The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-09-24
ACROSS THE BAY.
Another Day of the Pratt Case for
the Scandal MOngerS.
Snow Unwilling to Audit-No Money for the
Librarians-Lsssee Davies in Trouble.
Wills for Probate.

uty Sheriff Morrison, who Is DHliH oil
the court. is a sJicker for the proprieties.
and accordingly when three curious women
wanted to take chairs inside the bar re-
served for the parties to the action, attor-
neyS and the press, he refused to allow
them, but made them sit in the south jury
box, which is generally used as prisoners
dock. They returned again in the after
noon, and one Of them brought her crochet
ing work along, intending to stay all day,
but owing to Mrs, PrattS fatigue the case,
evidently to their sorrow, went over AT 5
o'clock until this morning
The cr0sS-eXamInati0n was resumed by
Mr.. F00te. and he asked number Of ques-
tons as to what was said by herself and
Pratt or Miss Bessie Barnes ON the night of
January 23l-the night prior TO the shooting
Of BrOmwell As before, Mrs. Pratt did
not remember much about it. and nothing
new was brought out, She was ask ed
about the reasons Pratt had given her for
his shooting of Cromwell, and, as testified
before, she said that she understood that Ii
was on account of business difficulties.
An attempt to induce her to say that
Bromwell tried to have Pratt faisify the ac-
counts of the California Insurance COMPANY
with reference To the expenses OF the trip to
Japan proved unavailing. She was asked
whether she did not know that her husband
represented several other companies as we'll
as the Ga ifornia in Japan, and that Brom-
well wanted him to charge the California
Company great deal more than its proper
/ on and he refused to do 1t, and Tor that
reason they had the dispute. The witness
SAID she did not know anything of the kind.
EXPENSES WE'RE TOO HEAVY.
She said Cromwell thought Pratt's ex-
penSeS were too heavy. Size admitted hav
ing been at Camp Capitola with Miss Whit
in .InlV VhIl4 her blIS II nd
the East She saw Mr. Wadsworth there,
but did not see BIOmwell She paid the
bills. She wrote to her husband about her
visit to Capitula She and Miss Wilton
roOmed together there and were there about
ten days. She went down there after con-
sultation with her adopted parents. She
did not meet Cromwell on the day of her
return, and did not see him for one week
after.
She was never In building at the corner
of Third and Market streets, San francisco,
and was never invited there Dy BrOmwell,
though she had taken lunch at the hfalSon
Richie in San Francisco three or four times
with Miss WhlttOD, Mr.. Wadsworth and
Mr.. Cromwell at midday. She happened
to go into the California Insurance COM
paBy's office while over shopping with Miss
Wilton TO make inquires about MIR. Pratt,
and he had invited them to go TO lunch, but
she denied that there was any impruprietIeS
during any of the times.
She told her adopted father about going
to these lunches, and he ehided her about
it. She saw LA Tosca" at a matinee with
her adopted father and Miss Wilton. She
had also been 10 the Poodle Dog several
times with her husband, but never at any
lime when he was not present She knew
nothing about detectives being employed in
the case on Ter side of it.
During the afternoon session she was re-
quested TO write the words home, mot,
and" and to make the character *, and
being wearied out an adjournment was then
taken until this morning She denied MAX
ing any corrections in the alleged comics
sion, and the writing was for the purpose
of showing by her handwriting that she had
done So on certain pages.
FLORENCE HYDE's WILL.
The will of Miss Florence Hyde, who a
few years ago took the veil and entered the
convent of the Sacred Heart at Oakland as
Sister Gertrude, was fled yesterday for pro-
bate by her mother, Ellen J. Hyde. The
estate is estimated at 500. Miss HYDE at
the time of making the will, October so,
1880, believed that she was an hereSS, and
had an interest in lot and improvements
on the nOTtherly line of Market street, San
Franc SEQ, between Montgomery and KeIrny
streets, and made her will accordingly. Her
mother. who is nominated as executriX, and
petitoned for letters. states in her petition
that her daughter had not any interest In
any lot on Market street. The will gives to
tile Convent UI IHe OdcISu Heart SSU,UUU IOI
the benefit of the select school OF the Sisters
of the Sacred Names of Jesus and Mary;
$1,000 to her brother. j. Berry Hyde; $500
to Rev. Father King and makes other small
requests. If there was estate sufficient to
pay the requests, those to the convent and
Father King would be void, because the
testatrix died within thirty days after max
Ing the will.
Cured yesterday. Mrs. Howell and her
little daughter accompanied him TO court.
A plea Of not guilty was entered and trial
was set for November %. at o'clock in the
afternoon.
A n. Drown, executor of the estate of
George Ii. Tay, has filed a return showing
that he has sold the property on Battery
street. in San Francisco, for $4,000
SNOW Is STILL UNWILLING.
Auditor Snow has again refused to audit
the bill of Robert 5. Leckie, County AS
SCISSOR, for S2443 IL. for copying the county
assessment into the city assessment books.
He claims that of the total amount S1045
represents charge for pages on the rolls on
which there is nothing but the printed head
lines, which headings are furnished by the
city. These Auditor Snow holds cannot be
legitimate charge by Leckie against the
city, though willing to draw a warrant for
the bill less the Si045. The matter was
passed the second time by the Council over
the Auditors protest. The County Assessor
Will nave 10 sue LOT u VIII VI HiaHudlt, just
as McKillcan has for his election booths,
ard whose petition for a writ will come up
to-day before Judge Greene.
John J. and Charles T. Donahue, brothers
and partners in the business of farming.
have filed in insolvency. They owe S4734
at Altamont, Cal. Each claims 500 as ex-
empt. They attribute their failure to bad
crops, low prices and sickness.
Engineer q. +. Allardt. who is the super
vising engineer of the Lake Merritt bOule-
ward, reports to the Board of Public Works
the completion OF the first section Of 1l50
feet. The amount Of rock used was 1100
cubic yards.
IN THE DIVORCE COURT.
Nellie Jones says she married Edward A.
Jones in 1888 Two years ago he sent her
to Oakland from New Orleans, telling her
that If she liked the place he would come.
He seems to have forgotten to come, at any
rate Nellie has become tired waiting for BIN
to come and has sued for divorce on the
ground of desertion. Mary A. Morgan has
had similar experience with John II. Nor
cannot the Confederate chieftain of that
name, though probably namesake. Nor
gan went back on Mary after two years of
welded life and abandoned her and her two
children. She has given up all hope Of his
return and wants divorce
The Committee of the Oakland Public Lii
braTy Trustees reports that subscriptions to
tne luuu LOT Ile entertainment Oh Bue VISIT
ors come in very Stow, only $50 having
been received, and many of the citizens re-
fusing to respond. Another meeting will be
held on Tuesday evening.
An agreement between William Kinney
and May Celia JorgenS0n of San Francisco,
aged II, to live together as husband and
wife, has been recorded in the Alameda
County Recorders Office. Lewis is 26 years
of age.
LESSEE DAVIES IN TROUBLE.
The Tubbs Hotel lessee, j. Meredith
Davies, late Secretary of The state Board of
Trade, is in trouble at his hosiery. Deputy
Sheriff ID. S. Macy has his books and has
served writs OF garnishment on several
supposed to owe Davies for board; but the
attachment was served on account of
meat bill of little upward Of $1,000. Mr..
Davies bames the present difficulties to the
manager, &. K. Hughes. who hns been with
him for two years, bat who, he says, left on
Monday by n side door of the hotel ana did
not return.
The last will of Mrs. Sarah P. Dyer was
filed for probate yesterday afternoon by
Anna V. Jones' her daughter, who pettiOne1