San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-11
HER TALE OF woe.
MRS. HOFFMAN, "ELLIOTT"-
"WANDELL," -FILLS UP
A Reporter With Her Little Story,
and Tries to Blacken the
Good Name OF the Girl, to
Shield Herself.

! U|ludy iCdu ChC NClulSC, we, Cho
jury, find defendant guilty, and
fine her $780," Mrs. Hoffman
turned to the reporter, who was
present at the time, and said: 81
am as innocent as you, in this mat
ter" The judge instructed the
jury to assess a fine of not less
than 5000 if found guilty.
The reporter asked Mrs. Hoff-
man how she made the acquaint-
ance of Annie Hammond, and
where the girl came from.
81 understand she halls from
Little Rock, Ark" said Mrs. Hoff-
man, "and l made her acquain-
lance in this way: One evening, as
[ was sitting on the front gallery
of my residence, on Avenue E, a
young girl passed and she stopped
and asked if | could tell her where
Avenue ID was. l directed her to
that street, and then she asked if /
knew the location of a certain
boarding house, situated on the
corner of Avenue d and Ninth
street. AS matter of politeness 1
asked the girl to come in. This
she did and then told me her mis-
sion, at the same time she handed
me this note:
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 9, 1898.
Miss Annie Hammond, City.
Dear Miss Hammond Il was at
Mr.. WOlfson's as | promised you,
and he says that he thinks he can
give you place later On--perhaps
next month. When | get back
from trip l am taking l will see
him again. | spoke to friend of
mine, Mrs. D., who keeps board
ing house at the corner of Avenue
d and Ninth street, and she
said that she had one large
room to spare, for which
she would charge you not over So a
month. l think you can find a
friend in Mrs. ID. and you will have
a nice, quiet home if you go there.
Take this letter and call on Mrs.
~ l.
has, tell the restaurant people that
you have found a friend and that
you prefer to stay with her. If
you take room over the restau-
rant you will never get acquainted
and it will be harder for you to Sc
cure a position which suits your
tastes better. 5. d. 5.
"The girl then asked me if /
would rent her a room. told her |
had room to spare, and If she
would be good girl, | would let
her have it. This she agreed to do,
and | told her | would see what |
could do for her. l gave her some
clothes, and an order for pair of
shoes, and also offered to insert adj
vertisements in the newspapers
for position for her. She had a
'friend,' which | learned later, and
she wanted to have him call upon
her. To this, |, however, objected,
and she left me, after having re-
manned with me about three days.
She then engaged a room at the
Southern Pacific hotel, and
gentleman named Akin,
a we'll driller, paid for
her board and lodging there. The
girl never had any one to call on
her in my house, because l would
not allow it, but after she had left
me | saw her quite number of
times out buggy riding with gem
tlemen, and have also heard that
she had gone to the district known
as across the creek Il don't know
Mr.. Thompson, of whom your pa
per made mention yesterday.
neither am | acquainted, nor have
| ever met nor seen, to my knOwl-
edge, Col. Dodson.
"There is fellow named Baldwin
who sneaked around my house to
see what he could learn, and l tell
you truthfully, that he can't swear,
nor can anyone else for that mat
ter, that anything wrong has ever
been committed in my house. If
they do, it is lie. This man Bald
win also went with the girl, and it
seems that he is prejudiced against
me because / would not allow him
to come in and call on
the girl. Miss Hammond told me
herself that this same Baldwin
threatened to have her arrested If
she would not swear out an affida-
Wit against me, and that the Off
GERS told her they would lock her
up if she would refuse to make an
affidavit against me, and that was
the reason the girl uttered the eX-
clamation: q will not do it if [
have to lie in Jail for it, which was