The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-02
"MUzzIE' TELLS
OF COIN LOANED
TO M'LAUGHLIN
At Majors Request She Used
Another Name for Her
Bank Account
When Asked to Give Reasons
for Action, Miss BuSteede's
Memory Lapses

Especial Dispatch to TIE Call
SANTA CRUZ. May Miss Anna
C. Busteede. the San Francisco ste
nographer. who is seeking TO GUST Sam
uel N. Rucker of San Jose from the
Enthusiastically of the estate of the
late Major Frank Mclaughlin, was ex-
amined before Superior Judge Smith
today. Miss Busteede. who claims that
the former chairman of the republican
state central committee had promised
to marry her on the death of his wife
and who had a claim against the
estate of some $4,000 for money loaned
the major which Administrators Rucker
has refused to allow, provided more
LaughIin. who wrote her passionate
love letters and called her his ''Muzzie .
had asked her to use the name of y. c.
King in her bank account, so that no
one would know that he received money
from a woman
HINTS AT PRIVATE REASONS
Mclaughlin had other private rea-
sons for the request, she limited When
pressed by Attorney Will Humphreys
for them Miss Busteede asked the pro-
lection of the court, which Judge Smith
declined to grant. but ordered her TO
answer. Then she said she did not
remember what the other reasons We're.
Incident to the hearing Attorneys
Frank H. Gould and VIII F. Hum
phreys had a lively tiff. Gould threat
latter limited of many mysteries, ro-
mances and blackmail. but nothing
came of it
Miss Busteede said she had asked
Mclaughlin for a note for $4,000 after
the fire to replace the one burned, but
he did not give it. She had asked him
many times for it, but he always put
her off with the excuse that they would
be married soon and she would have
half of what he had and no notes
would be necessary.
PROMINENT NAMES MENTIONED
She. however. took several notes for
smaller amounts she lent him after the
fire. The names of Governor Gillett
Senator Perkins, George Hatton and
other political notables were brought
in during the hearing.
Attorney Gould for Miss Busteede
put himself on the stand and said he
had talked with Rucker and George
Hatton about McLaughlin's interest in
the Cananea and Hatton told him that
the majors claim consisted of a claim
to mineral rights in the Mexican lands
sold by a syndicate in which Perkins
and others were interested to Colonel
Greene. Hatton considered the majors
claim perfectly legitimate, said Gould,
but said that Gilletts had no connection
with it..
Then Gould brought up a mortgage
interest in Plumas county mine.
formerly owned by ]. A Edmonds of
Middle valley. which he claimed had
not been inventoried by Rucker. Hum
phreys, for Rucker, said they had writ
ten the assessor of Plumas county for
information, but had got none. That's
no way to examine title" said Gould.
IF you're not lawyer enough to know
how to examine a title. I'd suggest
that the administrator hire another
lawyer
sI'LL SLAP YOU SAYS GOULD
Perhaps it would have been better
if he had hired YOU, replied Hum
phreys.
He certainly would have heard of
it, if he had" said Gould.
Well, L don't deal in romances. or
mysteries or blackmai1." snapped back
Humphreys
And 1 want you to understand that
don't deal in them, either. and l don't
want any more of that kind of talk.
! retorted Gould. And if you do any
more of it, I'll slap you
TIL indulge in any kind of talk l
like" replied Humphreys. I'VE don't
propose to put this estate. with it's 50
other creditors, to the expense of per-
haps 500 to search titles in Plumas
county on mere idle rumor''
Rucker next went on the stand and
gave clear account of how he inven-
torieU the three estates.
McLAUGHLIN's .BoOzE CLOSET
He said the picture. The Highway
man." was given to Mclaughlin by the
late John / Sabin, but no personal al
lusions were made. Rucker said he
visited the Mclaughlin home every
week for almost Is years, and he knew
the history of nearly everything in it
The house and all the furniture, ex-
cept McLaughlin's booze closet and
the things in his den, were always
spoken of as Mrs. McLaughlin's. Me-
L.auEhlin used TO say that the only
time he was on his own ground was
when he was in the booze closet
Rucker said he himself had bought
many things now in the house as
presents for Mrs. Mclaughlin and
Agnes
After arguments. the motion to re-
move Rucker was submitted and taken
under Amusement by Judge Smith
Judge Smith confirmed the sale OF the
personal property inventoried in the
Frank and Agnes Mclaughlin estates.
and set the hearing in the mort gage
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