The morning call., 1893-11-03

in Fresno County one day, ostensibly to
view the ranch. While there Mr.. Dieves
said that both Dunn and McManus were
In Fresno. and would like to see MIR. Cnr-
It's. | said l thought Mr.. Curtis was in
Fresno, and that they could see him
there"
"Dd you at any time ask for the at
tendance of Deputy Sheriff on your
ranch, Mrs. Curtis"
eyes 1t was at the time of the Chinese
laborers' trouble. Boyd was the rame of
the Deputy Sheriff. l was in San Fran
cisco when Mr.. Boyd first came to the
ranch and when returned thither he was
still there. and l understand he Is there
now. / had some conversation with Sheriff
Scott about detailing Deputy Sheriff
BOvd."
Cross-examined by Attorney George E.
knight the witness SAID she had read the
testimony of the previous day in the morn
ing newspapers and she had conversed
since with j. n. E. Wilson, but the con-
versation did not particularly refer to the
testimony she had given or was to give.
Mrs. Curtis told Mr.. Wilson that she was
very un well and hoped she would not have
to appear in court that day. She had no
corrections whatever to make In her tes-
timony.
when did you see Senator Dunn for the
first time ?"
'At the County Jail during the progress
of the last trial of Mr.. Curtis. there met
McManus for the first time. Both were
entire strangers to me. The next time
met them was at the Occidental Hotel"
"Did you ever meet McManus and Dunn
in Mr. Curtis cell?"
mo. 1t was in the office Of the County
Jail"
did anything occur to impress you on
that visit?"
Nothing. except that they said they
were friends of Mr.. Curtis and wanted to
help him. / referred them to our counsel,
Messrs. Foote and Wilson"
''Dd yon know what kind of help they
referred to?"
"No, did not"
Were any matters discussed connected
with the jury?"
'No, none"
Mrs. Curtis further testified that the
next time she met them was the Sunday
immedia tely following the trial. at the
Occidental Hotel. Attorney Wilson did
not tell her that he had been approached IN
any way until the morning after the visit
of McManus and Dunn to his Office, when
Mr.. Wilson came into court and told the
witness. her husband and Mr.. Foote that
McManus and Dunn had been to him and
offered 10 use their influence with the jury
in some way for $4,000. Wilson told them
there was not 20 cents in the case for either
of them.
"What did you understand J. n. E. Will
son to mean by McManus and Dunn using
their infiuence?" asked Mr.. Knight.
II thought it was some influence with
used. McManus and Dunn thought we
had some property and they wanted it.
No names of any jurors were mentioned"
Now. Mrs. Curtis. when did you first
meet Juror Coy?
81 had 10 60 to the Security Savings
T. Iory TO far L.. r
owed, and Mr.. Coy was there. / had no
conversation with him. ] met him twice
altogether. each time at the bank, but on
neither occasion did have any conversa-
tioD with him."
when you. your husband, McManus
and Dunn conversed together at the jail
did your husband say, Let Curtis alone
he's all right. Go after McFarIane?"
mo, sir; nothing of the kind was said"
you next saw McManus and Dunn on
the Sunday after the acquittal, did you
not?"
"Yes, sir. 1t was on the Sunday after
noon after my husbands acquittal and |
was in my room-No: 10. think, in the
Occidental Hotel. All at once a knock
came to the door and two men entered,
who introduced themselves as McManus
and Dunn. Then L remem bered them as
the men [ had met al the County Jail,
and | also remembered what j. N. Z. Will
son had said about the $4,000 | asked
them 10 sit down.
ISIS Mr.. Curtis in? No. I said. he is
not. Where is he? We want to see
him. said one of the men. said, Il do all
business for Mr. Curtis, so il you have
anything to say, say it to me- Tbereupon
Dunn said, Let's tell her. and then the
story came out They said they were
friends Of Mr.. Curtis and had been of
service to him, and they demanded $4,000.
| said, why. gentlemen, did Mr.. Curtis
promise you money or borrow from you?'