The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-05
ACROSS THE BAY.
Progress of the Defense in the
Howell Case.
Railroad Photographers Pledged-The Tracks
on the Bridge-No Report by the Grand
Jury = Berkeley and Alameda

| Miss Annie Howell was called as a wit
ness yesterday before Judge Henshaw in
behalf OF her father, on trial for the killing
| OF X. 5. Colvin. She identified numerous
! letters OF Colyin and the envelopes as those
OF ms writing. and also those unsigned as
peing In his handwriting. She will be put
| upon the witneSs-stand later for other
purposes Of defense.
This continued until o'clock in the after
noon, when Ii. 2. Squire was called and
testlned TO conversations with Coivin about
his persecution of Miss Annie B. Howell
and his telling him that if he did not stop it
he would have the whole story of his perse-
cntlOns published in the Morning Times, of
Which the witness is one of the publishers.
Colyin told him that he would not stop
until he had ruined the whole family, nam
ing the members over,
Mrs Annie B. Howell, the wife of the
defendant, was the next witness. She tes-
tined TO meeting Colvin at church social in
1857, at East Oakland, and his calling at the
family residence on Brush street twice, in
January and February, 1888. He called
again. but her daughter refused to see him,
ana he mad never visited the house again.
An effort was made 10 show that during all
the trouble succeeding between Colvin and
MISS Howell and his persecution of her she
| and her father had told Mrs. Howell no TIL
Ing about 1t M to the time of the shooting,
but under objection of the prosecution it
was ruled out
A MEETING ON THE STREET.
Professor S. 2. Meads. vice. principal of
the Oakland High School, was called and
an attempt made to ask him about meet ing
MISS Howell one day on Fourteenth street,
opposite the Postoffice. The intention was
to show that she crossed the street toward
Professor Meads to avoid Colvin. The pro-
lessor testified to meeting Miss Howell and
man passing them; that Miss Howell was
mucn excited, but as he did not know Col
vim he was not allowed TO testify and was
excused.
William Newman, until recently book
maker, testified to meeting Howell on the
evening OF the Sd prior to the shooting in a
saloon on broadway and that Howell had
ioId MIN nc was to meet Covin at his office.
1hey walked around few blocks and while
slr0illng Howell told him about C0lvin's
per secution OF his daughter. When they
parted 1t was with the understanding that
they would meet at Seventh and Broadway
and go to San francisco on the 10 o'clock
evening train. He met Howell after the
shooting With the officers and Senator
Moffitt. The prosecution ascertained from
tbs witness what it had failed TO elicit on
Thursday from the witnesses on the repu-
talon OF the defendant, namely that at the
Tins OF the shooting he was running club
room where men played cards and billiards,
on kearny and Suffer streets, in San Fran
cisco.
THREATS BY CoLvIN.
Moses WaSserman, the manager of the
Washington Club in San Francisco. testi-
he'd to seeing Colvin in front of the club
rooms on Powell street on Sunday evening"
about ten days before the shooting He did
not give his name, but said lie wanted to
see John &. Howell, and as Howell fire.
quently came into the rooms and read over
the papers he took him up. Howell was not
in at the time. The man did not tell his
name, but said he was connected with a
newspaper in Oakland. He told him before
lie parted with him that he "had it in for
Howell, and that he would fix him." The
man was drinking some and he rid himself
Of him as soon as he could. lie afterward
visited the Oakland Morgue on tile day after
Colvin's death and saw that Colvn was the
/ an who had talked with him.
At the conclusion of Wasserman's testi-
mony recess was taken until Tuesday.
PLEDGE FOR TELEGRAPHERs.
The Southern Pacific Company has pre-
pared pledge for its photographers to sign.
that they are not now members of the Rail-
way photographers, the Brotherhood of + ill
way Telegrapners, or of any other te.e-
graphic organization of any kind whatsoever
and that they will not join any such order
| while in the employ OF the company, with
| out the consent of the company.
The total amount collected ON Thanksgiv-