The San Francisco call., 1908-03-04
May BRING MARTIN
WOMAN WITH HIN
Detective Expects to Produce
Alleged Dynamiter in Oak
land Court
Implicated Boy Tells Story Of
Strange Influence Welded
Over Him

OAKLAND. March s.-~Baby' Johr
Martin will be returned 10 weaverville
tomorrow or Thursday 70 answer for
mauy 10 the charge OF arson, on which
he and his reputed mother. Mrs. Isa-
bella Martin, are held in custody. The
lad VIII be in charge of Detective
Hodgkins and of District Attorney Hall
Of Weaverville. and the detective viii
take with him a bench warrant for the
Z arrest and return 70 this county of the
woman, who is 10 be tried on a charge
Of dynamiting Judge Ogden's home
The charge against the boy viii be
Z continued indefinitely. the intention %
The state being. although the lad is not
TO be prosecuted for arson in Trinity
county 10 retain q legal hold on him
. while the trial Of Mrs Martin is in
. progress.
Provided that Mrs. Martin viii waive
the 90 DAYS within which she can de-
nand trial. the law viii claim her here
Immediately, and Hodgkins will bring
The woman to Oakland. The case
against her in Trinity county viii be
. Continued six months. pending the out
come in the courts OF Alameda county.
The police are still engaged in investi-
cations which are unearthing the history
~ Mrs. Martins career in this city and
vicinity, and Captain OF Detectives
Petersen said today that he has ample
proof that with her alleged more
nonstrous crimes, Mrs. Martin was a
thief
BOY TALKS OF WOMAN
Bs by" John in the first interview
had with him since he was brought 70
Oakland tried 10 explain today the
strange influence by which his reputed
mother is alleged TO have impelled him
10 crime. He said:
She used 10 say 70 me. Look me in the
eyes. and ! would turn away. Then she would
make me look 81 her again. Her eyes were
Ike those of 2 mad cat. the pupils dilating
was Ike that Of a snake. I do NOT understand
H. And she used 70 say thar she could look
sue locked al me her eyes would seem 20 grow
large and then small. She made me look her
p TIE eyes many times.
Did she claim TO be a hypnotist?"
She had book on hypnotism, that's
All 7 know"
How did it seem to you" the boy
was asked, TO be carrying that dyna-
mite 70 the Ogden home when you were
on bicycle, and any slip to the side
walk would blow you up?" And John
Martin replied with a tale OF how he
had worked in Mrs. Martins Trinity
mine when small lad He said:
know how 70 use giant powder and dynA-
mite. know just how 10 handle and Just how
To hre II. learned il in the mine where
worked inosf OF the tine that we IN Trir-
ifF- At hrsf, Of course. I could not Go much
but ~ the last ! had 70 do part Of the TIM
hering. Part Of the time she had two men
there, but I did most Of the work
HIS FIRST CONFESSION
Asked how he gave up his first con-
fession, he replied that IL was made
10 District Attorney Hall without ques-
tions that being the first opportunity
he had Of telling the secrets he car
Iied within his breast. The boy con-
tinued:
intended to tell, but / never was with the
oIncers before, 50 when we were arrested at
y MeaFeryille / told the whole story TO Judge
ttalL- All along. from the time / can remen-
her, knew that some Of the things she made
re Dc were wrong. but J had no chance 10
tell fhem. she would never let me talk 70
strangers, and we had only two regular callers
~ The house. To them ! could talk because
sire thought she could trust them not 70 ask
questions But WIS never out Of her control
iu person, even when we went 10 the couptr
buildings. Tor she was always with me.
In connection with these visits TO the
county buildings. the police silege they
have obtained evidence Of thefts COM
mitted, supposedly. By Mrs. Martin. In
the house al Twenty FIRST and West
streets Captain Petersen and Detee-
tive Bodgkins have found three law
books from the county law library and
pictures from the Office of Assessor
Dalton.