The morning call., 1894-07-31

! believe that you Will do your duty and raise
our little one as we'll as you have Henry. You
VIII never forgive the wrong have done you,
but believe II was my love for you that has cost
me my self-respect ana your regard. See me
tonight. HENRY.
1t was with an air of triumph that Mr.
Johnson read this letter to the jury, while
a profound hush settled over the court
room. Delmas and Rodgers alone looked
undisturbed. Mr.. johnson then an
n0unced that his direct examination was
concluded.
Mr. Delmas firmly adjusted his specta-
cles, took a searching look of the witness
and began. 'Mrs. Jennie Tibbets," he
said, 10 his most precise tone, "how old
are you?"
"FOrty-nine years DID,"
when were you born? ?"
Don't remember the year."
What? You don't remember when you
were born? ?''
NO I've bad memory for dates.''
"Well, do you remember the day of the
month";"
Yes. 1t was June Z, for,y-nine years
ago. You don't have to know the year.
Just count back for yourself"
81 prefer that you count" blandly sug-
gested Mr.. Delmas.
"Wen, l can't. You can do it yourself
Don't l tell you that it was forty-nine
years ago?'
Mr.. Delmas looked rather staggered but
be proceeded to further investigate. This
resulted in his discovering that Miss Tib-
bets hailed from Pictou, Nova Scotia,
where her father was a shoemaker. She
had been married thirty-tbree years ago
and was IS years of age when she espoused
the worthy Tibbets an anachronlsm some
where, thought her lstenersl. Seven
years before her marriage she went to re-
side with her parents at Providence, r. /.
She went to school in Nova Scotia at
years of age and stayed there until -
Mrs. TiDbets could not remem Der what
year she was married in. nor when she
went to Rhode Island. but she did know
that from the time Of leaving school to
her marriage she lived with her parents.
What was Mr.. Tibbets?"
He was butcher" answered the wit
ness. He died two years after he came
here. 1t was up country somewhere. l
don't know where. In the mines, l think.
/ never visited his grave. What year?
Oh, l can't tell. 1 can never remember
dales."
The subject of the worthy Tibbets was
dropped and his widow asked to tell who
her boardeTs were at 504 Geary street dur
ing the months of January and February.
1893. She described them as follows: Jo-
sePh Simonson, who took meals only: also
n railroad man, name forgotten; Mr..
Henley, clerk in the City of Paris; John
Weier, also clerk in the City of Paris !:
Thomas Howie. an employe of the Bank
OF British North America; a Mr. Parsons,
in the employ of the California Wire
Works. The three ast-named guests
roomed as well as boarded In the house.
what rooms did Mrs. John Martin oc-
cupy ?"
''She had the front and back parlors."
81 thought she had the whole OF the
floor2"
mo. There was another room on her
floor. but it was unoccupied during her
stay there"
Mrs. Tibbets was then questioned as to
the exact position of the hatrack in the
hall. in the drawer of which she is sup
posed TO have mislaid the second will.
She stated that this drawer was generally
used for addresses of departed guests.
She did not always put them there. For
instance, when Mr.. Parsons left she knew
where be was going. But she put Mrs.
John Martins card there when her guest
went back to 2215 Van Ness avenue.
DO you mean TO say you aid not knnW
Mrs. Martins home when she left your?