The San Francisco call., 1896-08-11
"In The executive chamber at sacra-


mo. sir; sent the will to my daughter.
II ii was in the latter part of January that
l talked with Governor Budd / had the
WILL
did you show the will to Governor
Budd then?n
mo, sir.''
did you talk to him about it2''
VI think that l told him something of
the contents"
Did you give him the precise date of
execution or tell him that it was later than
the will that had been filed?"
Not until he told me that he had def
mite information through Charles L. Fair
that will had been written did l admit
that had will"
80 Governor Budd had some informa-
ton that you had q willY"
HE must have had"
And your impression was that he had
heard of it from Charles L. FalrP"
II supposed so, because Governor Budd
was Charles L. Fairs attorney"
Mrs. Craven also answered that she did
not at that time give Governor Budd the
date of the will or the names OF the execu-
tors. She admitted that she bad the will
when Governor Budd rang up the bell to
call DR.. Levingston, and told Governor
Budd all about it. Governor Budd told
her that Charles L. Fair had told him
that Senator Fair had called him tCharles
L. Fair) into the middle of the street In
front of the Baldwin Hotel and said that
he had made a will. Governor Budd at
this interview told Mrs. Craven that if he
did not get this will right away he would
send her across the bay.
''You say he said that he would send
you across the bay. What did you think
that he meantP
II told him 1 supposed that l had ten
months in which to presen t the deed. He
said, Don't you know that you ought to
have produced it in thirty days?'"
''Do you recollect who was present at
this conversation"
II do not. / know that Martin Kelly
was there"
Ibid he hear all of the conversationW
II do not know"
Mrs. Craven was asked whether she
drew several clauses in the will, especially
one making a bequest of $50, 900 TO the
teachers fund. She refused to answer,
acting under advice of counsel.
sDid you draft the will from your own
intelligence or did you have form fur
nished?'
81 had no form furnished to me-"
''You drew the will from what you knew
of the forms required in such cases?'
mot from my knowledge of forms, be-
cause it seems that one is Illegal
Then you had no legal advice in draw
ing the will?
mo, sir"
IN o advice from any one else?"
''No, sir. / simply worded it"
ibid you and Senator Fair converse on
September "a about who should be execu-
tors of the willP''
"Y es, sir. !"
What did he say2"
"He said that he would put on his
nephew, Mr.. Crothers, and Mr.. Angus,
and that he thought that he would put on
two more. asked why he would put on
two more when one more would make
three and told him that l did not think
that two more would be necessary. The
money belongs to your children, l said,
and why should you go outside for an
extra executor2' He said that he had not
thought of that. He asked me who to
put on and said that DIR. Levingston had
been good, and why not let him 60 on.
Then Senator Sair said, 4 will let him go
on"
Mr.. Pierson asked if there was any con-
versation between Senator Fair and Mrs.
Craven while the lead pencil will was be-
ing written and Mrs. Craven said that she
thought that Senator Fair asked her to
spell certain words. Senator Fair read the
will over on that occasion. Mrs. Haskins
saw both the lead pencil and the ink wills.
Senator Fair read the will to both Mrs.
craven anu MIS-. hdSklHS.
"Was the marriage contract written in
Senator Fairs presence by youP'
eyes, sir; he dictated it.
'tWas it postdated or antedated"
"It was Gated on that day or evening. 1
cannot say which"
"Did he use the same pen ?"
81 cannot say
''What did Senator Fair say?"
"He said, Your mother is dead and you
hox 10 oh fn ~,
contract. Jim is dead, and l feel that 1
have lost the one l cared about as m uch
as any one of my family, and you have
no one to grieve over the contract mar
riage.'"
''And thenY''
''I asked him how he wanted to be mar
ried, and he said by contract, but he
wanted to keep it quiet until he could get
his affairs settled so that he could go
away. He knew that tbe children would
be very ar CRY, but they could get over it. -
'Is that all?"
"Then he proposed that should sit down
and he said that he would write the mar :
riage contract He said, You sit down
and 1 will tell you as short form of mar
riage contract as you will ever find on
record {"
''What happened then?"
81 sat down and wrote the contract"
"You wrote to completion and then
signed it?"
~ think that he signed it first"
You showed that contract to Jud ge
Sullivan?
''Ye es, SIR"
"The original"
eyes, sir"
He looked at it or you held it up"
81 think he looked at it. He may have
had it in his hands or not"
''Who suggested that you should go to
see Judge SullivanP"
II think that Senator Fair said that l
had better see him as he was my attor-
ney."
''Was he your attorney then2'
HE had been my attorney in other
matters earlier. He had transacted busi-
ness for me-"
when the marriage contract was
written did Senator Fair say that he had
made any provision for you:"
she said that he would provide"
"Did the matter of money come up
again2"
"Oh. yes, repeatedly. He said that he
would provide, and he did during his life."
The forenoon session closed with some
discussion between the attorneys concern
ing the furnishing of copies of Mrs.
Craven's deeds.
At the afternoon session Mr.. McEnerney
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