The San Francisco call., 1910-11-24

the stand all day for his cross exami-
nation, and viii be probably for some
days yet
Mrs. Martin followed closely most of
the time the questioning in the tran
script of appeal without any apparent
logical sequence. She would question
John as to planning to blow up Judge
ogden, and then go back to the matter
of why Henry Hoffman left her home
when John was or years old She
read closely the account OF how to
make a giant powder bomb and then
produced some Imitation powder" as
she said-four little yellow cheesecloth
bags filed with black dirt-and made
him demonstrate to the jury just how
he had done it. She requested that
some dynamite caps be given her to
complete the model constructed by
John.
You have some here as exhibits,
Judge; give me some" she said casually.
This the Judge declined to do, and
one juror rose in alarm and protested,
No dynamite caps here,"
BOY PROVES SHARPER WIT
Attempt after attempt was made by
the defendant to prove John untruthful
and TO induce him to contradict the
huge volumes of questions he had been
compelled TO answer in the past
1t was a contest of wits between the
two. and in every instance the boy won.
Shrewd as Mrs. Martin is. she has
trained the boy better than she realized
and with his native cleverness he is
more than a match for her
Mrs. Martin read certain letters writ
/ ten to John by her, by which she en-
deavored to show the affectionate rela-
tions existing between them. She was
then warned by Judge Wells that If she
introduced these she gave the entering
wedge for the prosecution to place in
evidence letters which gave form of
testimony to which she had vigorously
objected
She refused to be discouraged, how
ever. until asked to swear that the
letters were in her handwriting. This
she consistently refused to do both
then and in the case of contract she
sought to introduce later. She will
give no bit of her own writing and
swear that it is her own. Extreme
caution marks all references to hand
writing with her.
Questions as to Johns knowledge of
right and wrong and the date of his
awakening to this knowledge con-
sumed some time and John confessed
that his first definite idea Of evil was
manifested at the age of 10, when he
stole some money and hid it in a soap
dish. When pressed as to how he
gained the power of discrimination
he declared it was through the awful
licking" he received.
The judge groaned aloud at this
point and Mrs. Martin said hastily:
This ain't half as silly. now, Judge
as some of the questions Mr.. Hynes
asked Mrs. Cordi yesterday"
On one occasion when Johns an
swers did not please his questioner,
she likewise groaned and said in an
audible stage whisper, "Oh, John, God
forgive you, This is awful"
This aroused more wrath on the part
of Attorney Hynes than he displayed
at any other time during the day and
evoked a heated objection to Mrs.
Martin making remarks for the jury's
benefit.
Judge Wells was strong in his pro-
lection of the jury also, bidding Mrs
Martin frequently to reserve her argu
ments until the close of the case and
TO put herself on the witness stand to
introduce the testimony she was be-
slowing so freely during her question
ing.
Finally the judge could stand the
strain of keeping Mrs. Martin within
verbal bounds no longer, and he ad-
journed court until Friday morning at
10 o'clock.