The morning call., 1893-11-04
DR.. DEAN, HAYWARDS, NO. %.
The Part That Mrs. Straube
Played in the Case.
MRS. FLORENCE WEBB IN TEARS.
A Letter Written in the Hope of
EffeCting Settlement and
Avoiding Scandal.

The Webb divorce case, now going on
before Judge Ogden. was more exciting
than on the first day. The particularly in
teresting part of the testimony consisted
Of a number of letters which had been
friend, Mrs. Straube, and which the latter
gave into the hands Of Mr.. Webb.
When court opened in the forenoon,
Mrs. Straube was again put on the stand,
and Mr. Moore offered in evidence long
letter. embracing fourteen closely written
pages. and from which he questioned the
witness. Mr.. Davis, of counsel for Mrs.
Webb, objected strongly to the introduc-
tion of tue letter. but after Judge Ogden
had carefully perused it he allowed it to 60
in evidence.
The following are extracts from it:
II my letter was sarcastic did not intend I,
TO be so. / would not be cross with you in en-
tionally. / was so worked up by what 26 CDR
DEAN told me that 1t has made me sick
have not slept hardly for the past two nights
worrying over it. / hoped he would not carry
Il joke so far. II he wants TO get rid OF my af-
fection he can do it in gentle manner. He
will be here to-day to give me atreatment and
| shall have further talk with him about II
and tell you what he says. j shall II
him that / think he is joking or wants 10 have
me Keep proper ulSljDce. t6rDapSf ne tDlDkS
run after him too much ana might have
heard some remarks about it and takes this
WY TO get rid OF me.
/ will tell Won what the Chief OF Police in
Oakland told 26 privately, TO save him and me
a scandal, that I had some words with a ser
want girl. now in the house. and that she b ID
told N. (Mr: Webb TO watch 26 and me. for al
was not right between us, and that n. mad put
detectives in the house and they bad bored
holes in the walls and watched us. After you
left n. went up on the house and filled the sky
light and closed the inside trapdoor leading 10
the room over the rooms upstairs, so any one
could go up on the outside of the house, and
gel in and bore holes through my ceiling or any
OF The upper rooms, and have good view In
SIDE Once | imagined / heard footsteps ovef-
head when \. was gone. but thought II might
be cat on the roof, but thought it was too
heavy for cat, too. While n. was gone our
n ighbOr saw two strange men prowlng
Goals aud acted in a strange way.
\. has forbidden me going 10 the drugstore
for treatment. He says ! must be treated here
j suppose they would have better chance to
watch us. TW lty-sx says this IS Tue reason.
He said that II mace him very nervous. He
trembled when he told me. This Chief OF Police
is particular friend OF 26, and he says he likes
me. too. l have met him twice through my
brOrher-in-law.
ENow DO you wonder that felt cranky when
l wrote you? did not know thai it was con.
veyed 10 my pet, though. What do you think
of it? n. does not have anything to DO with
me at all. l wish 10 God that he would never
touch me again. What is coming out of all this
anyway? wish could see the gypsys too. How
long will they stay here? What in the name of
heaven have l but my boy? and hey may take
him from me, 100. You cannot imagine how
feel with such a crowd of villains around me.
/ have mind 10 90 what threatened to do
you know what that is.
You were afraid ii would happen while you
were here. Do not mention it, only In figures,
If yon wiite about ii. Burn this just as soon as
you answer IT, Please answer it soon as pos
sible. TwenIy-sIX was just here, and while
was lying or the bed l discovered the hole In
my ceiling in the brown bord r. Twentysix
told NE tnat It is a fact. Now l believe it,
All lean say is, My God, what mex ?" Twenty
six will not say one word In the hous, only
what he would say TO any one. l told him
where 10 look. i wrote II on a piece Of paper
n was very anxious to have him, &c. come TO-
day. TwentysX IL so nervous. Do you won
der? He said the Chief OF Police told him In
Haywards he other day 1t is a fact now. Oh
d ar me, what is TO be done? You must send
my letters, the important ones, through some
one elsr.
The answer to this 0ne aud any one of no
consequence. you send to San Lorenzo, as. il
they are discontinued, he will SUSPECT some
thing. for he Is very inquisitiv~ about them. he
asked why they were sealed, but you seal them
just the same, but do not write anything IN
Them. 1 will think OF some one TO have you
direct to- but inside seal them in small envr-
ope and put 1t into large one and send it to