The San Francisco call., 1897-07-29
CRAVING
FOR THE
KLONDYKE
Grave Danger of a Stam-
pede of the Fair-Craven
Jury.
FEAh UNHI IHD OVUnI VIVA ii.
Attorney Mitchell, Worsted at
Repartee, Riles and Talks
Fight.
HE WAS REBUkED BY THE COURT.
Reuben q. Lloyd Tells the Story of
Senator Fairs Desire to Wed
Mrs. Craven.
HE WAS REBUKED BY THE COURT.
The Klondyke gold excitement is getting

The Klondyke gold excitement is getting
serious.
1t has already had the effect OF separa-
ting families, breaking up business con-
Germs and setting DAFT entire communities.
Now it threatens the Fair Craven trial.
Three of the Jurors who have so patiently
for the past quarter OF year waited for at
least one side OF the great case o be pre-
sented, are exhibiting premonitions of
i'm patience and gold fever in their most
| rabid type, and it begins to look as though
Judge Slack will have to keep a sharp eye
out, or he will wake up some fine NJ orning
and find that the entire dozen OF his
assistants are not in court to answer roll
calI-and won't be there again unless a
| local bench-warrant prove ttficacious in
the vicinity OF the north pole.
What could they do to a fellow, l
| wonder, if he should just all of sudden
! forget that he was on this jury and skip
/ out for the gold telds?' asked one OF the
panel, yesterday, while speaking conf
den n,ially TO a friend. 'If / thought that
there would be no very serious results,
don't you know would do it in a minute.
! L m going to find out about it any way.
| This is the most unfortunate predicamene
| ever got into. There are two or three
| more on the jury with whom | have
talked who tell me that they are in the
same fix. They want to start for tht
! Klondyke, and would do so right off, but
| that they fear the wrath OF the court"
1t was suggested 10 the troubled juror
that while nolhing serious might happen
to him during his alb ence, it would be
| 10 pa1 pnld Iaha 70 tiua
heath that the heavy hand OF the law
would fall upon him.
| That's the very thing | have thought
! Of" he said, shaking mis- head sadly. Its
| too bad. Here we were led to believe that
this confounded trial would not last over
| three months at the very most, and what
does it look like now? Christmas-and
we will be fortunate if it is over then. l
know that / have lost big fortune by
| having TO say here, and hang NE if |
don't believe l can sue the City for
! damages"
All OF the iurymen were in their seats
| during yesterdays session, anyhow and
they were rewarded by hearing some in
teresting evidence and witnessing at least
one stirring incident. The latter was when
Attorney Mitchell found himself out
pointed at repartee by Mr.. Delmas. lost
his head and wanted to fight.
Attorney Reuben H. Lloyd, one OF the
.,
as witness all day. Hin associate, Mr..
Mitchell. applied the direct questions.
Shortly after Mrs. Craven's departure
for the East did you meet her attorney
in fact, Stephen Roberts?" was the first
query.
Il did, replied Mr.. Lloyd.
ibid you have any conversation with
him regarding Mrs. Craven's journey to
recover the ink and pencil wills?"
II did,"
An effort to bring cut this conversation
at this time failed, under an objection, so
new line had to be taken up.
"Prior to Mrs. Craven's departure for
the East did she say anything to you
about Stephen Robers2"
"Yes; she said she wanted some definite
arrangement made by which the heirs
we're to do he right thing by her, and she
said she would leave the matter in the
hands of Mr.. Roberts Turing her bsence."
"And In pursuance OF that did you have
any dealings with Mr. Roberts?"
Mr.. Lloyd said he had. and so had the
other attorneys for the heirs-Messrs.
Knight & Hegcerty. Russell }. Wilson,
CARRIER, Boat & Bishop and w. S. Wood.
An objection was again raised to the
| bringing out of the conversations with
Roberts and again sustained.
In order TO get around the difficult cor
ner, Mr.. Mitchell asked the witness if the
was the drafting and execution OF the con-
tract by which Mrs. Craven was to receive
$500, 900 on the probating of the pencil
will.
An affirmative reply was elected. and
with that Mr.. Mitchell hs nded the wit
ness the contract and asked him 60 idsn-
tify it. This was also objected TO- and
again Mr.. Mitchell found his way block
AIDED. The court ruled that the right OF
| Mr.. Lloyd and his associates to act for
he heirs would have to he proved before
the dealings could be properly shown.
Mr.. Lloyd was then asked the direct
question as to whe:h her or not he had been
authorized to act for the heirs His reply
| was that ne had communicated with Mrs.
| Oelrichs N regard TO the proposed COM
! promise and that she had instructed him
| 10 go ahead and act for her.
Judge Curtis, the eminent New York
attorney who is assisting in the defense OF
Mrs. C-aven's rights, and is ever on the
alert in that capacity, leaned over ana
had an earnest whispered conference with
Mr.. Delmas. At its conclusion the latter
| nodded affirmatively, and then an.
nounced that as the agency of MIR. Lloyd
had now been satisfactorily proved he
would offer no further objection to the
Roberts conversations
his balance. In his anxiety 10 say some-
thing witty he got into trouble, lost his
head, wanted to fight and had to finally
apologize TO the court.
! "We could have saved a lot of time"
was the way he started in, 'if Mr.. Delmas
here had not put in so many captious OBJ
] jections. He's been acting as the school.
m aster here"
"And hsve most refractory pupil
rejoined Mr.. Delmas, who thought
| Mitcaell was m erely trying to be facetious.
But Mitchell was nothing of the kind.
He objected TO being a pupil" and in
such language that caused Mr.. Delmas to
! retort that counsel was insolent
"Tkat's the third or fonrth time during
this trial you We said m insolent," roared