The San Francisco call., 1896-03-11

out together, and I continued to visit her
at her rooms, where / generally found
Mrs. Tunnel with her. On the ensuing
Thursday, In response to my urgent and
oft-repeated invitation, she came to my
house, and has since remained there.
wish to repeat that she came at my lnvi-
tation and has remained at my earnest re-
quest. DR.. Brown has had nothing to do
with her coming or remaining"
Mrs. Brown proceeded to corrooorate
the testimony of her husband with re-
gard TO the visit of the unnamed lawyer
who called upon the doctor for letter of
recommendation for Mrs. Stockton, and to
the fact that the doctor refused to give
such a letter and ordered the lawyer out
of the house.
DO you think, asked Lawyer Nagle,
"that there was ever anything wrong be-
tween your husband and Miss Overman?'
II know that there was not" replied
Mrs. Brown, positively, with much en-
phasis on the "know."
DO you believe that your husband was
ever disloyaI to you with Mrs. Stockton ?"
Never; with Mrs. Stockton or any other
woman" was the equally positive and en-
phatic reply. II consider that no husband
could be more loyal than he has been
to me-"
Mrs Brown went on to say that the doc
tor opened and read all letters received by
her and that she opened and read all let
ters received by him, or that they were
read to her by him. AT the time he re-
ceived the letters from Miss Overman,
after she had returned to Tacoma, DR..
Brown read them to the witness. Some
she read herself
In cross-examination by Mr.. Tenney
Mrs Brown said that she had had such
unbounded confidence in her husband that
she never took any precautions to watch
him or investigate his actions.
She said also that if Mrs. Cooper had not
introduced Mrs. Stockton to DR.. Brown,
Mrs. Stockton would never have been re-
celved into the church. She (Mrs. Cooper)
knew that Mrs. Stockton was bad
woman. The witness took a dislike to
Mrs. Stockton, she did not know why, ex-
cept that Mrs. Brown did not like Mrs.
Stockton's voice. The witness had heard
her sing two or three times in prayer
meeting and did not like it. Mrs. Stock
toms name was mentioned as one of those
to be selected for the choir, but she re-
iected Mrs. Stockton and some others.
At that time she had no suspicion that
Mrs Stockton was bad woman until as
sured of that By Mrs. Cooper.
Mr.. Tenney put on his sweetest, his
most engaging smile as he asked;
Dr. Brown never told you about Mrs. Stock
ton throwing her arms around his neck and
kissing him?
No, sir.
Was not that an indication that there were
not the utmost confidential relations between
you and your husband?
He told me about II afterward.
But that was long acknowledgment m onths
had gone Now, If he had told you at the
time would you have thought that sufficient
ground for considering Mrs. Stockton some
what of loose character?
Why, no. l don't think l would. l would
have to have more grounds than that.
Did you think thnt pure woman, knowing
what men are, could invite clergyman to her
room alone and then throw her arms around
his neck and kiss him? Don't you think your
husband should have told you about it:
He told me soon afterward.
In reply to another question as to why
DR.. Brown was such an intense partisan
of Mrs. Stockton over the Turkish tea
affair, the witness said that her husband
did no more for Mrs. Stockton than he
would have done for anybody else. She
said also that when Mrs. Cooper intro
duced Mrs. Stockton to DR.. Brown, Mrs.
Cooper well knew that Mrs. Stockton was
not good woman, and that Mrs. Cooper