The morning call., 1894-12-06

Mrs. Lemon. Mr.. Foster is an interesting
looking old gentleman. fully 60. short.
quite stout, swarthy, and proved to be as
interesting as he looked.
Before the witness was through his
testimony Attorney Tappan hobbled into
the courtroom, bearing with difficulty
long package covered with brown paper.
From Its share there were gueSseS as TO
its contents aud il finally proved 10 be a sub
sutute of The celebrated trumpet through which
Mary Smith received messages from Peter
Mitchell her controlling spirit, and which has
also become known as Peters Trumpet"
B. II. Foster said that he was married 10 Mrs
Lemon in 1886 and left her in 1889. BE said
she was very intense on the subject of spirit
ualiSm and seemed 10 be completely under The
influence OF Mary Smith, Of whom she said:
81 would as soon doubt the word OF Gou
Almighty as 10 doubt the word of Mrs. Smith
or Peter Mitchell" He said he told her she
would go crazy on the subject OF spirits
If she did not change. On one occasion
she saw movement or the ground in the gar
den when she declared some Que was there and
was trying 10 put her under a spell. The wit
ness examined and found that hon toad was
the cause of the upheayai in the garden. When
asked II he believed in splriTualism, Mr.. Foster
said:
yes; but It is very different thing from
that silly stuff that is palmed OF as spiritnalsm
by which mediums palm on about spirits
turning TO earth and telling where the old
speck led hen laid the last egg"
things as spirits, The witness answered quickly
because / have seen those that you call dead
who have come back, felt them, kissed them
smelt them"
what do they look nke?" asked Attorney
Moore.
Just like YOU" was the rejoinder. There
was a ripple of laughter at the attorneys ex-
pense.
Foster went on to say that in the last five
years he had seen probably 600O spirits; that
there were spirits OF all kinds and grades of
so Ignorant as 10 scarcely know their own
names.
The witness admitted seventeen years ago
he attempted 10 commit suicide by shooting
himself because OF financial troubles, but that
Then he did not believe in future state. He
was wiser now.
The examination of mo. 10" closed the
morning session, and after luncheon Mrs.
Rachel Neal, the aged sister OF Mrs. Lemon,
and one OF The contestants, was put on the
stand. Mrs. Neal is neat appe airing old lady
of "A in Drlm old-faShioned cap.
In her direct examination she testified that
her sister, Mrs. Lemon, was under complete
control Of Mary Smith, ana that she was In the
habit OF taking morphine pills furnished her by
Mrs Smith, and when asked about these pills
Mrs Neal said her sister told her they were of
two kinds, positive and negative.
She spoke OF her sister having Visitatons
from spirits saying that DR.. Valentine Mott
visited her and talked TO her nightly and that
he was waiting to marry her on the other side
that be had house built for her Mrs. Lemon
tried 10 get Mrs Neal TO look favorably on Mrs.
smith. saying SIG Hdu Sdf6u 0eF SOUL aOO IDaL
she would also save Mrs. Neafs soul When
she told this the old lady chucked and said,
''but they didn't fool me all The same"
Al this point followed the reading OF lot OF
letters from Mrs. Lemon to Mrs. Neal, which
the contestants introduced TO show the good
feeling between the sisters.
After the letters, which we're quite numer.
GUS, Mrs. Neal went on with her story. She
said Mrs. Smith was not Il blood relation. but
her sister claimed she was daughter at times
and at other times called her "A sister 10 spirit.
IDor nd "a nirira n I m
that Mrs. Smith was more OF a sister 10 her
than the witness. Mrs Lemon also likened
Mary Smith 10 an angel. These things. she
said often. both before and after the Will was
made in 1891.
In her cro>s-examination Mrs. Neal said she
came 10 California IN 1856 from New Orleans,
TO which place the family mad moved from In.
diana. She had been married al IA, her first
husband being named Valentine. She had ten
sisters, but all were dead She said her sister,
Mrs. Lemon, was not a sDiriualist til! after sb c
met Mrs. Smith, That was in 1873. All
that time her mother wrote her that Marie had
met medium named Smith and that her head
was. completely turned.
AT 4:30 p N. Mrs. Neal appeared fatgued
and recess was taken III this morning when
her cross-eXamnaTlon Will be continued. II is
thought the case Will run week or ten DAYS.
Interesting Alliance Matters.
The State Farmers Alliance devoted the ser.
ond working day OF its annual conference
almost exclusively 10 the Insurance project
which is connected with the organization
ITeSluehi D. H. hlDSI. Tdppeu the alliance 10
order at 10 O'clOcN; Odd Fellows Hall was
comfortably sprinkled with delegates
The first Hem OF business was the presepta-
tion of an amended report by the committee on
credentials. This report shows that the various
counties are represented by the following dele
cations:
Alameda-H r. Shaw, a. T. Dewey
Amador-Henry Northrup.
Butte-C. ". Thresher.
Contra Costa-Al Jones. o. r. Mcpherson, j.
Fl Dorado. B. RlgdOn Joseph neisser
George Van Week.
Fresno-Jonn S. Dore. Miss L liza Gilbert.
Humboldt-W William Ayers, b. f. Harris, T
j. Knight.
Lake-N Smith, }. w. Bates.
Los Angeles-Abbie Wardell, ID. =. Abbott.
Monterey-S o. Pugh
Nevada. II. Eckhon. b. ID. Tbrasher.
Orange-J Il. Leslie, ID. L. Smith.
Santa Barbara-J. S. Boveland, ii. A. Nelson.
santa CruZ-A. w. Tate, 5. 5. Hicks.
Santa Clara-Mrs. j.. Forsyth, w. Thomas
Mrs. J.. =. PedlaT, A. l.. Mccarthy.
san Luis Obispo-A. ID. Wallace.
Sacramenfo-G 5. Veely. A.. Krull.
Sonoma-G. 6. .Jewett. A. L. Warner.
san Benito-O. j. ButIerteld. w. j. Stephens
Tehama-Mrs. NJ. j. Fergus, II. Z. Pagan.
Tulare-J. w. MacKie, w. ii. GilStrap
The report o. William S. FawcetI. insurance