The morning call., 1894-08-02

CrttenGen Thornton and Grove John
| son also took the stand and stated that
| they had observed tnat the missing depOsi-
| tions were not there when court con-
| vened on Monday morning last. Thornton
| suggested that the documents might be
mixed up with the papers of other cases
that had occupied the attention of the
court on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day mornings, and that thorough search
| be made. His suggestion being acted
upon, other business was proceeded with
| for the meantime. During all this trouble
Messrs. Delmas and Rodgers looked on
amazed. Mr.. Delmas offered to do any
| thing in his power to expedite matters.
Prosper Reiter, one OF the superin ten
dents of the Palace Hotel eating depart
ments, was then called. He said that he
had served at the hotel for the past three
years and eight months. He knew Henry
Martin in his lifetime as guest Of the
hotel, and also Mrs. John Martin.
Did you see Mrs. john Martin early In
| 1882" asked Johnson.
"Yes, 1t was either at the end of 1892
| or the beginning of 1893, during Xmas or
| New Year, that l saw Mrs. John Martin
in the Palace Hotel cafe"
Ibid you see both Henry Martin and
| Mrs. John Martin there?
"Yes. One day Henry Martin was at his
table eating lunch. Mrs. John Martin
entered the cafe, and sat down at another
| table. After while Henry Martin got
up. crossed over to Mrs. John Martin s
table, sat down and finished his lunch
there. | put both checks together and
gave them to Mr. Martin"
Did they leave the cafe ,i!ogether?'
"Yes; they left together.
Take the witness"
| In cross-eXamination the witness. who
is pleasant-featured young German.
speaking English only fairly well, was
mixed up little by Mr.. Delmas on the
subject of days" and dates" However,
he seemed TO have a tolerably good re-
membrance of the occurrence to which he
testified. He said the circumstance was
recalled to his memory some months
| afterward by Mrs. John Martin herself,
who entered the cafe one day and asked If
he embered Henry Martin lunching
with her that day"
"Who else was in the cafe at the time ?"
asked Delmas.
II couldn't remember one."
| well, how many people eat in the ho-
tel every day?"
The witness was understood 10 say that
| in bad times about $50. and in flush times
| as many as 1900 ate there daily, in differ
| ent parts of the house. At the period of
which he spoke about S25 persons bad
meals in the hotel.
"how did you know Mrs. John Mar
tin?"
"The hatboy outsids the cafe pointed
her out TO me one day. and said: "Fhat is
Mrs. John Martin. That is Mrs. Henry
Martins sister-ln-law."
How many times did you see Henry
Mar in and his sister-in-law together in the
cafe"
II only saw them there once"
Now, you remember Henry Martins
death, and Mrs. Henry Martins sickness
prior TO and after that?"
Yes; OBJ, yes. l saw Henry Martin
four days before he died. / remember
Mrs. Martin was expected to die every
day."
occurrence. was it not?'
VERY" SAID the witness.
| Henry Martin was striking-looking
man. was he notP'
Yes; | guess he was. He was good
man know" said ReIter. as he thought
of the generous miner.
"And MIR. Martin was always very at
| tentive to his wlte?'
''Yes. very. They were a model cou-
ple." The last part of this answer was
| struck out on motion of Grove Johnson.
"And YOU remember that this occur
rence-ths lunch, l mean-took place dur
ing the sickness of Mrs. Henry Mar
tln?"
TO lake LD6lT mediS III Lu6 care. w Den
Mrs Martin fell sick in No vember, 1892
l think, Mr.. Martin came down alone and
gave his orders"
There was a brief recess after this.
while attorneys consulted upon what was
| to be done about the missing depOsitions
! Johnson offered 10 read from copies in the
| possession of his opponents, but as it was
| found that the InteTr0gatories were miss
| ing from the copies this course was found
| to be impracticabl5. Matters were at a
standstill for while, and an adjournment
was thought of.
But both Rodgers and Delmas were will
| ing TO assist the other side as far as was
consistent with their duty to their clients
| and finally Rodgers offered to telephone to
his Office TO see If copy of the interroga-
tories could be got. His offer was ac-
cepted, and the result was that interro-
gatories were found to one deposition,
! and after the necessary delay in transpor-
| :ation the reading of that deposition was
proceeded with.
1t was the deposition OF G.. j. Hamm,
now manager of the Hotel Marlborough in
New York City, and in 1891 manager Of
the San Carlos Hotel there. Mr.. Hamm
knew Mrs John Martin well. She en-
| gagged rooms there from March to May,
! 1891, and was confined there of male
child. The rooms were properly fitted up
for her. and her friend. Mrs Plows-Day.
| was tnere during part Ol Tue time. Dr.
! Van Valgat was In attendance.
Cross-interrogatories revealed the fact
that Mr.. Hamm had not seen Mrs. John
Martin since that date. He did not know
her source of income. but he cashed two
| California drafts on New York for her,
$500 apiece. He never heard of her bet
ting on the races, nor did he know how
many evenings she passed at home. She
lived economically, as woman of small
means.
This closed proceedings for the day, ard
as Crittenden Thornton has copies of the
interrogatories belonging to the other de-
positions, it is expected that there will be
no further hitch. Meanwhile vigorous
search is being kept up for the missing
papers. just before the adjournment
| Grove l.. johnson rose and suggested that
as Clerk Murphy was by his official bond
responsible for all The papers that passed
into his possession he should be instructed
to be untiring in his efforts to bring the
missing papers TO light again.
"Certaiuly," smilingly assented Judge
Coffey. "The order will be that the clerk
search for the papers without in ntermission
until he is exhausted. You hear that, Mr..
Clerk"