The San Francisco call., 1896-03-05

| After the plot or scheme so advised wa
repented of by you and forgotten by Mrs
| Davidson was there any conversation OF
her part or yours with reference to con
! triving some other way of obtaining
money?''
Never"
81 understood that you were very much
interested in Mr.. Aliens meetings, wher,
the great scheme was the second coming O.
| the Lord ?"
my resolution to devote my life to mis-
| sion work was made before | attended
those meetings."
"Was there not new tenderness of con.
science in connection with the unveiling
of those truthst Would it not create an
appeal to the conscience so that person
should walk very carefully with reference
to the matter of truth?"
II think it would
'Have you new sense of truth and q
great desire In the present investigation to
say nothing but the truth?"
81 think have"
you stated that you came here pre-
pared to make clean breast of this mat
ter. l want to ask you if you have made
clean breast of the whole of this affair
Have you withheld anything i'm portant?"
~ have, but there are some important
points that you have not brought out on
the cross-examination."
In response to questions by Mr.. Barker
the witness said that she believed Mrs.
Baddin to be a mythical character. If
Mrs. Baddin had been in the service of
Mrs. Davidson the witness would have met
her. She had said before that she thought
that Mrs. Davidson and Mrs. Baddin were
one and the same person.
"How much of this money that you and
Mrs. Davidson plotted to get out of DR..
Brown were you to have received" ?"
81 was to receive one-haif Of it."
"Did she ever offer to give you any por-
ton of that $5o0P"
mo sir"
Mr.. scudder asked: Before this thing
came out did you consider Mrs. Thurston
truthful woman?"
mot altogether"
Gould all of her statements, which you
deny have been misunderstanding aris-
ing out of conversations which you had
with herr"
Very likely. was told that DR.. Brown
had an enemy in Mrs. Thurston, and 1
should have to expect her enmity in this
church."
"Who told you that?'
"Mrs. Tunnel. I will say that Mrs.
Tunnel knew nothing whatever about
this blackmailing scheme"
Mrs. Tunnell is said to have stated to
Mrs. Thurston that you had received $35
per month"
mo, sir; never received that"
'She is said to have said also that Mat
tie expected some compensation for the
manner III which DR.. Brown had sighted
her affections, and that you didn't propose
to be cast aside in that way?"
II never told Mrs. Tunuell anything
like that or Mrs. Thurston. l never made
any remarks to the effect that it was
strange that DR.. Brown should be stand
ing in the pulpit teaching morality. l
never told Mrs. Tunnel that was going
to the trustees of this church with any
story whatever. I never told Mrs. Tun-
nell that was going to sell this informa-
ton to the newspapers. Where she got
that information l don't know. Mrs.
ments. l fatty contradict them. / never
told Mrs. Davidson of my affection for
DIR. Brown before l returned from Taco
ma"
Before February all your attempts in
the way of prevarication were in the effort
to cover this private plotting?"
THAT is all"
"Where is the paper which you drew up
as confession to DR.. Brown?"
81 have IL at home"
"Have you ever received money from DR..
Brown ?' asked Mr.. Hoyt.
81 have received some money since this
unhappy affair for car fare. I did dress
making for Mrs. Brown and the doctor
has paid me-"
HE never furnished you with any funds
until quite recently?"
"Never. He never aided me in any way
financially
"Have You received additional informa-
ton concerning Mrs. Tunnells g earlier life
since this trouble began?"
Yes; through the newspapers, which
have put a different construction on
things"
"Eave you ever told Mrs. Tunnel that
you wanted her to aid you by evasions Of
truth?'
II asked Mrs. Tunnel if she could state
under oath that had never told her of
my affections for DIR. Brown, and she re-
piled she would not. | told her ] would
not expect her to. l am perfectly sure
that II Mrs. Tunnel had any connection
with this affair would have known il"
You sent Mrs. Tunnel money" asked
the moderator, latter this full confession
on your part in the paper?"
why did you send her money when all
that she could tell had been told? Why
does not she come back?"
back
"She left on the 29th of December, and
those letters were published on January
"oS Hluo udyS-ulu you mHko any
search OF her effects for those letters?"
NO"
when You went there to get her
Clothes you didn't have to show any
authorization from her?'
NO"
Didn't it occur to you that there was
something like dynamite bomb that
somebody might strike their foot against
and exploue2''
II thought they were in her trunk at
Mrs. Eaton's in Oakland and that they
would not be found by any one"
Mr. Tenney came in again and asked
about the friend who took letter from
MISS Overman to Mrs. Tunnell alter Mrs.
Iunnell left this City? The witness said
that this person was q man.