The herald., 1894-06-27
LEYSHON AND HIS FRIENDSHIP
Mrs. Henry Further Discloses
His Investment Penchant.
She Implores Counsel to Show
Mercy to Her sister.
Her Savings Dat of Her Salary and
How They Wsrs Manipulated
by tho Middte-AEed
Smoothly.

Distric. Attorney Dillon and Attorney
IN G.. Peck took fresh start yesterday
morning on tho Lsyshon case.
j. G. Leyshon, the middle.aged de-
PENDANT, appeared as slesk az usual, aud
Miss Nellie Ciark, the infatuated young
woman who followed his fortunes, sat
by him. She has become som .what
accr cmed TO the eta es of tn, curious
spectators and aloHs nothing to divert
her attention from n per e:ual bserva-
tion OF her sister, Mrs. Margsret Henry,
who was kept another whole day on the
witness stand.
So eager is the defense to sh W tn II
hsr business relations with Leyehon
we're OF ouch character as to justify
him in signing her names to notes, that
the charge OF forgery has been relegated
very much in the background. Leyshon
is accused of forging Mrs. Henry's name
to a note in favor OF Mr.. AL Graham
for SOP.
Yesterday morning Mr.. Peck made
additional inquiries into the transac.
tions which Mrs. Henry had with
Leyshon, and she told at great length
about his friendship for the family, aad
how she had trusted him implicitly
while ne was systematically deceiving
her and putting the money which she
entrusted TO him to invest for her, into
his own pocket.
According to Mrs. Henry's statement
she was very busily engaged from 1889
until the present time in saving tie
money she made teaching school and
putting it in Leyshon's hands, as a fam
lily friend, to invest in various things in
the hope of making more money. The
defendant lived at their home most OF
this time, icing a married man, the
families having been intimate in the
east before coming to California. Dur
ing rhe time mentioned tho sums put in
Leyshon's hands amounted to at least
$500, and Mrs. Henry says she has
never seen any Of it since che gave il
to him. Not only that, but bills he was
supposed to have paid are still coming
in, and the investments he ia supposed
to have made she does not think he has
ever made.
The recital OF all these things did not
tend to show that Leyshon was very
much OF q fellow, but the defense
seemed to think it was all right, 80 long
as the ill-advised confidence of Mrs.
Henry in him revealed relationship
that would strengthen Leyehon's claim
OF being on authorized agent.
Mrs. Henry became very much excit-
ed when Mr.. Peck asked her If she
knew Mrs. L. w. Thurston, of 952 Also
street.
"Yes. do" she replied. She SIAN
dered my sister, Miss Nellie Clark, and
Mr.. Leyshon. She talked scandalously
about them. l think it is awful for you
to bring up such things. l have tried
to protect my slater, and IL is not
right"
Didn't Mrs.. Thurston say to you il
you did not prevent Leyshon and your
sieter from going together that she
would drop you? and didn't you say
that he was your business agent and she
could do rs she pleased ?"
mo. sir; no. sir. The ideal Mr..
Leyshon was o married man. There was
no idea OF such things. Mrs. Thurston
did object TO Leyshon taking Nellie
around to the beaches, and my mother
and did alec; bat when We objected
she cried, and cried. In speaking about
it to Mrs. Thurston | protected my sis
ter, and spoke about Mr.. Leyshon being
I'LL lutlMbkc lliOAu Vi thC 4hlD
ie awful. Ii you have any mercy for
my sister chow it now"
Mrs. Henry soon recovered her self
possession and went on explaining the
smooth with which the defendant,
while living at their home gradually got
all her savings, either into his own
clutches or as he claims, put them into
unfortunate investments.
Thara WQa ona eirrur q tanoa which
has come to light in the last few day
over which she betrayed much emotion.
At one time Leyshon wanted to invest
some money in fruit to ship to CANADA.
She lacked about $26 to make up the
amount desired and gave him some
iewelry with which to make loan from
Mr.. De Groot. Some time afterward she
received notice from MIR. De Groot that
the jswelry would be sold il it was not
looked alter. LeysLon reassured her
and told her not to bother, that he would
attend to it, and che took his word for
it. A few days ago she ascertained that
q watch was sold, that the borrowing
was in two transactions. What Ley
shon did with the money she does not
know.
In the afternoon on redirect exGmina-
ton a number of documents were intro
ducsd by the prosecution. There were
noieo which Mrs. Henry said she had
never signed or authorized Leyshon to
sign orders of "a like nature. and which
the defense objected to etrenuously but
unavailingly. Che examination will pro
coed again today.
A NEW BAND.