The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-29
WOMAN EXPECTS
FULL INDICATION
Everything Will Come Out
All Right," Says Mrs.
Cramer.
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/ moreover. II VIII be proven, according
| TO the statement made by Mr.. Birney
/ today, that the e.der Mr.. Hurd is now,
/ and has been throughout the entire
/ time In which he was member of
/ Mrs. Cramer's household. perfectly cap
| able or taking care OF himself and his
1 own affairs and that he has transacted
4 his own business TO the minutest detail.
Lawyer Reserves Some Answers.
Mr.. Eirngy refused TO deny that Mrs.
/ Cramer had obtained money from old
Mr.. Hurd during his residence at her
/ house.
The question is" said The Washing
| ton Times representative, did Mrs.
! Cramer obtain several thousand dollars,
/ if not $4,000, from Mr.. Hurd?''
! HereupOn Mr.. Birney raised his hands
as if to evadc the question, and laugh
/ ingly answered:
You must let me hold a few facts IN
( reserve Tor my answer to the charges, %
! VIII yOu deny that any seanCes We're
/ held during which Mrs. Cramer alleged
/ TO be in communication with the spirit
I Of Mr.. HurdS Wifc2'
Again the lawyers hands went up.
II won talk about seances. Wait I'M
I'll you -ead our answer to the charges,
DE said.
That it will be brought out in the tria!
that 9lTs. Cramer dIl receive certain
sums OF money from Mr.. Hurd may be
anticipated, but that il viii be shown
that Mrs. Craner has reSOrted TO neith-
er fraud nor mystery i'm her dealings
with HUrd was the emphatic statement
made by her attorney this morning
Says Integrity Is UnquestiOned.
The charges made by DR.. Hurd are
characterized by Attorney Birney. as
q hopeless effort TO show up in a false
light a woman whose integrity has
of a century in which she has resided
and worked in washington
IL was twenty-five years ago states
AIR. BiTuey Jhat a widow with two
young children came TO Washington 70
earn a livelihood. The widow was MS.
Laura r. Cramer, and the small boy
who often tTudged beside her, when she
went to her work was tine son now liV-
ing with her at the De Soto apartment,
while the Iittl' daughter who was then
also dependent upon her for support has
since grown Up, married, and gone TO
New York.
shortly after coming 10 Washington.
Airs Crdmer obtained employment IN
Tie State Department. Though the years
passed. and her children grew No. and
became SeE-SuDDOTting. say her friends,
she continued to work for her maiute-
nance living within the salary of q
Government cmDlOye. and acnylng her
self many of the small lUNuries dear
she might lay by a sum against a rainy
day and old age Even after years Of
economy and modest living. these
friends assert Mrs. Cramer Is a poor
Woman.
Makes Hurd's Acquaintance.
It was fifteen or twenty years ago
that Elrs. Cramer made the acquaint-
ance Of Mr.. Hurd, then in the first
throes Of grief over the death Of his
wife, and their acquaintance ripened
into friendship.
When the widow with the two chill
dren to SUPPORT had n room of which
she wished to dispose. Mr.. Hurd became
her tenant For many years he has
lived in her home. and there has never
been q breach in the warm friendship
which existed between himself and Mrs.
Cramer. say the friends Of the latter
In reply to the question asked At
torney Birney as TO what reasons could
be assigned for Mr.. Hurds turning
against Mrs. Cramer at this late day,
he replied only:
Has he turned against her?r
What about that strong box in the
Washington Loan and Trust Company,
which, it is claimed. 10y RI Hurd. con-
tains the proceeds of the fraud praC-
ticed upon the old man by Mrs. era
mery'
rs there any such box2" answered
the lawyer. with his most non-commit-
tai smile and suggestive information.
No Mediumistic Powers Professed.
MI Birney states emphaticauv that
Mrs. Cramer has never professed any
mediumistic powers; that she has never
been in any degree interested in spirit
uaiism; and that it wiz be proven that
she has never in any way reSorted to
the tricks of the amateur medium in
the years Of her acquaintance with
Mr.. Hurd.
Mrs. Cramcr is, her friends claim. a
Church, which alone fOrbiGs the posi-
Spiritualistic communications. During
the twenty-five years in which she has
worked in the State Department, it is
claimed she has held the close friendship
Of many associates, and the respect Of
her superiOTs in office.
could this woman have stolen $4,000
from a man who was all along transact
ing his own business ask her cham
piOns and friends, who invariably ans
wer their own questions with the words,
"Pshaw. never"
Meanwhile, the questions. Did she get
the money. IL so how much. and hOw2"
remain 10 be answered at the trial.
which has been set for July /, but may
be DELAYED a few days by the fact that
Attorney Birney's answer to the charges
Of DIT Hurd'S lawyers may not be
completed by that date