The San Francisco call., 1897-06-18
CHAGRINED BY THEIR
FAILURE.
Story of Governor Budd's En-.
thusiasm Over the "Pen-
eli" VIII.
MORE IN IT THAN IN THE
LEGISLATURE"
He Cautioned Mrs Craven to Cherish
Her Secret AMI CoGfile in
None but Him
The climax has been reached.

be climax has been reached.
That gigantic bluff essayed by the attor-
neys for the Fair heirs, namely, to prove
out of Mrs. Craven's mouth foul con-
spiracy TO loot the estate of the dead mil
llonaire, was called by the Iady's coun-
sci the moment it was made, two DAYS
ago, when the request was made for per-
mission to tenn porarily withdraw the lady
from the witness-stand. No inkling OF
the promised cons piracy had been proved.
and the attorneys for Mrs. Craven opposed
the attempt to halt and go a-fishing in
another direction. TIE discounted bar
risters hesitated to show their hand, so TO
speak, and rather than suffer then and
there the chagrin that was inevitable,
they continued TO harass the lady with an
endless fire of questions, relevant and ir-
relevant.
This lasted until yesterday, when came
the showdown that had to come.
In order not to render the retreat TOO dis.
orderly Mr.. Wheeler arose and once more
beseeched the court to let him just with
draw Mrs. Craven temporarily so that he
might introduce some other conspiracy"
evidence and en- recall her for further
examination. But Judge Slack ruled as
he had repeatedly ruled before-that by
would sacrifice the privilege of further
direct examination. So Wheeler just
register ed formal exception TO the rul-
ing and surrendered-the Jig was up
The usual dense crowd was in attend
ance and throughout the session main
tanned that rapt and eager interest that
has characterized the lobby since the be-
ginning OF this great trial nine weeks a o.
Mrs. Craven resumed the witness-stand
lmmed ia ely upon the bailiff rapping for
order. She was looking much better than
she did on Wednesday, moving about
with more spryness and replying to Mr..
w heeler's conundrums with more spirit
and audibiity.
Wheeler started off by unrolling the
deposition that Mrs. Craven made several
mon tbs ago and reading to her from it
certain bits of evidence on which he de-
sired to cross-examine her. He paid par
ticular attention to that part of her nara
tive VIII erein she discussed the efforts OF
the represen tatives OF the Fair heirs to
compromise with her.
She reiterated what she said at that
time, namely, that she was informed re-
liably that Richard Dye had been author
lied by the heirs 10 pay her $500, 600 pro-
vided she relinquished her claims on the
Fair estate. She said she understood by
all of her pa pers.
Did you not understand that you
would be required to prove the genuine
ness of your papers before Mr.. Dye would
pay you Il at money! asked Mr.. Wheeler.
''Why, there was no question about their
genuineness," she replied, quickly.
This was not the kind of an answer
Wheeler wanted, and he asked that II be
stricken from the record as being not re-
sDonsive to the question. Judge Slack,
-
emily responsive to remain, and he so
ruled.
"You understood, did you not madam,
that il your papers were not genuine you
would receive no money!
.'Of course, that must have been under
stood. But, then, as l said before there
was no question at that time about their
genuineness. Every body knew they were
all right and wanted to buy them"
The subject of the $500, 900 compromise
was dropped. Mrs. Craven was shown the
'treDu blication" letter of Dece Der 16
1894-the letter written to her by Senator
Far, in which he tells why he executed
the pencil Will and the deeds. She was
asked if she had ever showed that docu-
ment to any of the attorneys for the heirs.
She said she had not, but she remem bered
that Mr.. Roberts showed Reuben Lloyd
copy of it. She also told Russell j. Will
son about 1t.
At this point the lawyers who have
made a failure of their project TO prove
conspiracy by Mrs. Craven made an ef-
fort at an ORDERLY retreat. Wheeler took
the floor and renewed his modest request
for the privilege of Withdrawing the lady
from the stand tenn porarily, in order that
he might fish elsewhere for something to
bolster up the cons piracy accusations.
Judge Slack ruled again that the direct
examination would have TO be completed
before the witness could be withdrawn.
Mr.. Wheeler heaved sigh that was
akin to a SOD, and then admitted that he
had no more questions to ask the witness.
Mr.. Delmas then took his client in hand
for rcross-examination. He began by ask
inc her about her connection with educa-
tionaI work during her life. She said she
had been identified with the San Fran
cisco School Department since 1879, and
durinR that time had served as teacher,
principal and AS a member OF the Board OF
Examiners Prior to 1879 she taught
school in Illinois and Iowa, but that was
when she was quite young and previous
20 her marriage Mrs Craven said she
was attending TO her duties as principal of
the Mission Grammar SchOol when she
was subpenaed by one oil Mr. WleeIer's
clerks.
BEFORE Mrs. Craven had progressed far
,be onnoying attorneys clinched on the
question as TO whether or not the cross
Examiner could bring out evidence rela-
tive to matters dating back to before Sen
ator Fairs death.
Wheeler claimed that this could not be
done. for the reason that he, on direct ex-
animation, had asked the witness only
with reference to matters occurring sub
seouent to Fairs death.
iudpe Curtis the "will-sm asher, re-
nIied that the very fact that the disputed
deeds purported 10 have been given to
Mrs. Craven for ''love and affection" en-
titled the defendant to show all of her
relations with Senator Fair. 1t entitled
her to the right to show why those deeds
ghouId have been made over TO her by the
Senator
Quite a lengthy argument followed. and
the court finally ruled that for the present
the cross-examination should be confined
To matters occurring after Senator Fairs
death.
Mr.. Delmas went around the ruling,