The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-20

before. not forgetting Mrs. Russell's big
BROTHER from Sonoma County, who is
vaguely supposed to be keeping an eve of
wrath upon his sisters tradueers, partieu-
larry one Henri I. Stuart of unenvable
fame. John Phillips-that Is the name of
the big brother-John Phillips, however,
has not yet disclosed his hand, and peace
still dwells in the bosoms of the men whom
John B. Russell paid to gather and present
evidence that would entitle him to decree
on his cross-comDlaint charging his wife
with infidelity.
One Of those witnesses reappeared in
court yesterday. 1t was no other than
Mir. Leveque, the French gentleman who
testified as to that little rendezvous at the
Melville House on Market street. Mr..
Leveque returned 10 court yesterday for
the purpose of contradietlDg a malicious
report 10 the effect that he never did anv
work He desired to be examined by
Judge Murphy on this subject. in order
that in selfdefense he might show that
some time during the past six months he
had earned his meals by the sweat of his
manly brow. For this purpose Mr.. Lee
vogue was arrayed in perfectly dazzling
suit Of clothes, utterly unlike the actor
like garb of the preceding occasion, and as
the day was extremely warm he carried
an extremely heavy overcoat on his arm.
NDlCll loBb hhJOoAJ W buO uUIc clLrCb.
However. the day passed by without Mr..
Leveque being called upon to Vindicate his
character.
The defendant in this celebrated action,
John B. Russell, had the immense satisfac-
ton of being in erviewed at some length
By George A. Knight in the way of cross
examination. Knight started off with his
customary abruptness and asked:
DO you know a man named SilvaP"
The witness answered that he had seen
the gentleman question; knew him. and
had had conversation with him about the
case. He had even employed him to hunt
I'D evidence, and had paid him $50 for his
services.
odd Silva make statement to you or
your attorney concerning an intimacy be-
tween him and Mrs. Russella"
Isl don't know what statements he made
to my Attorney" was RusselPs answer.
Then was introduced the subject O. the
Immaculate Stuart, Henry / of that lk,
who was obllglng enough TO accept John
B. RusselfS gold as equivalent for testl-
mony to the effect that he bad been in ii.
mate with Mrs. Russell. Stuart not hav-
ing shown up since that memorable occa-
sion, 1t was necessary to ask Mr.. Russell
some questions concerning him in his alb
sence.
OF course it was a question of money
from first to last that was introduced
Attorney Knight called upon Mr. Russell
to produce a check ON the First National
Bank which had been given by him tC
Stuart for his services in the case. The
amount was $64 30. Then followed a
whole string OF questions upon the subject
of the payment of this money, ia which
wholesale charges of perjury were brought
as concerning the witnesses who had al.
Ieauy testified. Russell himself had a
si1gularly unfortunate memory. He could
not specify the exact services performed
by any one.
"What did you pay Silva $50 for?'
asked Knight.
ITO build up testimony"
So it went on, and the defendant. being
In one of his dramatic moods, ans wersd
most Ques ions with a lugubrious digres-
sion concerning the amount of pain he had
endured in the ascertainiDg OF these fact:
which, as an upright and conscientious
citizen of the United States. he felt ough
sooner or later to be given TO the public
for their benefit and guidance in the years
to come. Mr.. Russell went so far as TO say
that he did not know what the testimony
of either Stuart or Silva was to be wher
he paid these worthless their money, and Il
was at this time that he first heard thai
Stuart had been his brother-lu-aw.
George knight crOss-examined Russell
on all sorts OF subjects. But tho de-
fendant was ready with his answers every
time. He described how that Sol BerliDeT,
another distinguished witness from some.
where or other, had come around like 9
hundred Others" II sent 'em all to my