The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 16, 1897, Page 6

6 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1897. WHY DIMOND hAS SUED MISS BLAIR Mystery of the Lawyer and the Lady Has Been Cleared Up. SENSATIONAL CHARGES INVOLVED. All the Trouble Arose From One of the Amours of General Barillas EACH SIDE SUBMITS ITS OWN STORY. One of the Most Remarkable Scandals That Has B:en Expos:d for Many Years. Out of the mystery that has enveloped the suit of Henry P. Dimond, an attorney, egainst’ Miss Lillian Blair, formerly a cashier for M. A. Gunst, have come de- velopments that pile sensational charges on similar counter charges, together with | ascandal that will cause the tongues of | gossips to wag in unctuous tones for even more than the traditional nine days. The beginning of the story dates from the time of the visit of ex-President Manuel L. Barillas of Guatemala to this City during the summer of 1596. At this time Miss Blair was employed as cashier in the cigar-store of M. A. Gunst & Co., at | the corner of Ellis and Powell. She was then and is now a young lady of more than ordinary attractions, and it was mot long after his arrival that the “General,” as Barillascame to be popularly known, showed that he had been smitten with the pretty cashier's charms. His attentions were apparently well received and soon, as all statements agree, he was on most intimate terms with | his inamorata, Javishing upon her dainty | and costly presents and even going so far 28 to open ihe strings of his purse to her, | almost without restraint. But at this point the story is told in widely divergent versions, and this differ- ence1s what led to the suit now pending, under the title of Dimond against Blair, for $10,000 for professional services. Dimond’s version, briefly told, is that Miss Blair, on the recommendation of mutual friends, employed him to institute a suit for breach of promise and betrayal on her behalf against General Barillas. He claims that she told him that she believed Barillas to be unmarried and that she was betrayed under promise of marriage. He further states that when he was about to file the complaint in the case his client, her mother and her through the influence of Louws Hirsch, the attorney-in-fact of Barillas, and of Milton 8. Eisner, the general’sattorney-at- law, were induced to make false affidavits | confessing that they knew Barillas to be a married man, and that Lillian had be- | come intimate with the Guatemslan ex- President without promise of marriage being held out to her as an inducement. These affidavits farther charged that Dimond and the two mutual friends, L. T. | Cranz and Dr. E. L. Perrault, who had in- troduced Miss Blair to Dimond, were en- gaged in a conspiracy to extort money | from the gay Guatemalan. The other side of the story it simply that the affidavits referred 1o are a rela- tion of the actual facts in the matier, Dimond further states the pending suit was brought for the purpose of vindicat- ing himself. This is the sensational:history of the case up to the present time told by Di- mond yesterday: 1 have been admitted to the ber of this State for about fourteen years, and have practiced my profession in San Jose and in this Civ During the month of December, 1896, my friends, Dr. J_and E. L. Perrault of tais Cit expressed & desire to introduce me to s young iady against a wealthy resident of Guatemala. I agreed 1o examine the case, and if upon ma- ture investigation it appeered to have merit I would underiake the prosecation of the action. I was introduced to the voung iady, who | wurned out to be Lillian G. Blair, the defend- ant in the present action. Miss Biair made to me & long statement of her case, which I took down in writing in her preserce and which she assented to when subsequently read over | to her. This statement in_effect sei forth that Gen- | eral M. L. Barill public of Gu ,an_ex-President of ihe re- mais, hed sought her acquaint- ance while s €x d as cashier at the re of M. A. Gunst, under the Baldwin ud had followed up the introduction by a requ visit her at the house of her ) FPage street, in this City. She inlormed me tions of General Bar eral weeks, during whi s continued for sev- irequent ' presents—flowers and candy— appropriate. 10 & courtship between a lady and gentleman. ‘These visits were made with the full spproval and permission of he: wmother, Mrs ing a part of the ate Bla e absen: r father be- rom the city. These attentions finally culminated, accord- | ing to Miss Blair's eccount , in risge, which when communic 2 offer of,mar- ed by Blair and General Barillas to Mrs. Blair, through his interpreter, Mr. Ribas, met with the approvel and ¥ 01 the mother. This courtship, aiter the gagemen: by M: 5 atientions and presents of 1 General Barillas to Miss Blair, diamond rings and a , formerly the property of General Barillss' daughter, con. iajuing & picture of ihe general, a watch and and unlimited credit at the White al of the en- ge value from ncluding four ting & young lady enguged L0 bs merried toso exalted a personage. The courtship was carried on in a singular manner through en interpreter, one Armando Ribas, at_present acting as a runuer for the Occidental Hotel and formerly employed in the same capacity at the Palace, Mr. Ribas acted as the interpreter of General Barillas in his courtship and his amanuens many of the impassioned missive indited to his lady-love. When I was first employed in the casea voluminous correspondence, consisting of tween forty audsixty letters and telegrams,was exhibited to me and entrusted to my care. Of this correspondence all that professionel obli- gation permits me to divuige is the fact that they establish beyond ail doubt either an ho; orable propositi tempts 1o deliberately betray an innocent and cootiding girl. 0 which he I likewise made fndependent investigations | into the character of my client, and discoy- cred thatas faras I know it was beyond re- proach. 1 proceeded to draw up & complaint for Dbreach of promise of marringe against General Barillas, and awaited his return from Europe, | whither he hadgone fora brief visit. Suffice it to say he did not return, and the guestion of proper procedure in the case was the sub- jec of muny and lengthy conversations be. tween my client, her motner, her sister and myself and my associate counsel. Upon discovery of the iact that General Bar- 1llas did not intend :o return 1o this City, but ned sailed from New York direct to Guatemals, 1was brought, through Mr. Henry Ach, one of the counsel for the plaintiff in the case, into Telation with Louis Hirsch, s person assertin, himselt to be the attormey in fact of Genera Barilins, ana of Mme. Barillus, his wife. Mr. Hirsch expressed the greatest possible anxiety to airive at an amicable adjustment of this matter and requested me to withhold ter, | who had a meritorious cause of action | that the visits and atten- | h time he made her | Miss | various | e and City of Paris fora wardrobe befit- | in writing | of marrisge or insidious at- | the filing of the complaint until he bad ex- hausted all his etforts 10 effect a settlement. At that time, at the request of Mr. Hirsch, all of the documentary evidence in my posses: sion, boih lettersgand telegrams, was submit- { ted for his inspection and pronounced by him 10 be in the genuine handwriting of General Barillas, or signed by him. Mr. Hirsch re- | quested sufti time {o communicate with Bis principal in_Guatemala, which 1granted. | " Fiaally upon the 27th day of April, 1897, I was invited to meet Mr. Hirsch at the office of Messrs. Rothehild & Aeb, two of my ssso- ciate counsel in this Clty. Upon receiptof the | invitation I immediately went to the office in company with Mr. Thornton. Upon my ar- &[T found Mr. Hirsch and Milton 8. Eisner. | Mr. Eisner requested through Mr. Thornion | that Isnould temporarily withdraw from the room. Confiding in the loyalty and devotion to my | interests of Mr. Thornion and Mr. Ach I did withdraw to an adjoining room. After the lapse of three-quarters of un hour Mr. Thorn- ‘on inyited me into the room with Messrs. Hirsch and Eisner and_six type-written docu- ments, purporting to be afiidavits and state- ments under oath of Mrs. Kate Blair, mother; Mrs. Mamie Phillips, e sister, and_Lillian G. Blair, were tendered to me by Mr. Eisner. These affidavits in substance proceeded to detail & conspiracy between Dr. E. L. Perrault and Dr. L. T. Cranz and myeelf, by and through which we intended to extort money irom General M. L. Barilas by means of & false and unjust charge of breach of promise | of marriage’ and betrayal of Miss Liilian G. Blair. In those effidavits it was alleged that no promise of marrisge had ever been made by General Barillas to Mi<s Biair and that the alleged betrayal which had taken place was & betrayal with the full consent of Miss Blair | and with the procurement, approval and con- nivance of her mother and sisters. The affidayit then proceeded to state that T knew these facts, and notwithstanding my al- teged knowledge of the facts as stated in the | affidavits T had incited and coerced and pro- | cured Miss Blair to persist in and bring an | actrion for breach of promise of marriage and Detrayal against General Barillas. I was inexpressediy shocked by the sffide- | vits. 1 haa never realized in my life such & | depth of human beseness snd depravity as the act of a motner and sister in swearing that | they had procured and consented to the be- | traval of their daughter and sister. Mr. Ach and Mr. Thornton in my presence voiced their unspeakable contempt for the | allegations of the affidavits so far as they re- flected upon me, and they approved of my course under the circumstances. Messrs. | Hirsch and Eisncr then withdrew. 1 was not offered a copy of the afidavits, and upon their de d, made at my request, Mr. Ach and Mr. Thornion were refused a copy of those documen At the same time a release | of all causes of action from Miss Blair to Gen- ral Barillas was exhibited to me, which, of | | course, made the maintenance of any action | by Miss Blair against Gereral Barillas utterly | impossible. | Mr. Eisner, before the interview had closed, | served upon'me a written demand from Miss | Blair for the letters and telegrams and other | documentary evidenee which she had placed in my charge. To this demand, under the ad- vice of Mr. Ach and Mr.Thornton,I made a prompt and indignant refusal, as the posses- sion of those letters constituted my only de- | fense against a charge of extortion and bia¢ mail, aitempted to be sustained by the most | gross and infamous perjury. At the same time Mr. Eisner banded me a | demand signed by Miss Blair for the return of | certain jewelry, consisting of four rings and a | locket, which~ the had placed in my hands | witn written authority to piedge the same for Prosident of the republic of Guatemala and commonly called “General” Manuel L. Barril- las, for a breach of promise of marriage and seduction of her, the said defendent, by the safa Mauuel L. Barillas. For the examination of a lengthy correspondence, both by letter and ielegram, by and between (he said Lillian G. Blair, defendant. and the said Manuel L. Barillas, and consultations with associate counsel, Messrs, Rothehild & Ach and Messrs. Thornton & Merzbach. Of the investigation with them of the law and the facts and search for evidence in sup- port of the said cause of action for breach of promise of marcing All of the said services were performed for one purpose and with s single intent, to wit, the commencement, prosecution and mainte- nance of an action’ for breach of promise of marriage by the said_Lillian G. Blsir against the said Manuel L. Barillas, and the same were reasonably worth the sum of ten thous sand dollars (§10,000). Yours, HENRY P. DIMOND, Plaintiff. THORNTOX & MEUZBAGH, Aliorueys for Piaiat- Henry Dimond’s aflidavit 1n_support of the bill of particulars reads as follows: Henry P. Dimond being duly swarn deposes and says: That he is the plaintiff in tne above- plaintiff herein to inspect and. take acovy of said afiidavits and declarations. And further affiant saith not. HENRY P. DIMOND. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of May, 1897. N. E. W. SyirH, Notary Public, 1n and for the City and County of San Fran- cisco, State ot California. In support of the bill of pariiculars L. T. Cranz, a dentist of 1411 St. Charles street. Alameda, and havinz bis place of business at the corner of Sutter and Stock- ton streets, in this Ciiy, makes affidavit that be was personally 'acquainted with Lillian G. Blair,her mother and sisters,and was their confidant in_regard to certain relations between Miss Blair and General Manuel L. Barillas. Cranz says the young lady informed him that she was engaced to the general, and she was agi- | tated to learn from him for the first time that the ex-Fresident was a married man, | He subsequently introduced her to Dr. | Perrauit and ~ Attorney Dimond. He | heard of the “quit-claim™ affidavits of the Blairs aileging conspiracy, and tue attor- neys for Barillay’ side subsequenily, he = \ MISS LILLIAN BLAIR. entitied action; that he is an attorney-atlaw | | the sum of $200 for her immediate necessitics. | I promised ‘o return these articles upon the dingly did. Upon this | nex day, which I a | 4 | occasion’ Louss Hirsch, formerly mentioned, my in preseuce, took 'from his pocket_the | ry sum of money and handed it to Mis wio hended it to me. arse these occurrences terminated all | s, professional and otherwise, between Miss Biair and myself. I determined to bring | n for my own vindication. This I| | have accordingly done. In this action a de- | | mand for bill of particulars hus been served upon me, which will be filed on Monday. | Tt is aiso my intention on Monday morning | to file a motion, accompanied by the affidavits | of E. L. Perrault, L. T. Cranz and my- olf under seciion 1000 of the Code of | Civil Procedure, for ieave to inspect and | | take & copy of the afidavits and statements | | ate Blair, Mrs. Maude Phillips and B ir to which I have referred. I have | isted all other means of obtaining ac- | copies of those aflidavits and state- | ments. When ob ther steps i which comm: judgment of m ined I shall take all or sny tur- the direction of legal redress d themselves t0 the reason and counsel. e 0 the .charge that there mever was euy jromise of marriege from General Berillas to Misa Blair and that I was fully in- | formed of the fact, I deem myself justified on ne present occasior, inasmuch as the sffida- mentioned refer to two letters written by | | General Barillas to Miss Blair and to Mrs. | , 1o make them public. Irecognize the professional obligation of | counsel to keep the secreis of client. Ii Miss | Blair and her mother and sister had 1ot made these letiers public by direct reference in their aflidavits they should not have been published by any act of mine until the matter came up for final trial in a court of competent jurisdi tion; but inasmuch as they have been made public I feel no hesitation in giving them the seme publicity. In conclusion I invite Louls Hirsch and Mil- | ton S Eisner to make those affidavits public in the most formal manner, either by publication | in the deily press or by fling the same in the record of this action. 1shull then establish | the responsibility of the real libelers in this matter and determine the course which I shall adopt with reference 1o them. Fioally I have butto say that T disbelfeve the facts as stated in the afidavits of these women, Taese statements under oath were made under the pressure of the most direful nd pincning poverty, while ostensibly de- sared to be made without the bromise or hope of consideration, Irealize thatin their long livesof poverty there has been but a short glimpse of wealth and luxury and that they have been tempted and dazzled by the same like the moth by the briiliancy of the flame of the candle. I be- lieve that they have been tempted by prom- ises of wenlth and luxury and that they will discover their mistake 100 late. In res, Barlllas Was “Emotioned.” These are the letters verbatim referred | to by Dimond in his statement, neither bearing date, the first having been written to Lillian Blairand the other to her mother | on the same day—some time in July, 1896: My Own Liti: WhatshallIsay? What can Iexpress in this moment of happiness that I | possess thee and at the same timo satisfied | time to have left the impulse of your heart to be all in accord with your motherand you as | a good daughter obeyed and liked. Weare fortunate and 1 am so emotioned | and satisfied that all day I was contemplating | our lucky star of conauct of your beloved mogther, (hat we had notning contradictory or dcceptive from her side. You remember the moment when she united and blessed us, Re- member it nlways because I will never forget it 10 my life. Let us be good and kind ‘0 mamma and re- | spect both our names. 1 haveso many things | to tell thee but I willall prove you with lovely facts my gratitude and consideration. To-day T have been to Oakiand to visit a friend and return to write you theso lines. How are you, what are your expressions. Take care good night 1 love thee. MANUEL. He Takes With “Proud.’ Dear Madam: As 1 had the pleasure to-day to make personslly your acquaintance and my duty to pry my respects as I intended also to'let you know my affections and best wishes toward my -~ biloved Lili _you have been so kind and good to interpret my sentiments that you give me what desircd and made me happy; the kinduess and confidence which you deposited in me makes me thankiul and only wish gratitude 1o repay Which 1 wani (o prove with facts my satisiac- | tion. The solemn moment in which you united us taking us by our hands and from the bottom of your heart you blessed us. | Believe me I shail never forget and makes | me in power that you shall never have cause to forget my couduct. 1 feell so emotioned and satisfied of my good luck and proud to possess such a jewell that my tongue remains speechless in knowiug now io thank you. 1do notdoubt you for a momeut that my Lili will before this solemn act and that sbe will always be good and kind to you as mysel{ 10 you that I take with proud that r respect iy name and thiy is my con- solation. In the meantime before I see you receive my consideration and ren{acu Yours M. L BARILLA Following is the bill of particulars of the demand of plaintiff furnished in re- spouse to the demand of the defendan Lillian G. Blair to Heary P. Dimond, debtor. To services, visits and consultations exten ing from aud including the 26th day of Di cember, 1896, to and including the Ist day of May, 1897, of and concerning a cause of action existing on benali of the defendant against one Manuel JL., Barillas of Guatemals, ex- | on_the 27th of April, 1897, of this court and of the Supreme Court of Cal- | ifornia; that he residesat 405 Ciay streetin | the City and County of San Francisco, and that his office is in the Mil s building in the same City and County. Afiant further states | that the above action is brought to recover | gment for the sum of ten thousand dollars {#10,000), as the reasonable value of certain legal services heretofore done and periormed by the plaintiff for the defendant upon her retainer and at her special instance asd re- quest, which were of the reasonable value of $10,000; that the said sction which the de- jendunt’ employed the plaintiff to bring and prosecute, as her attoruey-at-law, was 1 4 an sction for breach of promise marriage _and seduction against one Manuel L. Barillas, commonly _called “General” Manuel L. Barillas,and ex-Presi- deutof the republic of Guatemaia; toat n pursuance of such retainer, plaintiff witn counsel, Messrs. Thoruton & Merzbach, ver- jormed 'services as stated in the complaint herein and was ready and willing to file the complaint in said action, which had been verified by the defendant and to proceed with the prosecution of enidaction. Nevertheless, the pbove-named defendant did, by & writing under_her hand, release and discharge the said Manuel L Barillas of all causes of action whatever, fu- | cluding the said action for breach of promise of marriage and seduction, and a copy of which was exhibited to this plaintiff, at tte ‘ office of Henry Ach, at the southwest corner of California and Battery streets, in this City; | on the same day and &t the same time and | says, offered to destroy said affidavits if certain damaging letters and telegrams from Barillas to the Blairs, in the hands of Cranz and Perrault, were destroyed. This offer was declined ‘‘upon the ground that like or similar affidavits could be obtainet from the same sources by the same means as oiten as Messrs. Hirsch and Eisner chose to make it worth their while to obtain them and upon the further ground that they constituted our vindica- tion against a charge of b ackmail.” Mr. Cranz’s afiidavit concludes: The said Hirsch likewise said to me that he considered General Barillas morally bound to pay the bill of said women due to me, amount- ing to the sum 6L $503, or thereabouts, which polite intimation was not sccepted by me. I cannot regard this remark upon the part of the said Hirsch as anytning else than an at- tempt to influence me. In conclusion Ihave but to say that the charges, as they are reported 1o me, that I knew that the said Manuel L. Barilias was a married man when he made the alleged proposal of marriage to the de- fendant herein, or when he seduced the defendant herein, or that knowing the fact that she had been seduced with her ewn full- est consent and by the assistance, procure- ment and connivance of her mother and sis- ters is totally and entirely false, and that npon cbtaining postession of copies of such affida- vits and declarations I shall take such lawful means of redress asImay be advised in the EX-PRESIDENT MANUEL L. BARILLAS. place and as the attornes-at-law of the defend- ant, one Milton 8. Eisner, who is & mem- ber of the firm of Reinstein & Eisner, who are ine attorneys of recora of the defendant in this' action, exhibited 10 this plaintiff and Crittenden Thorn- ton, one “of the attorneys of the plain- uffherein and Henry Ach, certain alleged aftidavits and deciarations of the defendants hereln, Lillian G. Blair, Kate Blair ana Mamie Phillips. The said affidavits and_declarations are ma- terial to the cause of action of the plaintiff in this cause ana relate to the wmerits of the actlon herein and they claim to show on be. Dbalf of the defendsnt that no promise of marriage was ever given or made by the said Manuel L. Barillas to the said Lillian G. B and that seduction of the said Lillian G. Bl by thesaid Manuel L. Barilias wi covnivance, spproval and consent of her motber, Ki lair, and of her sisters, Maude Phillips and Emily B! action ever existed in G. Blair against the said Manuel L. Barillas, and that the said Henry P. Dimond weil kuew and was informed of the fact: stated in the aid affiinvits and declarations, but never- theless persisted in his desire to commence and prosecute the said action. Wherefore affiant prays an order of this court directing the said defendant and her attorney, Milton B. Eisner, to permit the r with the aud that no cause of or of the sald Lill1a: premises. L. T. CRANZ. Subscribed and sworn o before me this 15th day of May, 1897. N. E. W. Surrn, Notary Public. Dr. E.'L, Perranlt makes a similar affi- davit in support of ‘the bill of particulars. To biis atfidavit are appended coptes of let- ters from the doctor demanding copies of the alleged “quitciaim’ sffidavits accus- ing bim and others of a blackmailing con- spiracv. The letters are addressed fo Louis Hirsch of Castle Brothers and Mil- ton 8. Eisner of 217 Sansome street. Henry ach, formerly of counsel for Miss Liliian " Blair, made the following state- men 1was waited upon by a friend and client of mine und requested to step into these mazes and assist Mr. Dimond in obtaming for this girl the recompense she was entitled to. This girl had toid this party that she bad been be. trayed under & promise of marviage by General Barillas, I at first refused to hayeanything to do with the case. I was then approached and urgentl requested to lisien to the girl's story, an fiually concluded so to do. She came to me then aione and unannounced. - 1 cross-examined her for one hour. She gave me the full details of the courtsnip of Gen. eral Barillas, the beiraysl under the gmmhs of marriage, the asking for her hand by Gen- eral Bariiias, the b essing of her mother and many details which she advised me were not known by Mr. Dimond, and which up to this time I have not divu!ged (o Mr. Dimond. She sjated to me that ber only fear of Mr. Dimond was that he was anxious to save her reputation and a Iswsuit, and that be might compromise t0o chy ana that she desireu me in the case, believing that if I went in and the case wes tried that whatever I would charge woula brivg her 8 betier retutn and & iarzer ccmpromise. 1 finaily consented to aid [Mr. Dimond and Mr. Thorntou in the case, and from that day 1 ihis, baving had no occasion to, have never seen the lady until the time Mr. Hirsch re- deemed her jewelry. 1 was somewhat familiar with the corre- spondence and in March took several of General Barillas’ pictures and the letters Euglish and signed by him i Mr. Hirsch for the purpose of showing him that General Barttlus hud promised this lady marrisge. told him that it was the desire of the counsel in the case 1o at once institute suit, but that, knowing him personally to be the agent of General burillas and his particular friend, asked him whether he desired to write to Genural Barillas before suit was COm- menced. He said he did, and he desired 40 make allusion fo the lettérs and wanted to know at what termsa compromise could be effected. IHe was Lold, and promised to write 10 General Barillasand advise us at once upon receipt of an answer from him, and upon his prom se and urgent request it was agreed that the complaint of Miss Blair would not be filed until he had received an answer. 1d:d not sea Mr. Hirsch again until he re- quested a private interview with Mr. Thornton ~nd myself. He called atmy office With Mr. Eisner ihe 27th of April and stated that he desired to apprise me of something which would unquestionably surprise me. He told me that Mr. Dimond and Miss Blair bad combined toxether for the purpose of de- ceiving Mr. Thornton and myself,and toid me that Miss Blair had sent for him and told him tbat tne whole thing, as stated by Mr. Dimond, was uuntrue, and that Dr. Perrauit and Mr. Dimond had concocted the whole scheme for the purpose of decelving associate counsel and suing General Barillas. Iat once announced that i did not believe it, whe-eupon they produced copies of affidavits, which they said were made by Miss Biair, her mother aud sister. These affidavits you know about already. T at once announced that, of course, T could | not would mot act for Miss Blair in any | litigation, but that 8o far as thetruth was concerned they were infamous lies; that I knew Mr. Dimond to bte a gentleman of | high standing and good morals, and that 1 had seen enough of the original correspondence written by General Barillas to stamp these letters s falsehoods, and de- clared 1o these gentlemen in the preseuce of Mr. Thornton that some one had purchased irom Miss Biair, her mother and sister the statements and afidavits which they bad. Mr. Hirsch at oncedeclared that he had been no party o giving them any money and bad 1o Telations with them and would not have any. 1 stated to Mr. Hirsch that I did not be- lieve that he individually would be a party to any such act. ‘hey made a request snortly afterward. Mr. Dimoud, at my request, came to my office, and. weitten by him in Spanish ana writteu in | NEW T0-DAY—DRY GOODS. YOOOOOOOOOK oF 3% TheCLOSINGSALES * THE MAZE OW. % %2 3OO0 OOONOOK % {% are voluntarily reti $ We have decided to s i & of the sale. Those {4 admonish to come early, for the prices at which you can buy goods during this sale will be lower than anything ever Y % Mr. Hirsch and Mr. Eisner then produced a demand from Miss Blair to Mr. Dimond for | the letters, pictures and correspondence | which he had in his possession. Iat once ad- E vised Mr. Dimond to refuse to deliver these | pictures, and e desired twenty-four hours to | consider the matter, and an appointment was arranged for the next day. At that time Mr. Eisner came to my office | with Miss Blair, her mother and another | daughter. Mr. Eisner was informed that Mr. | Dimond would not aeliver up these papers, | that if he desired them he could issue & re- | levin for Miss Biair if he represented her. e denied that he represented her. Thereujon a demand was made for some jeweiry which Mr. Dimond had taken as the ‘agent of Miss Slair for the purpose of procur- ing for her means of subsistence,and be was in- formed by Mr. Eisner that Miss Blair had told | him that she desired to redeem them. Mr7| Dimond told Mr. Eisner that tuey were in | pawn, and that he conid get them nextday, and that about $200 would be required to do it. An mppointment was fixed for the next day tor the purpose of taking up this jewelry. The next day, according 1o appointment, Mr. Hirscn,the Castle brothers,Mr. Eisner, Mrs. | Biair, Miss’ Blair and Mrs. Phillivs called at my office. Mr. Dimond was present, and had | the jewelry. It was identified by Miss Blair, | and Mr. Hirsch 100k from his pocket sufficient | money to redeem the jewelry and paid it to Mr. Dimond. The jewelry was then handed to Miss Blair, who 1n turn haaded it to Mr. Hirsch. A receipt was drawn and signed by Miss Blair, ana Mr. Eisner was asked 1o sign the re- ceipt’ as a witness and he refused to do so. Mr. Hirsch was 80 asked and he declined to do %0, and then Mrs. Blair was asked to sign and she said she would if Mr. Eisner asked her to doit. Mr. Eisner said she could do as she pleased. She then declined. Thereupon 1 said to Mr. Hirsch thatI de- sired to intorm him that1had changed my opinion, and thatI believed he had been a | party to the purchasing of these statements | irom these wemen. He said Iowed him an explanation for that statement. I said my explanation was this: Thatit was apparent 10 any one’s mind that & respectable gentie- man would not appear st & gentleman’s office and redeem jewelry in pawn for a woman who | admitted herself to be & woman of the charac- ( ter as stated in the affidavits, particularly if | that gentleman was a merchant of standing | and & man of family. Mr. Hirsch made no reply. P %ith Mr. Taornton and other advisers of Mr. Dimond, have been guietly waiting for Mr. Eisner 10 present the afiduvits in his pos- | ession_charging Mr. Dimond with unprofes- ional conduct to_the proper authorities, and | as this has not been dome I have coincided with the advice given Mr. Dimond to make this matier public and to take such steps as might be proper to vindicate himseli. Tfirmly belfeve the statements made by Mr, | Dimond and know that Miss Blair told me the | truth when she sought my empioyment in the case. | . THE BLAIRS TALK. They Acknowledge That They En- tered Into an Attempt to Ex- H tort Money. i Lillian Blair, her sister Mamie and their mother, Mrs. Blair, were inter- viewed last evening at the Hotel Nor- mandie, and, while under the stress of great excitement, told a coherent story embracing the events aud incidents of the love affair in which General Bariilas and Lillian Blair were the central figures, and the mother and sister, interested specta- tors, participating in the distribution of the general’s coin. Lillian freelv acknowledged that she met General Barillas in June, 1896, and became warmly attached to him. He was the most generous of gallants, and was lavisbly liberal in his professions ot love and in his gifts to the object of his adora- tion. Sister Mamie freely acknowledged that the general was the kindest, warmest- hearted and most sincere of men that ever cast a ray of sunshine on three poor and friendless women. This exhibit of ths general’s zood quali- ties was subscribed to by the mother and two sisters, and for the purpose of refer- ence may be styled Exhibit A, as the law- yers say. It is given as a prelude to the narrative which here follows. As the sister Mamie preserved the thread of her story with more steadfasiness than the others used, and being commissioned to fill the speak- | ing part, her language 1semployed to il- | lustrate what tollowed : 5 ‘Tue general was the best friend we ever had, and Lillie loved him and he| loved her. We knew all the time that he was married. Yes, mother koew it, and we all ackowledge that Lillie wag of age and understood the general's ‘position. So many handsome things were given to Lillie and she seemed to be so prosperous and haopy, that ber ‘riends would ask about her good fortune. They would ask her, ‘Who 1s your gentleman friend? ana of course she had to make some reply, and usualiy said: ‘A man to whom I am en- | gaged.” It was nobody’s business, but of course’ you know how inquisitive some peoole are. Dr. Oranz, our dentist, to whom we did owe 8 bill of $500, was the most inquisitive. Lillie told him that the man she was engaged to was named Manuel. Of course Cranz wanted his money and was curious. “One day in the dental chair Lillie took out her watch to note the hour. On th faceof the watci is a picture of General Barillas. Dr, Cranz, with the opportun- ity he had of leaning over her head whiie she was in the chair, saw the picture ana exclaimed: ‘That’s not Manuel. That's General Barillas. *‘Then he went on to say that Barilias had any number of eiris and did not care for any one here. He told Lillie that she was 2 fool to belfeve in him—that he had rejected her and taken up another. Lillie was then much disturbed because the gen- eral had not responded to letters requeste | broken here to explain that the general | with his friend, Dr. 12d Perranit. known or heard of fore. The store is tures are for sale. number of people will be admitted to make it comfortable shopping. goods will be excha TO-MORR We open our doors at 8 A. M. to- |¥ morrow for the second day’s sale of the largest, most important and successful + sale ever held in San Francisco. « to do so as quickly as possible. |% fered our stock to the merchants as a ‘fg whole, but $200,000 worth of mer= |4 chandise is rather a large purchase for i one concern, so it is offered to the pub- lic at the same price it was to the trade. |4 Those who were fortunate enough to |# get in Saturday will bespeak the merit We ring from business. quit, and we want We of- s o il %423 ® ® who could not, we in trade centers be= to let and the fix- Only a sufficient POSHOK T No nged. The stock is new, as we have been in business but five years. The utmost courtesy and attention will be extended and given. ! ?fi’mflmyep ) rop & IHe Mevxe s MARKET S, COR. TAYLOR AXD GOLDEY GATE AVE. ing money, which she had written some time before.” The thread of the narrative may be according to the statements of Lillie and ber mother, had told the family, prior to his departure, that if they ever needed friendship or assistance, to write to_him, assuring them that he would respond with the greatest pleasure. Mamie, auly corrected and refreshed, proceeded to narrate in this style: > “Dr. Cranz was the most active in pre- judicing Lillie against the general. He said Barillas was the biggest fish in the market and that he could be made to pay an immense sum of money for trifing with Lillie's affections, and would rather pay than undergo exposure. Crauzfinally persuaded Lillie to proceed against the general. She was made to beiieve for a time that the general had been false and treacherous. “Dr. Cranz,’ continued the narrator, ‘‘was so deeply interested and active that he ran off toengage a lawyer and consult Dr. Per- rault said he knew a man 1n whom Lilhan could place implicit trust, and that was Henry P. Dimond.” 5 “And did you bring suit against the general?” asked the reporter. “Not exactly a suit,’'was the reply, “but we did give Dimond some pictures of the general and letters which he wrote to Lillie and Dimond has them now. He bas refused to return them. O, but 10 g0 back to Cranz and Perrault—why, they were so anxious to go on with the suit that Dr. Perrault put up the money for the costs. We couldn’t stop the suit. “When we saw that we were being used as instruments to further a shameful scheme to blackmail General Barillas we tried to abandon the proceedings that Lillian had begun. Dimond was engaged by Cranz, and Dimoud himself employed Merzbach & Tuornton. About this time Dr. Perranit put up $250. Then Mr, Gunst sent for Lillian and advised the engage- ment of Asch & Rothchild. 1 “Dimond was to receive a contingent one-halif of the money received from the general. Dr. Ed Perrault was to get one- third and pay Merzbach & Thornton. Rothchild & Ach were to get 10 per cent of what we received and 10 per cent of Dimond’s fee. Cranz wanted $10,000 and the settiement of his bill. “The lawyers of Dimond, Ach and Merzbach & Thornton, went to Mr. Hirsch, the agent of General Bafillas. Hirsch'is with Castle Brothers. He wrote o General Barillas, and the general said he had never wronged Lillie, and ordered his attorneys to fight to the bitter end. “We then went to Reinstein & Eisner ana made a full statement of all the fact: acknowledging that we knew that the general was a married man. Ali along Dimond had cautioned us against such acknowledgment. He would insist that Lillie should not know that the general was married.” *Did your mother sign this acknowledge- ment 2" “Yes,"” said Mamie, breaking down. «Did Liilian sign a statement?"’ “Yes,” was the reply; “and I signed one.” The three women insisted that there was no thought'of getting money from'Hirsch for signing. Lilhan said: “I signed it because I loved the general and was resolved at any sacrifice to undo the wrong which had been done to mm. We were deceived and led inio this suit. Dimond refused to give up the letters which he obtained in confidence.” Mamie Blair said here: “We found that the general never received Lillian’s let- ters. They were intercented by unothet Rirl—May Taber."” Mamie was asked if Lillisn was the gen- eral’sgirl in the sense that the term is used when a man is giving to the girl large sums of mousy, “Yes,” was the reply, “]\zxd your mother know that?”’ WYeg . *In what sums did the general give Lil- lian monai—‘m orsoat a time?"’ “Yes, when she needed that much.” “Did he provide her with a suite of rooms?’? ‘Was the true relation of the general and Lillian acknowledged to Hirsch in the papers which Relnstein & Eisner hold ?” “The whole truth was told. We were willing to sacrifice everything to undo the great wrongz against the general. We never thought of receiving money for this. We did it as an act justice because Gen- l.}“dl Barillas was the best friend we ever ad. ‘“Ob, we have had trouble enough,” said the mother and sisters, “but we could never consent to this great wrong, no matter what sacrifice was involved. 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