The record-union., 1893-11-29

they made iee-cream, had nice dinner,
etc. Mr. Jetferis left the party for
while and went up town and had his
photograph taken.
Quoting from the Sth of July, the diary
showed that on the preceding day an eX
cursion to San Francisco was put Oft be-
cause Mr.. JefferiS had TO take out trial
engine. The diary also stated that on
the 7th
Mr.. JEFFERIs LOOKED NATURAL,
Because he had had his beard shaved off.
Continuing, witness said it was about
noon on the 7th when Mr.. Jefferis took
sumed at the table. 1t was about l
o'clock when Mr.. Jefferis left home. He
left the house alone, and witness did not
see O'Hern there. She remained at
Jefferis' house until about $50 in the
evening. Mr.. Jetteris escorted her to the
train.
On the Sth of July Mrs. Curtis said she
again called at the Jefteris house. Mr..
Jefferis was there, having come in COM
pany with EnOS. He was there but few
moments, leaving about hah-past 2
O'clock. He wore his working clothes.
In the fall of 1892 Mrs. Jetferis visited
witness in Albany, Or, where the latter
| had returned, and spent some time there,
including Thanksgiving Day Witness
present year.
ENTRIES OMITTED.
District Attorney Ryan cross-exam-
ined Mrs. Curtis at length. In explana-
ton Of her omission to make any entry
in the diary on July 7th, she said she
sometimes neglected making entries for
one day.
Mr.. Ryan asked her to explain why the
first date following July Sth was April
I ILL., Il
was mistake.
a great deal of time was exhausted in
asking questions intended to test the wit
ness memory as to events referred to in
her diary, but nothing important was
brought out.
William Heckle, a conductor on the
railroad between Oakland and Sacra-
mento. testified on the morning of De-
cember y, 1892, he ran train No. Is from
! Sacramento to Oakland. Mrs. q. b. JEFF
ferris boarded tho train at DayisVille and
went to Oakland. The train arrived at
1906, and Mrs. JefTeris was met by her
husband at the SiXteenth-street station.
The first boat going 30 San Francisco
later the one with which the train con-
nected) would leave at IL o'clock, which
was the earliest Jefteris could have gone.
On examination witness said he
did not know that Jefferis went home
with his wife. 1t would have been pos
slbie for him TO go right on and take the
1880 boat,
WHAT a NEIGHBOR KNEW.
Mrs. III. G. Olsen, near neighbor of
the Jefferis family in Oakland, testified
that Mrs. Jefleris returned from Oregon
on the 9th OF December and mentioned
number of incidents that served TO fix
the date on her mind. just before noon
on the 2Sth Of December witness saw
Jefferis in the yard dressing a chicken.
MRS. HARNEY's NOVEL STORY.
Mrs. Kern-Harney of Brighton was
called, and testified that in the 1all of 1892
she twice heard Clara Q. Ayres threaten
to commit suicide.
Ibid you ever hear her propose mar
riage to any one?'' asked General Hart.
This was objected TO, and counsel said
he desired to show that deceased proposed
marriage To the witness.
Mrs. Harney testified that Miss Ayres
several times spoke to her on the subject.
She wanted witness to sell out her busi-
ness and 90 away with her, and seemed
to be IN deep earnest.
On cross-examination Mrs. Harney
said she knew Miss Ayres to be joking so
far as marriage was concerned, but un-
derstOod that the latter wanted her not to
marry any OF the men waiting on her,
but to go and live with herself Miss
Ayres.
Miss Ayres gave the witness to under
stand that she had so much trouble she
would commit suicide were 1t not for her
mother and sister. She told witness that
she often felt tempted to kill herself, as
men were so deceitful.
MISS AYREs AND MRS. CROCKETT.
Mrs. Odeia Crockett also testified that
on several occasions Miss Ayres proposed
marriage to her. She appeared to be sin
cere. and embraced her. These offers of
marriage were made so often that witness
had to cease calling on her. Miss Ayres
promised to obtain for the witness a di-
vorce if she would fly with her to Mon
| tana or Texas.
On cross-examination Mrs. Crockett
said she considered the talk about marri-
age a joke except on one occasion, when
Miss Ayres was quite excited.
MIR. Ryan-You considered Miss Ayres
a sensible woman, didn't you?
Witness-Wel, L considered her crazy
on the subject of marriage. In Novem-
! Der, 1892 she said she had a secret trouble,
but did not want to hear it.
JEFFERIs IN BED AT A. NJ.
Robert Redmond was the assistant
caller for the railroad company in De-
cember, 1892. 1t was his duty to call con-
ductors, engineers and firemen running
on the Oakland trains. His hours were
! from =. NJ. to \. NJ.
In December, 1892, Jefferis roomed in
the Orleans lodging house, and prior to
! that at the Arcade. On the morning of
! the 29th of December, 1892, witness called
| Jefferis at 3 o'clock and told him the
Oregon train was on time. The room
was dark, and witness knocked loudly
on the door. Jeheris got up, opened the
door, and witness entered the room.
Jefferis was in his night clothes, and his
appearance was that of person just
awakened from sleep.
On cross-examination witness said he
could not say whether or not Jefferis had