The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-05
CRAIG WILL
PROSECUTE
THEWOMAN
Lawyer Turns Deaf Ear to Mrs.
Castles Appeal to Let
Matter Drop
Friends Intercede With AttOr.
ney, but He Will Press Charge
of MurderOus Assault
Defendant Says She Went to
Hotel to Force Craig to
Make RetractiOn
Had Ordered Him From Her
Apartments and He Had Used
Insulting Language
[sseeiaI Dnealeh 70 The CaIn

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
nj Ew YORK. Aug Airs. Mary
IN Scott Castle. after a narrowing
night in the Tombs. was hailed.
TO the Jefferson Market police court
this afternoon. where Magistrate Butts
held her in default of ss.00O bail for
murderous assaunt on Lawyer w B.
Craig.
"Oh. Will. please drop it: won't YOU
holding out her arms appealingly.
For your mothers sake and for my
mothers sake. drop it,
Craig. who wore the powder stained
coat with its bullet hole souvenir.
turned coolly on his heel and ignored
the appeal
Friends tried TO persuade him not 10
prosecute her He remained firm. To
the charge of assault she pleaded not
guilty. Then they led her back to the
prison. She viii be arraigned for ex-
animation Friday morning
Says She Intended Suicide
Before being taken 10 the police
/ headquarters. she was NOT submitted
to the indignity of being measured or
photographed. She told Inspector Ne
Canerty that she had not tried 10 shoot
Craig, but had intended to kill herself
1t is believed that this viii be her
defense. although. according to her
lawyer. Frederick Dean. this will de-
pend largely on the advice OF her
brother. Captain Scott. U. S. A. nov
stationed at Mobile. Ala.
Mrs Castle today gave TO the press
an outline of her career in san Fran
cisco as society woman and later as an
actress. She declared that although she
and her husband were separated he
was gentleman in every sense OF the
word and she had no valid grounds for
divorce.
Career on Stage
Il went on the stage in san Fran
cisco about 1900 and year later
came to this city. For the last few
years I have been living either here or
visiting relatives in Washington or in
other cities. At times have been with
my brother. Captain Scott. have
written a play. done some literary
work and lived a quiet life.
'.wnl Craig came into my life for
the second time-the first since child
hood. you understand-less than i've
months ago Then went to call upon
his wife. who is a distant cousin she
had been the widow of Carl Schultz OF
san Francisco. who was killed eight or
nine years ago in a railroad wreck
somewhere in the east. Her only rels-
tive here. so far as know. is brother
/ in law, for whom Mr.. Craig is now
conducting a legal matter of personal
nature.
Craig a Constant Visitor
.win Craig began coming 70 my
apartment regularly He came night
after night and he told me that was
making a man of him and all that sort
of stun. There is nothing that can
justify the charge that have been un-
grateful for what Mr. and Mrs. Craig
have done for me- They did nothing
His wife is SO and he is 80. I am IS,
She is insanely jealous of him. and il
is due to Jealousy that she now charges
me with having bounded her husband.
There has been no imprOpriety be-
tween VIII Craig and myself He had
constantly followed me to my house
and laid seige to me. but 1 wish to
assert that 1 had never given him en-
couragement Monday night he came TO
my APARTMENT about 7. 1t was about 10
O'Clock when he urged me to rscipro-
cate his affection and then when I re-
pulsed him he began using strong Ian
guage and said things that would make
man kill another who said such
things to his sister
Ordered Him Out
Il ordered him from the house. He
had said things was satisfied my
negro butler had heard I knew that he
was in the habit Of going TO the Wal
dorf- Astoria. and determiDed to go
there and demand from him retraction
of the things he had said and to make
him make this retraction in the pres
ence of the butler. who had overheard
him.
when met him told him that he
must speak with me and that I wanted