The morning call., 1894-09-15

| lDey place ner on a pedestal so ID Ri III az u {
trump of the archangrl Gabriel would De
required to reach her TO impart TO her the
wishes of the divine CTeatoT!
After luncheon johnson started again on
the forgery and perjury question, asking tile
! jury if they dill not think that the evidence
produced by the other side was insult
| feient to convict any person oil either
crime. I'VE submit that under their :esti-
mony, the testimony of the other side, we
are entitled to verdict at your hands"
Once again did the counsel beg the jury
to leave Mrs. John Martin out OF their
reckoning. This woman was no party 10
the action; had practically nothing TO DO
with the case. Leave her out of the mat
| ter entirely, and where did the contestants
claim come in ?"
1.-The reason they have spoken of during
! this trial." said Johnson, "a reason for
saying that such will as this could never
! have been made. was claim that Henry
| Martin didn't like Mrs. Isabelle j. Martin.
| Suppose he didn't like her? What has
! that To do with this case? Ii he Thought
/ she was the worst woman IN the world,
| what has that to do with this little boy or
the making of this will? Bear that In
mind at the outset of this case.
They claim also that Henry Martin
| had no faith 10 the boy. That is all Clap
! trap and has nothing 10 do with the issue.
/ That is a sensation got up by the other
side to prove their case. Ii is made mani
/ lest, however, lnal heDTS MaILln uiu ue-
| ceiye his friends, did deceive his wife dur
ing his lifetime. 1t is proved that he lived
a double life. Oh, how many OF us have
done that! Henry Martin did 1t, and we
| think We can show you that be did. He
| no doubt abused Mrs. John Martin, spoke
against her, and we nope to show you 1t
was by design on his part.
"Why did be do it? He wasn't obliged
to speak ill of any one. Mr.. Dempster, ="
addressing juror, was he? No. But he
did in this case, and he did 1t for a pur-
pose.
why should he tell that man Leonard
| 10 keep her away from the mine. She
never went there. The evidence does not
show that she ever placed her foot upon
the historic soil of the Brown Bear mine.
And, thing which you ought to bear in
mind. the witness Leonard was never at
the mine. He was never there at ali. Why
did Martin say and 90 all this? 1t was
done for effect. He talked too much for it
10 be true. He was preparing evidence
for himself; he was getting ready for eX-
posture. He knew sooner or later there
wouli be trouble. He knew that sooner
or later his relations with this woman
would be exposed. He was getting ready
TO call this man and to prove that this was
not so.
He was getting ready to meet his &C
euseFs, and he arranged SO that he knew
when the thunderstorm came upon him,
and would be able to rise an umbrella
composed of the testimony of the wit
nesses 10 whom he had sp ken i'll of this
woman, and say, Il hated Isabelle. You
| all know that you've heard me sayEso.'
johnson said there was nothing unusual
for man 10 lead double life. From The
earliest times that was the history of the
conduct of man toward woman Look at
the history of David, the Psalms. He
was guilty of numbering the man who was
his fellow-s0ldier and his friend in order
that he might possess his wife and lead a
double life. Not only that. there were
instances IN America, among men living at
the present day.
Johnson quoted the case of Isacc NJ.
Singer, the inventor of sewing machines
considered in his time the greatest inven-
toI of the age. When he died no one ever
thought of any trouble. All thought his
life was beyond reproach. And yet, when
he died, no less than three wives rose MP
to fight for his property. OF him it might
be said:
Three women claimed rich Singer dead,
Who all unknown did eat his bread.
There were many more cases than these,
claimed johnson. Turning TO the New
York court reports, he cited the famous
Badger case. and returning to the city of
San Francisco The case of Solomon Hey-
denfelot stood before the public at the
present day. In Kentucky, the ''blue-
/ grass State" there was the silver-tougued
orator OF America, man who caused
| Grove l.. johnson himself to fOrsake his
politics and vote the other way. For
twenty years he bore the name and trailed
it ia the dust. He came, fresh from the
arms of his newly welded wife. to bask
| in the smiles of his mistress. VINO has not
heard Of Colonel Breckenridge?
Tell me, gentlemen. tell me, when we
| read and know these things who shall say
| that there is anything strange In the sun
! nnSftlOn that Oin Harry Martin cd q do bI %
! life?
Its the usual way in such cases 10
| abuse the woman. aenry Martin did il.
! like all the others. He cried out before
! be was hurt But he worked too hard to
| have it consistent with the truth.
Look at his record. Look at the wit
nesses who swOre that he spoke i'll of Mrs.
John Martin. When we think of him In
the company of Senator a. p. Williams.
learning to mix liquors; in the company
of Horace Giobon. a man who had so
many trades that he could not remember
them all ON the wltness-stand, learning
| from him all but how TO be true to a
woman; In the company after wsrd, IN a
slab shanty at the mines, living on hard
tack and bean0, IN the company of bluff
old John McMurray, learning how to buy
! mine and how 10 salt one for a
tenderfoot; In the company of the English
| DUDE, 81. Auburn, learning from him a
cockDev accent to improve his Yankee
| speech; with his feet on the table al
| Banker Breeds residence, real banker
| IN a real bank, learning society stories
| from him; in the house of Mr.. Phillips, al
Oakland. vainly trying TO learn the date
of the marriage of Phillips daughter, ,and
| the value of presents which Phillip re.
ceived from woman he said was no good,
| but which he kept and did not return; iu
the company Of United States Attorney
Garter, learning to write letters that would
put the Bancroft complete le;ter-writer
to shame: in the real estate office
of William }. Dingee, at Oakland.
fighting for dear life TO keep from invest
! ing his money In Oakland mud flats and
not succeeding; in the company of his
! partner, Melton, arranging to put his
brother John in for all the losses of the
mine and none of the profits; in the COM
pany of Clement the drummer, who saw
| Henry Martin at Tower House when he
! was in San francisco; in the company If
Preston Woods, VINO wasn't worth the $500
they paid him; or bathing his individuality
in the cold and icy waters of the intellect
OF E. B. Pond, and trying to get warm,
| while chilled TO the marrow by Z. b.
POnd's icy chatter-think of him this way,
gentlemen, and knowing that he was ex-
| pressing unkind thoughts OF Mrs. John
MartIn-why was it?
| ut was done to salve his conscience, TO
still his mind. TO put people on wrong
scent. All this. gentlemen of the jury,
proves Henry Martins double life!'
Grove johnson was mighty warm and
| well-nigh exhausted after this outburst
But he didn't stop here. tie went on after
fresh scalps, hunting pastures new.