The San Francisco call., 1896-03-06

at his side and walked along with him Tor
few blocks to Sutter street, where she
left him and took car. On another oc-
casion she walked with him as far as
Market street. Both these meetings were
accidental and unprecedented. On an
other occasion he was visiting an elderly
woman one Of his parishioners, on Castro
Heights. When he got into the streetcar
there was just room left for one person,
and Mrs. Stockton, who happened to be in
beside her. He left the car on Alvarado
street, near Castro and visited his parish
iOner
DR.. Brown could not recoIlect any other
occasion on which he met Mrs. Stockton
outside of the church. He said:
1 think that when Mrs. Stockton moved from
514 Sutter street to the Suther'r nd and while
she was in the midst OF boxes an bales, went
in there to call on another person.
He could not remember the name of the
person upon whom he was calling at that
time.
In the April following, Mrs. Stockton
came to the Brown home with Mrs. Brown
and took lunch with them, and she went
with Mrs. Brown to meeting addressed
by Rev. Dr. Henry in Odd Fellows Hall.
The witness also thought that it was
possible that after the Christmas enter
tGinment of the infants, Mrs. Stockton
came to his study door and remained two
or three minutes. That was in the day
time.
Attorney Nagle-Did you meet her in your
office at any other time?
DR.. Brown think not.
Nagle-Did you ever in your Office attempt to
kiss or caress her in any way?
Brown-No, sir
Nagle-Did you at any other time attempt to
caress that woman?
Brown-No, sir; her statement is false.
meeting with Mrs. Stockton at any time out
side OF this church?
BrOwn-No, sir; am not q clandeStine man.
am not built that way.
,Nagle-Did you with any woman?
Brown-No, sir.
DR.. Brown recounted the Turkish tea
incident, and said th&t Mrs. French had
made two charges to him against certain
member of the church, which, upon inves-
tigation, had been found to be unfounded,
except upon false rumors.
On the next day after Mrs. Stockholm had
shown him and Mrs. Brown the letter
which she had received from Mrs French,
he and Mrs. Brown met Mrs. Stockton
casually near the Lotta fountain at about
4 o'clock in the afternoon. Deacon Eaton
came up and they walked down Market
street together. talking about the Turkish
tea letter. Mrs. Stockton asked DR.. Brown
whether he was going to allow Mrs. French
room of the church, and he replied that
Mrs. French had as much right to the use
of that room as he had, whereupon Mrs.
Stockton remarked, You'll hear from
this again."
''She was in perfect rage" added the
witness.
The next day Mrs. Cooper told him in
confidence that Mrs. Stockton was an i'm
pure and disreputa BILE woman and that it
or a har Hnuh ovryi yI,Av, etxN m
Brown and his wife in the car in company
with that awful woman
The next time saw Mrs Stockton was when
she came into this room conveyed by Mrs
Cooper and her daughter, one on one arm and
the other on the other.
He next told about q visit made to his
Office by Mrs. Stockton in company with
another woman. She asked him for church
letter She said that she was going to
move to Chicago. He told her that he
would cut off his right hand before he
would give her letter. AS she went away
she said, "You will hear from me-"
Nagle Gnnocently)-Did you hear from her?
DR.. Brown-Oh, yes, she has way of making
her threats good.
DR.. Brown next told OF the revelation
made to him by Lawyer George D. Gear to
the effect that Mrs. Stockton had made a
proposition to him to blackmail DR..
Brown, and how Mr.. Gear had nobly
offered to do what he could to assist the
doctor. He declined to act as the doctors
attorney for the reason that 1t would be
unprofessional.
The visit of Mrs. Stockton and lawyer
to the witness house was next detailed.
The doctor ordered the man out of the
house, but afterward apologized to him
when he learned that the man had not
come on blackmaiing errand.
After Mrs. Davidson's arrest Mrs.
Cooper wrote the doctor letter, he said,
in which she expressed sympathy for him.
and she continued in that strain of mind
until the time when Mrs. Stockton's name
was mentioned in connection with his.
Mr.. Nagle said that the object of this
testimony was to show that Mrs. Cooper
was prosecuting DR.. Brown. The witness