The San Francisco call., 1895-12-30


Miss Overman is deep woman. From
the time she made the remark that she
was mot chicken the words OF vile
woman, distrusted her, or had less re-
spect for her, but was still resolved to help
her.
"Her friend Mrs. Tunnel was dark,
spare woman of about 60 years OF age.
There was something crafty about her ex-
preston that repelled me and wondered
at their intimacy, considering the disparity
| in their years.
miss Overman said to me once that
sometimes she loved. sometimes hated DR..
Brown, but that she would follow him to
the ends of the earth. He should not
shake her off. She believed they would be
married sometime.
''ln one OF her angry moments she told
me DR.. Brown had been unduly intimate
with woman in his congregation, whose
name l am not sure of, and that he had
paid her $500 hush money. A prominent
man, whose name l am not sure OF, was
called upon to act as arbitrator"
A new feature of Mrs. Davidson's story
was graphical recital of a conversation
with DR.. Brown, in which he asked her to
keep Matte Overman away from his Office,
for her visits revived the old love. BE
sides, l do not want you or any other
woman to come here in the evening"" he
had said. sit will make the sexton and
others suspicious
1t was deeply impressed upon the
woman's mind that Miss Overman had
said on the alleged last interview: CDR.
ch ic Richo 10 II
the throats. We must do something" |;
and that she laughed when DR.. Brown
said: II was not fool enough to pay you
that money without special purpose. l
have your acknowledgment OF contract. I"
Mrs. Davidson spoke kindly of her for
mer partner, Mrs. Meyer of $50 O'Farrell
street, but it is said that that lady does
not reciprocate her affection.
She said substantially yesterday that
she was not surprised at the denOuement; (;
that she considered her ex-assoclate a
hypnotist, who controlled her when in her
presence. It is also said that she has en-
gagged an attorney to stIaighten their busi-
ness affairs, she having withdrawn from
the business because of dissatisfaction with
methods. although Mrs. Davidson main
tains they were according to strict rules OF
business.
Mrs. Davidson's landlady, at 225 Geary
street, said Mrs. Davidson was "too good
to be good" She regarded her as a fanatic.
Mrs. Frank French, a prominent men,
Der of DIR. Browns congregation and an
intimate friend of Mrs. Davidson, remarked
Saturday night that Mrs. Julia Gillie,
who lived at s03 Bryant street, corner of
Sixth, was familiar with some parts of the
scandal. "She would know where Mrs.
Baddin lived" said Mrs. French.
About year ago Mrs. Gillie moved to
Sixth street from the house on Bryant
street, where she now follows the vocation
Of magnetic healer. Her view of the corner
lodging-house was directly opposite from
that of Mrs. Freneh's, and she appeared
indignant that the place should have been
mentioned in such a connection. She used
to attend the First Congregational Church,
and at the same time lived at Sixth and
Bryant streets, yet she claimed to have
been ignorant of the whole matter.
'sThe house 1 lived in at the corner of
Bryant" she said, 'could not under any
possibility have been the place referred to.
Why, a very respectable family, well known
III the neighborhood, has lived there for
almost generation, and it was not an or
binary lodging g-house. A few rooms at
most were rented, and then only to strictly
respectable people. 1 lived there with my
former husband, Mr.. Cronkheit. There
must be mistake if that house was men,
toned. No Mrs Baddin ever kept it, and
l never heard of her."
There is large lodging house on an op-
posite corner, but the occupants had no
recollection of DR.. Brown having gone
there in the company of lady, nor did
they know anything of this Mrs. Baddin.
Mrs. Gillie thought the occasion war
ranted giving expression to her feelings
toward Dr. Brown, and she talked quite
freely concerning the reverend gentleman.
Mr.. Butler, in whose store on Market
street Mrs. Davidson rented place to dis
play and sell corsets for which she was the
local agent, declared he was astonished at
the woman's arrest.
"She rented an office in my store and re-
manned there for few months" said he.
more than that knew very little about
her, though she always appeared to me to
be model Christian woman, refined,
ElICeu WIFI elegdHCe Oh manner ana con-
versation and intensely religious. Well, I
am surprised. After a lifetime to think
that l could have been so deceived. |
wonder if ! have been? After this-pro-
vided, of course, that it be true-I believe
she would do anything.
'In the mornings, when she arrived she
would say to me: oh, I've had most
beautiful talk with my Maker. He con-
versed with me all the way down from my
home, and | am very happy, indeed
'sIt was always my Maker with her,
and then, too, she was always so collected
and so apparently sincere.
''She could not pay her rent the last
month, and offered the stock of corsets as
security. I did not want them, so she
paid up the rent and went away. I heard
nothing of Mrs. Davidson until this morn
ing when this scandal was published"
Mrs. Halligan. the landlady at 225 Geary
street. where Mrs. Davidson roomed, stated
last evening that Mrs. Davidson took a
room at her house about the 1st of June
or July. Miss Overman came there to
stay with Mrs. Davidson about four months
ago. She does not know how many times
DR.. Brown called on Mrs. Davidson, as he
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