The San Francisco call., 1896-02-21
My O1. 1894

MAY 21, 1894.
My Dear Mr.. Gear: Am awfuIly sorry we are
delayed, but it can't be helped However,
find out the minute he returns and 1mmedl,
ately take action. Perhaps after all we nao
better not strike too high. and In tnaI con
nection you had better run up here this Satur-
day about o'clock and decide just what 10
ask for. etc.
If do not hear from you in the meantime me
VIII expect you then. OF course, II | snoulo
be earlier, and he should be here by that time;
if away for only week. let me know ana wall
| come up sooner. Till then, slncereiy yours,
| MRS. NJ. A. STOCKTON
June 4, 1894.
Dear Mr. Gear: Your last letter gave me
hopes, 1 surely expected you to-day Win
Won't You please tell me now, for once and
matter? If you are with me, as your first
proposition suggested, well and good finish 1T
up quickly as possible; & Il fd y4q = are @ for
l shall carry out my part in either case If you
| don't show up by tomorrow at L O'Clock,
l can't any longer believe you are my friend,
as / sincerely hoped you were. and will just
! simply go to some one at O'Clock who will
push it to the wall, or at least be frank ana
| tell me If there is anything IN IT,
1 do hope you are my friend and on the
| square. Yours. ETC., MRS. =.
Mr.. P. Gear: Since my interview with you
J have thought over the proposition your chent
! that you go ahead and crack your whip. l
fear your client will land where she least ex-
poets. yours, L. D. ,p|Aoo'
Judge Campbell was then called in re-
buttal, his statement being as follows:
| I came here voluntarily, because thought
| 1t right to 40 so. | first met Mrs. Stockton last
summer She came with letter OF introduc-
| ton, saying that she had an important COM
munication to make to me. We had dinner 1T
| the Grotto.
She said something about Dr. Brown, though
at the time did not think it partic larly I'M
portant. Mrs. Stockton spoke of the wealthy
! men In the church. naming in particular
who had loaned her $500. She gave $1,000
OF this to an old lady, who desired to establish
business, but did not have the funds.
now think that that Mrs. Davidson is the
woman referred to. These two women, l
because he has money, but thinking he would
go TO some of the rich members OF the church
If she should get into trouble: The public
press has done much to hurt DR.. Brown, but he
knew something of this before Mrs. Davidson's
arrest.
The pastor, his wife and Miss overman
! called to see me in regard TO swearing out q
warrant I told them to think well OF the
matter as they would be fayed by the pubic
! press. DR.. Brown did not hesitate moment,
however, but said that public decency and
morality demanded that he have Mrs. David
son arrested.
On cross-examination 1t was developed
| that Lloyd Tevis was the man who paid
Mrs. Stockton $500. Judge Campbell
was then withdrawn and Mrs. May Davis
placed on the stand. She described how
she first met Mrs. Stockton and being sur
| pTised at seeing the latter in DR.. Browns
church.
She had heard of her as a bad woman,
bat thought she had experienced a change
of heart. Mrs. Stockton declared to her
on one occasion that she intended using
| DR.. Brown as stepping-stone to higher
life. Said Mrs. Davis:
Mrs. Stockton also told me that all
| the deacons and trustees OF the church,
except Deacon Morse. were known to
her as Dad men: She referred to one
| threatened to bring their proud heads down
confidence, in Mrs. CoopeE's influence
| in some school through her. Since
Mrs. Stockton joined the church she has never
paid cash for anything in the way OF dress,
which she ordered from me, and seemed to be
ALWAYS scheming for money.
In November girl came to my place OF busi-
ness and told me some dreadful tales about
Mrs. Stockton. Soon afterward Mrs. Stockton
came to me and showed me list of gentlemen
friends who were in the habit of seeing her.
In this list DR.. Browns name figured /
asked her how she dared to hint any evil of
her pastor. She assured me she had no love
for men, save only for their money. She never
said she was going to reform. l consid-
| cred her a questionable woman. In 1892
et dresses anew fr he At Of snS 5ns me
Some of the gowns 1 made for Mrs Stockton
could not be worn by good woman.
| At this point in her testimony Mrs.
OaVlS, WHO Is WOndn quite advanced IN
years, gave signs of fatigue. She had
been IN attendance since 1880 o'clock in
the evening, and it was already past mid
night.
A motion to adjourn was made, but be-
fore it could be seconded DR.. Brown arose,
in great excitement, and demanded that
he be allowed to speak.
"You nave heard Mrs. Stockton's testi-
| mony," he thundered, land you know
what sort of woman she is. l now af-
firm, and will affirm later under oath, that
the day before her visit to Mrs. Cooper,
Mrs. Stockton called on Deacon Dexter, pro-
Tossing her willingness to do thing to aid
me. She said she would lie, steal or do
anything else in order to serve me. The
woman is born blackmailer, and the list
OF her victims is large one. refused on
several occasions to let her have money,
and she evidently was bent upon get
ting revenged upon me. She confessed to
more than one person that she had exer-
csed all her arts upon me without avail.
She also acknowledged that she had joined
the church in order to get rich
men on her string. She said every