The morning call., 1894-08-04

''Tell us, if you know, when Henry Mar
| tin was taken sick"
"He was taken sick between the night OF
| February % and the morning OF the z4th.
You were with him on the 2Si :?
"Oh, yes"
What time did you leave him on that
day ?"
About Z 80 In the evening"
And when dId you see him the next
day. February "a
''l called at the hotel and asked II be had
been out. l was told that he had not. l
proceeded TO his room aud Iound MIN III
bed"
"What hour was this?" :,
"a bout twenty minutes past IL O'CLOCK.
Did you have any conversation win
him?"
"Yes. stood at the foot of the bed and
asked. Are YOU sick? He SAID, Y es, l N
very sirk.' ! asked him, Have you had a
doctor?' and Martin answered, No; but |
got some medicine from DR.. HeTZStein:
DIR. Herzstein was then attending Martin
wife"
did YOU ask him how long he had been
10 bed?"
"Yes. He said, a short time
'How often did you visit him after
that?"
81 visited him morning, afternoon ana
! evening every daV On Monday. the day
be died, l remained with MIR. Martin from
! o'clock to half-past 10 in the morning;
and l returned again at O'Clock ana
stayed with him until half-Dast ., when lie
died.
what was his mental condition at that
time 2"
"Queston objected to-" interposed john
son. SIT is quite immaterial and lrrele-
want"
"Overruled," said the Judge.
His mental condition. as far as couId
| In6oo nGnot-nOrOa ~ rHDli6u Il6
| witness.
did you ever converse with Henry Mar
tin about business?"
Yes"
Ever about Mrs. John Martin ?"
Yes, twice. Once in John Martins S
lifetime and once after his death.
what was said in the nrst conVersa-
tiOn ?" asked Mr.. Rodgers, having success
fully defeated another vigorous objection
from Grove Johnson.
"Mr. Martin told me that his brothers
wife was not a person for me o meet. he
said she was an adventures. who had
come from the East and caught John.
And the next conversallonY
THE next was after Henry Martins
return from Alaska. Inat was after
2 Johns death. Martin said he had been
up in Weaverville and had met Mrs. John
. Martin on the road between Reddlng and
Weaverville. She wished him to get out
oil his carriage. as she desired to speak to
him. Martin told me that he replied
} that he desired to have nothing
to say to or do with her. Then l asked
, Martin about the property. Property 2
he said. I care nothing about that. All
want is for her 10 let me alone. FL have
nothing to do with the property. Let her
have it.
5 "Did Mr.. Martin ever speak of Mrs.
John Martin being at the Palace Hotels"
Yes. That was another time, when
. Martin referred to her coming To the hotel
when his wife was ill. l saw by the paper
: that she was at the hotel, and l asked Mar
tin if she had been around to see him. de
replied no; that she would not be per-
mitted to do So"
Ibid Henry Martin ever say anything
about the child ?'
''Yes. He once told me that she went
East and procured this child. He ex-
pressed his opinion that the child was
neither John Martins nor hers"
Grove johnson looked unusually stern
when be rose to cross-examine.
"When do gou say you arrived from the
East?" lie asked.
"On Saturday evening"
''Sure y0u did not arrive Friday ?"
! Certain.
Did you NOS on Friday evening last oc-
| cupy room No. 1I6, next door TO mine, at
! the Pleasanton Hotel?"
81 told you arrived Saturday"
ANSWER my question"
| swell, l did not"
Ibid you not Oh Saturday evening have
a conversation with Mr.. Rodgers in your
room?"
mo, l don't think so."
II speak of Saturday evening""
And also. l had no such conversa-
tioD," answered the witness.
when did you see Mr.. Rodgers"
II think 1t was on Sunday last"
! "Did you tell him of your conversation
with Henry Martin on Friday. February
a. 1882"
Il don't remember"
BY the way, what is your first name {?
Henry. On, yes, OF course. Now, do you
understand why your deposition was to be
taken while you we're away in the East if
! you never told the other side about the
evidence you had to give?"
The witness said be did not understand
the question, a remark which caused the
irate Johnson to ask him if he was not
| born in the United States and did he not
understand English? and so forth On
! The question being repeated the witness
! said that he did Il OF know.
Now. tell us what caused you to pay
! such particular attention to what Henry
Martin said to you on that morning, Feb
! ruary "a, 1882"
derstand the question, for be answered, 81
| heard there was liKely to be contest over
| the property"
When did you hear that?"
! "In June tnat year."
This gave Grove johnson n chance to
mix the witness a little DIT, but ne got
| straight finally and said that, Henry Mar
tin being such very sick man at the time
aud fearing the worst, he paid closer atten-
tion to bis words than be otherwise would
have done.
Now, was it not because Martins rela-
tives watched him closely all the time to
see that be did not get out of his room ?"
"No"
Didn't he once tell you he went out
with some one?"
Yes. The day before he was taken
| sick he told me that he had been across the
bay with Mr.. Breed"
You know Mrs. Henry Martin very
well. don't you2"
/ YES"
'Since your arrival here you've taken
Mrs. Henry Martin and her party to lunch
or dine with you at the Pleasanton,
| haven't you?"
II have"
and you feel an interest in this case?"
Inc witness admitted that he did.
Now. Mr.. Huchipson, is it not fact
that you took trip to Eastport. Me-. to
get william Martin and Kate Martin to
stand In with you and Mrs. Henry Martin
in this case?"
No, not at all. I was on a vacation,
and while away l stopped at Eastport.