The morning call., 1894-07-26

did so was before Mrs. Mathis was taken
i'll, after Johns death.
Are You acquainted with Martins
handwritiDg?"
Rodgers objected to the question as not
crOss-eXRminatOn. johnson shrugged his
shoulders and said: "Ob. well, if you are
| afraid Of your own witness all right.
! That's all" 1t was intimated 10 Mr.. Di-
.mOnd that be would be called as a witness
| for the other side at the proper time. he
! promised to attend.
/ Edward II. Benjamin. a mining me-
! cbanic. knew both Henry and John Mar
! tin IN Trinity County. After Johns death
| Henry said: John is at rest now for the
/ first time since his marriage
Did ne say anything about the child at
any timer"
Eyes. be said the child was neither
Johns nor his wifs's. John thinks the
child is his. but he's the only one that
does I said, don't you believe il p
Martin replied, NO, SIT l have proof. "
Grove johnson was cropping about in the
dark with most of these witnesses. Some
times random shot told. but as rule he
was very wary. All he got out of the wit
ness Benjamin in cross-examinaiiOn was
that he had not teen subpenaed as a wit
ness. Arthur Rodgers had come to him
that very morning.
low did he know you had anything to
| testify top
II understand that Mr.. McMurry told
him to come to me?"
well, how did McMurry know? Did
you stand in the street opposite the Union
Hotel or the New York House in Weaver
vile with big bell in your hand. calling
on every body TO come and hear what you
! had to say about the Martins? ?"
The witness denied the soft impeaeh-
ment.
William Heffernan, professional nurse,
6ao TO say that he nursed Henry Martin
during his last Illness at the Palace Hotel.
He was with him when he died. There
were four doctors in attendance. Mr. Mar
tins regular physician aud three others.
-Four dOctnrs?" muttered johnson in
his beard. mo wonder be died"
William ). Dingee, an Alameda real
estate man, said he was staying at the
Palace Hotel during the months Of Janu-
airy and February. 1893 He saw Henry
Martin there every day. He too, had
been favored with Henry Martins ex-
presslons or opinion concerning Mrs. John
Martin and the child. Martin had said
that the child belonged neither to John
Martin nor 20 his wife.
Henry Martin used to come to my place
on Sundays and get flowers TO take to his
wife, said the witness. "Once | took
some flowers up to their rooms myself.
But there was a man at the door who
barred the door in a rough manner and
reason OF this and be replied that be was
fearful lest Mrs. John Martin should get
in and make scene with his wife"
Were you alone then?" asked Grove
Johnson in characterization.
81 was"
"And the man mislook you for Mrs.
John Martin p
This question provoked a laugh, and
then the witness admitted that he had
never been subDenaed. He had volun-
tarily gone to Arthur Rodgers and told
him what he knew.
j. w. Phillips, a wholesale butcher of
Oakland, proved 10 have very capricious
memory. He could remember no dates at
ali. But be did remember Henry aud
John Martin very well indeed. and he re-
member receiving a letter from Henry.
in which his wife's illness was re-
ferred TO.
he also remembered that Henry Mar
tin spoke of his brothers wife in strong
terms. She was IAN adventures, an un-
princiDled woman" be said
In cross-examination Grove j. johnson
ELECTED the fact that John Martin ard his
wife lad visited the family of the witness,
and the witness had gone TO take dinner
with John Martin aud his wife at the
Baldwin. One visit was pals day or