The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-18

is familiar. did not know who he was, but
had seen him several times before"
''What happened after you crossed Bartlett
street?''
third street, and l went to the saloon at the
corner of Twenty-seeond and Mission streets"
''Did you notice whether the couple were car
rying anything"
THE girl had package"
''What kind Of q package was it?''
"Well, can't say exactly. 1t was not
wrapped in paper, but it was tied or had a
strap aboutit. 1 couldn't tell. she carried it
loosely"
"Do you remember how the girl was
dressed?'
"she wore a dark dress, of some heavy
wooden goods, l think, and all alike"
"Do you remem Der the hat?'
alt was q large hat trimmed with ribbon"
''Do you find any resemblance to it in this
hat?'' handing Branches hat TO witness.
at was very similar in appearance"
"Have you ridden very often from City Hall
avenue to your homer"
eyes, sir; very often"
ado you know how long 1t takes to go to
Twenty-second street,"
ayes, sir; about fifteen minutes"
"What time was it when you saw them cross
on Bartlett street?'
at must have been between 4:1O and 4:2O
O'Clock"
did you observe any time before you left
City Hall avenue?"
eyes sir; when l went for my coat and cane
looked at the clock. Then went to the cigar
stand and got a cigar. l looked at the clock
there again, for l had an appointment with
Clarke"
Mr.. Dickinson carried the cross-exami
nation to great length.
"what time did you leave your house in the
morning of April 81" was his first question.
at was ten or fifteen minutes after 8 o'clock"
chow do you fl the timer"
al came down with Mr.. Clarke
'1sn't it a fact that you were down in the
Prison d O'Clock T.
noon of April 3?'
"No, sir. was not in the City Prison any
afternoon in that whole month after O'Clock"
Mr. Dickinson led the way back over
every detail of the main evidence. Then
he took the witness into the saloon, where
he kept his appointment with David Clarke,
and found out how many drinks they had.
H went with them from the saloon to the
City and County Hospital, where they
visited friend of Clarke's. Then Dickin-
sou, Clarke and Quinlan went into whole
lot of the other saloons and had lot of
drinks. Dickinson didn't have any of the
drinks, though his mouth may have
watered for them, but ne made Quinlan
describe each drink, where it was drunk
and all that-all very tiresome to those
not thirsty.
Finally Dickinson got down again to
more solids and asked:
ITO whom did you first mention the fact
that you saw these two people on the street
that afternoon?
81 didn't mention it to any one"
"Please answer my question You must have
spoken to some one, or else you could not have
been subpenaed ~
81 spoke about it to Detective Anthony"
"When?"
/ 1.-TWO OF three days after the arrest of Dur
rant"
you had no difficulty in fixing the date?''
eyes, l did. had good deal of difficulty
at first in fixing the date"
Mr.. Dickinson did not ask the witness to
state how he fixed the date. but fastened
on to another subject. However, little
later witness did crowd in the statement
that when he first spoke about the matter
to Anthony he said he did not remember
what date it was he saw this couple going
toward the church.
Anthony insisted that he should use
every possible means to locate the exact
date. Witness promised that he would.
"Did you speak to your friend Clarke about
it?" asked Dickinson.
'fWhom did you speak to about it?'
''To no one but Anthony"
"But you said you would ask Clarke about the
date? You told Anthony so?'
eyes; told him SOL
"And now you say you never spoke about 1t
to Clarke"
''That is also right"
"Were you ever arrested, Mr.. Quinlan?"
Barnes-We object.
Dickinson-I offer to prove
The Court-Never mind what you offer to
prove by an arrest. If you can offer proof of
his being convicted felon, I'll allow you to
show it, An arrest proves nothing.
Deuprey-But these are for TWO assaults for
murder and seduction and
The Court-That is very improper state
ment to make, Mr. Deuprey, and you know it.
shall permit you to make no proof of a mere
arrest Unless you are able to prove the con-
yiction you have no right to go into the matter.
Dickinson-Well, We can't prove the convic-
ton.
Then the cross-examination proceeded
upon other lines. Mr.. Dickinson asked
witness if he had an office. Witness said
he had and gave its place as 305 Larkin
street. Then the inquisitor read from the
record of the preliminary examination
where witness had said that owing to hav-
ing recently moved, he had no office at the
time.
"Did you testify to that?"
81 certainly did"
And then court adjourned for the noon
recess before any one had time to figure out