The San Francisco call., 1896-03-12
No sir. said In short time.

No sir: said In a short time ,...,.,
Wbat was the ground of your d1ssatlslaction
with Miss Overmans eHpiaha'ion
letters? +horobt il nm satis-
fectory. ..sd With the final ex-
plYSns'lodd Yas Do sir. tits entirely in accord with
vhe G ,ve nave learned about Mrs. Davlosohs
character. -. ouormen,s repent.
Do you think that MISS osoi
ance is very sincere?
have no question OF IL. . oeraral
Do YOU think that repentance was geheiai
I have not the slightest doubt OF 1t. ). ~.
How do YOU explain that she went 10 s;.ne .ne
Chronicle Office and tried TO get tne cis' eui'oA
TO believe something that was not SO reot
believe that She was laboring under greht
temptation in her efforts to protect her repu-
tation as far as she could. ,t;.. Or.r-
Is there not great temptation 10 MISS ~
man to save her reputation by making 'his
latest statement?
1t does not save her reputation. -.
Does it not save her reputation ior cnasEty
Yes but it does not save her reputation 1or
honesty, which is equally important. to,
Do you know that q woman's reputation Iol
chastity is cherished above all tnlngsf
Yes, know that is so.
On the attention of the witness being
called to the fact that he maint alned
cordial relations with Mrs. Davidson IN
church matters despite the evident aver
sion of Mrs. Brown for her. DR.. Brown ex-
planned that his wife's dislike was mere
impression and be thought that Mrs.
Davidson would aid greatly in building up
the church.
In response to questions by the same
interlocutor DIR. Brown stated that he was
now convinced that Mrs. Stockton had
deliberately set about to get him in her
power for the purpose of blackmailing
him, and gave it as his further opinion
that she connived with Mrs. Davidson
toward this end. He denied in detail that
he had ever made any wrongful appoint
ments with her or that she had succeeded
in any way in successfully using her wiIes
on him. Among other things he gave
with great ella boration the kissing scene
in Mrs. Stockton's room, asserting that
the entire act was played by Mrs Stockton
alone. He further explained that she
afterward asked his forgiveness for this
act and that he gave it, believing on re-
f1ection that she had acted under the in
f1uence of her illness and that the act was
not indicative of her being of immoral
propensitles. 1t was owing to this view of
her conduct that he allowed her name to
be propounded in his church, he further
added. Rev. Mr.. Tenney resumed his
cross-examination as follows:
1t seems to me, doctor, that with your
knowledge of women, knowing that this was
not girl, it was somewhat strange to receive
the woman into the church at once on her
simple statement made to you?
| did not think there could be anything
wrong in a woman recommended by Sarah B.
Cooper.
Do you think mature woman likely to
be tempted to do such thing as young girl?
No. sir. But feel compelled to state here
that have known of a similar instance, where
a woman. member OF a church, gave way to
such an impulse on a visit OF her pastor. The
matter was investigated by proper body, and
the result was that the woman and the pastor
came out of the affair without blame, it having
been decided that she acted simply from i'm
pulse and without any immoral purpose. L
believe that ali of are subject to these unec-
countable impulses, but they do not indicate
that there is anything actual immoral in US.
Did you tell your wife about this kissing in
cident?
toned at first whether ii would be necessary
for to tell my wife what would trouble and
disturb her peace OF mind.
Under similar circums stances would you still
wi ithhold such information from your wife?
No, sir; not after what have experienced.
In the course of his examination Mr..
Tenney elected the statement from DR..
Brown that he had never been to restau-
rant with Mrs. Stockton and that he had
never been inside of the Maison Richie at
any time.
AT this point the witness demurred to
this line of questioning, alleging that the
council had already expressed itself as be-
lieving that he had not INDUCED in any
such doings as these questions would seem
to indicate. He was informed by the mod
tended to put itself on record as not desir-
ing TO hear any more testimony tending to
snow that DR.. Brown had paraded the stheets
with d1sreputable women or had Jeen
seen going 10 or coming from church Filth
any woman other than his wife. He Ifur-
ther credited DR.. Brown with not being OBJ
tuse enough not to have fully understood
the purport of the councils action in that
matter
Mrs. French and the Turkish tea again
bobbed up, and DR.. Brown stated that the
reason he had interceded on behalf of Mrs.
Stockton in that affair was because Mrs.
French had the reputation of forming
hasty judgments, and he thought it possi-
BILE that an injustice had been done Mrs.
Stockton. Mrs. French, he said, had
never given him any reason for not desir-
ing Mrs. Stockton to take part in the tea,
but had simply said that she had her rea-
sons. He denied that he had ever refused
Mrs. French the use of the church for that
affair, saying that he would never have
thought of taking so autocratic stand
He admitted that the kissing incident oc-
CURED to him when Mrs. French refused
to allow Mrs. Stockton's name to remain
on the programme of the Turkish tea, but