The San Francisco call., 1896-04-26

sionally roomed at Ninth and Mission
streets, said that Flynn called on him at
about 1880 o'clock on the night of April
13, and that later both went out and had
drink in saloon near by. Flynn had
told him of having a sick friend, and that
he was going to get a prescription filled.
After having the drink they walked down
Ninth street, and Flynn went into house,
saying he would probably be back in
little while This was about O'Clock.
At 1:15 Flynn came out with a young
lady. He could not identity Miss Brown
ing as Flynn's companion. They went
down Ninth street and disappeared en-
tirely. While walking back and forth on
the sidewalk another woman passed along
Ninth street and turned into Mission.
Then he went home.
Coroner Hawkins then asked Mr.. Knight
if he wanted to put his client on the wit
ness-stand, and the attorney said that
while it was an unheard of proceeding to
put a man charged with murder on the
witness-stand in Coroner's inquiry, yet
if the rules of evidence were followed he
was perfectly willing to have Flynn tell
his story, as he had but one story to tell
and he did not care how often it was told,
as it was the truth. Flynn then took the
stand. He spoke in a fluent manner,
showing himself to be man of experience
and education. His testimony was as
follows:
My name is John 7. Flynn. live at the City
Prison just now. My occupation is that OF a
real estate operator. On the evening of April
13 received note from Mrs. Browning re-
questing me to call at her house. 1t was only
a few lines. / had formerly lived at 81 Third
street. At about 8 O'Clock on the evening in
question I sent my boy up there to get any
letters that might have come for me. This
note from Mrs. Browning was among the letters
he brought me. That evening called on Mrs.
Browning at 1907 Ninth street.
Mrs. Benjamin's boy admitted me to the
house. I went to Mrs. Brownings room and
found her in bed. The girl was present at the
time. The children were usually in the room
at the time I visited Mrs. Browning I asked
Mrs. Browning what was the matter and she
said she had a pain in her side. l placed my
hand on her forehead and saw indications of
fever.
I went out and got some lemons and
oranges, and the girl made Mrs. Browning a
lemonade, but she could not drink it.
insisted on calling in physician, but Mrs.
Browning told me not to do so / thought at
the time that the reason why she hesitated
was because she had no money to pay the
physician 1 told her that / had money and
that l would attend to that. So l left the
house and went down the street with the in
| tentlon OF calling on the first reputable phy-
sician in whose Office l saw light. l called
On DR.. Quigley and arranged with him TO go
and see Mrs Browning. left him q card on
which wrote my name. The card also had
the name OF Mr.. Pitt on it. Then l called on
Tigh at his room. We went and had a drink
together and l went back to the house to see
Mrs. Browning. Mrs. Shane would not admit
me to Mrs. Browning's room as the doctor was
there at the time. She said that she thought
Mrs. Browning was suffering from appen-
dicitis
Mrs. Shane asked me to take Tessie for a
walk, as she WAS nervous because she heard
her mother screaming 1 said it was rather
late to take a walk, but thought If the girl was
nervous the walk would do her good. So we
went down Ninth street to Harrison and out
Harrison to Tenth, along Tenth to Market
down Market to Ninth and along Ninth to the
house again. The girl passed ner mothers
room to the front room as we entered the
house. Mrs Shane asked me to go to her
house with her Tor an errand. We walked up
Ninth street to Market and then to Larkin.
between Ellis and Eddy. We went up two
flights of stairs to her rooms, which were on