The morning call., 1893-11-03
g private address" of the doctor. to

the private address" Of the doctor. to
wit:
IN. j. Akin. room 2. 229 Kearny
street."
This is coupled with the information
that Letters are destroyed. or returned il
postage is sent with request"
The doctor" who by the way has al
ready figured prominently in one scandal
the DR.. Paulson case in Oakland-was not
liz the best of humor as he sat beneath Isis
shiny silk tile. so elegantly dressed in
black, in the Marsha's Office yesterday
afternoon.
ut is entirely uncalled for" he ex-
claimed, referring to his arrest, ''and is a
sneak piece of work. That man, Irwin,
instead of attending to his proper duties
is simply going around trying TO trap peo-
pie. The letters are forgeres."
Subsequently his wife appeared and en-
deavored to procure bonds for him-for
tody had been fixed at S3000-and then it
came cut that the IN. J. Akin" was the
wife-at least she said so. She could not
secure the bond by community property,
of which they own considerable. so the
doctor" had to remain In Jail all night.
MRS. Davies" turned out to be quite a
different woman. When the deputy was
offices in the Murphy building she
answered to that name = Mrs. Marie
Davies-but when Mrs. Hall and her
father appeared to secure her liberty, and
when her bond of $4,000 was filed out, her
true name was discovered. 1t was Henri
eta johnson.
Mrs johnson took her arrest very hard.
and was in tears frequently during the
afternoon. Her story is
"Oh, see how they have treated me.
never knew anything wrong was being
done. l never wrote the letters at all. DR..
Hall must have written them. l was SIM
ply cIerking there. My husband is grip
man who has worked on the cable railway,
but he has been out of Work great deal.
We were married only two years ago. and
you know how hard it is for young people
to get along"
She buried her face in her handkerchief,
overcome with grief.
II had to do something to get along and
DR.. Hall told me he would give me S5 for
every $50 worth of pills L sold. That is
all the compensation l got. l have only
been there since April q, when Mrs. Cap
tain Smith left. l do not think | sold S25
worth of the pills altogether. [ never did
any letter writing at all there. for L only
went to the Office at IL A. II. and left at 4
P. NJ, and all the letters were written after
| left"
1t was only with the utmost effort that
the woman could talk at all, she was so
stung by her misfortune, ana she wept
bitterly over what she bemOaned as her
disgrace" Her manner created the i'm
preston that she was innOcent-had SIM
ply been used as tool-and the sympa-
thies of the Federal officials were aroused.
'Dr. Max Strassman," who advertises a
Mrs" that does not exist any longer, is
an old man with b0ary head and beard.
Goggles concealed his eyes. He was very
surly and refused TO talk. Two of his
daughters signed the bond for him. one
of the III a married woman with children.
The right name OF "Mre. Berner' is
said to be Ray Bernard. She il old enough
to have q grown-up daughter. Her hus-
band. she says, is a carpet-layer, and she
pleads that her circumstances are very
poor just now.
Inspector Irwin had an interview with
her previous TO her arrest, and she
snatched the letter she had written to him
and with which he confronted her, from
his hand. She afterward reconsidered her
rashness and returned it.
1t was necessary for her to go to jail
until this morning. when her daughter
will probably find bail for her. Her place
of residence is fiat at 721b Bush street.
She is now out of business" she says.
Inspector Thrall had two cases similar
to these in Portland, Or. "Dr. J. +.
Prizes" and Mrs. Adams" were arrested
there. Prizes pleaded guilty and Judge
Beilinger let him off with light fine of
$50. The woman. however, concluded TO
stand trial. which is still pending.
Messrs. Irwin and Thrall say they have
only just begun this reform, and propose
to put stop to the practice of using the
mails for base ends