The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-18

That afternoon. she said. Christ called
TO see her. She was afraid be might meet
her husband, and that was the time she
had fired him down town" to get his
life insured. While Christ was in her
parlor her little boy. who had been asleep
In another room, awoke. and hearing q
strange voice in the parlor had tip-toed to
the door to listen.
christ heard the noise, and jumping up
drew his pistol. When he discovered
that it was only child he sat down
again. He reminded Mrs. Hart that she
had an untrue husband and he an untrue
wife, and said that in few days he would
kick her cut and all her trash.
Mrs. Hart told the witness she had
burned the letters referred to. and the lat
ter assured her she had committed a
serious blunder, as she had destroyed
evidence that might be important to her.
| Mrs. Hart then spoke of having re-
celved two anonymous letters signed "a
Neighbor" while in San Francisco, adj
vising her to come home and look after
her husband and Mrs. Christ. She
wanted to know if Mrs. Eby had written
them, but that lady assured her she knew
nothing of the letters.
There was considerable more of Mrs.
EDy's testimony, bat 1t was of pretty
much the same nature as that already
given. The knowledge she had OBJ
! tanned Of the domestic troubles of Mrs.
hart was rather forced upon her, and
she evidently had lad no desire TO get
mixed up i'll the affair.
MRS. CHRIsT's MOTHER.
II was now past 10 o. clock. and Coroner
clark was DESTROYS OF postpouing the k
ing of further evidence until Tonight
but at the request of members of Mrs.
Walther's family that lady's testimony
was taken.
Mrs. Walther, the mother of Mis-.
Christ, is quite all elderly person, and
the terrible ordeal through which she had
passed had quite unnerved her. She was
assisted to the witness stand by
her son. She speaks English quite
poorly, her voice was scarcely
audible, and it was almost impossible 10
understand her clearly. The Eist of her
testimony was, however, 10 this effect:
On Monday afternoon Mrs. Christ
went out about 1 p. NJ. aud returned
shortly sfterward. Toward evening MIR.
and Mrs. w. Jones called and stayed
about au hour, Mrs. Christ going home
with them. She came home about
o'clock, and they waited until for Christ
to come to his supper.
When he entered the house he took his
pistol from his pocket and laid it on the
desk in tho sitting-room, and they all
three then had their supper in the
Kitchen. Mrs. Walther was the first to
finish. and she went to her room to pre-
pare for bed, leaving Mr.. and Mrs.
Christ at the table.
She had been in her room but few
minutes. and had nos heard any CONVEX
sation between them, when she heard
them both get up and walk into the sit
ting-room. Almost Immediately she
heard the report fthe pistol, and hasten
ing to the door of the sitting-room she
saw her daughter lying on the floor.
Christ spoke up and said he had shot her
accidentally.
The witness was Mortified and ran out
and over to Mr.. Eby's to tell what
had occurred and to summon help.
Christ followed her. He was very cool.
and on the sidewalk told her not TO make
SO much noise. She was afterward taken
to her sons house.
In response 10 questions by Coroner
Clark, Mrs. Walther said she was at home
the day that Mrs. Hart called in Sep
TENDER and upbraided her daughter for
her alleged intimacy with Mrs. Hart's
hus band.
At this juncture the inquest was con-
tinued till this evening at 1870 O'Clock.