The San Francisco call., 1896-03-11

WAS solhetnlng tnat your husband did not
contide in your"
My husband confdes everything to
me, was the reply, with very emphatic
stress of voice
Mr.. Parkinson continued to question
the witness as to Mrs. Tunnell's absence
and was informed that that lady was a
very nervous woman. Mrs. Brown said:
she went away from here on account of her
neaIih !4si ana she is very nervous woman. l
thlhk Mrs Iunnell preferred not to come back
on account OF her health. II she were here |
think 1t would be good thing. knowing how
nervous she Is, think it would be we'll probably
that she should not come back. 1 think my
husband and Miss Overman spoke to Mr.. Pat
Ton about Mrs. Tunnel coming back but
pon remember that they urged him 10 induce
her 10 come back.
The gold watch presented to Miss Over
man before her return to Tacoma was the
gut OF Mrs. Brown, as a souvenir of her re-
gard Tor Miss Overman. Dr. Brown at
MRS. Browns request went downtown and
selected the watch and brought it home.
In the afternoon Mrs. Brown presented
the watch to Miss Overman. That was a
week or two before Miss Oyerman left this
City. Mr.. Parkinson asked:
What was your purpose In going to Mrs.
Freneh's with Mrs. Stockton?
We proposed that Mrs. French should tell US
why she had stricken Mrs. Stockton's name
from the programme OF the Turkish tea
Did you think that she would tell you in the
presence OF Mrs. Stockton?
No
Did DR.. Brown urge upon Mrs French that
she should replace Mrs. Stockton's name on
the programme?
He asked her TO let the name remain there
Dld Dr. Srown say to Mrs. French, "You may
nave SHADOW on your own home some timer
cannot repeat what was said. Ny husband
ana Mrs. French were both very much excited
You knew at that time about Mrs Stockton
having put her arms about your husbands
meek and having kissed him?
don't remember-I can't say--I think
probably did.
The witness proceeded to say that Mrs.
Stockton 5 name was still on the church
coll and she did not know why 1t was
also drawn out by Mr.. Parkinson that DR..
Brown did not tell his wife about his pay
ing Mrs. Davidson $500 until two or three
weeks after that payment lad been made.
she saw that something was troubling
him and he told her he would tell her al
about it when the time came.
Mr.. Sink asked whether Mrs. Brown had
ever tried to get from Matte Overman any
explanation as 10 her changed behavior to-
ward her and DR.. Brown after Miss Over
man had returned from Tacoma, and Mrs.
Brown replied that she had taken dis
like to Mrs. Davidson and she thought
that If Matte Overman wanted Mrs.
Davidson as her friend she could have her
as such. Mrs. Brown made up her mind
that when the time came she would find
out why Matte treated her and her hus-
band so distantly. She admitted that she
thought that Matte explanation about
changing the Overman-Tunnell letters was
rather singular.
DR.. Mooar asked whether Mrs. Brown
had not intercepted q letter from Mrs.
Stockton to Dr. Brown, requesting DR..
Brown to meet Mrs. Stockton at O'Clock
that afternoon. The witness said that she
and her husband went to the appointed
,,ro0 ha nf Mnntulrn auH
Sutter streets, and found Mrs. Stockton
waiting there She asked Mrs. Stockton
whether she had written the letter, and
Mrs. Stockton denied that she had
written it.
The attention of the witness was called
to that part OF the testimony of Mrs.
Stockton in which Mrs. Stockton said that
she had a conference with DR.. Brown and
Mrs. Brown in the doctors office, in the
course of which she, Mrs. Stockton, con-
fessed to having had improper relations
with DR.. Brown, and in which DR.. Brown
admitted that such was the fact. The wit
ness denied point blank that any such
conference or interview had taken place.
In answer TO a question by Mr.. Hoyt,
Mrs. Brown said that she was satisfied
with Matte Overman's explanation OF the
Overman-Tunnell letters as published in
the newspapers, and that she believed that
her husband also was satisfied with the
explanation made by Miss Overman under
oath.
WAS Miss Oyerman aware of your habit
Of opening letters addressed 10 DR..
Browt e. asked Mr. Williams.
.'YAEI think she was. She used to see
me Il when she was in the house"
Mrs. Brown also said that letters ad-
dressed TO DR.. Brown at his residence were
delivered there. and letters addressed to
him at the church were delivered at his
Office in the church.
How could Mrs. Stockton have been
near the corner OF Sutter and Montgomery
streets at o'clock if she had not written
the letter inviting the doctor to meet her
there ?' asked Moderator Mclean.
"She was not standing there. She was
walking there with another lady,"
hastily answered Mrs. Brown, "but she
assured US that she didn't write the note
l had to take her word for it."
'And if DR.. Brown had gone there alone
be would have met Mrs. Stockholm" pur-
sued the moderator.
Il don't know, I'm sure.'
The witness went on to say that her
husband brought the notes to her that had
been written by Mrs Stockton inviting
him to the corner of Montgomery and SUIT
ter streets. She was not aware that her
husband was familiar with Mrs. Stock
toms handwriting. That was after the
Turkish tea.
Hadn't he before that time received
note from MIS-. Stockton lnVltlng him 10
call upon her at her room before the kiss
ing episode?' asked a member of the
council.
Il suppose So" was the reply.
''If you had in your mind then what
Mrs. Cooper had told you about Mrs.
Stocktons being a bad woman" asked
Moderator Mclean, would you and your
husband have gone down there to meet
her? 1t probably may be that this writ
ten invitation was given before Mrs.
Cooper had given Mrs. Stockton this bad
reputation after the Turkish tea?'
at may be so" replied Mrs. Brown.
The council adj journed until 10 o'clock
this morning.