The San Francisco call., 1898-01-28

| they would all have it, but 1t was noth- | Ing concerning George and l. | Q.-When was it that George left and went to work for Dr. Osborne; went away | from your home and your husband 's; | how long ago? A.-Wel, that was two | or three years ago.
 i .Q.--Did he visit your house in the mean i time? A.-Yes, sir; he would come quite | frequently to the house: when he was working through the day. Sometime he would come in the evening, and sometime Q.-Did your daughter ever say any thing to you in reference, to your rela- tionship with George Clark. and that 1t ought to be broken up? A.-No, sir.
 Q.-When. before the 20th day of Janu- ary. 1898, was George Clark at your house, there, I think, the day before.
 Q.-The day before your husband was found in the kitchen where you found
 Q.-Now. previous to the 2Oth day of January, 1898, had there been any con yersation between yourself and George Clark relative to the fact that -ie wanted to marry you? A.-Why, several days before.
 Q.-What did he say to you? Ave were standing on the porch and what he said to me I have heretofore repeated.
 Q.-On the morning that he was mur dered did you hear him build the fire?
 Q.-Did you hear him draw the water to put in the kettle on the stove? A
 Q.-Did you hear him go out of the room at all that morning? A.-No, sir; l did not.
 o.-What was the first thing that at tracted your attention on that morning. the morning that you found your husband in the kitchen lying on the floor? A. Those groanS.
 Here was recited again the story of the discovery of the murdered man, there being no notable variation of the account given on direct examination. The witness went without emotion over the scene. Then the lawyer shift ed the line of questions to a new chan nel.
 Q.-Where did your husband usually eat his monday meals? A.-Well, that Is hard for me to tell: he took his lunch along with him and ate out on the rail-
 Q.-Who prepared his lunch? Ale did himself; would cook it through the day and then he would put it up himself.
 Q.-What would he take for his lunch? A.-Fruit, bread and butter, potatoes, cof- fee; such things as that.
 Q.-When was his lunch usually pre- pared? Al think that he put 1t up in the morning; he did for a while put it up at night: come to the table and take things off; but after while he got into the habit of putting 1t up in the morning.
 Q.-Didn't you ever have anything to do with either his lunch can or his lunch at all? Ar-No, sir; l never have since We have been living over there where We were at the time he was killed,
 Q.-Did he ever ask you to? A.-No. sir.
 Dwell wouldn't 1t be natural for his wife to prepare his lunch for him some times? A.-He said he always knew just what he wanted; but sometimes my daughters used to get up and make bis cults for him, but he would always pre- pare his own lunch.
 Q.-Did you ever see George Clark pre- pare his lunch for him? A.-No. sir.
 Q.-How would he carry his coffee? A He had rubber bottle that he carried it in first.
 Q.-Did you hear a shot there that morning? Al did not Q.-Are you as positive of the fact that you did not hear shot fired that morn ing as you are of the testimony that you have given here? Al am most as posi- tive. I didn't hear no shot; if I did I wasn't awake enough to realize that it was a shot.
 Q.-Had you ever seen the pistol before some one handed it to you there at the house after the City Marshal came and picked 1t up? A.-No, sir; not that l know of.
 Q.-You have expressed considerable feeling of hostility against this defend ant here, have you not? Al have.
 Q.-Have you a feeling against him? Al don't know that I have anything particular; of course I think he has done a terrible wicked act to do such a thing now in your testimony. have you not? Al think anybody that would do such thing as that ought to be convicted.
 Q.-I asked you whether you have ex- pressed a feeling against him? A.-Why, . of course. if. he is the guilty party that committed the deed he ought to be con Ticted g Q-How much do you weigh? A.-2OO pounds.
 Q.-Mrs. Clark, in any of the converse tions that occurred between yourself and any of these officers has there been any inducement held out to you by any one in reference to your own position in this case as far as your testimony was con cerned? A.-No, sir: there has been no inducement. Only they all told me to tell the truth about everything, to come straight out and tell the truth, and that Is what I have done.
 The prisoner Clark, arrived here at 6:45 this evening. after a wholly un- eventful trip, and was glad to be safe in jail. He expressed no fear of vio- lence.