The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-22

my ship, as my time was almost up; anu
she said to stay-that she woul q pay me
we'll.
81 saw Captain Knowles and others, and
| they said sos, 900 would be compensation
| for giving up my profession, but when |
came to talk with her | told her $lo,O0u
and $500 year, which l thought little
enough.
stephen said it was too much-it was
exorbitant, and he would use his influence
against it.
Judge Stanly afterward suggested $500
| month, cash down, and / was paid IN
November, but not the $4,000. :.
stShe said: Frank, | have already lett
you $4,000 in my will your wife $1,000
and Mollie $1,000, and with this you would
have 1913, 0O0-a fortune Not very large
one, replied.
"Stephsn said there was no money, so
Mrs. Garcelon said l could have the Taber
| notes. Their face value was $4,000, with
interest amounting to about S225.
~ could not realize on the notes because
of the promise 1 had made not to press
Mr. Taber. / spoke to Steve about them,
and he said, Sell them for anything you
can get But Judge Stanly said: They're
worth more than the $4,000 to you. Take
them to Marceau, the photographer, and
he'll give you good deal more for them
"But sold the notes for $4,000.
AFTER the doctors death Mrs. Garcelon
never put on dress about the house; she
used to wear wrapper. Before that she
always dressed very nicely.
81 told her myself after Jim was mar
ried that was in saloon with him.
was drinking soda or sarsaparilla, or some
thing of that kind. l never drank a glass
OF spirits in my life. She said she was
glad the story was not So"
Didn't you say" began Hayne, "that
you wanted that 1000 for giving up your
profession ?''
81 did"
"And you said you wanted to hurry up
the transaction for fear she would die?"
81 did,"
"And so you had no conjunction about
taking that sum for giving up your pro-
fession for so short time ?"
The witness tried to explain that he had
| lost the captaincy of his ship. In response
| to another question he replied:
After Mrs. Garcelon's death the fellows
around the water front kind of joshed me
about it because l didn't get more. I'm
one OF those hale fellows we'll met, and
| whatever said back about being on the
side where there was the most money was
OF course only in Jest"
Judge Hayne pried telegram out of the
witness productive pockets. 1t was from
Attorney Philbrook, asking him how
much he wanted for expenses to bring his
wife to the trial, that her testimony would
Liz tue WHOie InluB. Anu Lnen the VIII
ness tried to show that he would willingly
travel across the continent simply for his
expenses, but Hayne looked wise and
pried him still further. At last when the
question came, what do you live on pr
the shipless captain came back very COM
placently with, 81 live on what eat"
Elmira B. Merritt, mother of Harry
Merritt, took the chair and explained that
she was double first cousin of DR.. Merritt,
both their fathers and mothers having
been brothers and sisters. Speaking of
her long intimacy with Mrs. Garcelon wit
ness said: "She told me when the doctors
will was read she thought she would fall
off her chair; that she would rather have
the boys have half than have Henry
Rodgers get one cent.
"She said when her nephew, Frederick,
asked for $1,000 once she certainly would
have given it to him if Stephen hadn't OBJ
jected.
"Stephen remarked to me once, TO tell
the truth, the Judge and / made that will
up in day and a night; we had to, there
were spies all about.'''
AS the old lady was leaving the stand
Judge Hayne leaned over and asked, "How
old are your
"Threescore, if it is necessary for you
to know" CURLY responded the retiring
witness. And then Rodgers saw his
chance to play upon the Hayne genealogy.
''That is not very courteous question for
gentleman who comes from South Caro-
lima; and the shining pate of Attorney
Phil glowed momentarily as he
smiled at his colleagues thrust at their
opponents aforementioned Southern 1ene-
age.
Mr.. Miller was on the stand some time,
but he got only far enough to explain
some OF bis dealings as executor of
Stephen Purrington's not particularly
large or unineumbered estate when court
adjourned until this morning.