The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 23, 1900, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1900 3 ‘BESSIE SMITH REFUSES TO IDENTIFY HER OWN WRITING AND SWEARS SHE IS NOT A FORGE Five Days Before She Died Mrs. Ella F. Murray Closes Her Case to Be Declared Administratrix of HHer Mother’s Estate. Almira S. Townasend Bitterly Acraigried Her Daughter in a|P i I etter to Her Brother. a F. Murray, | and the answer was etartling and unex- Boland nd to secu e and e tre sald Mrs. Murray. mother told me,” = e estate of Mrs. | “that she had sold the house and could | not let me remain there that night. ‘I've sold this house,’ she said, ‘and I am J working h a housekeeper for $50 8 | ng Incidents, | month. I have taken a smali room on v y from a threat of pu the top floor and I can hardly turn around ¢ for contempt to a deliberate accusa- | in it. You c: 1ot stay here to-night.” ™ f forgery C of Mrs. Mu y the told of her plans to s, Ex-Judge J ulliva: secure apartments in a hotel and rematn P heys for Mrs. Elle F. Murray, | here at her own expense. Her mother, threatened with punishment for con- | she said, refused to let her do this and t he not desist from conduct ' insisted at she take better apartments 1 the court considered unseem at the hotel to be pald for by Mrs. Town- s. Murray was on the stand send cross-examination, and added emphasis to ullivan Angers the Court. ber assertions that San Francisco an i ¥ et by Taothine nithes il Dorchester 18 her home. She threw some | q.n of the hotel,” said the witness, “and strenge side lights on the relations be- ¢ me by the hand, saying: I want tween her mother and herself, and ymise anly never to leave tly gave evidence that she 1 r of & very vigorous tem rp tongue. Bubsequent dev of the dey revealed some remarkabl Aredictions between her picture of the = Bations between her mother and herself mnd the outline of these relations as Mrs. Townsend drew them. Mre. Murray swore that her snade ber swear never to leave San feisco, and & telegram frc Mrs. pend to Mrs Murray announcing that the gmother would go to the daughter or the again until I tell you to do so u may go.' I gave her my ymise that I would do so.” ever packed your effects at the prepared to Hassett. snapped the witness, who now of the letter which Mrs. 1ad written and in which the > )man said that her daughter had prepared to return the day after her ar- but would stay for a month. ou have made preparations to send d KGenghter must come to the r mother's remains to Dorchester, ready in evidence. Yet five days before bave you not?” asked the cross-exam- she died Mrs. Townsend wrote thet her | iner. avghter must have been crazy to come “I have!' the witness replied, almost | Dhere as she @d, and that she was a | shouting. “It was my mother’s wish that she should be buried with my daughter.” These questions and answers and a series of others appeared to amuse At- torney J. F. Sullivan greatly and he fre- | quently laughed loudly. | gered Judge Dunne, who said sharply: | *“Judge Sullivan, you have frequently acted this morning in an unseemly man- ner, When I have called your attention to the matter you have apologized, but that does not remedy the matter. If this g occurs again I will have to consider fwoman who would heve her own way, no | mnatter whom she might kill. These re- markadle assertions and contradictions develop one of the strangest phases of fthe case. ownsend and Mra Smith on the Grill As far s can be seen the proceedings of {yesterday removed Thomas T. Townsend, the ex-husband of the dead womean, &s a | factor in the case Townsend has been | extremely fortunate in not swea: g that ke is the surviving husband of Mrs. Town- | you in contempt of court. Do not try the h d done so he would patience of the court too far.” ested for perju Coples Ex-Judge Sulllvan arose, apologized the preme Ju again and sald that he would not again Massactusetts prod offend in the particular in which the showed irt found offense. Mrs. Murray’s cross- that Mrs. Townsend e ion almost ended. A few four stions were asked and she was but . Thomas T. Townsend, guiarly, th excused Mrs. Smith Charged With Forgery. € iportant witness was Mrs. Smit the woman around h of what Is of sensationa n the case has revolved. J s placed upo ¥ Matt L Sullivan for th to prove that th an is a f go home, daid | His actions an- | R R e |e K4 | ® |® - [+ K | S i e o = o S o e e o o M.C RASSETT QUESTIONING MRS MURRAY * i e s . ¢ DRAMATIC INCIDENTS L The records introduced by the attorneys | for Mrs. Murray were of great import- ance. The first was the document proving | that Thomas T. Townsend had | vorced from his second wife on July 24 | 1880, in this city. The second record one in the marriage license records of this city dated January 24, 1883, in which Thomas T. Townsend applied for a license to marry his third wife and in which he swore there was no legal impediment to | his proposed union. The next document produced by the at- torneys was a copy of the decree of di- vorce granted to Almira S. Townsend from livorce was grant- been di- | INLE with Tom’ s letter, | row that vou was to send -8 (Sunday) a told E 1 letter and she would bring it out. Be careful what you write me for Ella is indignant because we do not | bring every letter of yours to her to | read. Write me nothing but what you want Ella to see, and sign, ALMIRA— | Any private matters write on a sepe- rate leaf for me. In regard to T. | ‘Letter I should take no notice of it or Whatever his object may be is of no good will to you, but corrispondence with you and you say; don't notice him Don't know what Ella will think or ay in regard to it. I can’t see that &AL BATTLE FOR THE TOWNSEND ESTATE. MRS, BESSIE SATH DENIES HAVING WRITTEN THE BoGus wiLL. B R T I S S S S S = 2] : i | | ! % f § ! the name of Townsend. I have always cautioned you against such a folly. In regard to my coming to California, it would bga great pleasure and a great honof ‘for me to do so, and I appreciate your kindness and courtesy very much I assure you. But my convenience and pleasure Is secondary to your interest and the peace of all the family concerned. I know your business matters and interests should be attended two at once, especially your Bank accounts in Lowell, Charlestown, E. Boston and City of Boston, is of an apparent necessity for you to attend to at once. Don’t leave those things till it two late. =B > SR, Thomas T. Town= send Ceases to Be a Factor in the Case. and all his children are now in a family fight and 3 lawyers are gob- bling it all up, and all of them in a family fight. I cautioned him a few weeks before his Death to make his Will and to suit if and of them and avoid all litig he would not hear to me so conse quently I, have been in to court to de- fend each and all of them. I, of course, have no interest in thare claims than a stranger, but it has been a great trial to me and has made my condition physical worse than I wold otherwise have been. Had he done as I advised him to do. Now sister you know your business and duty best Ella should make her will to once. And you should make yours to her. You will both live just as long, and my advise wold be to you to come home if possible and have a clear understanding with each of you a avoid all of contingencies that might arise by neglect to do so. How 1 wold like to see you for a few weeks and talk with you as we used to do. It is easy to talk, but is now a task to write. If I was yonger I wold come and see yow, but my coming to youa wold not settle your buisness matters. that must be done by you and Ella yourselves. And I sincerely hope that you and Ella may understand vour relationship with each other and ad- just all your misunderstandings amic- able with each other, Our whole family now are estranged from one another. Scattered a!l over the coun- try tull of jealous feclings and bicker- ings. Let us act as if we was Brothers and Sisters. Human Beings United by Ties of Consanguanity and Blood, not of the Brute Creation. If we wold study a little more of the phylosophy of human life, how much happier our lives wold be. Don't get excited or worry for there is no occasion for it just now keep cool and conclude to come home if possible. Most affectionately, your Broth » CHARL; atS s 3 PERSISTS IN HER DENIAL. Mrs. Bessie Smith Solemnly Swears She Never Wrote the Alleged Forged Will. 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Your z Ella.” mever 'wrote that will and that I never e e s o y Hassett resisting it strenuously. | 1 order not to violate this law Thomas T.| divorce from him cuts him oft from g saw it in my life before. 1 am willing to | Sl enf caasee of nded that th in the | m,wncend made an appeal which seems | 8P¥ clalm. You should never kept My brother dled less than a year ago, |go into any court and take the most sol- | stomach. 1 was a great or conclusivély to destroy any possible piaitn | emn oath to that effect.” | sufferer for 15 years, and d and the q e = . Loy S moemiye T e e e e R 3 % ] Even if the question of the will forgery | found no permanent re- residence. No will had | he might have had to the estate of the | 15 not Drought Up again by Sullivan & lief until I tried Dr csented nor e d, and | 4ead woman. On January 16, 1574, he ap- | PP Sullivan, the matter is not likely to re- Wong Him, and in six on of one could find no piace in | Pesled to the Supreme Judicial Court of I cannot have her here. She is main in abeyance. Mrs. Smith declares | months’ time he has ltvan replied: that this alleged will s a d this witness is the forger I that the matter is of grave im- B ce. We have received hat pur- ports to be a will. We believe that it is bogus that this woman on the wit- stand wrote it I can prove to an ute certainty that the document is gery and that the witness wrote {t.” ver seen it in h te it. Attorney - ke ax i Judge Dunne, however, would not allow & s purpose in ques- | the alleged will to be introduced in evi- t g Mrs as to establish a | den He declined to permit the attor- bz & ury in connec- | neys for Mrs. M to establish a b t t ations which | for other proceedings, and insisted t 3 s t Dunne re- |the inquiry be confined to certain fus o © be intro- | defined limits. duced as evid Attorney Sullivan then sought to induce | st | Mrs, Smith to identify her own handwrit- as a Strvant. | ing. but she positively declined to do so ned Mrs. Ella F.|on the ground that the her had been out of her Mrs. Townsend | hers, although they looked lik 5 | When the bogus will wa nted to | her, however, she gave it a casual glance and replied quick “I never saw that document in my life before. I most sol- emnly swear that it is m in my hand- writing.” Townsend’s Fatal Appeal. After a series of futile questions Mr: Smith was excused and the will epis far as that court is concerned wz i. Mrs. Murray's s then pro- ss th nding of Thon end in the c Again Attorney objected so eagerly that Judge ne asked: u do not appear for a Administrator Hassett?” as the reply, e record ciear.” left Dor- it wes her | y em-| 1 been her nd elicited this case, do that night Rome?”’ “She was not, but she “but I want o asked the Judge. a_suppressed Hassett said was om as laugh In the again: *“No, hat @id she say?’ the ed. The question was ar amples shown to | one beslides | t appear for Mr. Townsend, | | Massachusetts for permission to marry | again. He recited the facts of his divorce | from Almira 8. Townsend and in that | rgcital admitted the legality of the decree. | now has the temerity to say that he is the surviving husband of the dead woman. Hassett Pleads in Vain for Time. | After a few minor points in the case | | attorneys for Mrs, Mur- | | were coverea ray announced that their case was closed. | Attorney Hassett then renewed his mo- | tion for a continuance, asking this time until September 22, in order that he may | obtain the depositions of witnesses in Massachusetts. Mr. Hassett said that he expected to prove by these witnesses that Mrs. Murray never intended to remain in this city. The appeal for a continuance was based. on an affidavit of Public Ad- minist or Boland. In this affidavit was the sensational letter of Mrs. Townsend, written five days before her death. Judge | Dunne refused to grant a continua and the case, as far as .irs. Murray claim is concerned, will probably be ished to-day. Thomas T. Townsend does not have to present his case until the 30th | inst. The attorneys for Mrs. Murray have produced another extremely interesting letter which has a bearing on the case. | Tt is from Charles C. Crawford to Mrs. Almira 8. Townsend, and was written on May 19, 190. In this epistie Crawford urges Mrs. Townsend to make her will at once In favor of her daughter Ella. The | letter is in full as follo E. Boston, 43 Chelsea street, Satur- day, May 19, 1900 | My Dear Sister: Eliza mailed you a | letter this morning, wrote vesterday, | May the 18. I have just recelved a letter from you dated May 13. Encios- ed Thomas Townsend's letter and We was going to Ella's to- aturday), but Eila was going away to-day so we shall go to-mor- has nearly killed O days before she died. a trator Patrick Boland. @ -imefefeloflefoife e e ettt e ool o e el on this Ella F. the epistie is as follows: awful state I was in. stay for awhile. kill. She has nearly killed me. house all broke up over Ella’s actions. bound to have her own way no matter who she might Kill. She me.” NE of the most sensational documents Introduced in the Townsend case was incorporated yesterday in an affidavit filed by Public Adminis- It 1s an excerpt from a letter written by Mrs. Almira 8. Townsend to her brother4n-law, Charles C. Crawford, five In this letter Mrs. Townsend wrote most bitterly nst her daughter, Mrs. Ella F. Murray, accusing her of various offenses and complaining dramatically that sie had come here without invitation. Up- letter Van R. Paterson based his sensational assertion that Mrs. Murray was responsible for her mother's death. The excerpt from Dear C: Ella is here. When I got out at 1221 California street on the eve of the 9th I found her sitting in the hall. shocked me so for a few minutes I was almost breathless. I mailed a letter on the Oth at 5 o’clock to her, and she was in the Palace Hotel opposite when I mailed the letter. You can imagine what an She left in a few minutes for the hotel, and soon after I went to the hotel and had quite a time with her. I told her she had no right to come without my consent. The next evening when I called she was all packed to start back. I told her she must So she will stay for a month. here. She is bound to have her own way no matter who she might I had to go to the doctor. hardly able to hold my head up and can hardly get around the Well it I cannot have her I was i My God she is crazy I am sure or she would never have done this thing. She is the most determined of all human beings. I may have sent you this before. I can’t tell, for am writing so much now. I am so shocked I cannot use ink without defacing 2ll I write you. Brother Charles, write me a postal if you have my letters. Eliza is OLD-TIME GAMBLER QUITS GAME OF LIFE Sporting Man Who Made Fortune in Flush Days of Yore Passes jin His Checks. v credit never known crooked gambling bor the ier, run- inia City. a bank n cash ac JOSEPH ROBINSON STUART. et an ol b o oebeQ held on Friday at 10 a. m., thence to Cypress Lawn. PRDIRDE DD s S S R A g g S SO S :ld be well looked after. ceased passed away at the home sugbter, Mrs. Harris, at 551 Elifs street, where the funeral services will be HEALTH BOARD APPOINTS TWO FOOD INSPECTORS Ordinance to Prevent Sale of Vegeta- bles Grown Near Impure Cesspools. Danfel Riordan’s appointment as food inspector by Health Officer O'Brien was confirmed by the Board of Health last night. C. G. Staude was also appointed a food inspector to take effect September L. Drafts of ordinances were adopted for presentation to the Board of Supervisors intended to regulate the maintenance of slaughter and packing houses and also to prevent the sale f watercress and other edible vegetabies growing near | cesspools_or on lands iato which any sewage or impure matter {8 emptied. Plans for the new Nurses’ Home at the City and County Hozpital, to cost 5200, were filed by Superintendent of Buildings Barnett and referred to the hospital com- mittee. The suzpension for thirty days of Wil. liam Osmers, interne of the Cooper Medi- cal College at the City and County Hos- rlml. for failing to devote all his time tc his duties and also for exacting money | trom alleged public patients at the hospi- tal, was ratified by the board. Dr. Osmers admitted his violation of the rules, ,ut said that the patients were private ones. ——e————————— Stole Chicken and Pot-Pie. Frank G. Doran, a dispenser of liquid refreshments in the “Davy Crocket” saloon, who lives at 2326 Mission street. re- ported to the poiice last night that he was heid up by footpads and robbed. The vie- tim complained that the bold thieves ac- costed pim on a lonely sireet in his neighborhood and he was powerless to make resistance as he had an English pot- ple in one hand“and a chicken under his | arm. The footpads mot finding anything of value on Mr. Doran’s person took his edibles in payment for thelr trouble. —_————— Uniforms for Morgue Attaches. Coroner Cole, following the custom pre- vailing in advanced communities, has adopted a very neat uniform to be worn | by himself and his deputies, in order that there may be no dount as to their identity or authority. The uniform is of dark biue with brass buttons and cap with a cross in gold lace. 'WILL COST MUCH MONEY T0 RETURN TAX REBATES Difference of Five Mills in Rate of This Year and Last the Cause. The fact that the charter requires the tax rate to be fixed in June, while the State rate is not made until Se“ltember, will cost this city about $5000. he city rate has already been placed at $1.127 on every $100 of assessed valuatiol. The State Board of Equalization will make the State rate .98, a total of $1.625. As the rate last year was $1.63, it will be ne« essary to allow rebates on personal prop- erty taxes already pald. On every $i0 assessment the Treasurer will return 1 cent to the taxpayer. Every rebate in seventeen volumes must be com- puted at a cost of $1000, and the Treas- urer will expend $1500 for clerk hire, sta- tionery and postal cards. To enter the rebate on the books will cost an addi- tional $200, or a total of $5000 to return about $1230 to taxpa Grove Street Theater Reopened. | In accordance with Judge Daingerfield's decision, in the case of the Alta Theater, formerly the Grove street, against the Board of Public Works, the theater has 2gain opened its doors. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” is the attraction this_weck. It will be followed by a re- vivdl of “East Lynne.” The management ! promises a line of the best attractions ob- tainable at the new theate: At el e | Moody Held on Szsconc Charge, Al Moody, the jockey, was held te answer before the Superior Court by Judge Cabaniss vesterday on the charge of assault to murder for shooting H. 8, Adams on July 4. His bonds were fixed at $2000. Tuesday he was held in $3000 bonds for shooting Mrs. Lulu Roylance. ———————— ‘Will Repair City Hall Roof. The Board of Public Works has pre- pared specifications for repairing the roof of the City Hall, and bids will be invited for the performance of the work. If by April 20, 1901, the roof shall have been maintained without leakage two-thirds of the contract price will be paid, and if similarly maintained until June’15, the remainder will be paid. FINAL ACTION DELAYED ON ngNA BASIN LEASE Governor Gage Desires Time to Fa- miliarize Himself With the Questions Involved. The Board of Harbor Commissioners aid not consider the China Basin lease at its meeting yvesterday, as Governor Gage has not had time since his return from the East to familiarize himself with the questions Involved. It is expected that he will be ready to attend a meeting of the joint board next Wednesday after- noon for final action on the lease. The lease will be carefully revised in the meanwhile and sent to Attorney Gen- eral Ford for his approval, and will be presented to the board with the approval of its attorney, ex-Governor Budd. Neither Governor Gage nor acting May- or Tobin was present at the meeting yes- terday, and only routine business was transacted. William S. Richey’s Will. The will of the late William Scott Richey, who died at San Luls Obispo July 31 last, was filed for probate yesterday. Decedent's estate consisted of real and ersonal property in_the counties of San aiis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Fresno and Tulare. Decedent _practically _disinherits his daughters, Mrs. Mary ndrie and Mrs. Daisy Belle Ginnuth, ‘queathing them but each. The residue of the estate is devised in equal shares to decedent's widow, Mrs. Clara M. Richey, and his daughter, Clara Aimee Richey. Mrs. Richey has petitioned the Probate Court for special letters of administration upon_the estate, averring that property in Slun Luis Obispo needs immediate atten- tion. —_—— Examination for Bookkeepers. Competitive examinations under the rules of the Civil Service Commission of applicants for the positions of bockkeep- ers in the offices of the Sheriff and the Board of Public Works will be held at the Girls' High School, corner of Geary and Scott streets, September 7, at 8 p. m. All applicatior.s must be filed by 5 p. m. Sep- tlamher 4, at which hour the lists 'fll close. malan colony. Attorney Barnes, who with the assistance | of a private detective located Agramonte and he promised to meet Barnes day and arrange to liquidate his indebt- edness. learned that he had yesterday she will push the matter to an issue and promises to take legal advice with that end in view, CHRETIEN IN THE ROLE OF COMPLAINING WITNESS Swears to a Complaint Charging M. y C. Agramonte With Felony Embezzlement. John M. Chretien, ney, appeared before Judge Cabaniss yes- terday afterncon In the role of com- | plaining witness. He was guarded by Deputy Sheriff Dougherty and after swearing to a complaint was taken back to the county jail. The complaint to which he swore charg- ed M. y C. Agramonte with felony em bezzlement. 1890 he and his wife became sureties for Agramonte when he was appointed agent in Mexico_for the Pacifi surance Company. notified by the company was a defaulter to the extent of $1425, and the company entered suit on the bond to recover the amount. effected by the Chretien explained that in Mutual Life In- 4, 1 he was Agramonte May 24, that A compromise was ayment of $750. Agramonte left the country, but about a week ago Chretien noticed 'in a news- pager that he was again in the city and ad attended a banquet of the Guate- Chretien at once notified ter- He did not appear and it was started for Mexico morning. 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