The San Francisco call., 1913-10-29
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Sunday morning.
Fickert conducted an Investigation
which convinced him no attaches of
the department were in the suite at
the time.
To prove that he was not biased in
favor of the Slingsbys, Fickert gave
out a copy of the entire letter from
which paragraphs have been pub
lished. He said the letter merely as
sured MRS Slingsby that her rights
would be protected.
Andrew Thorne, busy with his wit
nesses before the British vice consul,
is bitter against Fickert for launching
the present grand Jury investigation
while the depositions for the English
court are being taken.
1T is intimidation" he declared.
"Such procedure is an outrage and
unheard Of"
While Knight was debating his ar
raignment of Fickert today Thorne
stood by and seemed to like the punch
of it.
The grand jury will not meet to-
night, but Lieutenant and Mrs
Slingsby will appear before the grand
jury tomorrow night to tell their
stories.
MRS. BLAIN TESTIFIES
Mrs. Hattie Blain was the principal
witness before the session of the grand
jury, which lasted until the small
hours of this morning. She did not
vary her original story. She admit
ted receiving some money, a small
amount, for expenses for her trips to
Sacramento during the investigation
before the state board of health.
Fickert made the charge that money
had been spent in the last 10 days to
change the situation regarding the
want ad inserted in newspaper for
a baby boy wanted for adoption,
which, the English heirs claim, was
written by Mrs. Slingsby.
Mrs. Desmond, a personal friend of
Mrs. Hattie Blain, is said to be dying,
at the Court hotel.
Mrs. Desmond's testimony is very
important to the English relatives
who are attacking the child's parent
age, as she corroborates the story
told by Mrs. Blain.
WHAT FICKERT WROTE
Following is a portion of the let
ter from Fickert addressed to Mrs.
Slingsby in England, which Thorne
and Knight claim shows Fickert had
a personal interest in the case:
Dear Madam: AS the states prose-
cutor 1 would like to know whether
or not you and your husband will
come to San Francisco for the purpose
of establishing the Legitimacy of your
child. I have been in correspondence
with your attorneys, Crease g. Crease
of Victoria, B. c.. and they inform me
that you would be gald to come, pro-
viding you received proper protection.
"As states prosecutor, 1 can assure
you that you, your husband and the
child will be fully protected while in
the jurisdiction of this state. have
no interest in the matter, save as
public official to act fmpartially in
seeing that justice is done. Natur-
ally, my sympathies are with you and
the child, and I may add that public
sentiment here Is strongly in your
favor. If your contention is COR
rect, and there can be no better proof
than the child itself, I shall see that
those who have conspired against you
are prosecuted and that the birth
certificates are properly corrected"
KNIGHTS STATEMENT
Following is a copy OF the state
ment made by knight:
Il understand that Mr.. Fickert has
made the statement that the letters
] gave to the papers were stolen from
Mr.. Dibble's Office. This is absolutely
false. All letters that 1 may have in
my possession, ] received copies OF
them from England, and they were
never in San Francisco outside of the
custody they have been in for some
time past
IT ask Mr. Fickert now if he wrote
those letters as published. If SO. what
right has he to promise Mrs. Slingsby
immunity from crime and prosecution
what interest has he In the case?
Why did Mr.. Dibble have Mr.. Fickert's
letters In his office? Has he employed
Mr.. Dibble in this case? Is there a
bond of union between them? A unity
of interest and purpose? Now, Mr..
Fickert, ] publicly tell you that I do
not believe you dare produce Theodore
Kytka, a witness that you asked to
make an examination of the adver-
tisement for the adoption of the baby
as a witness In this case before the
grand jury.
PRODUCE KYTKA
'I do not believe you dare have him
show hts exhibits and repeat conver-
sations you had with him when you
asked him to make the research. /
most respectfully ask the grand jury,
when they meet tomorrow night, to
have Mr. Kytka come before them
with his documents that he has pre-
pared in this case and give testimony
to the grand jury OF all that occurred
he asked him as an expert to furnish
him such evidence as his research
would produce.
II claim that this case is one on
trial in England, where the credita-
bility of witnesses and their testi-
mony is to be read and pronounced
upon by judge Of a foreign tri-
bunal. Is it your purpose. Mr.. Flick
ert, when other cases may be at is
sue in other states or other foreign
countries, to convene in secret ses-
sion a grand jury and threaten wit
nesses with indictments for the pur-
pose OF intimidation and disgrace
when you say you have no interest in
the result of the trials? To state
this proposition on its face shows
It's own infamy.
Daylight is what we want in this
case-not darkness. I hear Mr.. Dib-
BILE is to cite me before the court con-
cerning these letters. I will be there
10 minutes before time; I will hail
the citation with pleasure"