The evening times., 1897-01-28
MRS. kIMbALL WAS HELD
Judge Miller Will Let the Grand
Jury Decide the Case.
THE WITNESSES TESTIMONY
Milliner Hendricks said She Would
Never Have Given the Accused
Repre- esentatiOns-The story of
the Two B0nnets.

Mrs. Annie Kimball, the alleged legatee
under Capt Lemons will, was held in $500
/ bonds for the action OF the grand jury, by
Judge Miller this forenoon.
She was charged with false pretcnses in
having defraUded NJ rs A Louise Hendricks,
a milliner, at No. S2l Seventeenth street,
out OF three hats, valued at $50, as al
ready told IN The Times.
Mrs. KimbalI appeared in court with one
OF the hats on her head. 1t is stylish Gre
alton I'm black velvet, with two bright
green aLgel wings on its front Mrs Kim
ban, who says she is widow, sat by the.
side Of her attoTne y, AR. French, and was
quite nervous, glancing from side to side,
and at times biting the fingers OF her kid
gloves.
Mrs. Hendricks was the first witness
She was not quite dear whether mrs.
Kimball told her she was a beneficiary un-
der the Lemon estate at her first visit But
she was sure she did when size called the
second time.
Mrs. Kimball established her credit with
me- testified the niliRer, "by informing
me that she had money in the Lemon estate,
otherwise I would never have sent her the
hats. on last Friday she called and said
she had received notice that the estate
would be closcd up on Monday, and she
would then get her money and pay me for
the hats. / sent them with the bill by
boy on that day, but he left them with her
without getting any money
When asked b Y ProSecutorMullowny why
she let Mrs. Kimball have the hats, Mrs
Hendricks replied:
"Of course, / let her have them on the
strength OF the Lemon estate statement she
made TO me. Otherwise she would never
have gotten them.''
In the interim, between sending the first
hat and the two others, the millineT said
she grew suspicious OF Mrs. kimball
what had you been told in the mean
timer asked Lawyer French.
Il would not like to tell all had been
told, SIR
Mr.. W. A. McKenney, in charge of the
Lemon estate, next went on the witness
stand. He said ia snort, sharp, business
like manner:
Annie kimball has no claim whatever
against the will of the late George E.
Lemon. She has filed no claim, and 1
don't know her at ALL
Capt. Taylor, who is in charge of the
Lemon business affairs, sprung a mild SEN
sation on the court. He said Mrs. Kimball
called upon him at the Bank of the Re-
public last Monday and tried to borrow
81 900 from him on the false representa-
tion that Capt. Lemon had invested Sl0,-
600 Of her money, which amount was now
tied Up in his estate. She also said she
saw Mr.. Lemon two weeks before his
It,
rope, and he, Capt Lemon, told her to re-
main here and stop at the Shoreham until
he could settle with her. She folio wed his
advice and had run up a board bill at the
hotel. She wanted the 81 600 to settle the
bill and pay her expenses until the estate |
was closed up.
Mrs. Kimball finally reduced the amount |
she wanted to borrow to $500, then to |
$50, and finally agreed to accept a loan Of |
$40 She told all sorts OF stories, and |
said she m1s5 have the money, as the hotel !
people had seized her trunks and she want |
ed to pay it on account and get some of |
her clothing But Capt. Taylor didn't let |
her have a penny, and she went ava much /
In answer to a statement about "imagi- |
nary evidence" made by Attorney French, |
Capt. Taylor said:
Il think this woman is a dangerous per-
son to be circulating about
Judge Miller expressed some doubt about
holding the woman, as the bill had been
sent TO Mrs Kimball with the hats
This is either case of grand larceny
Or false pretenses," replied Prosecutor Null
owny. 1t is fmmatenal to me whether /
rou hold the defendant on one charge or
-he other / shall have two counts for the
grand jury to consider, false pretenses and
grand larceny"
For the defense aged Mrs. Bartlett.
mother Of the boarding house keeper, went
upon the witness stand. She said Mrs.
Kimball did not receive from the boy the
5wo hats, as she was at lunch when they
we're brought by the boy. Mrs. Bartlett
that the widow owed her
sister for several weeks board.
In holding Mrs. Kimball for the grand
Jury, Judge Miller said:
II am very much indisposed to discharge
a person in such case as this Washington
Is full of these Mulberry Sellers who have
millions OF dollars in their imaginations
These milliners are poor women who work
hard for living, and cannot afford to be
,ilked by false pretenses. 1t is false
Jretenses in this-having PIT the lie I'm
circulation, the defendant is responsible
or It's consequences. But such question
,annot be adJudicated here. Let the grand
Jury dispose of it,
Detectives Carter and Gallaher, who made
he arrest, had other important witnesses,
put did not use them. They may be heard
q the upper court