The San Francisco call., 1897-04-28
Trial.

Nettie Craven asserts that the millionaire
miner made out two wills in her house In
this City and also gave her the two valua-
BILE deeds, tue genuineness of which con-
stitutes the basis OF the pre- ent litigat ton.
Counsel for the Fair estate are essaying
to prove that Senator Fair spent that day
in San Rafael and therefore could not
have been over on this side Of the bay, too.
D. NJ. Delmas' cross-examination of the
witnesses who have so far testified to hay-
ing seen the Senator in San Rafael has
not as yet allowed to slip an linking as to
just what method is to be EN- pioyed to off
set this evidence. 1t is more than mani
fest, however, that the defense has some
thing up its sleeve" in this regard. The
countenances of the attorneys for Mrs
Craven plainly indicate this, and it is
causing the other side Nc small amount of
worry.
The frequent exchange of significant lit
tie smiles and winks up and down the
line seems to have a narrowing effect upon
them. And something more happened
that rather deepened the mystery. This
was an announcement made by Mr.. Del
mas at a time when Lawyer McEnerney
was putting in his strongest efforts TO
y,
that Senator Fair arrived at San Rafael
on the 18th of September and took rooms
at the Partisan Hotel. Mr.. Demas smil-
lngly said thatthere was no necessity for
all the ostentation that was being dis
played in adducing this evidence, for the
reason that the defense had not disputed
that the Senator went across the bay on
that date, and, furthermore, was not GO
ing to dispute it.
This deprived the other siGe of much OF
its thunder. What is coming next is what
everybody is guessing about.
w. j. McMullen, assistant general pas
senger and freight agent OF the San Fran
cisco and North Pacific Railroad. was the
first witness called when court was called
to order yesterday morning. ALI he was
asked by the plaintiffs counsel was in ref
erence to the time schedule of the road
he represents during Septem ber. 1894.
j. A. Schneider, a barber and tobacconist
of San Rafael, was then called. Schneider's
son testified Monday that he saw Senator
Fair in San Rafael on September "a, and
now the father was summoned TO add
corroboration. He had a book which he
said had entries tnat assisted him in re-
mem bering that he, too, saw the Senator
on that day, but Judge Slack would not
permit the use of this book in court.
Schneider resorted to his memory then,
and said the Senator bought some cigars
from him on the 4th.
Mr.. Delmas proceeded on cross-exam-
ination TO test the witness ability to re-
member events other than Fairs alleged
visit to San RafaeI-to test him in the
same manner that caused the witnesses
of Mondays session SO much discom-
future. Schneider had only vague recol-
lections as to the dates on which he was
served with subpenas, when he talked
with Detective Seymour, what the latter
had to say, and various other matters of
that sort. But as regards the 24tn of Sep
tember, 1894, he said his mind was as
clear as bell, even though the events of
that day were not of character calcu-
lated to make much of an impression
on any body, so ordinary were they.
Mr.. Delmas wrung from Schneider an