The San Francisco call., 1896-02-22
He Says the Stockton Episode
Will Ultimately Prove His
Innocence.
THE GAY WIDOWS STORY.
Expresses Determination to Become
a Better Woman-IS Done With
the Council.

the pastors innocence.
To substantiate this they say that the
wlnsome widow, according TO the Gean
affidavit and the Bass letters, Is given to
ways that are dark and tricks which are
sometimes vain. They point with conf
dence TO Judge Campbells statement of
an interview with Mrs. Stockton nearly
twelve months ago, in which she admitted
to him that Lloyd Tevis had at one time
given her $500.
DR.. Brown said last night that the way
had been cleared to sift the entire Stockton
episode to the bottom. Just what the
method OF procedure would be he declined
to say though be was manifestly in rare
good humor over unexpected good news.
When the investigation is resumed next
Tuesday Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Stockton
will in all probability be recalled to the
stand. The pastor has stated that he in
tends to question them concerning their
transactions with Lloyd Tevis, hoping in
this way TO prove animus on the part of
one or both. The reverend gentleman says
he is in possession of knowledge which
when revealed TO the public will be as
startling as it is effective in establishing
has innocence.
Immediately after the examination OF
y.
livered an impassoned address to the
council which is in part as follows:
You have heard what appears specific and
definite story. l affirm that l am innocent of
the things charged by this woman and I ask
you 10 consider:
l. This well-established principal of law:
NO one who asserts his own infamy is to be
believed against an honorable person..
: This woman day or TWO before she went
TO Mrs. Cooper went also 10 one OF our deacons
and virtually tried TO bribe me to silence
by promising to help me even to dishonerable
means saying, Il would lie steal 10 help Dr.
3. That l gave word TO the deacon who re-
ported 10 her that defed her.
4. hat she IS blackmaileT, who has many
victims in this City according the affidavit
which submit herewith, also with her own
letters attempting blsckmail on prominent
cluzen (her scheme Jailed and the publication
OF these letters should imply redjudice
against those named therein)
>. That she attempted TO blackmail ne in the
month OF November 1894, according to this
affidavit and that l then threw her attorney
out OF my house, so that she utterly failed.
8. That l not only refused her any money,
but refused even TO give her a personal letter
:. That she told a perfectly credible witness
after any possible date OF the alleged offenses
that she had tried all OF her arts on me, and
that every scheme had failed to get me into
any wrOngdOng
s. But that Notwithstanding she had one
case IN which appearances were against me,
and that she intended to ruin me because
refused 10 shut Mrs. French out OF the church
with the Turkish tea.
8. That she said 10 two credible witnesses,
one Of whose afildavits we have, that she came
into this church TO get rich men on her string
and TO make money out OF them.
10. That she tod one of these witnesses that
every deacon OF this church was & rotten man
and included IN the list Deacon Ira ?. Rankin,
who was then living, whose name is men,
toned not because she can reproach it, but
because il is so lar above reproach that the
utter 6aseness and falsity of her word can be
proved.
Il; That she afterward admitted that one of
the deacons whom she had thus slandered was
not personally known to her, so that her state
ments proven TO have been made only in
that spirit OF wicked bravado which has char
acterlzed her utterances since the publication
OF this scandal.
cial position in this City that she had in con-
spiracy with gray-haired dealer few months
ago got a prominent man of this City to give
her $500, OF which she had given her woman
companion $1,000.
Finally I ask you to remember the words of
Judge Campbell in binding Mrs. Davidson
over TO the superior Court: at is the very
essence OF blackmail that the blackmailer will
lie, and if need be, perjure herself in order to
blacken the good name of her victim and sne
has her story ready TO tell"
Mrs. NJ. a. Davidson burst into a sub
dued laugh yesterday when in the presence
OF CALL representative she for the first
time read the testimony of Police Judge
Campbell given before the ecclesiastical
council Thursday night. In his testimony
Judge Campbell stated that Mrs. Stockton
had told him that she had secured S250O
from certain wealthy man and that she
had given $1,000 of this 20 certain old
lady to establish a corset business. Con-
tinuing the Judge had said: 81 now think
that Mrs. Davidson is the woman referred
TO. These two women, think, have set
about TO trap DR.. Brown"
Commenting on this Mrs. Davidson said
that she did not know Mrs. Stockton then
and does not know her now. She had not
even seen her, she said. The first time /
heard of her" she added, twas in the con-
fession of Matte Overman 10 me in which
she said DR.. Brown had paid her $500"
Speaking of her intended appearance be-
fore the council on Tuesday she said:
have been thinking all day of my state
ment. l wrote one with the intention of read
ing IL esterday had the opportunity. But |
feared that might not have the opportunity,
20 made the charges quite full, little differ
en-: from my frstintentlon. They embody all
the points OF the statement. shall probably
make some slight changes in my statement be-
fore Tuesday.
Dr. Hoyt told me that DR.. Brown would cross
examine me on what was published in the
press, especially on that first statement which /
/ had published December 81 and which we
attempted TO use in Judge CampbelPs court. /
But have since been informed that DR.. Brown |
would confine himself TO the Eastern matters, |
which he had sought for assiduously. He |
claims 10 have new evidence, secured by his |
devoted servant, Deacon Morse, during the lat |
ter's absence. OF course | don't know what /
may be fabricated. There has been a great !
deal, and there is no doubt that DR.. Brown is |
pretty well supplied with material manuiac-
tured for the occasion. Mrs. Cooper says she |
could have a calcium light turned on her his
tory, and can say the
There some points in those Eastern let |
lerS written to Dr. Brown which have an Inn
poriant signifcation, and must be taken up In
me future. DO you suppose that am going
10 let an insinuation that j murdered my hus-
Dand pass unnotced? | think not.
had most interesting talk with one OF the
mem hers OF the council yesterday. He asked
me about the circumstances under which |
gave ID; Brown the receipt for $500, and told
IIl4IA- He then asked me whether after that
DI- Brown treated good, faithful
WORKER in the cause of Christ. told him he
uiu; that he time and time again called on
me 70 say a few words the prayer-meeting
anu commended me mother in Israel"
! DelleYe lhe members The cnnncil