The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 15, 1900, Page 12

o 1 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1900 DEFENSE IN FAIR TRIAL READY TO SIGHT ITS GUNS Mrs. S. E. Johnson, Proprietress of the Colonial, Plays a Star Engagement on the Witness Stand and Foils Attempts of the Opposing Lawyers to Shake Her Testimony—Saw the Marriage Contract Which Was Signed by the Senator and the Schoolteacher. e e e e e e e e e e et e e e i e e i St dn gt ] & D T LR ca e Sa e e e e S S S S S R e R e SR > fl,AFE PENCE ANNOUNCES THE CONCLUSION OF HIS CASE, 000006-0600.06-00000005-0 insel for | When the defense begins its end of the norrow the attorneys hinge their evidence up the allegation that the con- . pure and simple. Their indifference to the testimony of Johnson foreshadows in a measure larations as to the time the for- was committed. One of the attorneys air side said yesterday that they at the document was executed s death and the scheme was to the date on its face. ill expose a gigan- attempt to cted in cold AFE P¥ Mrs. N EN r de morning setsion was a court battle | both sides, calling for | rings and short ora- | < that the gentlemen of the xiously craving for a week. | e e o e etedeteieig e : Day of Wrangling ; by the Attorneys ¢ Over the Produc- j?) tion of Books of ! the Deceased ¢ Millionaire. 000000 cevo oo * 190 060°0060000 S e e o e S SR SCRE 2 0000 C000edoccnceccoe LR O+o00 0040006000000 questions fired at him by the Pence brotherhood, McEnerney's objections were sustained, and the rulings of the court threw a cloak of protection over the much 1 personal books of the “air. All the insinuations in innuendo by Attorney d to the books or their MRS, SARAH ~OHNSOo Lo g on a morning paper by e one of Mrs. Craven- s I spoken of as andere abouts of Senator Fair's dia h it is claimed the leaf w hich bore the imprint of the mil- writing when he Inscribed the Mrs. Craven in the Grand Opera- in 1592. m W 1 side, i< a very good witness for his | nd despite the batte: of ADVERTISEMENTS. « Fallin Prevented by Warm Shampoos with Curicura Soap, fol- lowed by light dressings of Curicura, purest of emollient Skin Cures. This treatment at once stops falling hair, clears the scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, soothes irri- tated, itching surfaces, stimulates the hair follicles, supplies the roots with energy and nourishment, and makes the hair grow on a clean, wholesome scalp, when all else fails. 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The books, the istence of which McEnerney would not ven admit, were not produced and the went _fnr naught. e petitioner's at: ip of paper on So far the attempt of th v writien the words, “Mrs, Nettie R I you know your name? James G. r.” was torn from the Sena- tor's diary has not been proved. But the Craven-Fair a did not stop here. They attempted to locate the books in the keeping of several confidential employes of Fair and insinuated t several o them were bribed by the Fair attorners since the beginning of all the legal tangf;. Ordeal With H. M. Bryant. Attorney Pierson was followed on the stand by H. ... B nt, the man of many lodgings and peripatetic idiosyncracles. On cross-examination by Plerson an at- tempt was made to shatter the credibility of the witness, who testified on Tuesday that he was in the office of James G. Fair in this city during the latter part of May or first part of June, 182, when Mrs, Cra- ven-Fair appeared on the scene and wa: introduced by the Senator as his wife. He clung fast to this, with many protes- tations of reverence for truth. ryant said he was asked by the Senator to kee, the matter a secref, which he did until two weeks ago, when he revealed it by way of letter to the Pence brothers. his letter was in the inside pocket of Charles Pence, tearing his very vitals out for an introduction among the_ exhibits, The Fair attorneys took the bait and called for it, after which it was read and labeled with the rest of the exhibits. In the letter Bryant speaks of Mrs. Craven- Falr and says that he has something of vast importance to communicate to her attorneys. He did not want his name men- tioned, detective: and other sundry diabolic agencies that would be put upon his track | if he disclosed what he knew. Attorney Pierson, in trying to squash his credibility as a witness, disclosed some rare and reeking San Jose politics. It scems that Bryant was arrested in_San Jose in the fall of 1888 on a charge of ob- taining money by false pretenses. At that time he was employed to solicit sub- scriptions for the Volunteers of America. According to his own testimony he acted in good faith, but through a change of management a misunderstanding hap- pened and he was inextricably mixed in a deal with politicians, lawyers, judges and bribe-takers. He remained in jail a month and then his case was dismissed. Star Witness of the Day. Mrs. Sarah E. Johnson, the star witness of the day, then took the stand. Mrs. Johnson is proprietress of the Colonial Hotel. She is a lady of solid appearance, and her testimony was given with an air of substantial truth, causing the attorneys for the heirs to draw their heads together more than once. She has known Mrs, Craven-Fair well from the seventies, and testified to her residence in the Colonial in 1891. It was in the fall of 1892, as Mrs. Johnson's testimony goes, when Mrs. Cra- ven-Fair visited her at the hotel and held before her eyes for inspection the contract of marriage. The document was shown Mrs. Johnson in court yesterday and she identified it. The witness could not fix the date absolutely, but she thought the incident occurred about a year after Mrs. Craven left the hotel, which was in the fall of 1891. Of one thing she was certain, that it was prior to Senator Fair's death. Bombarded by a short, severe and ra tling fi ness dl? not waver an inch, and the d B R O R S e ) not even a| fear of the ‘“‘murderers, thugs, | of cross-interrogation the wit- i le- Daughter of of Her Fiance. Qo—o—@-v-@+o+o B S R e SR S R S S SO SO SO S o A o, i s IEUTENANT W. W. FISCUS is not the fortunate one upon whom Miss Annie Wheeler will bestow her heart and hand. A man unknown in army or public life holds the daughter, and the wedding of the happy pair is only a question of a few months. Miss Wheeler herself admits the soft impeachment, but the name of the lucky man she absolutely refuses to divulge. “I am golng abroad next month,” she said, “to join my sisters, and upon my | return the wedding will take place, al- has been decided upon.” The young bride-to-be, who has just re- thrned with her celebrated. father from Manila, has much of interest to tell of the boys in blue in the land of the Filipino. My for going to Manila,” said " Wheeler, were twofold—to be with father, for whom I would travel the wide world over, and to relieve the suf- in blue. To do_ this, I ety and friends.” served in the Red Cross Hospital Auxiliary No. 3, of which Mrs. | Whitelaw Reid is chairman, and while not | being a trained nurse, her hospital expe- rience during the Santiago campaign served her in good stead. She was the —+oseiete@ promise of General Wheeler's youngest | though as yet 1o date for our marriage | MISS WHEELER KNOWS HOW TO KEEP A SECRET the Gallant Cavalry ? Leader Will Not DivulgetheName OO+ O+ 0-+0+0 i } } b : § % | fi 1 be b ° © ® B : $ * 1 | i only nurse in Auxiliary No. 3 of the Sec- ond Reserve at Manila who gave her tinia and energy to the sick and wounded with- | out remuneraticn. Of the nobility of the | women of the Red Cross, Miss Wheeler said she could not say too much. | _“Their unselfish devotion to duty was | more touching than the heroism of men | on the battlefield,” the general’s daughter | explained. “Not' alone did they show | bravery in the sick wards, but they com- { pletely sank self in ministering to the af- | fifcted.” i Miss Wheeler related many touching t ing tribute to the private: “I much prefer to nurse the private soi- > she said. “The officers are grateful { for attention, but it is the private who | always patient and self-sacrificing. I ha | seen "him_although enduring tortures tu ing to help some poor fellow suffere | his_woes.” 1In conclusion Miss Wkeeler sald there were about three hundred and seventy-five beds in Auxiilary Hospital | No. 3, 'and these are attended by the fol- lowing_excellent Miss Murra; Miss Coakley, Miss Burrell, Miss Ziegler, Miss Marshali, Miss Dockrell, Mi Yeakle, 'Miss Ridley. Mis Miss Summio. s Henshall 1s_the y_superior, executive officer of the Sec- ond Reserve. ' She is cool esses sound | judgment, wonderful physical endurance, {and deserves to be a major general. fense finally had to let her go with her testimony unshaken. During the afternoon the objections of attorneys came so thick and fast that Charles Pence wanted the protection of He said one of his most im- portant witnesses, Jerome Colwell, “faded away” because of the time consumption. | He could not walt his turn, so he left for Los Angeles, apprising Pence of his ac- tion by telegram received yesterday. The trial goes on to-day. G STRONG TESTIMONY AGAINST SIMPTON John Falconer Says the Judge Told Him Years Ago of Craven-Fair Marriage. John Falconer, secretary of the Anclent Order of Foresters, was the first witness | called by the Grand Jury yesterday in the investigation of the vague charges of bri- bery and intimidation growing out of the Falr-Craven case, Falconer testified that several vears ago, in conversation at his office. with former Justice Simpton of Sausalito, the latter had remarked that he knew that Falr and Mrs. (‘rn\'er:i were and wife. Falconer stated thal the couple, but that he knew that a mar- age had been performed. e Pney George A. Knight, armed with the records of the Supreme Court, gave | evidence unfavorable to the contention of | Mrs. Craven-Fair that she Is the widow of the deceased milllonaire. He read from the records where the plaintiff had sworn to the alleged marriage contract as hav- ing been executed on different dates, and the court 2 also quoted portions of Judge Slack’s de- cision. Thomas Boyd, ‘a_friend of Louis Du- nand, stated that it was at the request of Dunand’s wife that he took him off the steamer in a launch upon his return from Mexico. Judge Simpton was recalled and denied ositively that he had ever stated to Mrs. Roy or Falconer that he knew some- thing about the marriage of Mrs. Craven to Fair, or that he had ever asserted that they were married. An adjournment was taken until next | Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o‘clock, when | the examination of witnesses will be con- cluded. Savings and Loan Society Solicits loans on mortgages or trust deeds at lowest market rates. 101 Montgomery.* —_——————— “Man and the Machine.” J. J. 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