The San Francisco call., 1896-02-21


in the office. Her examination was then
| continued:
Woodhams-Was anybody present at that in
terview besides yourself and DR.. Brown?
Mrs. Stockton-Nobody; no one else.
| What time that?
don't remember exactly. / don't think il
lasted very long.
VIII you relate to us what was said7
| l do not remember, could not truthfully
| say what passed. 1t was simply uice little
Piles meeting.
would like to have you tell me when the
Dr. Brown.
l think it was on the street as I was coming
| from nv Office.
| Was it on Sutter street?
1t seems to me it was little further east I
can't remember exactly the time.
What occurred between you at that timer
think II was the usual passing of the time
| of day.
What occurred, if anything?
Nothing besides exchanging the time of day.
| You made no appointment at that time to
meet DR.. Brown at any place?
| 1t is so long ago can't remember.
| state the next occasion OF your meeting with
| DR.. Brown as near as you can rememb ber.
| will say this: That ! met him frequently
| but l can't remember the time and place It
is so far back that it is almost impossible to
This occurred after you first met DR.. Brown
| in the church above?
Yes, sir.
| want to know the next time that you can
| tween you.
! One thing that 1 can definitely remember
was matter that led up to these meetings. l
had called at his Office one afternoon in con-
nectlon with my work in the Sunday-sehool.
| Ny impression is that had a consultation in
| the Office on that matter and that it was pro-
longed late into the afternoon. It was simply
such meeting pastor should have with a
| member OF his congregation. started to go
and put on my things and we then went out
OF the room downstairs.
Here he took my hand to say good-by, and
| with that he threw his arms around me and
kissed me.
was surprised, but can't sayI was dis
pleased. l said, "Don't! you must not do
that was afraid OF the sexton. l am un.
der the impression that it was the next day
met him on the street. did not seek the en-
brace.
Had you made any appointment to meet
him?
That don't remember. 1t was this that led
up TO the meetings on Suffer street.
And this meeting in the church occurred
prior to the first meeting on the street.
Yes, sir. | so explain that to show his e1-
cuse for meeting me on the street.
VIII you tell us when you next met DR..
Brown?
The meetings were SO frequent that ! can't
remember any exact day. About every day.
Relate anything that took place which you
can remember.
He used to wait In convenient doorways and
places TO meet me, and we used 10 take street
car rides.
McLean-Did you leave your Office at a regu-
lar time each day?
oh. yes. At the same time every day.
Tenney-Did this occur after you had Joined
the church?
Yes; 1 substituted at that time in the Sun
day-school, and on these streetcar excursions
we would discuss Sunday-school questions.
Who was superintendent of the Sunday.
school at this time?
Rev. Mr.. John Ray.
Woodhams-Why did you go to the study in
the evenings?
think it was proper to so when my pastor
asked me to CO.
the evenings, was it before or after the en-
brace?
After the embrace
Brown-The alleged embrace.
This produced pleasant little laugh
from Mrs. Stockton.
Woodhams-You say you had frequent rides
on the stree tears. Where did you go?
We went to great many places. At one
time went where they dump scrap iron.
We rode out and sat on piles and talked. We
went in that direction to avoid people. An
| other time we went out to Castro Heights and
| climbed very high hill. remember that be-
| cause hurt my foot. We stayed there until
| dusk. I remember the doctor calleo attention
| to the lights in the City and how pretty they
| looked. The doctor EN- braced me several times.
Then we took ride to Laurel Hill Cemetery
| and looked at the tombs and the flower gar
| dens. We also went to Harrison Park or some.
| thing like that. The time went to Castro
| Heights it was too late for him to go home Tor
| dinner, so we went to the Mason Richie.
| Woodhams-Wh no paid tor the dinner?
The doctor paid for it.
| How long did you remain there?
| Perhaps half an hour or an hour and half
Did the doctor embrace you while you were
| there?
| he said he was afraid some one might see him
I as people were going in and out.
| Anything else occur besides the embraceP
Well he kissed me.
What did you have at that dinner?
| There was tea.
| Anything stronger than tear
| No, sir.
| Did you have any toast?
| L think, with the chops. 1t was a modest
dinner. lcould not go into details
| VIII you continue to enlighten us on other
matters in connection with your JOURNEYS to
different places in the City with Dr. Brown?
We went to all points of the compass in tax
| ing those rides.
| Did you have any other dinners7
That was the only dinner.
! Did Dr. Brown ever express his admiration
Yes, sir, all the time. He expressed himself
| in very affectionate manner. His fervor was
intense am simply here to tell the truth,
the doctor now.
Did he ever express himself as being willing
| to marry you?
He said he loved me we'll enough to leave
| his wife and everything, and would have been
1901 enough to marry him. At one time he
| LOOK a knife and threatened to kill himself if
would not marry him.
be carried out2
II was tne nOpeiesSneSS OF that matter that
made him try to commit suicide, he said he
could not get along with his wife and loved
me well enough to do anything for me.
DR.. RAIDER here called the attention of
the moderator to the fact that Mr.. Bart
nett was prompting Mr.. Woodlands. and
said that he did not think there should be
any coaching. Mr.. Woodlands arose for
the evident purpose of explaining, but be.
| fore he began speaking Mrs. Stockton re-
marked:
| They don't need to coach me- have onlv
| come to say what is true and can ssy 1t with
| out any coaching.
Mr. Woodlands explained that Mr..
Bartnett had better knowledge of the
character OF the testimony that the wit
ness was to give and he was simply sug-
| gesting to him the lines on which to make
his examination. This proved satisfac-
tory to the council and the examination
continued.
woodhams-Did you have any difficulty with
| any member of the church with regard to any
entertainment given here?
| Not particularly.
| You know what was the cause of the trouble
! In regard to the Turkish tea?
| think there was little trouble on the 90
easion OF which you speak.