The San Francisco call., 1896-01-10

ment and then the witness replied in the
affirmative.
This caused great commotion through
out the courtroom, in which murmurs of
surprise were distinctly audible. Counsel
then continued:
Chow often?"
81 passed through Albany about three years
ago and attended church there on my way to
visit friends in other parts of New York.
"How many times did you attend church in
Albany"
Il answered you once"
"Only once in your life you went to church
in Albany?"
Only, once, three years ago. 1 have no
KnoWledge OF going any other time"
How long did you remain IN Albany at that
timer"
81 spent the Sabbath there three years ago.
was never there at any other time"
where were you in 1S7S?''
~ can't tell you, sir"
Cant you tell in what country you were In
in 1882"
81 have no disposition to tell anything but
Gods truth"
What country. were you in in 1872"
81 don't know
''Were you in England?"
81 can't tell you, sir
"Were you in Germ6ny?'
al can I tell you, sir
''Were you in Africa?"
81 can't tell you, SIR
ere you in Alaskan"
81 can't tell you, sir"
were you IN Jne SdnQWlCh I5landSY'
At this stage the witness began to show
decided indications of annoyance, not to
say anger, and replied testify:
''You can take me over the whole globe and
| couldn't tell YOU
The court-Were you in the flesh or in the
spilit?
Loude rback-Were you in the State of New
York in 1873?
''f can't tell you anything about it."
on were not out OF this physical world at
that time, were you, as the Judge in his ques-
Standardization on the ground of the
question being absurd
Witness-I tell you, sir, do not know
Were you in Lynn ?'
81 can't tell"
'Were you in Massachusetts ?"
81 can't tell"
''Were you in jail in Lynn?"
al know nothing of where l was in 1873"
"You don't know whether or not you were
in jail or not ?''
The court-Why don't you know? You are
woman OF culture and intelligence and ough
to be able TO answer these questions or state
the reason why you cannot answer.
Galagher-We claim the witness has the
right TO say she Will not answer.
Louderback in an aside)-We don't want to
get the witness into contempt (To witness)
You don't know, then, whether or not in 1878
you were in jail?
"No, sir"
Witness was then asked where she was
in 1879 and 1880, and answered that she
could not tell. When asked with reference
to 1881 she replied:
81 will tell you, sir. There is a blank in nv
life on account of physical and mental in
frmities, and cannot tell you"
And to further questions as to w here she
was during the years from 1882 to 1887
inclusive she returned the answer that she
did not know. Continuing the cross-ex-
animation exJudge Louderback asked:
'Were you not arrested in 1886 in Albany
and taken back to Massachusetts,"
Gallagher-ObJectlon on the ground that the
question had been asked once and that the
prosecution was bound by the answers given
Louderback-This woman has given some
extraordinary testimony, and the evident II n
truthfulness gives the Judge wider latitude
We claim she is deliberately testifying falsely
No person outside an insane asylum would be-
lieve her testimony. Her memory is remark
with DR.. Brown-yet on these matters her
mind is perfect blank. Some people NAV
think she is adopting a clever dodge, but we
believe 1t is an audaclous attempt at perjury.
Guilfoyle-Your Honor's rulings, l would
ike to remark here, are not the same as whe n
Dr. Brown was under cross-examnation.
The court Gndlgnantly(-I don't want to
listen to any more of these insinuations. am
trying to rule fairly, and you are almost guilty
OF contempt OF court
Guilfoyle (apologetically)--I submit this, if
your Honor please
The court-I don't want to hear you. Obiec-
tlon overruled.
Witness-Iknow nothing of it, sir That time
is blank.
To further questions as to where she was
IN 1887 and 1888, witness replied tha. she
did not know. To the same question
relative TO 1889 she answered:
az think was in Boston,"