The San Francisco call., 1898-08-02
OLD FRIENDS
 AS ENEMIES Mrs. Stocker. Testifies for Mrs. Prescott. MRS. s. C. SANFORD'S TEMPER ONCE SAID IT MIGHT LEAD TO DESPERATE RESULTS. Much Bitter Hatred Shown to Exist Among Those Interested in
 Little Darrell
 Orth.
MRS. s. C. SANFORD'S TEMPER
ONCE SAID IT MIGHT LEAD TO
 DESPERATE RESULTS.
Oakland office San Francisco Call

sos Broadway, Aug l.
 The entire afternoon was occupied in Judge Halls court with a further hear ing into the guardianship of Darrell Orth, 1 and dozen or more witnesses testified to the good reputation of Mrs. Lydia A.
 Prescott the child's guardian; among them being Rev. M. Friedlander, Mrs. Carrie Judd Montgomery, J. T. Finn, Mrs Hammer Officer H. McMurTy of San Francisco, w B. Wheeler, Mrs. Ellen Wetherby, Colonel Irish Frank J. Kane
 of the Suppression of Vice Society, c. H. Jones, Mrs. Alice Stocker, exChief of
 Police Lloyd. and others, and every one testified that such reputation was good. Mrs. s. C. Sanford was also called, and related at length her relations with Mrs. Prescott. She said Mrs. Prescott had taken a record book from her and had refused to return it.
 The sensation of the afternoon, how ever, was the testimony of Mrs. Alice M
 Stocker. She testified that she was well acquainted with both Mrs. Prescott and Mrs. Sanford and gave sensational con-
 versation held between her and the lat ter. Tt was on the morning Of the last | annual election of the Sufragist Society,"" she said. Mrs. Prescott had been made chairman of campaign committee and Mrs. Sanford said to me that Mrs. Pres colt had become very diStaSteful to her. Mrs Sanford had said that Mrs. Pres colt had to be crushed and must leave town.
 She said." continued the witness, that her hands were tied because of some financial business, and that if she came
 out with the truth it would imperil her l position. She told me that Poundmaster Wetzel had case against her, but I ! asked her to Influence the man not to act | until after the election. Mrs. Sanford | said she was slow to anger, but when the ] anger came she was like the devil, and l tI4-nl not fr1tCt in hn on l of Mrs. Prescott; and that if she got rat
 tied sometimes she would not be answer.
 able able f9r % her actions 9org h feel sometimes i stage of anger l could strangle Mrs.
 Prescott like a rat, or words to that | effect
 q then told Mrs. Sanford that I would
 relate our conversation to Mrs. Prescott,
 and she said she did not care.' Mrs i Stocker said that she had dearly loved 1 Mrs. Sanford up to this time. ! Mrs. Sanford, who had been on the stand some time. previously, had em- statements as Mrs. Stocker testified to. 1T have meyer said that felt like killing ! her" said Mrs. Sanford, ."and never had
 any such idea enter my head. I did say if she were given rope enough she would
 hang herself:" Mrs. Sanford even denied
 that she ever said Mrs. Prescott ought
 to be crushed. l mean to say that Mrs. Prescott'is a lawless woman:
 In. answer to other questions she de-
 nied that she ever assisted those who
 have been making life unpleasant for
 Mrs. Prescott. She had said that Mrs
 Prescott had become very abusive at
 that this consisted in her pacing the
 floor of their office and crying She had
 heard MT: Wendte, Judge Ogden and Judge Prick express opinions of Mrs. Prescott that were derogatory to her rep utation.
 Mrs. Prescott was subsequently, called
 to the stand again. testifying that the
 record book that she carried off had been given her by MT TheoboId, a former sec retary of the Humane Society; that she
 had subsequently, made entries in the
 book which made it improper to turn 1t overato Mrs: Sanford. She also, showed
 by her testimony that when the child Darrell Orth had been removed to New Orleans she used every endeayor to Q, SC ,sts and that since then she has had the child at her daughters eMrs Alden1 ,ho home H.4s at the mother, had been paying without pro- test.
 The case was not concluded and was continued. until next Wednesday morning at o'clock.