The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-25
Did SEN ATOR FAIR
DIE OF POISON?
MISS PHOEBE CoUZINS' STORY
QUESTIONED BY INTER-
ESTED PARTIES.
CERTAIN DETAILS DISPUTED.
ANGUS AND BREssE DENY BEING IN
CHICAGO AT THE TINE
ALLEGED.
CERTAIN DETAILS DISPUTED.

The latest sensational development in
the noted FAIR will case is tha.insinua-
tons are abroad that the deceased mil
lionaire died by poison administered by
parties interested in his death taking place
at certain time.
Miss Phoebe Couzins, who claims to have
been the affianced wife of Senator Fair,
broadly limited at her suspicious that
Senator Fair had been given poison at
more than one time when she unfolded
the secret of her life last Saturday. The
suspicious of Miss Couzins are backed up
by San Franciscan who was in position
to know a great deal that occurred to
Senator Fair Just before his DEATH This
man is keeping in the background for
certain reasons, but when he tells his
story the public will be able to form
opinions as to whether the suspicious of
Miss CouZins are correct or not.
The close friends of Senator Fair claim
that the poison story is all nonsense, but
the public know that the announcement
of Fairs death struck all with surprise.
To those who saw Senator Fair on the
street week or two before his death he
had the appearance of being man IN good
health. Still some most reputable physi-
clans state that he had been slowly diving
for months. If Miss Phoebe Couzins' sus.
PIGEONS and the tale of the mysterious San
Franciscan are correct there existed plot
most damnable in it's various remifica-
tions. The conspiracy not only aimed at
the life of a millionaire, but it ran through
several years SO as to at last bring abolt
the death of Senator Fair just after he had
made a certain will.
Louis c. Bresse, who is accused by Miss
Couzins with having unduly influenced
Senator Ealr launched
yesterday about his alleged trip to Chicago
with the deceased millionaire Mr.. Bresse
is one of the persons against whom Miss
Couzins throws vague hint in regard to
Senator Fairs death. He was one Of Fairs
confidential men and is named among his
executors in the Pierson and Mitchell will
In speaking of Miss Couzins' story he said:
Miss Couzins' statement that Angus and N.Y.
self were IN chicago with him is absurd on the
face OF 1T. We never were East with him. Who
would nave been lett here to attend to his bust
ness interests had We gone East?
/ cannot for the life of me understand vbv
woman like Miss Ppbe Couzins should make
such statement. She ought to be aware that
1t could be easily proved we were both in San
francisco at the time Fair was in Chicago
Fair started for Washington in the spring of
1898 TO secure contracts from the Government
TO grace the sandhills around Black Point SO
as TO hill IN his North End water lots The
woman is either mistaken or she is not in her
right mind. know of no one who was with
senator Fair in Chicago but his valet, Herbert
Clark, except his son Charles Fair. who was in
Chicago at the time the Senator was sick
Crothers, who is man of about % wears of
age, was attending school at Ann Arbor, Mich,
at the time Fair reached Chicago. When the
senator was taken sick Crothers, who is his
nephew, came to Chicago to see him. He was
with him great deal of the time.
story in the CALL this morning looked UPON
1T as huge joke. could not realize how any
one OF sane mind could make some of the