The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-14

him to get out of the way, and he in
formed me was working in my interests.
He said he was good Mason and he knew
l was good Mason. Then he shook hands
with me, but found that his good Ma
sorry at that time was not good Masonry.
but that he was simply lying. I knew of
certain laches of which he had been guilty
in the profession. 1 said to him, You
know you have been guilty of these prac-
tees and don't you think it is better for
had better write out my resignation
''He wrote it and gave it to me on the
night of the convention. The Buckley
programme then had it all understood that
DR.. Brock was to be nominated, but by one
of those singular accidents which some
times happen he was not nominated. Why
he was not nominated do not know. l
had no occasion to present his nomina-
tom
''You found out he had done something
disgraceful?'
81 did not say So" was the answer.
"You found he had been guilty of laches;
what do you mean?"
81 thought a lawyer knew what a lache
was" answered the doctor, somewhat sar-
castically.
"You went with him" continued Nc
Nab, unmindful of the answer of the wit
ness, "after ascertaining that he had done
something that he ought not to have done.
Doctor, were you actuated by the fear that
he would not make good Coroner"
There was no answer to this question,
and Mr.. McNab continued:
"You did not wish, DOCTOR" he asked,
stto see man become Coroner whom you
thought would be a bad official?"
81 wanted better man for Coroner, and
thought / was the better one," was the in
genuouS answer.
"The Civic Federation did something
like that to prevent man from becoming
an official, didn't it?' asked Mr. McNab.
Mr.. Terry objected, but the witness
seemed willing to answer.
"Oh let him alone" he said from the
stand to Terry, "let him have his swing"
The court overruled the objection, the
question was read and the doctor
answered it.
"WeIl," he said, 'if go by hearsay, I
don't think so. They want to deny their
own signatures in this matter. 1 don't be-
lieve they do. I have to take Mr.. Nc
Nab's statement for that
The witness says he did not remembe
the death of Anna Claugherty on April 90
1888. He did remember the killing of a
woman in the elevator of the Levine block.
Wasn't there a police investigation, I"
asked McNab, "as to the money she car
ried on her person at the time of her
death?"
81 do not remember" was the answer,
'but | will state that any case that comes
to the Morgue is always open to police in
vestigation. I wish also to state that in
most of the cases that come to the Morgue,
where the dead person has So on his per
son, his relatives generally claim he had
$1,000
''That was during your administration,
wasn't ?" asked McNab.
"That is in every administration, an
swered the doctor with some show of as
perity.
''Did the police ever inform you that that
woman at the time of her death carried
$1,000 on her person 2''
Never
"You never heard of her having any
money after she came into the hands of
your deputies?"
II think they returned good deal of
money and stocks and bonds. never saw
any money of any kind"
"Were you very much about the
Morgue?"
81 was there every day, except at those
times l went to Sacramento in the interest
OF the bill which l fathered."
Were you going around the State with
one Alice Harrison, neglecting the
Morgue?'
Mr.. Terry was on his feet in an instant
with an objection, but the question did
not seem to bother the witness at all.
II would as just lief answer that" he
said, but his attorney motioned him to
keep quiet.
"There's a limit to this sort of thing
said Judge Joachimsen, land MIR. McNab
must stop. When you step into mans
social life 1t becomes a mere impertinence
There must be limit as to mans own
house and into mans own social life no.
body has any business to CO."
MY intention" said Mr.. McNab, apollo