The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-03

very shortly. She expressed determine
ton TO make witness her heir. In fact"
said Edwards, sit was a standing joke
among my Pensioners that | was to come
into some valuable property one day. when
the old lady died"
Continuing, witness said that he never
believed that she had any property at all
until one day. when she came to the
church with bag of money. Il was sur
prised to see her," SAID Edwards, "Se-
cause / knew she intended to 20 to New
York. and thought she was there. Well.
she turned up a: the church and dumped
her whole sacktul Of $40 pieces on the
table. and said: What dye think of
that?'
Edwards said that he was surprised to
see her. and asked her where she had got
the money. She told him that she had
won lottery prize, and asked him 70 take
charge of the money for her. He at first
declined. as he had all the business be
could attend to. but on her persist ence no
consented and advised her to put some of
her money into the bank and some int
zeal estate in Baden. in which he was in-
terested. She agreed, and he took the
money.
Did you not give her some money just
then /" asked Ash.
"Yes. l gave her $500, with which she
said she was going to New York. Besides
that l paid 5000 for lot at Baden and
placed $500 on deposit in the Bank Of
California. Mrs. Allen went with me TO
Henry E. Hiahton's office. where she
signed power Of attorney authorizing me
to act for her and giving me full power"
Edwards went on TO say that before re-
ceiving this money he had procured Mrs.
Allen place In the Old Ladies' Home.
For his services in securing this place she
had given him check for $500. He was
induced to accept this gift by the knowl-
edge that the old lady had no idea Of
money, and that IF liz did not take 1t
somebody else would" In consequence of
her conduct she was excluded from the
Old Ladies' Home and came to him with
q proposition to take care Of her.
II did not want to be troubled with any
one," said Edwards. "but l thought she
might spend her money foolshly. and it
would be better tor me to look after her
than have her at the mercy of the world.
Finally / agreed 10 look after her and
allow her to live in my house for a c0nsid-
Grafton Of $1,000, with stipulation that
she should lend me further sum Of $1,000
at interest Of per cent. Thought my
property in Baden would rise in value
every day. and could soon pay her
back"
Edwards went on to safe that Mrs.
Allen raised all sorts Of objections to the
property, mainly cOntending that the house
he had built was unhealthy and unfit for
habita,ion. 1t was then that the trouble
began. Mrs. Alien was dissatisfied with
everything. Edwards lad offered TO turn
over the entire property at Baden to her
a property valued at $4,000. on which there
was an incumbrance of only S2SOO-but
she had refused to accept his offer. She
had subsequently stopped payment to him
al the Bank Of California, and on the wit
ness speaking to his attorney he was ad-
vised to transact no more business with
Mrs. A lien.
Il did not skip" said the witness. Gas
has been reported in the newspapers l
simply accented an invitation to take a
position in Texas at very short notice. l
lief: my address with the church here in
the city, and also made out power Of at
torney authorizing my lawyer to arrange
matters with Mrs. Allen. Among other
things l had property i'll Southern Cali
fornia consisting Of 100 acres, which l
offered to Mrs. Allen in full settlement of
her claims"
Defendants cross-eXaminatlon did not
bring forth many sensational develop
msnts. Edwards had a string of accounts,
all balanced up and neatly prepared,
which detied Investigation. His answers.
given with sang frOid worthy of a more
honorable scene, were always clear and to
the point.
Mrs. Weaver. matron of the Old Peoples
Home, was called to testify as to the char
acter Of Mrs. Allen. She said it was very
bad. that Mrs. Alien drank all the time
and was altogether inc0rrigible.
A sten0Rrapher employed in Highton's
office, named Lertf0rd, testified to having
witnessed the power of attorney given by
Mrs. Allen in favor OF Edwards.
Inc court then adjourned until to-day.