The morning call., 1894-08-23

Where is that letter?"
IT'S destroyed"
w hen, and by whom?"
Il don't know"
What was The date2 Was it not Sep
TENDER s, 1922"
No"
NOW, Mrs. Martin, how many letters
| purportlng to come from Henry Martin
| ulu you give TO your RttOrueysY
Ihere was a row about the last word
| Messrs. Johnson and Linforth declining
! The honor Of being so designated. Then
that l could find"
Did you give some to Mr. johnson
since the trial began""
Il think So"
How long ago?"
"Mr. Delmas. I've nothing to conceal
about these letters. l want them worse
| than you do"
Was it after Mr.. Thornton withdrew
| from the case?"
81 asked Mr.. Thornton to withdraw.
! demanded his withdrawal" was the'indig-
nant reply
! How many letters were there?
-Four or five"
Where were they keptP"
In 4 box. | ought to have them at home,
| but can't find them. Mr.. Thornton had
! the key significantly.
What mean yOu, madam" asked Del
IL
ton upon Mr.. Thornton? Your tone
would imply as much?"
We'll, was the defiant answer, 81 saw
| Mr.. Thorn ton hanging over the box one
! day 10 court. He had the key IN his pos
session, much against nv wishes"
Who gave him the key?"
why. Mr.. johnson. But wish to say
right here that I've always approved Mr..
| johnson In all that he has cone. [ have
full confidence IN him, and I'm perfectly
willing that he should hold the key of the
box"
johnson had been apparently asleep all
this while. but woke up when be heard his
name mentioned.
81 move to strike out the answer of wit
ness" he said.
His request was readily complied with
but when he found out what that answer
really was he did his best to blush and
once more sank into pretended oblivion.
did MIR. Johnson keep that key with
! your consenI?"
HE did"
Then came an important question.
Now, Mrs. Martin, tell me, was there
| any other letter that came to you under
| that envelope marked SeDtem Der 8, 1892
other than the one produced here in evil
dence?"
Eyes, there was. There were two letters
altogether"
What has become of the other one?"
L Q00 know. L can ma IT,
Then Mrs. Martin was made to say that
she kept book of reference for these
letters. However, they were not all
marked down therein.
Mrs. Martin said: ST had a very i'm
! pOTtant letter, which / gave TO Judge Will
| liams. 1t was lost. Its date was Janu-
! airy 10, 1893. Il was very important"
Did you have one bearing date Deem
! Der. 1922"
Eyes; destroyed it"
"Nhy?"
zone morning l was very i'll. / thought
| was going TO die. | think that was one
day in January. 1894 So destroyed it,
WAS this one of the letters you took
East to show your mother?"
Yes, Pm sure it was"
Nov, tell US candidly. why did you de-
strOy that letterP'
There was a fearful row over this. Mrs.
Martin said: Pm not going to say why.
| It's not justice to the dead, nor to the liY-
| ing, Mr.. Martin was not bad man,
| though be is painted so by his wlfe'S
friends. He talked amiably to all. from a
prince TO pauper. from drummer to a
railroad magnate."
This, of course, was an interestingIrav-
! citation, but 1t did not quite suit the greedy
Mr. DelmaS. Finally, Mrs. Martin said
she destroyed the letter for cause" and
would have done the same by the letter
of February 81. 1892. if she could have got
her hands upon IT," This last observation
shared the fate Of Mrs Martins previous
volunteered efforts, and was struck from
the record on the application of Mr.. Del
mas.
Mrs. Martin, what were the contents of
that letter."
The witness appealed. but the Judge de-
| cided that she must answer. Then she
said: 81 don't remember 1t was not a
proper letter, L know, so | destroyed it.
| thought l was going to die, and / did not
| wish the world to see the letter"
1T made no impression upon you, that
! you cannot remember its contents?"
Eyes. 1t did"
"What impression?"
That's a personal matter. You can't
know everything. Mr.. D-lmas."
Mr.. Delmas-l submit | have a right.
Mrs. Martini submit l have a right.
too, to protect Henry Martin and myself.
! Section 2066 of the Code of Civil Procedure
protects me.
Mr.. Delmas was yet unsubdued
What was there in that letter OF an i'm
proper nature that caused 1t to be de-
stroyed?"
II don't remember"
Not any part of it?"
mo. Not any part of it,"
"Was this the letter that you promis ed
your mother not to reveal?"
mo. The letter | referred to was that
Of February "a, 1892. But L promised con-
corning the other one as we'll"
Were you absolved from that promise ?"
"Yes."
''By letter ?"
by letter"
"Where is that letter."
Il don't know. l ought to have it at
home"
viii you look for it?"
81 will"
Now. there were two letters you prom
ised your mother not to produce. Were
there any Others?"
Il dent remember"
WAS there one other, copy of which
you gave to a representative of The
CALL?
Il don't know. gave no such COPY"
was the petulant answer. "You are frv-
! ing TO confuse letter dated February "a
1882 WITH one dated April %, 1889"
After while there was more troubIe
about the incomplete deposition of the
witness. Delmas wanted To adionrn
court for day in order to give Mrs. Mar
tin time to peruse her deposition from be-
ginning to end. But johnson objected to
this. and so did the Judge. Then Delm as
rose and said: 81 propose to show mat in
her deposition of February 6, 1894. when
| Mrs. Martin gave the list of the letters she
had received from Henry Marlin. she
made no mention of that letter OF Feb
ruary q. 1892"
Nobody mentioned it 10 me-" inter
rupted the witness
Well, then, Mrs. Martin" said DeImas
II ask you to produce that letter of an
thorizatl0n from your mother Also. its