The San Francisco call., 1896-03-05

was what the council had assembled for
to spend good deal of time in ascerta in
ing what the truth was.
Mr.. Hoyt interrupted at this juncture
by announcing that he had received tele-
gram from Los Angeles stating that the
persons addressed had no knowledge o.
her whereabouts.
Several other passages bearing upon DR..
Brown were not marked by the wit
ness on her direct examination as having
been interpolated or remodeied. In some
cases she replied that they were not in the
originals and that she had forgotten to
mark them; and in other cases she said
heved that they were part of the lnterpo-
lated or remodeled matter.
Mr.. Tenney, on each of these occasions,
glanced at his fellow mem bers of the coun-
Gil with puzzled air, and remarked that
her corrections OF the letters on her cross
examination were so many facts that
would bear against the credibility of her
former statement.
II don't think so," commented Miss
Overman a little more clearly and dis
tinctly than usual, and with an unmis-
taxable accent of defiance.
MIR. TenDey, quietly ignoring all the in
terruptions, proceeded with his questions
as follows.
why, if you had no thought that these
letters would ever see the public eye or
be read by Mrs. Tunnel, did you take all
pains to go over those letters that had
been written interjecting those passages,
instead of writing new letters entirely and
placing them in her drawer? What diff
ference would it make?'
Il did write new letters"
"What was your interest in making
them seem authentic if nobody was to see
them?h
Il, myself, thought that it was going too
much into the details of home affairs, but
Mrs. Davidson insisted upon it."
The witness also explained that she had
used the expressions relative to her life
being ruined, and to the fact that DR..
Brown could not help acting as he had
done because he had inherited an evil ten
dency, because Mrs. Davidson had die
tated it to her.
Mr.. Tenney announced abruptly that he
had no more questions to ask, and the
other mem bers of the council proceeded to
cross-examine her in turn.
In response to question Miss Oyerman
stated that she sent the $40 spoken of to
the address of Mrs. Tunnell at Los An
geles. With reference to her attending
school at the business college she stated
that she understood that her tuition fee at
the school had been paid by Mrs. David
son. She had never been informed nor
Dd0 SnC SNoPCCtCu bndt any one else ndQ
paid it. 1t was at the suggestion of Mrs.
Davidson that she went to the school.
She also explained that the rewritten
Tunnell letters had been taken to LAWYER
for the purpose of having him sell them,
but he refused to have anything to do in
the matter. Then another man took them
to the newspapers. She declined to give
the lawyers name in public, so that the
papers might get held of it, but she had
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council.
Mr.. RAIDER asked her whether she had
ever told Mr.. Pierce, the cook at the Co.
operative Restaurant, that Dr.. Brown had
paid her tuition at the school.
She replied that she had never told Mr..
Pierce that or anything else about DR..
Brown.
By Mr.. Pond-Was this scheme directly
to blackmail DR.. Brown, or to prepare a
sensational story for publication
The witness replied that Mrs. Davidson
never used the word ''blackmail." She
said that it would be q lesson to DIR. Brown
and would do him good, because he was SO
proud and puffed up. The witness did not
realize the whole import of the scheme at
first; but, of course, she realized that it
was wrong.
Mr.. Pond asked what was the bearing on
the case of this alternative of sensational
story to be sold to the papers.
She replied that it was scheme that
might be presented to the Chronicle, or to
any one, or to DR.. Brown, in the expecta-
tion that it would have weight.
Moderator Mclean read from the testi-
mony of the witness on the direct e1ami-
nation the following: $50 we entered into
a scheme to blackmail DR.. Brown
II don't think you could call it anything
but blackmail." replied the witness.
did you expect that the money would
come out of his pocket?"
Il expected that the money would come
from him."
You thought that the money would be
forced from him under compulsion rather
than have this story published p
Davidson"
WAS it conscience that conquered at
last?" inquired Mr.. Pond.
II think it was nothing else."
Mr.. Vreeland asked whether Saturday a
week ago was the first time that she had
told DR.. Brown about the plot with Mrs.
Davidson and about the rewriting Of the
Tunnel letters and she replied that it was.
In response to question by Moderator
Mclean the witness said that after her
return from Tacoma she turned her back
on Mrs. Brown and did not speak to her,
because she miss Overman) was angry on
account of the remark which she was told
Mrs. Brown had made about her, and for the
further reason that she was not capable of
being hypocrite. The letter which DR..
Brown wrote to her taking her to task for
the expressions contained in the letter to
him. she said. had no weight with her in
the plot. She was not reyengeful.
what were the expressions used by
DR.. Brown in his letter to you rebuking
you and which caused you to De angry?"
"As having nigh regard and great re-
spect for me, but that il ] thought that it
had gone any further Ii had made mis-
take. l cannot quote any more of the let
ter, it was so long ago."
What was the particular expression
that cut your"
1.-The fact that had / fancied so | had
made mistake; that's what cut me-"