The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-25

! statements in it,, certainly will not pay at
tention to her charges that any of us ssster-
/ cepted her letters to Senator Fair. The Aate-
ment Is too absurd. 1 consider that the letters
| which passed between Senator Fair and Miss
| Couzins were those OF a friendly business
| ture. She is quite politician, and 1 believe
/ she wrote some articles which were of interest
J to Senator Fair. Then she would write letters
! to him inquiring how they pleased him He
| answered in the usual formal way lust as he
would to any one.
| have heard Senator Fair mention her name
q few times, but must refuse, as his former con-
| hdentIal agent, TO state in what connection the
remarks were made
Please bring Miss Couzins to our Office and
! let her face Mr.. Angus and myself so she can
! see what we look like. l have never seen her
| in my life and believe she would hardly say
| she saw US in Chicago when she meets US face
| to face. She should have become acquainted
with us before she talked so much-with re-
luctance. know that she did not see us in Chi
cago and l cannot understand why any one
should pass themselves off as Angus and N.Y.
SELF. cannot believe that any persons did it.
Charles Fair spoke in very much the
same strain as did Mr.. Bresse. He said:
Neither Angus nor Bresse were in Chicago
with my father. The statements of Miss
Couzlns are surprise to me, know some of
them are not true. What led her to be mis-
taken do not know. | was in Chicago with
Gus Sheehy when my father was Ill and called
on him every day.
He introduced me to Miss Couzins in a hall
way OF the Grand Pacific Hotel one day. That
was the only time l ever saw her. When nv
IdCner lett San francisco for Chicago be was
accompanied by a clerk of his by the name of
Coll1nson, believe Collinson went as far as
Chicago with my father and remained there
only two or three days, when he returned to
San Francisco.
never saw anything which would indicate
that Miss Couzins was more than an ordinary
acquaintance of my father. believe she must
be out of her mind to have made such state
ments unless she is looking for fame 1t is
possible that since her arrival in California she
has been captured by the climate and desires
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has taken the means to secure good advertise
ment. AS she is a lawyer and is probably seek
Ing name and practice this in the only solu-
ton can find to the question.
1 can easily understand why it appeared that
some one was keeping Miss CouZins from my
father. He was very i'll from erysipelas in the
face and an abscess in the ear, and am sure
he DIG not want many persons talking to him
when he was suffering. 1t was his nature not
to offend her by blunt refusal to offers of at
tention.
know of but one reason why Miss Couzins
should make the statements she has if they
were not made for the purpose of gaining an
advertisement. She wrote some very foolishly
worded letters to my father and she has tried
to get them back. She is still trying to secure
them.
Miss Couzins' insinuations that my father
did not die natural death are absurd. DR..
Livingston, DR.. Miner, DR.. Dudley TAFT and
DR.. Rosenstein all attended him and they know
that the cause OF his death was disease OF the
kidneys.
DIR. Marc Levingston, who was Senator
Fairs attending physician for several years
prior to his death, laughed last evening
when spoken to In regard to Miss Couzlns'
lnsinuation. He said:
There were four doctors, two nurses and Her
bert Clark, the valet, who were attending Sem
ator Fair for the five days prior to his death.
Mr. Fair died of diabetic coma: He was known
10 have been a sufferer from Br1ghts disease or
the kidneys for some time. He was on the
verge OF dying several times during the last
four years of his life. Miss CouZins remarks
as to his Sudden and strange illness is all
nonsense. He was often so sick that feared
he would die, but he always raIlled alter Sc
we're spells, which lasted from six TO eight
hours. When he went over this time in his last
illness knew it was fatal.
After Senator Fairs death his organs were all
removed and examined They showed plainly
the cause of death and were suffice Mt proof of
the absurdity of Miss Couzins insinuations of
poisoning His stomach showed no traces of
poison. His kidneys were greatly enlarged,
being so much over the ordinary size that
there was no question as to the cause of his
death.
Miss Couzins' statement that advised Sena-
tor Fair not to go East is false. On the con-
trary, often advised him to visit different
places After his trip TO Chicago in 1893 l
sent him to Yuma. This was in 1894, be-
lieye.
do not believe Miss Couzins is correct in an
other statement. To the best of my remem-
brance neither Angus nor Breese went to Chi
cago with the Senator. In fact, l feel sure thew
were not there, and This tends to show that one
part of her story is incorrect.
On the other hand is Miss Couzins, Main
statement of facts, backed up by letters
and apparently not to be overturned nv
the discovery OF certain discrepancies.