The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-09

parentage of Susan Collins as stated
in the death certificate did he show any
perturbation.
You say that in the record Char
lotte Newman is named as her moth
err he exclaimed, with the only show
of excitement he had made. That is
false. She was the daughter of my
wife, Agnes Collins. This is the first I
have ever known of her maternity be-
ing attributed to Charlotte Newman.
What does this doctor mean by giving
me two wives in three days? Why
does he give certificate naming one
woman as my wife and three days af-
terward a second one naming another
as such? And why did he not mention
to me the remarkable fact of my hav
ing two wives at that time? What
sort of a position is he in in this mat
ter? Why. did he file the conflicting
certificates? This discrepancy in the
records will cast doubt over all the
other records that exist in the case
that is that I am told exist, for do
not know of my own knowledge of
any
do you deny that you went to the
marriage license office and obtained a
license to marry some one?" was ask
ed Of him.
II don't deny it and don't admit
it, said Collins. Il might have sent
some one for the license
But If handwriting experts say
that your signature is attached to the
application for a license made by you
to marry Charlotte e. Newman will
you deny that you made such an ap-
plication and that you thought Agnes
name, instead of Charlotte's was in the
license?"
1T might have been that if l did
make application for license myself
| at the same time stated the names
of my witnesses-Charlotte Newman
and Thomas E. Curran-it was sup
posed by many people that they must
give the clerk the names of their wit
nesses when they procured licenses,
and that the names of the women were
mixed by the clerk. I affirm that
scarcely any man reads the license
that the clerk makes out"
Asked what he would do in case the
whole application was shown to have
been filled out in his handwriting, Col
Inns fell back on his oft-repeated state
ment that the records would count for
produce in court to establish his mar
riage to Agnes.
VISIT TO DEL MONTE.
Il want to be arrested said the at
torney. II sent my chief clerk. Mr..
Fitzpatrick, to the Hall Of Justice to-
day to see about my being taken into
custody, but / cannot get arrested un-
til some one makes a charge. can ex-
plain everything in court and am
anxious to do So
Il have no personal knowledge of
any records of marriage concerning
me that are said. to exist, as have al
ready stated.
ITO carry on this case in the news
papers simply means elimination and
recrimination The court is the place
for it. There / will be on basis where
I can show my side of the affair.
do not look on the Newmans as people
in my class I have helped support
them. / became attached to Agnes be-
cause she seemed struggling nobly
against adverse circumstances. am
through with them all now. / got Will
liam Newman the place he holds in the
Fire Department, because he needed
employment Charlotte Newman was
not leading the life I approved In my
house / went there armed one night
with two of my clerks and she and a
man fed through rear door when we
came. We pursued them down to the
tenderloin and they ran into house
known as the Clifford The affair pro-
duced excitement in that neighborhood,
but we escaped without newspaper
notoriety. I closed my house against
her then, but she came back to me in
three days and made pleas that caused
me to let her live there again.
Charlotte always acknowledged
Agnes as my wife. / have wit
nesses plenty who will swear to this
and have written evidence on that
point The children always called
Agnes mother. Agnes and Charlotte
went to Del Monte once and there
Agnes was recognized as Mrs. Collins
by all, including Charlotte"
ALLEGES CROOKED WORK.
Collins does not seem to be worried.
He even laughs with heartiness when
some phases of the case that are
amusing strike him. He will not for
a second divert himself FIR om the stand
that it was Agnes he married. Keenly.
parrying every question that is lead
ing, he denies everything that may in
with Charlotte.
DIR. Rogers refused absolutely to talk
about the three death certificates. He
said that any public record signed by
him was correct. He would tell the
whole truth If questioned in court, he
said.
Collins, when asked II DR.. Rogers
had not been the attending physician
at the birth Of his children, said he
had not been, but that Drs. Kahn and
Ayers. now dead, had officiated at those
events. He said that another physician
assisted DR.. Rogers during the last
illness of Agnes and that his testimony
would be valuable.
When confronted with the certificates
of the death Of Agnes and the causes
leading to 1t Charlotte at first denied
knowledge Of 1t and later admitted 1t.
She could not explain why Agnes was
buried under the name OF Agnes M
Collins, but said that Collins was prob
ably the father of the infant. She said
that her sister Agnes was usually of a
morose disposition, but when in Col
Inns presence seemed jolly.
MY sister was not liked by any of
the family and frequently spoke of
ending her life, but she did not give
any reason for the statement said
Charlotte, land she was only contented
to live here in the house with George
and I.
SAYS HYNOPTISM WAS USED.
1.-The reason that 1 did not expose
George when the disbarment proceed
ings were instituted against him was
because I did not want to review
Aggie's past in the courts. If the full
history of her connection with Collins