to Ogden, but we finally concluded
to come to Los Angeles. We stayed at
house on Buena Vista street,
While we were there Ben told
me that we could buy the Carlton ga
loon. After discussing the matter
consented that he should secure the
bank certificate OF deposit of $4,000.
August 9th, made out a check on the
Los Angeles National bank for $4,000.
wrote the body OF the check, but did
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cisco. There | met Attorney Hunsaker,
the father Of Ben. He wanted to know
why Ben did not come up. told him
that had concluded to go into business
and that Ben was to manage the con-
Germ, and that l had given Ben the
money to make the purchase"
Mrs. Clark then created little excite
ment by stating that Hunsaker pere
took her out for a ride on the cars, and
! asked her for the loan OF $500. She
said 81 hesitated about giving him the
money, but on the 18th L handed him
! $780,"
An objection was made at this
stage, and further developments about
Attorney Hunsaker were ruled out as
! irrelevant.
The witness continued her narrative
ben came after me, and after staying
at the Galindo, in Oakland, we
came to Los Angeles. During the
month of August, in addition to the
$4,000, l gave Ben $1303.75. On Septem-
Der LIST, l gave him $500, and at diff
ferent times divers sums, making in all
$1,000.
until the 14th 1 thought that the
business was being run by Ben for me.
One day the old man called on me and
said that Ben had been arrested for
adultery, and chat be wanted $1,000 to
bail him out. Although nearly all my
money was gone, gave him $1,000,
thinking that the count had had Ben
arrested for adultery with me. A de-
tective told me that it was Ben's wife
who had him arrested for adultery. l
was thunderstruck, as / never knew
Ben had wife. Old man Hunsaker
gave me $3.50 Of the $1,000 bail money
back, and told me he would give me the
balance next day. Next morning Ben
took $3.50 to pay for horse and buggy so
he said. made him give me 500 back
and shortly after the old gentleman re-
turned the $3.50. Ben told me he had
fixed the adultery business by giving
his wife $500.
About this time / learned that the
saloon was in the name OF y. w. Hun
saker. / took him to task and de-
manded of him to give me back the
money or make the business over to me.
He refused to do it. We had quarrel.
Shortly afterwards 1 agaid importuned
him to turn over the saloon to me or
give an accounting. He drew knife
on me and slept with gun under his
pillow.
Just before the court adjourned Attor-
ney Stephens announced that they pro-
posed to show that Mrs. Clark was
very muchly married woman. That she
took the boy from his sewing machine
business. That it was a case of
woman's infatuation for boy. That he
desired to show the moral character of
the woman. "We also propose" he said,
ito show that the reason of the present
trouble is partly jealousy of another
woman" This outline was made in
order to get Mrs. Clark to answer ques-
ton in regard to her connection with
| Count Rulohvasbask.
The defense is that the Hunsakers
were in partnership with Mrs. Clark.
The latter admitted living with Hun
Hunsaker and stated that they were to
be married. tN