The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13
POINTED TESTIMONY.
Deacon Hatch Swore That DR..
Brown Asked Mrs. David
son to Pray.

There was the usual crowd of curious
church people in the dark. damp and
dingy basement of the church at the after
noon session.
While waiting for the council to make
its appearance the crowd read THE CALL
and chatted and gossiped. Then, as the
hour of 2 drew near, they moved their
chairs closer to the platform and prepared
themselves for the enjoyment of the usual
matinee as Sexton Pike lighted the gas
and caused the cellar microbes to scurry
TO the dark corners of the room.
A group of young women not far from
the platform were giggling over the re-
cital OF one of Miss Hattie Cooper's bon
nots. The story, as told by the pretty girl
10 whom Miss Cooper narrated it, was to
the effect that when she called upon Mrs.
Gordon OF the Christian Cooperative So
clety for certain information respecting
the church scandal Mrs. Gordon was at
first inclined to wash ner hands of the
whole matter. Finally she said with
sincerity and solemnity almost ludicrous.
as she pointed to the portrait of a lady
friend hanging on the wall, THAT girls
mother sent her up here from Fresno for
me to take charge of her. What if | let
her 60 up to that there church to one OF
be now?"
DR.. Hoyt opened the proceedings by an
nouncing that Mr.. Bickford had brought
TO the council the ive-gallon coal oil can
and the vaiise in which he found the Over
man-Tunnell letters. Some of the letters
were addressed to Mrs. Tunnel under the
name of Fowler.
This is q corroboration of the fact an
nounced in a recent dispatch to the effect
that Mrs. Tunnel was in the Mexican
town OF Ensenada, in Lower California,
under the name of Fowler.
The first witness OF the afternoon was
DIR. Rae. He was asked as to the selection
of the choir for the Smith revival meet
ings in January and February. He told
about Mrs. Brown saying to him that if he
asked Mrs. Stockton TO come upon the
platform Mrs. Brown and others would re-
fuse to go there. Mrs. Brown gave no
reason for her request. She did not saw
that she did not like Mrs Stockton's voice.
and she did not object to any one else.
1t will be remem oered that Mrs. Brown
testified that she had objected to DR.. Rae's
selecting Mrs. Stockton as one of the cho-
rus, because Mrs. Brown did not like Mrs.
Stockton's voice, and also that she MRS
Brown) had objected to the selection of
Others at the same time. The witness,
Rae, was positive that Mrs. Brown did not
object to any others.
DIR. Brown took DR.. Rae by the hand as
he was leaving the platform and greeted
him with, "God bless you brother" Then
DR.. Brown turned 10 some sympathizing
women sitting behind him and remarked
in loud voice:
That's the kind of witnesses we put
on"
Deacon Morse laid his hand on DR..
Browns shoulder and quieted him, and
Attorney Nagle sighed resignedly.
i
about the visit of Bickford to his office
with proposition 10 sell the Overman-
Tunnel letters to DR.. Brown or MS coun-
sci for $1,000, and how he {Nicholson) in
dignantly spurned the proposition.
Some dispute arose at this point as to
whether Bickford's partner was named
bowling or Darling, and the witness set
tied the matter by remarking that the
ladies called him Daring" while the
men called him Downing"
The moderator announced that it was in
evidence that Mrs, Tunnel had handed
Bicktord the valise containing the letters
to keep for her, and that therefore Bick-
ford could not have been guilty OF bur
glary.
The witness said he would not believe
the testimony OF any man who would do as
Bickford had done.
Deacon Theodore Hatch, mild-man-
hered, grizzly little man with short beard
Ind an intellectual looking forehead, was
falled to the stand for the purpose of telling
about Mrs Dayidson's presence at PRAYER
meetings and her participation therein.
lie was asked whether he remembered Mrs.
Davidson TO have led in prayer or to have
made any remarks by request of DIR. Brown,
and he said that he did. 1t was in Deem
per. about the middle of that month. DR..
Brown said: 1--WE are always glad to hear
rom our sister Davidson" The witness
memory was refreshed by the fact of her
arrest, and then he remembered back at
hat time that DR.. Brown had asked Sister
Davidson to say something.
The Importance OF this testimony lies in