The San Francisco call., 1908-03-03

occasions drew so much attention in
the streets near Dingee,s home that
Mrs. Martin feared to carry out her
purposes.
On fourth trip to San Francisco
which was some time before the Ogden
outrage she herself STAYED in the Pal
ace hotel and sent Baby John to
the Dingee home. disguised as girl. so
that his flowing locks would not again
defeat her plan -Raby John, in
dresses and carrying the black tin box
weighing 0 pounds, with Its load OF ex-
plosives. approached the Dingee home
at o'clock in the evening and was
frightened away without placing the
dynamite.
POLICEMAN SAVES DINGEE
He had met a sergeant of police
standing in front of the house, and
feared from this circumstance that the
authorities in some manner had become
cognizant of the danger in which Din
gee and his family were So he re-
turned to the Palace hotel, reported
the occurrence to his reputed mother,
and the two returned TO the West street
home in Oakland
Mrs. Martin carried some disquieting
recollection of the policeman in San
Francisco, for soon Baby John ap-
peared on the streets of Oakland with
his hair clipped. There then could
nave been slight chance of any one
recognizing the boy as the little night
prowler with the long brown hair.
The feud between Mrs. Martin and
Dingees company, out of which grew
this effort to kill the head of the cor
poration, was on long duration Mrs.
Martin was bad customer and the
| collectors dreaded her sharp tongue
when they We're assigned to her district
or given her bill. There was but one
man in the companys employ who
dared accost Mrs. Martin for money
more than once, and he was glad to
escape with his life That man was
Joseph Bacon of 4S7 Thirty-fourt
street.
THREATENS COLLECTORS LIFE
One day he rang the bell at Mrs.
Martins hom.s and waited below with
the bill in his hand Mrs Martin ap-
peared at the window and asked what
he had
Your water BILL" replied Bacon.
Mrs. Martin. without replying. dis
appeared back into the house and IA
con waited expsctantly below, believing
tnat his persistency had won and that
she would pay her BILL Suddenly he
heard Mrs. Martin at the window
| ABOVE, and, looking up, he saw her with
revolver leEeled at his head.
You get" she said, "and tell Dingee
never to send a collector here again"
Bacon left. and that day President
/ Dlngee OF the water company gave or
ders TO his book keepers to let Mrs.
Martin pay when and what she chose
She had called often on him. and ne
knew what she might be expected
to do.
JUDGE TAKES STAND
Judge Ogden was the first witness
examined by the grand jury this morn
ing He related the stories of the
threatening letters which he had re-
ceived and which had been identified
as in Mrs. Martins handwriting. He
also told of visits he had received from
the woman at his own house. and of
her conduct toward him during the
trial OF her suit against the West
chester insurance company.
He was followed by Mrs Ogden. who
told of the visits of Mrs Martin to
her home and the hystericaI efforts
the woman had made while trying to
have Mrs. Ogden intercede with her
husband in the trial of the suit in or
der to bring it to an issue fayora BILE
TO Mrs Martin Mrs. Ogden also told
of the threatening messages which
she had received. Mrs. Ogden's story
of the explosion at their house also
went into the record.
IDENTIFY THE FUSES
Fuse and powder experts were called.
They were Frank Roller. head of the
dynamite works at Giant; A H. Mer-
ritt, superintendent of fuse and pow
der manufacturing plants at Colma
and Me ose, and DR.. H. f. Miller,
chemist and dynamite expert
Merritt testified as to three coils of
fuse, two of which We're purchased by
Mrs. Martin in Weaverville, the third
being the remains of the fuse found at
the Ogden residence. The burned fuse
was of the same manufacture as one of
the pieces traced to Mrs. Martin. DR.
Miller and Roller gave evidence con-
cernng the internal machines and
dynamite found in De Fremery park
and at the West street house Their
testimony served to substantiate
Baby Johns story.
WOMAN,s HAND, HE SAYS
Carl Eisenschimel, handwriting ex-
pert, gave testimony which proved OF
great value in connecting Mrs. Martin
with the Ogden outrage. He identified
the handwriting on six page, threat
ening letter received by the Ogdens as
the same as that found on a scrap of
newspaper recovered near the residence
on the day following, and which Baby
John Martin confessed had been wrapped
front steps of the judges residence.
Eisenschimel said he had no doubt the
orthography was the same in the letter
and on the paper. and the characters
also, in his opinion, were identical with