The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-11-01

plaintiff and VIM. Edwards and Eliz-
abeth Edwards. his wife, are defend
ants. The Court house including the
bar was crowded with eager spectators,
and in regard to the latter we could
suggest an improvement, that would
add to the convenience and comfort
of the legal gentlemen in attendance,
and that is that all persons be exclu-
ded from the bar, except those who
have a proper right there, and in the
second place 10 require all spectators
to be seated and keep still.
The examination Of the defendant,
Mrs. Edwards, as a witness, was con
tinued, and she did not leave the stand
until A o'clock yesterday evening, the
principal part of the time being occu-
pied with the cross-examination, and
the witness at times seemed to be as
cross as the examination itself, aud
some times spit her answers forth with
no little asperity; and she generally
managed TO get all before the jury
likely TO benefit her case, despite the
objections of the counsel. The FIRST
words that greeted our ears as We en-
tered the Court room, we're:
Why, goodness gracious do you
suppose / would admit lie?"
Jones -" People sometimes say
things out of Court that they are not
willing to swear to-"
Witness" You may do SO; /
don't"
Then ensued a discussion, in the
shape Of interrogatories on soils and
the effects rain and moisture had on
sand.
Next, divorce case was alluded to-,
which led to a detailed history of her
early marriage and subsequent rela-
tons to her first husband, from whom
she obtained divorce.
She had run away with a man
named Bailey, at sweet sixteen, aud
had been married without Ii
cense in Missouri, her name hav-
ing been represented as Brown, by
Bailey <iF2a aZt
In reply to some question of no par
ticular importance, after giving neg
alive answer, she turned towards
Hedge, with flashing eyes and lip
quivering with anger, and exclaimed :
Mr.. Hedge, how can you sit there
and say such thing, or let them ask
such questions, when you know they
are base - aftorg 4fE
To the question, How far does ST.
las Bell live from here, she answered
with great naiivetc, " ! never measured
it, NYTfUo #
She had told Hedge, that if he did
not let her go off the island, that she
would tell Bell who burned his barn.
To an inquiry as to the where
abouts of witness, she replied with
bitterness, II don't dog my witnesses
around like Hedge does. / don't fol-
low my counsel around. / don't have
one lawyer to plead my case, and
another to run around like a little
penny dog, as Hedge says he has.
She said Mrs. Hedge did not care
what he, Hedge, did, but if it
had been George Stewart she would
have kicked up thunder. Then we
were treated to history of feath-
or bed, and o conspiracy, as the wit
ness alledged, to injure her reputa-
ton for honesty. so6
To the question as to whether or
not she had left the Island, which il
under Kentucky Jurisdiction, to avoid
prosecution. She replied, $ Good
heavens and earth, | did not leave
there to avoid prosecution" and then
she added, never did human being
take as low steps with an individual
as Bill Hedge did with me"
JONES' Major Robinson will tell
that to the jury better than you
will"
Witness" tell it myself, and
save him the trouble.
The counsel for plaintiff next pro-
ceeded to investigate the subject Of
her having been subject to fits, or
spells as they we're called.
Robinson objected; thought this
had no relevancy to the case. ~
The Court-Judge Chandler, on the
bench temporarily, said he believed
this case had no bound, and allowed
the questions to be asked; and, after
the investigation Of that subject and
| the history of n deed &c. the examiu-