The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29

Mrs. Davidson said, Il have forgotten her
number | said, You have not forgotten
her mum ber. Then she said, Il think she
has left the City, l said, She has not left
the CITY; that story won't go; you must
take me to her.
"She replied: Well, she has left the
City; she has gone Now l said, Mrs.
Davidson, that money you had from DR..
brown you never gave to Mrs. Baddln,
because you have it sewed up in your
skirt; you have it in your skirt now. You
give 1t to DR.. Brown Immediately. DR..
Brown has been wronged in this matter.
ano L shall not stand it any more 1
didn't want to say too much about 1T. for
fear that DIR. Brown would understand
about my participation in the plot.
DR.. Brown here interrupted with ques-
ton, "Wlll you tell US how you knew that
she had 1t sewed up in her skirt?"
lone day." replied Miss Overman, II
came home during Mrs. Davidson's alb
sence and saw he. skirt lying on chair.
picked 1t up and threw it out of the way,
and as did so | noticed that it felt heavy,
and heard the clink of gold as it struck.
On the 22d of November, when we re-
turned to dinner, took the bag that she
carried, for the purpose of getting the
door key out of it; but she drew 1T back
quickly, and | heard the gold clink. She
said that she had been to the Postotfice,
and | supposed that this money was some
of her dividends from the East, of which
she used to speak.
''Well, returning TO the scene in the
doctors office-Mrs. Davidson seemed to
be in blank condition and she could not
say anything. [ said to DR.. Brown that
we could not do anything with her and
that we would go home; that there was no
use in talking to her. When we stepped
outside l whispered in his ear and told
hJ1. hot ch Mrc oui6
that night, and 1 thought he didn't hear
me, for he made no response.
''When Mrs. Davidson and I arrived at
the room she looked furious, and l deter
mined to appeal TO her. | said, Mrs.
Davidson, you know you have done wrong
again. | suppose this temptation came to
you again. You know that you have the
doctors money on your person now. You
have said long prayers in my presence,
you have read the Bible every day and
you seemed TO be one of the most excel
lent Christian ladies | ever met. You
used to talk so much about DIR. Brown S
spirituality, how can you be so wicked
after you have repented?' l saw that my
appeal had no effect upon her whatever
She sat there stubbornly, and then L
changed my course. / called her hypo-
crite and denounced her in glowing terms.
| told her that my mother never talked
about Christianity as she did, and that
she would never think of doing such a
thing as that.
II started to pack my trunk. and
she told me that l shouldn't have it.
Then l threatened to go and get police
officer, and she let me have it. | asked,
DO | owe you anything, Mrs, Davidson p
and she made no answer. | thought at
first that she was going to try and keep
my trunk. When l got my hat on l said, j.,
Mrs. Davidson / have made the last ap-
peal to you that | will ever make again.
l tell you, old lady q used that term),
this matter has gone entirely too far, and
/ will make no more appeals AS | was
going away she called, Come back Matte ;
you said you wouldn't believe any thing /
would say after this l said, IF that is
all you have to say, FL CO. and l closed
the door"
Miss Overman next detailed how the
landlady had offered to take her in her
room and how she had declined that invi-
tation because she did not wish to remain
under the same roof with Mrs. Davidson.
Also that she went out on the street and
asked policeman to direct her to q hack
man, who took herself and her trunk, at
half-past IL o'clock at night, to the Pier
pont House, at 425 Geary street, which he
recommended highly as respectable
house.
"With all the reporters sharpness they
never got hold of that" interrupted DR..
Brown.
Miss Overman went on to say that she
could not sleep that night thinking how
1.-The old woman" had deceived her. In
the morning she got hackman to drive
her to the telephone station, from which
place she telephoned DR.. Brown that she
had left Mrs. Davidson and gave him her
own address. The next morning DR.. and
Mrs. Brown called to see her. Mrs. Brown
invited Matte to go to her house, but
Matte did not want to do that. She was
in confused frame of mind and did not
know what might come out of the affair.
!. She did not know but that Mrs. Davidson
might tell all about the plot. but she did
not think such would be the case, because
that would involve herself, so the witness
thought that it would be better to go to
Oakland.
Then she asked Mrs. Brown whether she
had ever made the remark about her
which Mrs. Davidson said that she had,
and Mrs Brown denied having said SO.
Having left some OF her wearing apparel
at Mrs. Davidsons Miss Overman that
morning went over to the house and
found Mrs. Davidson dressed up and
standing on the sidewalk. Mrs. Davidson
greeted her with good morning" just as