The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-02-14
Mrs. Martin and Son to Be
Brought to Oakland for
Trial of Mother
Attempt to SIay With Bombs of
Dynamite Is the Charge
Against Her
Poison and Powerful Explosives
Enough to Kill CityfuI
Are Found
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO TIE CALL

WEAVERVILLE, Feb. 13.-When
told this afternoon that officials had
left Oakland for Weaverville to take
her and Baby John" to Oakland,
Mrs. Isabella Martin professed to be
delighted at the prospect despite that
she faces a life sentence for attempt
TO commit murder, with which she
viii be charged
u am so glad she said, so glad
to be going back, so glad to meet my
socusers face to face. My poor dear
Baby boy does not know what he
has been saying, and does not realize
its importance. He has been coerced
into saying what he has already said,
and If I do not go to trial at once
before q fair, impartial judge there is
no telling what horrible story he may
be forced into uttering against me"
Baby John" will go to Oakland with
Mrs. Martin. where no charge viii be
placed against him. but he will be
given q chance TO produce additional
evidence against his mother and to
help unrsvel several plots which are
more or less OF mystery.
The boy seemed glad that he was TO
be taken 10 Oakland, but when told
that ne was 10 face the judges there
and tell them what he has already told
here. he asked. almost IN a whisper:
WOULD sHUN MOTHER
Must 7 be near my mother when I
am talking 70 those sner down there2-'
oh. yes" they told him, we want
you TO look her straight in the eye and
tell the truth. and the whole truth, and
nothing but the truth"
Well" the boy replied, pathetically,
II have been and am now willing to
tell all know. but I cannot face my
mother. I an afraid OF her. and she
has sort OF influence over me; I don't
know what it is or what It means.
But I 60 know that when she looks
At ne she seems to see clear through
me, and I am afraid and sick through
70 my heart
she has declared again and again
mat she viii kill me, and I am sure she
viii II she can
Is UNDER HER SPELL
The boys statements to District At
torney Hail have convinced the officials
that Mrs. Martin does. indeed, possess
some sort Of spell over the boy and he
has been quietly investigating.
His researches have brought to hin
the fact, a fact beyond the shadow OF q
doubt, that the boy is and has been fol
many years under a hypnotic spell
welded by his so called mother. Hall
is convinced that the spell is nov
broken, however, and does not propose
10 allow the boy TO again fall into tn,
woman's sinister clutches.
The district attorney Is now assured
that Mrs. Martin had nothing to do
with the burning Of Judge Sargent''
home and the plot 20 sssassinate .th'
Judge. he has only recently Learned
that Mrs Martin was suspected o
burning the Judge Abe p Leach hom,
in Oakland about year ago and hal
not satisfied himself about that yet.
Baby John processes 10 have growr
very fond Of me-" said Hall today. "ant
am convinced that he will tell m,
about the Leach place and everything
else he knows"
LAWYERS AFTER HER
Mrs. Martin has lately been making
frantic EFFORTS to secure counsel, whit
she has had scores or offers from un
known lawyers all over the state ans
from IS far away as Reno, New, an,
seattle. she has not been satisfied witt
any Of these.
II is known that she approached At
forney Grove l. johnson and Attorne.
". A. Anderson in Sacramento am
Judge Given. formerly district attorne.
81 Trinity county. and made them lib
eral offers to defend her. but none hai
agreed 10 act for her and it is though
that none Of the three VIII do 50.
u am q poor. lonely woman sal,
Mrs. Martin today. and am slmos
sfred Of it all. A year ago had ever.
,vood lawyer in the state at my becl
and call. Today they viii have nothing
10 do with me because Of the vile lie
my poor, dear. Baby John has beei
-ntrapped into telling about me. an.
because people think L an crazy. Be
sides. they don't think have an.
money. Well, I have lots of it, and
shall yet turn and spit upon my ira
ducers.
7 never believed that men csllini
themselves and thinking themselve
men could treat a lone woman as