The San Francisco call., 1898-12-16

Mr. Knight finally said he wouI4 accept 1t as having been proved that no poison had been placed in the candy there. whereupon the tide of femininity ceased to flow to the witness char.
 Mrs. Birdie Price, landlady at the Vic toria Hotel. was called. She knew Mrs. Botkin, who had a room at the hotel when Mrs. Price purchased it. She re- mained there until August 4, with ex- ception of the period between July 2 and 30. The witness asked her where she had been, but could not recall what an- swer she had received or any statement she had made./ She never knew Mrs. Botkin to bleach any straw goods While in the house. She met her on the stair way between the hours of and O clock of the afternoon of July 31 She had two or three packages wrapped in ord1- nary paper. She could not state the size, but thought one of them was about the size of a candy box.
 The witness was surprised to see Mrs. Botkin, as she had complained or oelng Ill that morning and had had her break fast served in her room. She asked her why the Jap was not permitted to get her what she wanted, and she said she had to do 1t herself. Mrs. Botkin f1nally left the house on the afternoon Of Aug ust 4. She asked that her mail be sent to Healdsburg.
 To MT. Knight the witness said she hxeo the time of meeting Mrs. Botkin on the stairs as being between and o'clock, as she was downstairs to order dinner. When Mrs. Botkin left she asked that her room be rented only to transient lodgers, as she wanted to come back to 1t again.
 w. c. Rosello told of finding the piece Of seal supposed to have been on the candy box. It was under the fringe of rug in the room. He was inspecting the room at the time preliminary to rent ing it.
 MT. Knight took the witness in hand and questioned him sharply as to his oc- cupation. He said he was an advertising solicitor and did odd jobs distributing ad- vertising matter. Lately he was doing this for a downtown cafe. He showed one of his cards, which MT. Knight handed to his associate, Senator Frank McGowan. The latter found 1t contained an immoral story, and Knight wanted to read it to . the jury. Upon MT. Hosmer's objection Judge Cook would not permit it to be read aloud but the jurymen were allowed to inspect 1t. The ladies in the courtroom were preparing themselves to be properly shocked if the offensive document was read by MT. Knight. He said his object in getting 1t before the jury was to show the kind of a man witness was. The witness said he saw the piece of seal glitter the floor, picked it up and handed it to MT. Barnes, clerk Of the hotel, who said: 'I guess had better keep this. It may have dropped off the box bought by Mrs. Bot kin" The witness said he did not know any of the police officials and had never made statement in the case before.
 w. W. Barnes, clerk at the Victoria, testified to going to room 26 with Rosello and of the finding of the seal. He contra dicted Rosello as to the disposal of the piece of seal. The former said Barnes took it, while Barnes said Rosello asked him to take it to the police
 Knight asked Barnes if his duties as clerk of the hotel included washing the windows, cleaning the rooms and such duties. He asked him if he knew the hus- band of Mgs. Price, the landlady. The witness dec,tned to answer on the ground that it had snothing to do with this case.
 Knight asked him, in surprise, You don't intenG to pass on the testimony, do your" He :did not follow the matter up, apparently For fear of prejudicing his case before the eury.
 The case will be continued this morning at 10 o'clock.