The San Francisco call., 1897-05-16

ing money, which she had written some
time before"
broken here to explain that the general,
according to the statements OF Lille and
her mother, had told the family, prior to
his departure, that ii they ever needed
friendship or assistance, to write TO- MIN,
assuring them that he would respond with
the greatest pleasure
Mamie, duly corrected and refreshed,
proceeded to narrate in this style:
"Dr. CranZ was the most active in pre-
judicing Lille against the general. lie
said BarilIas was the biggest fish in the
market and that he could be made to pay
an immense sum of money for trliing
with Lilies affections, and would rather
pay than undergo exposure. CranZ hnally
persuaded Lille to proceed against the
general. She was made to believe Tor
time that the general had been false and
treacherouS.
"Dr. Cranz," continued the narrator,
was so deeply interested and active that
he ran off to engage lawyer and consult
with his friend, DR.. Ed Perrault. DR.. Per-
rault said he knew man IN whom Lillian
could place implicit trust, and that was
Henry P. Dimond."
'And did you bring suit against the
general?" asked the reporter.
.'Not exactly a suit" Twas the reply,
the general and letters which he wrote to
Lille and Dlmond has them now. He
has refused to return them. Oh, but 10
go back to Cranz and Perrault-whv. they
were so anxious to go on with tae SUIT
that DR.. Perrault put up the money Tor
the costs. We couldn't stop the suit.
when we saw that we were being used
as instruments to further shame1ul
scheme to blackmail General Barillas we
tried to ABANDON the proceedings that
Lillian had begun. Dimond was engaged
by Cranz. and Dimond himself employed
Merzbach 6 Thornton. About this time
DR.. Perrant put up $3.50. Then Mr.. Gunst
sent for Lillian and advised the engage
ment of Asch & Rothchild.
'Dimond was to receive contingent
one half OF the money received from the
general DR.. Ed Perrault was to get one
third and pay Merzbach d Thornton.
Rothchild & Ach were to get 10 per cent
of what we received and 10 per cent of
Dimond's fee. Cranz wanted $4,000 and
the settlement Of his bill.
''The lawyers of Dimond, Ach and
Merzbach & Thornton. went to Mr..
Hirsch, the agent of General Barillas.
Hirsch is with Castle Brothers. He wrote
to General Barillas, and the general said
he had never wronged Lille. and ordered
his attorneys to fight to the bitter end.
1--WE then went to Reinstein g. Eisner
ana M ade full statement of all the facts,
ackno nowledging that we knew that the
general was a married man. Ali along
Dimond had cautioned us against such
acknowledgment. He would insist that
Lille should not know that the general
was married"
did your mother sign this ack owledge-
ment?"
Yes said Mamie, breaking down.
did Lillian sign a statemsnt?'
"Yes," was the reply; "and l signed
one."
The three women insisted that there was
no thought'of getting money from Hirsch
for signing.
Lillian said: 81 signed it because
loved the general and was resolved at any
sacrifice to undo the wrong which had
been done to him. We were deceived and
led into this suit. Dimond refused to
give up the letters which he obtained in
confidence"
Mamie Blair said here: "We found that
the general never received LiIiian's let.
ters. They were intercepted by anothet
girl-May Taber."
Mamie was asked if Lillian was the gen.
eral' 5 girl in the sense that the term is
used when a man is giving to the girl
large sums of money.
Yes, was the reply.
Did your mother know that?'
"ln what sums did the general give Lii.
llan money-$500 or SO at a timer
Yes, when she needed that much.n
Did ne provide her with suite oil
NO."