The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25

bscause MT. Bull had not kept his ap- 1 pointments or made any arrangements | with him; that he had made an agree ment with another gentleman and was S td divide whatever he could get out or II;
 I then came home and spoke to MT; Mauch and told what had been said. ana he decided to go and tell MT. Bull what Lawrence had said.
 CATHERINA ZIMMERMAN. O.. Subscribed and sworn Sd1 to before me 'iiis
 (Seap '- E. w. WILLIAMS.
 Deputy County Clerk in and for the City
 and County of San Francisco, State
 State of California, City and County of l San Francisco-ss. Theodore Mauch, be- ing first duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is the son-in-law of Mrs. Cathe- rina Himmelman and resides at 5l3 Mc- Allister street, San Francisco, Cal; that on or about the 11th day of January, 1S9l, Andrew NJ. Lawrence called at my home, | 513 McAllister street, San Francisco, at | about Il o'clock a. m. He asked Tor Mrs. Himmelman. Mrs. Himmelman came down first, and few minutes afterward | I came down, and Mrs Himmelman ln- troduced me to him. She stated that l knew all about the matter and whatever arrangement I agreed to was satisfactory to her. We simply talked on the merits l of the bill He claimed to know all about it and that it was an outrage that the money had not been paid long ago. He | said he would have to have assistance. l He asked what had been given away last time 1 told him MT. Connolly had an in-
 
 | the attorney, has certain percentage, and that the Irvine estate claimed an in- terest and that other parties that worked | for the bill had an interest. He said that he would return to Sacramento and when he had made the necessary arrange ments, etc, would telegraph me to come l up and meet him at the French reStau- | rant. He said he didn't want me there | during the daytime; not to come to the | Capitol, but that he would meet me at the restaurant and we would agree upon l the terms, etc.
 On Monday, the 12th of January, 1891, | MT. Bull called with a letter of introduc- | tion from MT. DelmaS and we talked over the matters relating to the bill, and I l told MT. Bull that l would see Mir. Del mas the following day and then see him. also told Mir. Bull what had taken place between MT. Lawrence and myself.
 The following day 1 called at MT Del mas office, and the result was that MT. | Bull was to see Mrs. Himmelman in re- gard to the matters.
 On January IA I received a telegram from Lawrence telling me to come to | Sacramento on the Il o'clock train and meet him at the French restaurant. | I showed the telegram to MT Bull, and l he advised me to go to Sacramento ana see MT. Lawrence, and see what he had l to say, and if I was satisfied with the proposition it might be well to employ | him. did as MT. Bull advised. I went | to Sacramento. Arrived there about u:4o D. m. I then went to Theobald Plauth's, | liquor merchant of K street. He told l and I went over to the restaurant and | MT. Lawrence was not there. l left word with the proprietor of the restaurant 1 that l could be found at MT Plauth' s, | If any one called for me. Shortly after-' ] ward the reStaurant-keeper came down l to MT. Plauth's and told me the parties were waiting at his place for me. then went up there and met Lawrence. He took me in a back room and we had supper. Lawrence said that he had spoken to several about the bill. some who had voted for the bill two years ago, and that they approved of the bill. Then Lawrence stated that the first thing to | do was to fix the newspaper boys; that l he knew them all and could attend to l that, for certain money consideration; that he was very close to many members of both houses and he would get them to support the bill He had a list of mem bers, and went over it with me. I gave him the vote two years ago. He stated 1 that the measure would have to be | handled very quietly, for if Governor contingent fee he would veto the bill and | it could not be passed over his head or veto. He also stated that he would speak 1 to the Governor, for he knew him very and that he knew it would be signed. I then asked what he wanted.
 He stated that he would have a con- versation with certain party in regard l to the matter between then and the next Sunday, and then call on me at my home. 1 He then went out for few minutes, and | returned and went part way with me toward the depot, as far the electric 1 light. Before we reached the light he l stated he did not want to be seen in my company by any one, and so he left me. 1 came back to the city.
 On Saturday I received a note from Franklin F. Bull asking if Mrs. Himmel- man desired him to take charge of her matters, as 1t ought to be attended to at | once I immediately went to his office and requested him to come out to the house at 1 o'clock and see Mrs. Himmel- man about the agreement. He did so ana the agreement was drawn up and signed | between them.
 On Sunday, the 18th day of February, 1891, MT. Andrew Lawrence called and told him MT. Bull had taken charge of would have to see MT. Bull. He stated that he felt disappointed that. the matter should have been taken out or ms hands; that he had made certain promises that would have to be fulfilled by Mr.. Bull, and was very bitter against MT. Bull, say
 ing that he was entirely nf i the e,,S wrong per not a lobbyist, and the boys would not have anything to do with him. He asked what agreement nad ma, nlaae With nm; l agreement but l declined to state the
 terms. I told him MT. Bull would do
 what was IS gntM ss Mr B as hs l and if they failed to come to any agree ment Mrs Himmelman would see that he received compensation for his services.
 sunday, the Sth of February, 1891, upon Mrs Himmelman's return from Mrs. l Young's I went over to see MT. Bull at his residence on Scott street. I found him at home and told him what MT. Lawrence had said to Mrs. Himmelman; that he l had a contract or assignment drawn up between him and MT. Bull by lawyer which he wanted MT. Bull to sign on Monday when he came to Sacramento assigning to him, Lawrence. an interest l in the claim, and if he refused to sign the agreement then he (Lawrence) would burn him and the bill up. I told MT. Bull that Mrs. Himmelman had offered Mir i Lawrence 5000, but that he had refused to take 1t; said that it was not enough ] and he wanted what there was in it for him to come from MT. Bull. That he didn't know whether it would hold or not. but if Bull refused to pay the money when he got it he would make it so hot for him that he would never forget it. Mr Bull then stated, Well, Mr Mauch, ! as I have already stated to you, this friend of yours, Lawrence. has already demanded of me S10.0O0 for himself and l friend. 1 will never pay one cent on a blackmail proposition, for there is all there is in it. If Mrs. Hinmelman sees fit to settle with him all right. | shall 1 not. THEOBALD MATCH v
 Subscribed and sworn before me this sth day of March, 1891.
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