The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-19

ulTeCL me 10 SOmelnlnS secure. 10y
to the Holy Order of the Temple would
prompt you, if not altogether for my
| sake. Do you smile at this? You
asked the main question, How much?'
Well, I have several thousand. I am
writing in confidence, as you under
stand I would not care others to
know. I want to come to the city soon
or do you ever come on business this
way? I will not trespass upon your
valuable time longer, but await a reply
soon"
The next letter taken from the pile
by Mr.. Bruner was marked mo. g." and
was addressed Dear Brother" In
this letter Mrs. Lee spoke of the I'M
pleasant gossip to which his visit had
given RISE and while it disturbed her
very much she was solicitouS to know
whether or not it would affect him. The
rest Of the letter indicated that she
was not in a contented state of mind.
When Mr.. Gregory visited her for the
first time, said the witness, he wanted
to know how long her husband had been
dead, and how she was situated. He
did not speak of love at that time, but
his manner led her to believe that he
was interested in her. 1t was in return
| ing from wedding she had attended
that he called her his Iady-love, and she
then believed he was making love to
her
Asked if she had said she thought
Gregory had come to make love to her
on the occasion of his first visit to Red
| Bluff, after so short an acquaintance,
Mrs. Lee declared that she had not so
| expressed herself
| The next letter read was one in which
Mrs Lee expressed her appreciation of
Mr.. Gregory's thoughtfulness in send
ing her piece of music. She said she
had faith in her manager" and
| thought she could trust him.
| There was nothing in the next letter
| offered by the defense that related to
| anything of a practical nature It's
contents were somewhat rambling and
| Ineligible only to the writer and the
person to whom it was addressed It
concluded with request for some flow
Iers TO be sent her for a wedding party.
| AFTERNOON SESSION
Mrs. Lee was asked by Mr.. Bruner if
Mr.. Gregory said anything to her about
money the first time he met her, and she
| replied that she could not remember.
| The next time he met her. in Deem
her the witness said, he spoke of money
and asked her if she had her money
ready.
Judge Henry asked If that were the
case, how Mr.. Gregory came to make
that remark, which implied that the
subject had been previously discussed
Mrs. Lee said that was all she remem-
bered about it.
Mr.. Bruner then produced a letter
written by Mrs. Lee in December, 1892
in which she expressed satisfaction at
| being so kindly remembered by him
She spoke Of being in better spirits than
formerly. She spoke of one who had en-
tered into her life, and asked il she had
rot drawn fair picture of him Greg
DRY.
Mrs. Lee was asked to explain many
| passages in the letter One sentence
was that she hoped his trip East would
prove satisfactory, and she hoped he
would meet with someone who would
appreciate him.
MI Bruner asked her if she meant
| that she hoped he would meet someone
else, and she replied that she wrote fig
uratively, and did not mean any person
other than herself.
The letter was rather of gushing ma
ture, and contained much that the wit
ness could not readily explain She said
she was simply writing words.
Did Mr.. Gregory ever ask you to be
| his wife?" asked Mr.. Bruner
He so gave me to understand" re-
piled Mrs Lee.
| She said it was at Oak Park in July
1893, and she asked him if lie meant
It, He said he did, and she responded
that she had not thought of it.
Mr.. Bruner called Mrs. Lees attention
to the fact that she had testified to the
| same thing having occurred in Red
Bluff long before, and asked her if he
had ever asked her to be his wife prior
to the Oak Park incident
Mr.. Jones objected to this, and after
a debate between the attorneys Mrs.
! Lee said that when Mr.. Gregory asked
her to be his wife the answer she gave
she could not fully recall
The letter expressed the hope that Mr..
Gregory would not disappoint her as to
the letter she expected to receive In re-
ply.
Mr.. Bruner-Did you not tell Judge
and Mrs. N. Greene Curtis in June, 1895,
that Mr.. Gregory had never asked you
tc become his wife, and you replied that
you did not remember having done SO.
Judge Curtis, she said, met her ON the
street, and she had an interview with
him then. She could not however, recall
having made the remark referred to as
having been made at Judge Curtis
house.
The next letter offered in evidence was
one written at Red Bluff December 5.
1892. The writer said she did not like
those headaches and hoped he Gregory
would take good care of himself She
thanked him for a gift of some flowers
and said she was anticipating a pleas
ant evening at a party about to come
off.
Mrs Lee was asked If she received a
letter of January 6, 1898, from Gregory
| Brothers in response to the receipt OF
| the money she sent, and was asked II
the check was sent to Gregory Brothers
She replied it was not
AS to the letter from Gregory Brothers
MIR. Jones objected to it.
Asked to whom she loaned the money,
Mrs. Lee replied that it was to Gregory
| Brothers Company, through E. j.
Gregory.
The next letter from Mrs. Lee asked
IL the Gregory Brothers received her
letter and check. The rest of the letter
was purely personal.
The next letter Mr.. Jones objected to.
It referred, he said, to Stairley. Boggs
and others and their political affairs.
| Letters dealing only with politics or
love have no bearing on the issue before