The San Francisco call., 1898-01-28

nate you? Al want to do what's for my best-I don't know.
 MT. Bell-Do you wish to answer this question and tell what you know about it's very painful for me to go over my past life.
 Q.-The question is: Now, do you wish to claim your privilege in this matter? A.-Everybody knows it. so guess may as well tell. Well. we were intimate:
 Q.-Were you intimate with the defend- ant for the period of year or two prior to your coming to California? A-Yes,
 Q.-During that year or two years did that Illicit relation exist between you and George Clark? A.-Yes, sir.
 Q.-How long. if at all. after removing to California, did this relation exist be- tween you and George Clark? Apo you mean willingly?
 Q.-Well, l will qualify it to that. Will ingly on your part? A.-Until the last five or six years. or seven.
 Dwell, how long did it continue with your consent? A.-For the last six or seven years.
 Q.-Has that relation continued at all during the last six or seven years? A
 Q.-You have stated that there has been at times an improper relation be- tween you and George Clark in the last six or seven years? Al have; yes, sir;
 At this point considerable time was consumed in endeavoring to induce the witness to tell of the exact relations sus- tained by George Clark and herself dur ing the last year, but with poor success. She eVaded the questions with some skill, and where she acknowledged the fact, placed all the blame on the defendant. charging him with coercion. Much she did acknowledge was of a character not to be printed.
 Q.-Did you have any talk with George Clark relative to your husband or rela- tive to the treaking off of this relation? A.~fes, sir. l would plead with him and tell him it was not right, and tell him was right
 Dwell. what was said in reference to your husband? Al don't remembeT whether l would always but I know that l most always would tell him that I was the wife or another man, and that knew IL wasn't right, and that 1 intended to live better life.
 Here it was sought to establish the time at which George Clarks advances had been finally rejected, and whether or not since that date, which the woman declined to fix precisely, there had been questionable relations man. ifest on his part. The witness left no doubt as to her intentions. and de- scribed how she had pleaded with Clark to lead better life and permit her to do so. She had sometimes been obliged to call some member of the family in for protection.
 Q.-Do you know whether or not any thing was said by you or by the defendant at the time the last oYertures were made by him to you about your husband? Al don't think his name was mentioned.
 Q.-Had this defendant, George Clark at any time during the last year said anything to you in regard to your ever becoming his wife? A.-Yes, sir; he did.
 Q.-Has he said anything of that char acter to you during the last year, more than once? A.-Yes, sir: several times he has said something to that effect
 Q.-How long has it been, if you remem- Der, since he first spoke to you about that matter. Al can't say whether he said anything about that before we came to California or not Positively I could not
 Q.-Do you know whether or not any reference was made to your husband at don't.
 Q.-At any time since you moved into the Pritchard house has he made any mention to you about this same matter? A.-Yes, sir; he has probably every month on an average.
 o.1,Now, what did he say? A.-well. he would ask me if l would be his wife if things were so we could
 Q.-What did you say to him in response to that question? A.-'Yes.''
 yes; and I would tell him .not to talk about such things, it was nof right. and he would insist that I ought to give him an answer and to get rid of him would
 Q.-Now. was your husbands name mentioned during all of these conversa- tions you had with him about marriage? A.-Ies, sir; sometimes, but not often.
 Q.-Well, what was said about him? Ale said that If Will was out of the way would you marry me-if anything was to happen and we were in condi- ton that we could?"
 Q.-State fully, Mrs. Clark, what he would say about your husband. A.-That would be about all that he would say.
 Q.-Have you ever had any conversa- tons of the kind with the defendant since you moved to the house on the cor ner of Railroad avenue and Pine street? A.-No, sir; well, only when we were talking about the strychnine that time.
 Q.-What was said when you were talk up to the house and we were standing on the porch and he spoke something about the people accusing him of being the one who had administered the strychnine and I says to him, ''Why does this worry you? They first accused me, and l know l am clear before my God, and it I am innocent and it don't worry me neither" He says, What do you sun pose would be my motive for it?'' says, Well, there has been two or three told that you was going to get Will out of the way And he says to me, Do you @ think k. that l would dc do such thing as believe that you are that mean, and you know positively that if lie was to die or if anything happened to him you could
 
 the earth until I found the one that was guilty of killing my husband and prose- cute him to the extent of the law" And he says. "I know 1 am innocent
 Q.-Now just prior to his going East, did you have any conversation with him with relation to your marrying him? A.-Yes, sir; the night before he started he asked me the same question. Saws he: If things were in such a condition that you and I could get married, would you have me?" I told him: George. don't talk that way to me about that | won't answer you any such questions: you know it Is wrong" And he kept on begging and pleading. and he said: Just answer me this time" and I said 'sYes'' and I told him afterward that he had wrung the answer out of me
 Q.-How long was he gone East? A Just one month, 1 believe
 Q.-Now, since his return from the East, have you had any further conver- sations in that particular? A.-Yes, sir He asked me if l would still have him if things were so we could marry, and l said mo" I said it was wrong to talk that way and to have any such a thing