The morning call., 1894-08-01
sand after that p''

"Well. yes. Scattered along thro ugh
several months I've had letters from her.
One was about July, 1898. l had it sew
eral times in my possession. 1t was a
letter addressed to Dear Belle or My
Dear Belle
could you identity that letter ?"
81 presume So.
The witness was then handed the three
Dear Belle" letters SO far introduced in
evidence, and, after a brief examination,
he said mo. SIT; it is not one of these. I"
Mr.. Demas looked pleased. Nov, have
YOU seen exhibit V?' lie asked. This is
the last introduced letter to Dear Belle. j"
wherein Henry Martin speaks OF the child
as our little one"
Yes. But not since the commencement
of TINS trial"
Where?'
"Oncs at the Pleasanton Hotel"
'Who showed it TO you?"
"MIs. John Martin. There was no one
present at the time. 1t was one day last
week"
WAS there any marking on the back? ?"
mo, think not"
Then II must have been just before Its
introduction in evldenceT
II suppose So" said the witness. He
then reeOllected that it might have been
on SUNDAY night last, between s and 9
o'clock. Mrs Martin called there to see
l.
mem bered that Mrs. Martin had spoken of
the letter some weeks before. when I
saw it last Sunday" he said. 81 saw it for
the second time"
The witness was then shown the other
two Dear Belle" letters. Have you seen
these before?" he was asked.
Pm inclined TO thiuk l have" he re-
piled. II am not positive"
The letter of September 8, 1892. wherein
Henry Martin calls ''dear Belle his 'dar-
ling" was then read bv MIR. Delmas. You
never saw this 6efore?"
Now that l come TO think OF it." was
the reply, II now distinctly remember tn at
l have seen that letter. II was some months
ago"
After the luncheon interval Grove John
son asked permission to put with ess from
Sacramento on the stand. The accOmm0-
dation was granted. A little wiry, gray
haired, smooth-faced man took the witness
chair.
Jerome Wait was his name. He said be
had resided two years in San Francisco and
had at one time lived III Trinity County
lie knew Henry Martin well and had often
received letters from him. Grove johnson
then showed the witness two letters.
IL object to the witness being shown
those letters before we have seen them. -
shouted Attorney Craig.
"Oh, don't be alarmed" was Johnson's
courteous rejoinder. You've all seen
them. | showed you them first. don't
practice in the way in which you do, sir. 4"
There was an awesoMe silence. Craig
put on his most ferocious glare and fl xed
johnson with terrible eye. johnson
leaned back against the clerks desk and
returned the gaze unt1lnch ingly. 1t was a
moment OF suspense, the while Mr.. Delm 5
sat between the two calmly Smiling and
playIug with his glasses in his OWE mimi :
table way. But there was no bloodshed
Be fore the spectators had time to scram Bile
fir ON their seats the performance was re-
sumed.
The letters In question were identified
by the witness as being in the handwrit-
ing Of MIR. Martin, and in spite of the OBJ
jeclIon of Mir. Delmas were introduced in
evidence and handed to the jury for in
sDection. They proved 10 be harmless
enough business letters from Henry Mar
tin to Jerome Wait on business topics. and
were introduced solely to show the great
change in henry Martins handwriting
from 1877 to 1890. The letters were dated
September l and September 80, 1877. re-
spectively. There was no cIoss-exsmiDa-
ton.
Grove johnson then wished to call At
tOrBey J. c. Bates, but Mr.. Delmas was
not in a gracious mood. No, no." he
said. Finish with Judge Williams. Lets
proceed in the regular order of business"
Judge Williams. further eross-examined,
identified an envelope as having been writ
ten by Henry Martin, but said he was not
certain as to what 1t had contained.
What sort of a letter was that which
Mrs. Martin gave you?'
"It was a letter Of purely formal char
acter. l received it about the month of
June. July or August. 1893 Mrs. Martin
gave me the letter together with the min
ing notice and the Pacific Bank receipt for
the stock all at the same time. / remem-
ber that all three documents were fas-
tened together with a Din."
The witness was then reminded that he
had spoken of three Dear Belle" letter s,
the mining notice. tho bank receipt. the
Cancelled note and the letter that had not
as vet been shown.
Were those all? or were there any oth-
ers?
II think 1 saw two more letters" was