The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 15, 1896, Page 8

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, Is596. MRS, HASKINS TELLS HER STORY She Saw James G. Fair Write the Pencil Will. ALSO SAW TWO DEEDS. Senator Fair Once Kissed Mrs. Craven Lovingly in Her Presence. WAS GOING TO FOOL THEM. So Said Scnator Fair in Regard to the Lawyers Who Drew the Earlier Will. Mrs. Elizabeth Haskins tola the story, #o far as she knew it, of the making of the pencil will of September 24 by James G. Fair in the presence of Mrs. Craven and, for a part of the time, in her own presence. She also told how James G. Fair in her presence took from his pocket two papers purporting to vbe deeds for the Sansome and Mission street properties and handed them to Mrs. Craven. The story was that published some weeks ago in TuHE CALL, being then the report of an interview with Mrs. Haskins. ‘What details were brought out in addition to that story were mainly the result of the cross-examination, They all went to strengthen her story. For instance, she admitted baving seen Mr. Fair visit Mrs. Craven many times; that he evinced great fondness for her, and that once she saw him kiss her. Being asked if, when Senator Fair was making the pencil will, he said anything abhout the wiil that he had madeonly | three days before, the witness said he did; | that he declared that he would ‘*‘fool them,” referring to the lawyers who had made out the previous will. Mrs. Haskins is what lawyers term a | “good witne She answered all ques- tions frankly and promptly, both under directand xamination. Sheseemed to have no reservations, and only declined to answer when the cross-examiners began | to entrench upon her own private affairs, | and Mr. Delmas, distinctly stating that he was counsel not for Mrs. Haskins, but for the persons making this inquiry, adavised | her not to answer them. She was on the stand all day, from 10 o’clock in the morning until 5 in the even- | ing, and when 1t was proposed to adjourn over for the day, the attorneys showing signs of weariness, she created a laugh by | declaring that she felt quite well and wou!d prefer to go on and get through. Oaly a sprinkling of the big array of law- yers interested in the Fair litigation was present. There was Mr. Deimas and Judge de Haven and Lansing Mizner, and for a little while Samuel M. Shortridge—all for the pencil will For the opvosition there were Garret McEnerney, R. B. Mitchell and Charles J. Heggerty Beside Mrs. Haskins, an_interested lis- | tener all day, sat Mrs. Craven's pretty daughter, Margaret. Notary Milton 8. Latham administered | the osth to Mrs. Haskins, and the deposi- tion was taken down by Court Stenog- rapher George F. Smith as, in response to gues(ions by Mr. Delmas, she told it'off. | She was asked as to ali the circumstances of that 24th of September. She said she was not feeling well that day and went out to call upon Mrs. Craven, oing fiist to the school, learning that Mrs. Craven was not well and not at school. From there she went to her dress- maker's, on California street, to pay a bill, and from there to Mrs. Craven’s house, at | 2007 California street, She was ushered into Mrs. Craven's room, where she found James G. Fair seated at a table and en- gaged in writing. She descrived the fur- niture in the room which Mrs. Craven | called *‘the studio”—a large table, an easy chair, a lounge and a sofa. | W here was Senator Fair seated ?" asked | Delmas. | the table, writing.” H What was said when you entered, if anything?”’ “I did not wish to intrude and begged to be excused, but Senator Fair asked me to | come in and be seated. Mrs. Craven came forward and spoke to me. I wentinand | took a seat back of Senator Fair.” “Had you often seen Senator Fair at Mrs. Craven’s ?"” I had not visited her often.” “Did you know Senator Fair person- ally?” “Iknew him some thirty-two years before I knew Mrs. Craven. My husband gave me an introduction to him on Montgomery street.” “Conid you see what Fair was writing with ?” *He was writing with a lead pencil on a pad he had. He wrote for some time. 1 left the room several times while he was so engaged.” “Did you hear any conversation between Mrs. Craven and Senator Fair?"’ ““He asked her how to spell either the word ‘asylum’ or ‘orpban,” I do not re- member which it was. She told him to remember the teacher’s cause or clause, I am not sure which was the word.” “Did you hear any other remarks while you were there?’ “I asked to be excused and Seaator Fair askéd me to remamn. He said it was warmer there and better for me.”’ “When Senator Fair completed the writing what did hedo?” “‘He read it aloud and then handed it to Mrs. Craven and asked her how she liked it. She said it was O K. That was the word she used, I think.”’ “What kind of paper was it he wrote upon ?” “4 pad.” - “Did you know what kind of instrument it was Senator Fair was writing?” *‘I suspected from her asking him to re- member the teachers’ clause.” “You suspected that it was a will, then?" ‘Yeb” “You knew it was a will when you heard | it read aloud ?” “Certainly.” ‘“‘What else was said ?"” “Mrs. Craven said, ‘This is not xz‘;u. being written in pencil.’ He said, ‘Very well then, I will write it in ink.'" *Did he do so?” “Yes.” “Did you remain in the room ?" “No; I went away before he had com- pleted the copy.” “Did you make any remark during the writing?"’ “Yes, I ventured to remark, ‘Senator Fair, you have not remembered Mrs. Craven in your will." " ‘“‘He answered, ‘I have remembered or | provided for her in some other way,’ I can't recall whether he said ‘remem- bered’ or ‘provided’. He rose upand took from his pocket and handed to her two pa- pers, saying, ‘Here are your deeds for the roperty on Mission and Sansome streets.’ 'he papers were folded as deeds usually are, “How far had Senator Fair progressed in copying the document in ink when you Jéft the room ?"* “1did not notice. I did not leave the house. I went into an adjoining room, I ,material Senator i Mrs. Elizabeth Haskins Making Her Deposition in the Matter of the Fair Will Before Notary Latham in John E. Richards’ Office Yesterday Afternoon. remained at the house until 8 o’clock that evening.” “Could you say how far he had pro- gressed in the writing of the will when you entered the room?” “I conld not.” “I will ask you, madam, if you have ever seen the pencil will that is offered for probate in court dated September 24, 1894, and which is offered as the last will and testament of Senator Fair?” *Yes, sir.”’ “Have you ever seen it since it was offered for probate?” “No, sir.”” *‘That is the will that you saw Senator Fair write?"” ““Yes, sir.” A photograph of the will was shown the witness and she identified it as a correct copy of the document she had seen Sen- ator Fair write, Photographed copies of the deeds were shown and the notary properly marked them as being offered as exhibits. As it was deemed necessary that the original pencil will be identifiea, and the will beingat the County Clerk’s office, the whole party, lawyers and witness, were compelled to go there for the purpose. Ar- rived there the will was secured and pre- sented to Mrs. Haskins. She read it through carefully and then declared it to be the penci! will which she had seen Sen- ator Fair write in Mrs. Craven's house on the 24fh of September, 1894. The docu- ment was then compared with the photo- raph and Mrs. Haskins pronounced the atter a correct copy. This ended the direct examination by Mr. Deimas. Mr. Mitchell asked ths witness a few questions. In answer she said she had read the will at the time it was drawn, but after Senator Fair'sdeparture from | the house she asked the privilege from Mrs. Craven, who granted it. “How do you identify the document | now 2" “By 1ts contents and its writing, aud by the fact that a small slip of paper was torn from the corner of it. I remember searching the house for it and finding it long afterward. You remember, Mr. Heg- gerty; you were there at the time.” Mr. Heggerty smiled, but said nothing. An adjournment was taken until 2 p. . At that hour the little company re: sembled in Mr. Richards’ office and Mr. Mitchell began the cross-examination. which continued until 5 o’clock. It began | with the birth of the witness at Provi- dence, R. L, followed her life to her mar- riage with James H. Haskins and subse- quent acquaintance ten or eleven years ago with Mrs. Craven, which latter came about by Mr.and Mrs. Craven taking s room at her house for a few weeks. That was in 1874. They came and brought | Baby Margaret along, then six weeks oid. | The acquaintance then began continued to the present. Mrs. Craven never cared to live in the | witness’ house until after the pencil will was drawn; they had mever in all the time entered into confidential relations; they did not make confidences to each | other. She thien went ali over the proceedings of the 24th of September, 1894, Mrs. Haskins had seen Mr. Fair a num- ber of times with Mrs. Craven at the Cali- fornia Hotel, where the latter Lived then, and at the Occidental Hotel. She was with Mrs. Craven once on Montgomery street, when she saw Fair on the opposite corner. He beckoned to Mrs. Craven to cross over, but she waved her hand to him and went on. She thought this was after her own husband’s death and the date of the pencil will, but was not sure. After- ward ahe thought it was in December. Mitchell asked her with regard to this meeting 1if she did not say to Mrs. Craven, “Didn’t I tell you he was fooling you?" Witness answered ““No.” Mitchell asked witness what Mr. Fair ‘was accustomed to call Mrs. Craven. Mrs. Haskins said she never heard him call her anytaning but Nettie. “Did he never call her ‘Mrs. Fair’in your presence ?”’ *No, sir.” “Not by any endearing term, such as ‘my dear wife?’ “No, sir.” The story of the writing of the will was gone over in detail again, witness stating that after completing the document in pencil and Mrs. Craven's suggesting that it was not legal, he had called for a glass of whisky, which Mrs. Craven furnished him, and he began to copy the document in ink, placing the pencil will before him on the table, held up by a book. Senator Fair, the witness stated, left the house at 4 o'clock, the will being thrown carelessly on the table. She asked Mrs. Craven if she micht not read it. Mrs. Craven said, “Yes, certainly,” and she thereupon read the document. through. “Did you know at that time that Mr, Fairand Mrs. Craven sustained the rela- tionship of husband and wife to each other?” *No, sir, I did not. She never men- tioned it to me. I never knew of it until I heard of it in court. Isaw some mention of the matter in the ne“?lpen and spoke to Mrs. Craven about it, but she only laughed it off.” Mitchell then asked the witness to state all the times that Mrs. Craven had met Mr. Fair in her (Mrs. Haskins’) presence. She named over the occasions at the ::1;1“0:1:{:i Houl,lthe Oufldent::‘ Hotel, e meeting on Montgomery street and once when Mr. nufl:: and rself took dinner with Mrs. Craven and Mr. Fair at Mrs. Craven’s Sutter-street home. 'Did Mr. Fair upon “i sions show any signs of al Crayen?” *Yes, sir; he seemed very fond of her.” “Did you at any time see him kiss her?” The witness hesitated and seemed re- luctant to answer. “Go on,” said Mr. Mitchell; *‘do not be afraid.” “‘Yes, sir,”” said the witness; “I saw him ss her.”” Mr. Mitchell himseli blushed and Euerney, smiling, dropped his head :‘a: be to d: Mg; hlm.n' Ppictures on a piece of paper of these occa- ection for Mrs, “Pleasa tell us about it—when and where?"’ ‘‘1t was at the Sutter-street house on the occasion of our supper together. We were there when Mr, Fair called. Mrs. Craven went to meet him, and he kissed her affectionately.” “Did this cause any comment ?" “Yes; I spoke about it to Mrs. Craven myself. Shesaid that Mr. Fair was an old friend of hers and had done much for ‘her in her school work.” “Well, how long a period of time did the kissing cover?” “It was just as he met her at_the door.” “During all these years Mrs. Craven never hinted to you her relationship to Mr. Fair?” “No, sir; I don’t think she ever made a confidante of me, nor I of her.”’ “Mrs. Craven was at your house when Mr. Fair died ?” “Yes, sir.” “Did you inform her of the death?”’ “No, sir; she was very sick, and we could not talk to her.” “On the day of the funeral, how was she?”’ “She was very sick, and had been for over two weeks. I would have gone to the funeral myself but for that fact. We did Inm talk over the matter of the death atall.” “Who took the meals up to Mrs. Craven during her iliness?” “1 can’t say that she had any. too ill, and had no appetite.’” “Did you at any time ask her what had become of the pencil will?"” *No, sir; I never discussed the matter with her.” *Mrs. Craven left for the East to brir this will out here in February, 1895, dig she not?"” “I do not remember the aats.” :‘F)he told you she was going for the witl 2" | *‘No, sir; but I anderstood so from the conversation that I heard.” The witness stated that she bought the ticket for Mrs. Craven. She knew that she was to travel under the name of Cam- eron. The name had been suggested by Reuben Lioyd. Upon the return of Mrs. Craven the lawyers had gathered at her house to interview her. Mrs. Haskins re- lated how she had recovered the slip of paper torn cut of the will to the great joy of Reuben Lioyd and a half dozen of the other lawyers. Mr. Mitchell asked the witness if she ever carried & pistol and had ever at- cempted to shoot Mrs. Craven. To both of these questions the witness returned a negative reply. She declared that Mrs, Craven and herself falling out in any way. “Now,"” said Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Fair wrote this pencil will, did you hear him make any reference to the will which _he had made only a few days | before?'’ ‘*Yes, sir, I believe there was some reference to it. He said he was ‘going to fool them,’ or something like that.” *‘Did he make any reference to the law- yers?” "Yeg, he said he was going to fool Bhe was em. ;~Bid he make any erasions in the pencil wiil?"” “I don’t know."” “Was there any mention of the names of the executors?” “I believe that something was said about the doctor being a good man.” The witness was questioned with regard to a siit of land which was said he in- tended to make to Margare: Craven. Mr. Deimas objected on the ground that this was the witness’ private business, but afterward the witness was allowed to ex- lain. She said that she was expecting a arze inheritance in England, upon re- ceipt of which she had intended purchas- ing some Market-street property to the value of $100,000, which she intended to give to Margaret Craven. Nothing had come of it, however. This was offered as showing the interest that Mrs. Haskins felt in the parties to the proceeding. Several questions were asked along these | lines that Mr. Delmas objected to. The notary was called upon to put the ques- vions and certify them to the court. The matter was then adjourned until this morning at 10 o’clock. Miss Margaret Craven sat beside the wit- ness during the entire day, the latter fre- quently referring to her in the matter of names and dates. The young lady was in a cheerful mood, and reported that her mother was somewhat better, being able to be out of bed. A Peculiar Will. The will of Caroline Tabor, who left an es- tate valued at $7500, has been filed for pro- bate. Jesse T. Tete is named as executor. There is a peculiar clause in the will. After &qnuth ng $100 to Bertha Johnson, the TAtor SRys: “The residue of my property I leave to my daughter, Caroline Emmons, but whom I be- lieve to be married and whose name I do not know. The last time I heard from her she re- sided in Boston, Mass. Suit for Damag Margaret Henderson has sued Ferris & Davidson, contractors, for $15,000 damages for injuries sustained by reason of being i Gy e e e erations o] Rivoll avente ih Febroary, 1805, 5 Registration Rushing. Yesterday's registration at the City Hall amounted to 2798, making & total up to date of 21,352 In the evening 750 registered, breaking all vious records for eve registration. i . Sheriff Dry-Goods Sale. This day thy following goods will be placed onsale at Jas. M. Moran & Co.'s, 1009-1015 Market street, near Sixth, between Sixth ana Seventh at less than half the ?MM on inventory. $2 gray, white and red amb’s wool underwear ai 8;533; initisl handkerchiefs, 10¢; bose, 50c; 25c gents’ neckwear, 10c; and l:::ym;mi”oum [UmErous 1o men- bad never had a| | | SPECIAL TEACHERS BADLY SCARED, Fear They May Lose Their Lucrative Posi- tions. SCEOOL FUNDS ARE LOW Consequently Directors Have De- cided to Econo- mize. THE AX MAY FALL VERY SOON Supzrintendent Babcock Advises the Opening of Threce New Even. ing Schools. There are some thirty special teachers altogether on the payroll of the San Fran- cisco School Department. They are now enjoying their vacation and may be alarmed to learn that, at the opening of the term next month, their number may be considerably reduced. Who of the thirty, if any, will be dropped from the roll is as yet undecided, and there is a widespread feeling of anxiety. . “It is this way,” said Director C. A. Murdock. *“If the Board of Supervisors does not allow us §1,200,000 for the ex- penses of our department for the ensuing vear we shall be short and compelled to economize in some direction. 1t was thought better, in this state of affairs, to do away with some of the special teachers than to meddie with the salaries of the regular teachers, which are sufficiently low now.” The salaries of the special teachers amount to about $2500 a month. Ten are employed in the Polytechnic High School in teaching drawing, penmanship, type- writing, stenography, etc. Following is a list of their names with the salaries they receive: Mrs. E. P. Bradley, $140; Miss M. G. Salcida, §100; Miss K, C. FAZY, $80; Miss M. L. Rich- ards, §75: Miss M. Z._Conway, $75; Miss H. Rademaker, $75; 8. A. Espins, $75; Miss Gar- &-fir’xm.ws; &5 Dukee, 65, and Miss White, At the Girls' High School, Franz M. Goldstein, the teacher of drawing, gets $140 a month; Mrs. Howard, the French tutor, $100; Mrs, Ellis, the teacher of eio- cution, $35, and Mrs. Meytinck, the musie- teacher, $35, Mrs. Graef, who teaches sew- ing at the Columbia Grammar School, draws $60 a month, and the sewing teacher at the Franklin Grammar $75. In the Lincoin Evening School, the three drawing teachers, Messrs. Ransome, Herola and Christie, each receive $50 a meonth, and A. Jordan, the teacher of physies, $50. The special teachers in the general de- partment are Miss K. M. Bal, $150 a month, Robert Barth $125, L. A. Jordan $100, Mrs. H. B. Steele $100, Miss Kate E, Whitaker §100, R. E. Eidridee $100, Miss Paxton $60 and Miss Toomy $60. Miss Ball 1s teacher of dnwini,i.l(ms hitaker cooking, and Mrs. Steele historical lessons on the stereopticon. “The minimum age at which a student may enter the evening schools,” sawd Su- rerinundnm Babcock, “has_ been raised Tom ten years to twelve. I have also recommended the establishment, at the opening ot the term, of three new evening schools. One of these should be located at the Mission Grammar School, one the Franklin Grammar and one at the Richmond School. “‘Our income from the rents of school roperty is, so the secretary tells us, $49,- 7 a year. “In the rule, recently adopted concern- ingthe election of teachers, persons who have had two years’ successiul uYedanu in teaching, or as Normal School gradu- ates, are eligible to appointments in the department. “The only other new provision in the rule is that relative to substitutes, which says: When the day substitute class falls below twenty-four in number each Director shall be entitled to nominate two candidates, all nomi- nations to be made in open board. Said nomi- nees shall present themselves to the City Board o ination, who shall report to the Board of Education at a re, meeting, as to the ex ce, scholarship and general fit- ness of the nominees, recommending the twelve who in their j ut are best fitted for the vacancies, W twelve shall be desmed eligible for election by the board. When the evening substitute class. six in number b the boasds generally with these protections ng to them unnecessary. HE WAS CAUGHT BY THE FENDER John Figone Horribly Man- gled by a Kearny-Street Car. WAS RUNNING FAST. Samuel Cash Explains Why the Car Was Not Con- trolled. CRANFORD LOST HIS HEAD. An Excited Motorman Reverses the Car and Drags the B'eeding Vic- tim Several Feet. A Kearny-street electric-car, No, 1103, struck Johnnie Figone, a 14-year-old boy, who resided with his parents at 3 Bartol street, yesterday, about 11:30 o’clock, and in fifteen minutes the little laa breathed bis last at the Receiving Hospital. The accident happened in the crowded portion of the City, just north of Califor- nia street, and hundreds of people watched the boy’s death agony as the merciless fender held its vigtim in a cruel grasp while the iron wheels ground the life out of the young body. Few there were who noticed the accident in its incipiency, for the circumstance which led to the catas- trophe was so commonplace that it at- tracted no attention. The boy, who was working for J. Jack- son, a tailor at 509 Kearny street, had been sent on an errand. On his return an express wagon driven by a colorea man, William E. Davis, passed him going in Figone’s direction, and Johnnie, true to the small boy’s instinct, clambered over the end gate and proceeded to enjoy a sur- reptitious ride. Reaching the vicinity of his employer’s shop, he jumped carelessly to the ground and directly in frontofa south-bound car. The car struck him and he fell. The guard, which is placed just high enough from the ground to allow a human body to barely pass beneath it, alsostruck nim, and as he rolled beneath it he uttered a heart-rending scream. The motorman threw his weight upon the lever, but the car was going too fast to respond readily, and the wheels passed over Figone’s body. Motorman 1. W. Cranford reversed the motor and allowed the car todrag the boy’s body back as far as it had beendragged forward. Bystanders rushed to the lad's as- sistance. He was so firmly wedged beneath the fender that the car had to be lifted before he could be re- moved. Then it was too late. His left and speech and consciousness had left him. Officers Magee and Butterworth conveyed the injured youth to the Receiv- ing Hospital, but it was a useless journey. Fivde minutes after their arrival the boy died. Samuel Cash, the proprietor of a shoot- ing gallery at 503 Kearny street, saw the l:cisem from the time the boy was struck. was_standing 1n_my door,”” he said, “when I heard a shriek. I looked up and was horrified to see a boy passing under- neath the guard of one of ihe cars. The boy screamed as the guard struck bim, and then he revolved two or three times until I heard another shriek, and then I knew the wheeis had reached him. The motorman was doirg his best to stop the car, and I am satisfied if he had not been going so fast he could. have stopped it all right. I noticed the car was going very t. as “‘Soon after the second shriek the car stopped ana then the motorman reversed the car. I can’timagine what he did that for. He must have been excited, for he dragged the boy nearly twelve feet. By this time a crowd had collected, and they managed by lifting the car to get the poor bolvflextricnted." @ Louis Isaacs, who works in a shoestore at 510 Kearny street, was one of the first to go to the boy’s assistance. “I heard a scream,’’ he said, “and looking out of the door, saw a neath one of the cars. He bad just passed under the guard when Isaw him and in another moment he was beneath the wheels. The motorman stopped the car and then for some reason reversed it. The boy was caught under the car and dragged several feet. I rushed out to his assistance and, reaching under, found that the board in front of the wheels had imgflsoned one of his feet. I callea upon the crowd to lift the car, and by doing so we managed to get the boy loose.” Officer J. 8. Adams arrested the motor- man, Cranford, immediately after the oc- currence and took him before Judge Jo- achimsen on a charge of manslaughter. Cranford explained the accident by say- ing the boy jumped immediately in front of the car and he haa no opportunity to apply the brakes. He was allowed to go on his own recognizance. Stabbed in the Side. Andrew Desmond of 265 Carolina street was in s saioon on Green and Dupont streets last night when a stranger, who was drunk, asked him to treat. Desmond refused and the stranger advanced toward him. Desmond thigh was crushed in a frightful manner | ushed him back and the stranger stabbed im in the left side with & pocketknife. Des- mond made his way to the Receiving Hospital and the wound, which was only a slight one, was dressed. ——————— A DISSOLUTE FATHER. John Giblin, Who Beat His Children and Sold Their School-Books for Whisky, Gets Six Months. John Giblin, a laborer, living at 428 Lin- den avenue, was sent to the County Jail for six months by Judge Conlan yesterday on the charge of cruelty to children. The evidence showed that Giblin spent all his earmings in drink, and last week to satisfy his craving for liquor he sold his children’s school-books. hen his wife pleaded with bim not to seil the books he struck her with his fist. When drunk he was in the habit of beating his children, and finally Mrs, Giblin complained to the Society for the Prevention ot Cruelty to Children. Judge Conlan, in passing sentence, said he regretted that he could not make it six years instead of six months. ———————— JAKE RAUER ARRESTED. He Is Charged With Misdemeanor Em- bezzlement, J. J. Reuer, the collector, was arrested yesterday afternoon on a warrant charging him with misdemeanor embezzlement. The complaining witnessis Antone Haber, formerly employed as & waiter in Louis Meyer’s restaurant on Ellis street. After the restaurant was attached Rauer col- lected $70 from the Sheriff for Huber and another waiter named Selhorn and is ac- cused of retaining a portion of it. Rauer was released on his own recognizance by Judge Campbell. CLIPPER LIE FALURE Sutton & Co., the Pioneers of the Horn Route, Made an Assignment, Their Retirement Believed to Be Fore- shadowed by the Announcement of a New Line. From New York comes the news of the assignment of Sutton & Co., the firm which from the early days of the settle- ment of California have maintained a line | of clippers between this port and New York. The present agents of the firm in this City are Sutton & Beebee. It was rumored some short time ago that the firm intended to retire from this trade, but among old shipping men the report was met with little credit. It is probable that it originated from some one having knowledge of the firm’s embarrassed con- dition. The assignment was made to Charles H. Luddington Sr., New York,iwithout prefer- ence. About ten daysago THE CALL announced the contemplated establishment of another clipper line around the Horn, whose ves- sels were to ply between San Francisco and New York. This line is to be inaugu- rated by Flint & Co. of New York, promi- nent and wealthy commission merchants and ship-owners. At the time this news ‘was made public it was a mystery to ship- ping men and merchants here why a new line shouid be started at a time when business was at its minimum and rates were the lowest they have ever been. To many the announcement of the fail- ure of Sutton & Co., coming immediateiy on the announcement of the proposed es- tablishment of a new clipper line, signifies the permanent retirement of the pioneer line. ‘The active movers in the line of Flint & Co. are said to be Simpson & Haldot, who have already inaugurated a line from Philadelphia. They will remove their headquarters to New York, and have been promised, so it is understood, the unlim- 1ted support of Flint & Co. A TAMOUS WOMAN POISONER. Something About Tofano, Referred To at the Fleming Trial. In the course of the cross-examingtion of an expert at the Fleming trial a few days ago, Assistant District Attorney Mclntyre referred to the case of a famous woman poisoner of the seventeenth cen- tury, who was convicted and confessed to have poisoned over 600 persons. The woman referred to was Signora Tofano. She was one of the most famous of a band of Italian poisoners which gained prominence in the last of the six- teentn and first of the seventeenth cen- turies. She used in her assassinationsa ison concocted by herself which is now nown as ‘‘Aqua Tofano.” It was made by killing a hog, disjoint. ing the same, salting it with arsenic and cofiecting the juice which dropped from the meat. This juice was said to be far more poisonous than the pure arsenic. 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