The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 1, 1896, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 1, 1896 e ] Makes Another Sensational | Charge Against Dr. Brown. AN AFFIDAVIT IN DENIAL | The Pastor Explains an Embar-| rassing Situation Into Which He Fell. OVERMAN'S ADMISSION. | MISS Detective Harry Morse to Go East to Investigate — The Doctor’s Accuser Undismayed. Little by little the true facts of the great \-Davidson scandal - are coming to is working with desperate | p Mrs. Davidson’s true ereby tending to weaken her oss immorality. 1ted by the efforts . Davidson, u stor to bring into the controversy the dead past, comes again to the e, as serious and irst. Dr. Brown this cl and supports his claim with a lengthy affidavit. It isnot denied that the sum of $600 was paid Mrs. of the pa events ¢ front with another cha in its nature as tt ins e Stockton, the new woman -in the case, but it is strongly insisted that it was done only through fear of such a story, true or false, hurting the church | A prolonged conference of attorneys, de- tectives and the individuals di vinter- ested in the prosecution of Mrs idson was held at Dr. Brown’s study the at the corner of Mason and Post There were present Captain Lees, in church streets. eant Colby, Detec vd, Dr. Browr ve Seymour, R , Mrs. Brown, Miss male friend whose name ascertained. n and could not t hours were devoted to arranging the evidence to be presented to-morrow, the conf e not ending till 7 o’clock last | v Morse, thedetective, has been-em- ploved by Dr. Brown to:investigate Mrs. Davidson’ vast record. The slenth startea n by the 6 c’clock train last even- nd Dr. Brown was at the station to bears up well under her | She insists . that everything i come out right in the end, though she ot unmindful of the tact.that tke hovering about her are dark and | She was inclined to laugh at | view with Miss Overman, as pub- | in 2 morning paper, though she was imindful of the seriousness of many e young lady’s statements. ss Overman has admitted that she ed the office of the Chronicle to sell & story of a wrong done to her, but states that she was acting at -the instigation of Mrs. Davidson. e A LONG CONSULTATION. Miss Overman Tells Her Story to Captain Lees—What the De- tective Thinks. Dr. Brown and his atiorney, Reuben H. Lloyd, had a long consultation in the former’s study yesterday afternoon, at which Captain Lees and Detective Sey- mour were present. It lasted from 1 till close upon 6 o’clock, The case was reviewed at length pre- varatory to the hearing in Judge Camp- pell’s court at 2 o'clock to-morrow after- noon. Miss Overman was present and told her story freely. **Any one who will listen to Miss Over- man’s story,” said Captain Lees last night, cannot but be thoroughly impressed with its truthfulness. I have listened to the stories told by a good many people, but none so impressed me as that of Miss Overman. She has nothing to conceal, and I am morally convinced that she is a good woman in every sense of the term. “She 1s a young woman who is excep- tionally bright.and intelligent, and she is intellectualiy superior to mostwomen of her age. e feels intensely the attempt to blacken her character, and it has roused all her faculties to defend her womanhood. “The brave little woman is being crushed between two forces, the enemies of Dr. Brown and the enemies of the old woman, Mrs. Davidson. They do not seem to think of her at all, but she will come out of the ordeal all right. “Just think of her leaving that woman’s house at 11 o'clock at night rather than stay one minute longer after she knew what she had accused her of. She packed up her trunk and valise, dragged them out into the hall and went out into the street, not knowing where to go. She met a policeman and told him her story and he got a hack for her. She told the hack- man exactly how she was placed, that she was a stranger in the City and had no friends to go to. “He sugcested taking her toa lodging- house at Kearny street, T think that was the number, but her woman’s instinet came to her aid, and she said to him she did not think that was a good locality for a young and unprotected woman to stay, and he took her and her trunk to the Carlton on Geary street. Was that the way a woman of the class Mrs. Davidson would make Miss Overman out to be would have acted? N, sir; it showed how keenly she was smarting under the insult cast upon her. ““She says she has been grossly misrep- resented in the Bulletin this afternoon, and has beeh made to say thingsshe never dreamed of, far less uttered. She went to the Chronicle office at the request of Mrs. MRS, DAVIDSON RAKES UP A NEW SCANDAL, allow’ for & story in which the names of several prominent men would be men- tioned. “Mr. Simpson, the city editor, told her it all depenaed upon the nature of the story, and he would require to see the manuscript before he could give a decided answer. Nothing was said about $§000 or any. other sum, and nothing was said about her being personally connected with the story. She did not know who the prominent men { were and simply repeated to Mr. Simpson what Mrs. Davidson had told her to say. The prominent men, I know now, had nothing to do with the present case. It was not Mrs. Davidson she met after she left the Chronicle office, but & lady who accompanied her. She asked that lady to go with her to the Chronicle office, but the lady preferred to wait for her outside. ‘When she left the office she did not meet the lady on Market street, and that part of Mr. Simpson’s statement is wrong. Mr. Simpson tried to get the name of the lady from lier who wanted to sell the story, but be was not successful and that was, I pre- sume, why he sent some one 10 shadow her.” —_— - — STILL UNDISMAYED. Mrs. Davidson Refuses to Speak of Past Events—Talks About Dr. Brown. Mrs. Davidson, undismayed apparently at the sudden revealing of her Eastern career, greeted visitors who called yester- day with that same confidential and con- vincing air which she has borne since her arrest. From outward indications the aged prisoner is not the least disturbed over the events of the past so far as they relate to her Massachusetts record. “So faras the present case is concerned,” she said yesterday, “‘my ‘Eastern record,’ as it is called, is not at all material. It does not lessen Dr. Brown's infamy nor falsify my charge. There is very little to add to the statement as publisiied in TrE CarnL of vesterday, except as to minor details. It may be of interest, however. to recite another incident which plainly shows the man’s true caliber. “I think it was about one month after Mrs. Tunnell went to Tacoma that Dr. Brown made a very peculiar request. He came to see if a room could be secured Liebes’ over furstore, where I was, for Mattie should "she return with { Mrs. Tunnell. I told my partner, Mrs. Meyer, of it, and then went to the janitor and the superintendent in the store. He vetoed it utterly. “Dr, Brown offerea to fix up the room and pay the rent if 1t could be obtained. { He wanted a,duplicate key, but I pro- tested against that, as it would compro- mise our moral character and ruin his reputation in the end. I stood up before himand said that I haa been trained by a Christian motherin the path of virtue and to avoid even the abpearance of evil, and 1 would not submit to such a proposition. All the time I prayed that God would de- liver Dr. Brown trom evil—I could not at that time believe he had yielded. In the light, however, of his confessions—the crimes of adultery and child murder—I was forced to accept him for what he was. “I talked very little with Mrs. Tunell— only on general matters relating to Mattie. The latter told me her own mother dis- liked ber, and while at Tacoma for three months she stayed much of her time in Mrs. Tuneil’s room. In ail probability the latter was guardian of the unholy cause of Miss Overman’s flight from here in November Jast. ‘If the learned doctor put the fatal cup first to Miss Overman’s lips to destroy the new life of their pas- sions, then Mrs. Tunnell' was sent to min- ister on the result of Dr. Brown’s hellish designs. “In a careful retrospect of what both have confessed to me I judge that they were both vile creatures long before they were brought together. Dr. Brown aid not wreck an innocent life; nor she cast a spell upon an innocent man. Slow indeed have I been to see this terrible crime, which by the confession of their own lips and the ready acquiescence of Dr. Brown to pay the money to hide even the appear- ance of evil is now all plain to me. I give as my judement, based upon past experi- ence, that their inner lives were long ago removed from the lines of morality and virtue.” —_——— WHAT MRS. SILSBY KNOWS. Speaks Highly of Mrs. Davidson as She Knew Her Thirty Years Ago. Among those who were acquainted with Mrs. Davidson before she ieft her birth- place in Bucksport, Me., is Mrs. Anna T. Silsby, who resides on Oakland avenue, Linda Vista terrace,in Oakland. She was seen at her home last night, and speaking of her acquaintance with Mrs. Davidson, said: *‘Mrs. Davidson and myse!f were born in Bucksport, Me., ana though she was a number of years my senior, I knew her very well through being an intimate {riend of her younger sister, She and Mrs. Curtis of Sacramento, whose letter ap- peared in this morning’s CaLy, and myself were schoolmates for a number of years. Mary Abbott, as she was then called, was an exceeding fine-looking woman. She was very tall and of splendid figure, and besides having a very intelligent face she alsa appeared to be exceedingly retined. ““Her manners were charming and she was in every respect a lovely woman. Her family was one of the first in Bucksport. ‘While not wealthy, they were well-to-do, and because of their culture and retine- ment held a high social position. Mrs. Davidson, with the other members -of her family, ulways moved in the very best so- ciety, where she was counted a shining light. “With her first husband, who was Frank Pierce, I was well acquainted, our families being quite intimate. . He was a very bandsome man and a man of unusual character and ability. “ He came of fine family and was also "wealthy. I shall neverforget what a ~handsome couple they made. He did not live but a few years after they were married. I was in Bucksport at the time of ‘his death. Several years later she married Mr. David- son, whose family was also oneof the first in Bucksport, He was a very fine man. “It is nearly thirty years since I came to California, and ‘on leaving Maine I lost sight of Mrs. Davidson entirely. I heard Davidson, and asked what they wounld | nething of her until the report of her dis- Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Roal Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE | honesty and subsequent arrest in Lynn, Mass., was written to me by friends in my former home. My surprise could not have been greater than when I heard that such a charge had been laid to Mary Abbott. | “The words in every letter were, ‘Can you believe that a woman of Mary Ab- bott's character could be guilty of such a crime?” and I could not find it easy to be- lieve. ‘I have never heard of the rumor veri- fied. The friends who wrote me in regard to it only knew of it by reading the news- paper story, and if they ever learned that the charge was proven they never let me know. Idid not know that she had been imprisoned at that time until [ read itin | the paper a day or two ago. and, of course, cannot say I believe this Mrs. Davidson to be the same one, as 1 do not know. “As I say, it was only a report that was written to me and was never verified. It | must have been eight or ten vearsago that I heard of it, and I do not remember the cause of her arrest more than that it was in regard to obtaining money fraudu- lently. ““I have not read anything in regard to the case of Mrs. Davidson and Dr. Brown, and do not know anything except what I have heard said of it, as one will hear such a scandal spoken of. I have met Dr. Brown, but do not consider that Iam ac- | quainted with him. Certainly he is placed in a very trying and embarrassing position, and I hope for his sake and for the sake of his church that heis not guilty of the charges brought against him. “However it may be it seems incredible that the woman I knew in my girlhood as so refined and of such a beautiful charac- ter could instigate such black charges against any man for the sake of gain. Her family and that of each of her hus- bands was so highly connected, people of such high moral standing, that it does | not seem as if any connection of theirs could go wrong. “John Farnham of the Crystal Baths and Mr. Doane of Doane & Henshelwood, in San Francisco, came from Bucksport, and must remember her well. We were all young people there together. 1 should be very sorry to have it proved that a woman whom' I thought so beautiful as the Mary Abbott [ knew years ago could have degenerated into so low a mnature as one needs must be to perpetrate such a dastardly crime.” e MISE OVERMAN’S STORY. Admits That She Offered to Sell | the Chronicle a Sensa- | tional Item. “‘Both Captain Lees and my lawyer have made me promise not to speak to re- porters,”” was Miss Overman’s preface, “and I must of course act in accordance with their instructions. As for the pur- vorted interview in one of the morning papers, it never took place. A woman re- porter came after a picture and took oc- casion to speak with Dr. Brown. *“All the part I took in the conversation was to complain of the manner in which my marriage and divorce had been misrep- resented, and to give a brief statement of the truth concerning these points. This air has made me suffer deeply, and 1 feel almost unnerved by it."” Miss “Overman’s appearance certainly bore out her assertion. She looked old and haggard, as though she had passed tbrough a long illness, while her sunken eyes spoke silently yet eloquently of bitter tears. She seemed much depressed in view of the manner in which her name had been dragged before the public, and accnses Mrs. Davidson of being at the bottom of all the troubie. “That dreadful hypocrite,” she resume. “has used me asatool. When I remem- ber how she used to kiss and fondle me as though I were her own daughter. the very | recollection sickens and disgusts me. She is an artful, designing woman, and 1 was much deceived in her. | “‘She was present when Dr. Brown first | mentioned to -me the foul charges which | have since been sown broadeast through | the papers. Mrs. Davidson was so self- possessed and unconcerned at the recount- ing of hervillainies that I felt fora moment like killing her. As for a confession, 1 never made one to her nor to any one in this connection, for 1 am wholly guiltless. As for Dr. Brown giving me medicines calculated to vproduce certain pnysical effects, the whole story is a lie through- out. “Yes; it is true that I offered to sell the story to the Chronicle, and that is the only v feature connected with the case. 1 ote the story, and then at her suggestion visited the newspaper office. It was none of my doing, for I was guided by her en- tirely.” MR. GILL1 ~——— E’'S DENIAL. Flatly Contradicts Mrs. Davidson’s Statement Concerning the Sixth- Street Lodging-House. The following letter from Mr. Gillis ex- plains itself: ger, 244 Sixth street, f A ANCISCo, Dec. 31, 1895, Editor Morning Call — DEAR SiR: In the charges made by Mrs. Davidson against the Rev. Dr. Brown through her attorney, Walter Gallagher, in this morning’s CALL, she states that Mrs. Badden claims to have been stopping at 803 Bryant street, where Mrs. J. A. Gillie was living at the time, and hints that there are points that can be worked up. In reply to the above, I wish to say that the house referred to is not & lodging-house, but a private dwelling, part of which was then and is now occupied by the owner, Mr. Zeigle- meyer, we having the other rooms, and no sueh woman as Mrs. Badden was ever known or heard of by any one in the house. Further- more, there was no room in the house for strangers or women to occupy. As for Dr. Brown meeting a woman there he would not be likely o risk his Christian repu. tation by goiug to a house in which he was likely to encounte such radical infidels as Mr. My confidence in Christian ministers and Christianity is not very strong, and I would not be surprised if the charges made should prove to be true,but if Dr. Brown, to my knowledge, was as black as Satan himself 1 would deny every untruthful assertion madc ageinst hi I have no desire to injure Mrs. Davidson in any wey and hope she will be able to prove herinnocence, but Ido object to any insinua- tions tending to reflect upon the moral re- spectability of the people whose housz we oc- cupied while residing at 803 Bryant street, where the mythical Mrs. Badden claims to have lived. I she is really In existence it was no difficult matter for her 1o get possession of one of our . cards, as hundreds of them are mailed and cir- culated every month, and if Mrs. Davidson had not been oo pious to investigate this matter she might have saved herself much trouble. As it is she may realize that “trusting in God is chasing the tail-end of nothing.” JOHN A. GILIIE. s R THE WOMAN'S NEW CHARGE Mrs. Davidson Revives an Old Scan- dal —Dr. Erown’s Denial Sup- ported by a Strong Affldavit. In addition to the sensational charge preferred by Mrs. Davison against Dr. Brown of criminal intimacy with Miss Overman, the aged prisoner now comes forward with a statement which more than parallels her first accusation. The charge is made by Mrs. Davidson ‘sion referred to by Mrs that some months ago Dr. Brown forcibly entered the room of a well-known woman on Mason street, and that, in order to hush the matter up, he paid the sum of $600. Dr. Brown denies this only as to the ob- Ject of his visit to the woman. Mrs. Davidson, in a statement made just prior to her arrest and later placed in the hands of her attorney, makes substantially the following charges: “Ibad known Mattie Overman some time, when one day in a burst of indigna- tion she told me of another event in Dr. Brown’s life which convinced me more than ever that he was a base hypocrite. 1t was nothing less than an attempted assault on a Mrs. Stockton. He was caught in the very act, however, and forced, under | fear of exposure, to give up the sum of $600. ‘I think it a perfect shame,’ said Mat- tie, ‘that this woman should be paid $600, while I am put off with a paltry $35 a month. T can swear this money was vaid to Mrs. Stockton through her adviser, Lloyd Tevis,” she added, ‘because I saw i REL Concerning this matter, and also the Sixth-street lodging-house episode, Mrs. Davidson mailed the following unique let- ter to Dr. Brown on December 2: Let C. 0. Brown read and ponder upon these words, “Other foundations can no man lay, save those that are laid in Christ Jesus.” that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth | them not shall be likened unto & foolish man And the | who built his house upon the sand. rain descended and the fioods came and the winds blew and beat upon that house and it fell, and great was the fall of it. The house of C. 0. Brown is built upon the *'sand.” The Stockton *-ain’ descended and the Sixth- street “floods” came, and when C. 0. Brown attacks Mrs. Davidson the cyclone of God's wrath will scatter it to the four “winds” of heaven, and great will be the fall thereof. Thus far the prayers of God’s people, here and there, to your Godly father, have entered the Divine ear, and God's great merey alone tem- pers the storm around your tent. Your sud- den distinction scatters the sheep of the fold you do not keep and the lambs of the flock en- tirely perish. In future C. O, Brown cannot (in person) communicate with Mrs. Davidson, and things will take their own course, through the chan- nel of the flood which leads direct to your own office, and where Mrs. Davidson as mediator by God's mercy cannot appear. Dr. Brown does not deny the charge that he paid Mrs. Stockton $600, but says ! that he did so, not because he was guilty of a crime, but fearing that the church would be injured if such a lie was made public. “Mrs. Stockton applied for membership to my church,” he said, ““and on the occa- Davidson, I did visit her house. She sent me word that she was ill, and without any hesitancy I called. I walked into the room and found Mrs. Stockton in bed. I extended my hand, which she took, and then before I could realize what was being done, she had her arms about my neck, and ‘hen sorie one came into the room. “Isaw througn it all in & moment. It was a clear case of blackmail, and rather than subject my church to the possibili- ties which could arise from such a story becoming public property, I paid the sum demanded, $600. That is all there is to the story, and 1 hold here a receipt and ack- nowledgment that it was a blackmailing scheme.”” Mrs. Stockton is a handsome blonde, of rather petite figure, and a worshipper at the shrine of fashion. Most any fine day she can be seen on the prominent thor- oughfares. Her elegant wardrobe includes sealskin and diamond. Mrs. Stockton resides at 615 Mason street, but was not at home to visitors last night. “Iam not going to be interviewed on this matter,”” she sang through the speak- ing tube.” It is an unreasonable hour and besides that there is nothing new I can tell. The story is absolutely true, so there isnoneed to rehash old stuff. So good night.” It is stated on good authority that Dr. Brown and Mrs. Stockton were frequenters of a popular French restaurant prior to | the unfortunate scene in the latter’s room. In addition to Dr. Brown’s own denial of the charge, the following affidavit is | submitted : TATE OF CALIFORNIA, CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. George D. Gear, being first duly sworn, de- poses and says thathe isand was at all the times hereinafter mentioned an attorney-at- law in the City and County of San Francisco, State of California; that during the spring of the year 1894, in the month of April or May, the exact time affiant does not remember, there came to him in person a certain Mrs. M. A. Stockton, then and for some time prior thereto residing in the City. and County of San Francisco, and informed your affiant that she haa a claim for dam- against a prominent citizen of whose name your affiant for numer- ous reasons does not at tais time wish to dis- close; that the said Mrs. M. A. Stockton wished your afliant to visit the said gentleman and make a demand upon him for a large sum of money for an alleged wrong done the said Mrs, Stockton; that your affiant had reason to be- lieve and did believe that the said alleged claim was groundless and without right and was in the nature of blackmail, and that said Mrs. M. A. Stockton had no claim of any kind or nature whatsoever against said gentleman; that your afliant considered the matter for some time, and upon investigation found that the said claim was blackmail pure and simple, and your affiant, believing it his duty as an officer of the law and in furtherance of justice to do all in his power to frustrate swid scheme of blackmail,immediately informed said gen- tleman of said scheme and plot; that after consultation and advice with said gentleman it was deemed advisable by both your afliant and said gentleman that your affiant should not let the Mrs. M. A. Stockton know of Ithe said last-mentioned interview or of the fact that the affiant was trying to stop said blackmailing scheme, and your affiant led the said Mrs. M. A. Stockton to believe, to the best of your affiant’s knowledge and belief and in the furtherance of justice, that afliant was co-operating with said Mrs. M. A. Stockton; that the gentleman above mentioned offered to retain your affiant as his attorney in the said matter, but your affient refused and ever after- ward refused to sccept any money or other thing from said gentleman, and affiant never bas received from said gentleman or from said Mrs. M. A. Stockton for his services in said matter one cent of money or any other consid- eration, believing it to have been hisduty ta act in the premises without reward of any kind or nature from either of #aid parties; that afliant had numerous conversations with said Mrs. M. A. Stockton, and also numerous letters irom ner, all of which were told and read to suit the gentleman; that your afliant, after in- forming said Mrs. M. A. Stockton that the said demand had been made, instructed the said gentleman to write to your affiant informing him that he, the said aforementioned gentle- man, would not in any manner accede to thc proposition of the said Mrs. M. A. Stockton. made through your affiant; that the demand was blackmailing demand and one he would not fora moment recognize; that therenpon the said gentleman wrote a letter to your affi- antinforming him that the said proposition was infamous and to let the said Mrs. M. A. Stockton attempt to carry out threats made by her against said gentieman, and further saying: I fear your client will land where she least expected.” That aiter show- ing said letter to said M A. Stockton the said Mre. Stockton to the best of your affiant’s knowledge and belief desisted from any further efforts of attempting to get money from said gentleman through said scheme and plot; that your affiant in investigating the matters was informed and believes that prior thereto said Mrs. M. A. Stockton had attempted another blackmailing scheme and plot against another gentieman of high standing in this community, whose name your affiant knows but does not wish to mention in this connection; that said last-mentioned scheme was nipped in the bud by one of the most prominent geutlemen of this He | City. to whom your affiant is informed and be- | lieves the said Mrs. Stockton was under great otligations, and to whom the said last men- tioned intended victim of said Mrs. Stockton immediately went. and Jaid the said plot be- fore him: that thereupon the said gentleman, to whom said Mrs. Stockton was under great obligations, immediateiy sent for smd Mrs. Stockton and denounced her actions as out- rageous and calenlated to land said Mrs. Stockton in State prison; that thereupon said Mrs. Stockton promised said last-menticned gentleman never again to attempt any like | ion against any one; that your affiant has | been informed of said lastmentioned fects by the gentleman himself aforementioned to whom said Mrs. Stockton was under great obligations, and who thus successfully stopped said blackmailing scheme; that after the said first-mentioned scheme of blackmail of said | M. A. Stockton the said Mrs. Stockton, be- | g yeur affiant believes that your | afliant had acted in her interest in said matter, and endeayored to obtain said money for her to his utmost ability, and believing that your affiant would help her in her nefariousscheme and plots, again communicated with your afliant informing him that she had a scheme to get some money from the Rev. C. 0. Brown of this City, the present and then pastor of the First (Congregational Church of the aforemen- tioned city and county; that the said Mrs. M. A. Stockton then said that she had jomned the church to getin with some of the mem- bers and get some money out of them, and further informed your afi- ant that she, the said Mrs. M. A. Stockton, “lived by her wits” and tnat she in- tended to get money from said Dr. Brown by | threatening him with ~troubie; that your | affiant, deeming it his duty in the furtherance | of justice and right and as his duty as an offi cer of justice as an attorney of this State to see thatjustice and right should be done, mme- diately went to said Dr. Brown and informed the said Dr. Brown of his interview with the said Mrs. Stockton; thatafter s few days the said | Mrs. Stockton lost faith in your affiant, and as she was in desperate straits as to mouey mat- | ters, as your affiant was informed by her and believes, wrote to your affiant and informed | him that she should place it in other hands, as | she was aetermined to make said Dr. Brown | | | give her some money; your afliant thereupon informed seid Dr. Brown of instructed the sdid Mrs, her actions in the matter and not to pur- | sue the said matter further; that thereupon the | said Mrs. Stockton became aware of the atti- | tude of your affiiant and procured another at- | torney, to whom she told some tale oi wkich | vour affiant has no knowledge; that thereafter | said attorney called upon said Dr. Brown at | his residence,’and immediately upon breaking | the subject to said Dr. Brown was forcibly and | id facts and | m to slop | Stog summarilv ejected by said Dr. Brown, | as your affiant is informed and be- lieves; that thereafter the said attor- | ney, according to affiant’s information and belief, called upon said Dr. Brown at his | study and apologized to suid Dr. Brown for his, the said attornev’s, connection with the mat- ter, and further informed the said Dr. Brown that Le, the sa1d last mentioned attor- ney, would do anything in his power to help the said Dr. Brown, s he, the said a‘:orney, was convinced that the said demand of said Mrs. Stockton was unjust and without any basis; that thereafter the said M Stockton used her every endeavor to harass and annoy the said Dr. Brown, and has since made many threats against him; that affiant is about to leave the State of California, and expects to be absent therefrom for a long period of time, and for the protection of the said Dr. Brown in the event that the said Mrs. M. A. Stockton shald again renew her attacks upon said Dr. Brown, vour affiant on his own accord ana in | the interests of justice, makes th affidavit; that affiant has never re- ceived for his services from the said Dr. | Brown any reward or money whatever, but | has acted wholly for the sake of right and justice, although the said Dr. Brown has man times offered your sfliant payment for his ser vices; that your affiant has not received any money from the said Mrs. M. A. Stockton tor his actions, as affant in his peculiar | position deemed it unavise and unprofes- | sional to accept money from any of the! aforementioned persons for his services, and has not done so from them or from any one on or for their account; that affiant is absolutely certain the aforementioned de- mands and schemes have been the vilest blackmail, and well knowing an accusation of | any character against a minister of the gospal kely to find believers, even though utterly groundless and withou: the shadow of a basis, mekes this aflidavit in order to help.an innocent and persecuted servant of the Lord and to avert the odium which usu- | ally follows charges against members of the | church of God. in theminds of unchristian | and godless men and women of the world. In witness whereof affiant has hereunto set | his hand this 15th day of November, 1895. GEORGE D. GEAR. Subscrihed and sworn to before me this 15th | day of November, 1895. | | | otary Public. Goop paper, weli sewed, flat opening; | bound ledgers, cash journals, ete. lins Company, 22 Clay streef. e — In a straw vote recently taken in an | English drawing-room for poet laureate | Swinburne received 20 ballots, Watson 11, Morris 5, Kipling 3 and Richards 1. SRS AT A suit of Jaros Hygienic Underwear worth a barrel of cures. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg. st.* L trongly Mysell-Rol- . For hiring a negro to kill his wife, in or- der that he might marry another woman, Lee Hawthorne of Augusta, Miss., was | sentenced to death with the assassin. | - Office draughts don’t bother wearer of Jaros Hygienic Underwear. He is protected from climatic changes. Morgan Bros., 229 Montg. st.* —————— | A tinker died at Perth, Scotland, the | other day and a group of mourners assem- | bled at the tuneral from various parts of | the country in response to telegrams. | - - | Jaros Hygienic Underwear the one under- wear that is comfortable; absorbs moisture keeps folks well. Morgan Bros.. 229 Montg.st.* L A Chesterville (Me.) couple recently cele- | brated their golden wedding in the very house into which they moved on their wedding day, fifty years before. | Jaros Hygienic Underwear for ladies, for gen- | tlemen, for children, for all places, all the year. Morgan Brothers, 229 Montg. st. * T A wedding dress is to be worn shortly | by a tall and fair young London bride | over the rich white satin of which there will be lace worth $5000. | NEW TO-DAY. | TALK IS CHEAR. 3 Easy to Make Rules—To Observe | Them Is Another Thing. Mr, Blank closed the book impatiently and | flung 1t ay. It was a learned treatise on | hygiene—how to preserve perfect health. “If I have to observe all these rules I'll have no time for anything else. Who'll pay the | landlord, the butcher and the baker?"” Bo many ‘“rules of health” seem to presup: Pose a social system where everybody can take | the best care of his body; where overexertion, exposure, irregular diet, impure air, food and water and a thousand other disease-breeding conditions can be totally avoided. That is impossible, even for the wealthiest. Make your system nearly impervious to mor- bific influences and disease germs; store up a sort of sinking fund of reserve strength and vigor to resist unusual drains on your vitality. Peruvian Bitters will accomplish this. They not only cure indigestion. loss of appetite, las- situde, malaria, colds, etc, but they tone up the system to resist their appearance. Peru- vlan Bitters give such efficiency to the digess tive system tnat it produces surplus nutrition and vitality—something in excess of daily ‘needs—that keeps us up in the “hour of trials.” " Macx & Co., San Francisco All druggists and dealera. & NEW TO-DAY. HOLIDAY GOODS! The attention of our custcmers is re- spectfully called to our very large and com- plete stock of NEW GOODS, especially imported for the HOLIDAY TRADE. NOVELTY DRESS FABRICS, NOVELTY BLACK CREPORS, INITIALED HANDKERCRIEES, SILK UMBRELLAS, FINE WHITE BLANKETS, IRISH POINT CURTAL EIDERDOWN COMFORTERS, FANCY SILK SKIRTS, FANCY LAWN APROXS, EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIERS, LADIES' LACE ICKWEAR, NOVELTY RIBBONS, SILK HOSIERY, GENTS' SILK MUFFLERS, GENTS' NECKWEAR, GENTS" HOSTERY. FEATHER SCARFS, REYMER GLOVES, SILK HANDKERCHIEFS, FANCY SHAWLS, SILK WAIST: SILK UNDERWEAR. T=SPECIAIL,\< = 15,000 yards 32-Inc great variety of designs h Drapery Silks, in a 25c Yard. Regular value 50c Yard. 9 GEORPORATE, S les2. 111, 118, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET. =i ittt Sunshine, Fruit and Flowers... And described — the most could be asked concerning rescurces that is not fuliy to any part of the United Sta: " Brietol board, 75 cents per copy the following rates: S [ o S~ [ @~ @~ [ S~ [ S @ [ @~ o~ [ o &~ @ [ [ B [ e [ ! S| [ @~ [ oo &~ @~ [+ S [ L.t [ [ v @~ @~ @& @&~ [ @ @ [ % &~ @~ [ o [ o @~ [ o & @& [ @~ o~ Ca per copy. THe "ERCURY ouvenir e NOW READY. Contains 325 pages, 9x12 inches, and is ILLUSTRATED FROM 939 PHOTOGRAPHS. Hundreds of beautiful half-tone engravings, showing the aspect of the county from January to December. The Fruit Industry Illustrated Santa Clara County Fruit Industry that has ever been published, giving details of the business from nursery to market, with crops, prices and profits. A Work of Art, Suitable for the center-table, and a most appropriate Christmas present. There is scarcely a question that 0O000000C000 The MxrcUrY Souvenir will be sent, expressage prepaid ; bound in leatherette, $1.25 per copy. Bent to any part of the United States, postage prepaid, at Bound in Bristol bosrd, 806 per copy; bound in leatherette, $1.35 per copy. The Bouvenir is sold over the counter at the Mrrcury office at the following pric in Bristol board, 50 cents per copy; bound in leathersst , $1.00 Address CHAS. M. SHORTRIDGE, HIHIN 1 sdsbddbdandiddaniiniiv valuable treatise upon the sdidiiiiaiidiiiii Santa Clara Ceunty and its answered. at the following rates: Bound in Bound San Jose, California. N TS LOOK! ATJHE 10 PER CENT REDUCTION AT JOE POHEIM'S, the Tailor. For holiday trads all the latest designs of Wooiens now in; Suits Made to Order from. . .815.00 Pants Made to Order from . 84.00 Overcoats Made to Order from..$20.00 Full Dress Swallow-Tail ported and S{lk-Lined from im- Perfect Fit Guaranteed or No Sale. JOE POHEIM, THE TAILOR, 201, 203 Montgomery st., 724 Marketst. and 1110, 1112 Market st. COAL! COAL'! m 3 8 00—Halt'ton 4 00 S00—Half ton 4 00 ‘Telephéne—Biack—35. KNICKERBOCKER COAL CoO., 522 Howard Street, Near First. .$40.00° $85«4ROOMS FURNITURE | PARLOR BEDROGM, DINING-ROOM, KITCHEN CASY PAYMENTS. Tapestry Brussels, per yard- 0il Cicth, per yard. Matting, per yard o 3 So'id Oak Bed Suit, 7 pieces ... . Solid Oak Folding Bed, with Mirror. . T. BRILLIANT, 410 POST ST.,above Powell OPEN EVENINGS Four Room Catalogues Mailed Free. | O Freebackiug sad Delivery across tho Bay, Baja Califor.nia Damiana Bitters Is powerful aphrodisiac and specific tonic for the sexual and urinary organs of both sexes, and a xreat remedy for diseases of the kidneys and blad- der, A great Restorative, Invigoratorand Nervine, | Seils on its own Merits—no long-winaed testi- monials necessary. ABER, ALFS & BRUNE, Agents, | 823 Market St., S. ¥.—(Send for Circular.)