The herald., 1896-02-05
WILL SHE GET DAMAGES?
Mrs. Fannie Holiday Tells of a
Wild Night
WINE AND HACK RIDES
She Demolished the Holiday Furniture
Because She Was Angry
f" Bug :" Holiday Always Treated Her Very
Kindly Up to the lime She Wss Ar.
rested-rhe Testimony Taken

Mrs Fannie Holiday was on the witness
stand all yesterday and it was not until
almost 5 o'clock in the afternoon that she
ceased to be witness and again took a
seat by the side of her counsel. All the
morning che had been telling the jury the
inside details of her acquaintance with
"Bug'' Holiday and his wife Mary, and
how it came sbout that there existed any
cause for her arrest and imprisonment on
the charge of threatening to destroy, Kill
and burn the Holidays, defendants, and
their property.
The testimony the fair plaintiff gave yes
terday, did not not tend to strengthen her
case with the jury. For three hours she
was subjected to rigid cross examination
at the hands of Hon. W. j. Hunsacker, but
she stood it very we'll.
There is one thing quite certain. The
little widow is not easily Disconnected, Tor
she was reaGy at all times with an answer
for every question that was put to her by
the defendants lawyer. She was not pert
but she was very prompt
In opening yesterday morning the plain
tiff told the particulars more i'll detail as to
how she had acted at the Holiday man
destroyed things out there. She said that
after she had punctured the front window
with her parasol point, smashed the glass
in several pieces of furniture and vented
her spleen to her hearts content, she
thought she would wait for them to come
back. She did wait until o'clock at night,
the servant girl giving her lunch during
the afternoon. When she left she took a
sword cane, revolver and a dagger with
her. She did not see the Holidays that
night, but the next morning about IL
o'clock Mr.. Oliver, from lnsley's detect
i've agency, called at her rooms and en-
deavored~to find out from her what had
been the cause of her actions at the house.
She fought shy of him, however, and when
he asked her which she would rather do,
tell him or the court, the spunky little wo-
man replied that she would not tell him.
had no business with the court, and wanted
to see her brother.in-law.
That night about or 8 o'clock the plain
tiff saw "Bug'' in front of his honse ard,
taking hold of him by the sleeve, she asked
him why he did not come and see her. She
was invited into the Holiday mansion to
have q glass of champagne. She accepted,
entered and the wine flowed.
While four bottles of champagne we're
being consumed all three Of the Holidays
discussed the situation in all of its phases.
Regret was expressed that Fannie had seen
fit to destroy anything. and "Bug" made
the remark to her that she was very
cheap" whatever that meant.
The plaintiff told how she had turned
over to Detective Oliver at that time pis.
tol and dagger she had taken away when
she smashed the furniture, none of the
Holidays being at home while she was en-
gagged in her destructive work. The pistol
she had in her glove and the dagger she
had in her bosom, she said. When she
turned these things over both the Holidays
called her a thief and then they wept, or
pretended to.
This made the witness very mad and she
said that she thereupon threw glass of
champagne into "Bug's" face. This caused
no warlike operations, however, and the
drinking continued, champagne being the
beverage.
Finally all the rest of the party save
bug" and the plaintiff left the room.
They talked agreeably until about 10
o'clock, when Fannie says that she wanted
to 90 home. They told her that she was
under arrest and that Mr.. Oliver would
take charge of her. Mr.. Oliver did take
charge of her to the extent that he took
her to her home, No. 45O South Hill street,
at which place she arrived about o'clock
in the morning.
At this point the sensational disclosures
of the plaintiffs testimony came. She
stated that she had been in bed little
while when she heard carriage drive up
in front of tile house where che was living.
She recognized Holidays voice and looked
out the window. She heard the driver call
attention to her and Holiday called to her
to come down, that he must see her. She
dressed and went down stairs, when Holli-
day told her to get in the carriage, which
she did. They drove around awhile, and
in the words of the favorite expression of
the witness, "Mr. Holiday was very pleas
ant and agreeable to me-"
She said Mr.. Holiday told the driver he
wanted to 60 some place and get something
place, which she afterwards found was
Christy's, questionable resort on Los An
geles street. Here Holiday called for d
bottle of wine, and asked where the rest of
the ladies were. Two handsomely but
somewhat loudly dressed young women
came in and helped drink the wine. Then
they went down to the hack again and
Holiday told Christy to drive to the Hol-
lenbeck hotel, which he did, and Holiday
left her sitting in the hack for long time.
Then he came out and made her 60 in the
hotel. She went into a room behind the
bar, and presently Oliver came in, saying
he thought he left them all safely in bed.
There was some further conversation, and
finally, after this wild night escapade, Hol-
li1ay took his young sister-in-law to within
q block OF her home; she got out and went
to her rooms. She said she tried to get o.
iver to put Holiday to bed at the Hollen-
beck hotel and not let him 60 home, be-
cause, she said: "I knew Mrs. Holidays
condition and was afraid there might be
trouble"
At the afternoon session Attorney Hun
sacker took up the cross examination OF
the plaintiff. She denied that the Holli.
days had paid her board while she was in
jail, but insisted that she had been fed the
same board as at other restaurants. She
said that she had sent her little boy out tc
| get some china and silverware for her, az
she did not like TO eat on q tin plate and
drink out of tin cup.
Her boy, she said, was by her first hus
band, and his name wac John Joseph
| Tracy. She also told again the story Of hel
, demolishipg furniture at the Holiday man
sion, which she claimed she had done in q
spirit of anger,
The story Of her wild night with 'Bug'
Holiday in the hack the defendants' attor
ney went into with great particularly. Bu
she told 1t all again without any change
from the original relation.