The San Francisco call., 1897-06-17

ground that IL was hearsay and not re-
sponsve.
Mr.. DeImas objected to this method of
retreat and the court denied Wheeler's
request.
Mrs. Craven was on hand again when
court reconvened for the afternoon ses-
sion, and was plainly indispo ed. She
expressed herself as being willing, how
ever, to cont nue. answering questions
provided the attorneys for the heirs had
any more to ask. Mr.. Wheeler did not in
reailty have much more to probe into, but
II was part OF plan adopted by his side
TO make 1t appear that they had not quit
on Mrs. Craven altogether.
ILe lady's attention was called to the
TACT that she had already testified that she
had told George A. knight something
about her deeds, ana she was asked to
give something more in detail regarding
that conversation.
II told Mr.. knight that Senator Fair
had decided some properly 10 me, she
replied. II did not intend to tell him
that l had The deeds because l was afraid
they would get away from me"
''Was that your reason for not telling
| him that you had any deedsP
That was pretty close to being 1t.
Mrs. Craven added that she purposely
| gave evasive answers to the attorneys for
! the heirs and estate regarding her posses
sion of the deeds, because she dld not
! documents.
! Then she was asked if it was not a fact
| that she had withh-ld all knowledge OF
/ the deeds from the attorneys for the Fair
/ heirs Her reply was in the negative.
| This could not be so, she added, because
the attorneys must have known she had
/ the documents when thew offered to COM
promise with her for $500 600. She remem-
! bered particularly of having discussed the
deeds with Russell J. Wilson. 1t was he
who advised her to file them with the Re-
! corder.
How long before you filed them did
! you tell Mr.. Wilson about the deeds?"
asked Wheeler
| Il can't say exactly. 1t might have
| been a month or six week. | know l
! spoke to him about them. l want to do
! Mr.. Wilson justice. He was the only
! honest one of the whole crowd"
! The crowd she referred TO com prised
| the attorneys for the heirs and estate who
were at that time trying to compromise
| with her.
! This last rap she administered to them
! brought Wheeler TO his feet with a bound
and with a protest. He wanted her re-
mark stricken out and the attention Of
the Jury called TO it as being ''miscon-
duct"
Mr.. Delmas softly said that in order to
ease tie gentleman's feelings he would
not oppose this request
| did you ever tell me that you had
! those deeds?'
/ Wheeler? You know we talked about
Senator Fair having made deeds over to
ne"
This was another answer Wheeler did
not Ike, and he had it stricken out, too.
He asked the question again and got this
FeR,y; !Sy.r uns1.o,,.,s
: ray no cd Y / i'll NJ or IL
cessary to tell you what you already
! knew"
The lady's voice was so faint at this
time that the jurors could not hear her
| Mr.. Delmas asked the court 10 bear with
her on account of her condition, and this
gave Mr. Wheeler an opportunity 10 again
proclaim that he wished to be lenient and
would therefore suggest the withdrawal of
! the witness.
I'VE are asking for nothing here" said
/ Mr.. Delmas sharply. "Mrs. Craven wants
TO go on and have this examination fin
! ished. She is willing to stay here until
she drops"
The examination was resumed, this
time Wheeler directing the lady's atten-
tion to the story about Garret McEnerney's s
call at the iadv's house and his alleged
offer of 500, 0G0 for the suppression of her
claims. Mrs. Craven said that Reuben
Lloyd showed her mum ber of pictures
of lawyers and asged her if she recognized
| the man who called on her. Sne picked
out McEaerney's picture and said that
! looked like the man.
The lady then went on to describe the
visit of the man who looked like Nc
Enerney. She said be represented himself
/ as appearing before her as the representa-
/ tive of one of the Fair executors, and
| offered her 500, 900 if she would not pro.
| duce her information and papers. She
would not treat with him because he
would not tell her his name.
Did not the man who looked like Mr..
/ McEnerney say 1T would be worth $l00 900
! TO you to surrender the pc neil will ?" asked
/ Wheeler.
He did not.'
odd he make the offer for the deeds 2'
! He did not. He simply mentioned in
| formation ana papers"
Did you ever tell any of the lawyers re-
| tanned for the plaintiffs in the case that
! Senator Fair delivered deeds to you at the
! time that the pencil will was executedP ?"
81 don't know that l ever particularized
/ as 10 the exact date. l supposed they all
understood that-they talked OF them fire.
! quently. know l Told them the Senator
/ had decided property to me-"
! Attorney Wheeler clung to this line of
questioning with the evident hope that
/ some thing would be dropped by the wit
ness which he could use as a club He
asked next if she ever told any of the at
torneys that Senator Fair had delivered"
the deeds to her on September "a, 1894, or
| handed" them to her. The reply was
that she could not be certain as to the
( date. She stuck to her former statement
1 that she had told them that Senator Fair
| had made deeds for her.
! Wheeler asked this same question owe r
and over again in every conceivable form
! but the answers were uniformly the same
Did you ever tell any of the attorney s
! that you mad deeds that had been ac-
! knowledged before Notary Public 2" was
/ the next question.
! Mr.. Delmas objected on the ground that
| the N after was mmaterial. To his mind
II could be of no possible moment. No
| great inierences could be drawn because
| Mrs. Craven had not told every body about
| her deeds.
The question was allowed, however and
Mrs Craven's reply was that she did not
! think she had told the attorneys about
| the acknowledgements.
There was some more frittering about
the acXnowled gments and then an ad-
Journment was taken at the request OF
Mrs. Craven, who had found her strength
failing her once more.
THE GAMBLERS DEFEATED.