, 1879-04-22

out Of the Britlewella''
~ nasscd him on The strces-,lorgan street,
near Madison, think"
WORSE AND MORE OF IT.
"DtA you ever sec aNr marks OF violence on
Nantes person besides the two you have men,
| t!onedl'
IA great many tines saw where be bit
! her on the nrm and taken piccs almost out.
anw ngain on her limb where be hau kicked her
kicked tho iesh und skin oiE It MAS very Sore"
"Dll sou ever acc him pull her haira''
| "ics, two or three tlrnes.h
| ~ llow n,any times di you sec hin spit In her
facet"
"That wns n very common thing. Whenever
he rot little nnrry he would spit into hrr face
| tatlIcr than sneak TO her"
| Il When did you Inst sec Peter Stevens before
d 4 short while bclorc, little Taya from our
house, sitting on low railing on the cJgo Of u'e
thcre very comfortable, with his lcrs cros.csi.
and biz eano in his hand. | aII1ost rubbed
against him wteu passed, and looked at him,
nnd hc looked Ct me; | was going towards
twenty feet, etood there. waiting to sec II Ma
,ne would comr along. got tired ind turned
asouud and went back to~ar1e my 1lnllsc, alHl
hu vas sitting IN tile same positlo'. The next
tAl.s. heard when | rot IL little beyond him
vas d scream, nlll then heard the shots.h
Inr witnsss WAS overcome at this puint, md
| cried for d minute or two.
Tn tic ctoss, III response to hlr. storrs, sllo
says: ..-..-..-.
marriage. a,ll ran atolg unnterruptedly as far
Us my observation Went.'
other ,ncn!h
mot at first"
"li0w long nfter!"
ii never know anything about her going with
other gentlemen until they eaue hume from
"When was thatl"
''You acyer heard about my Engagements
Of IT, Y,; k.nl1" IT,
"Yon never corrected your daughter for 60.
!nE with other men until lust ycart"
II iind no occasio1.h
| HYou never had heard lny charges that she
was going With other 1ncnf"
mo, Sir"
Weber objects to this method Of questioning
on the Eroud tt!nt It IL not cross.exnuiInntton.
Minnie Stevens Is not buinY tricd,n
"Dti you consider" goes On storr., 'ur to
November 1871, that the treatment of Stevens
.".Iss; ..,;s,;.'s,, !. vas unk'nd''
'Ycs. did," ...
"D!d you ever say so tn sfr. ete1cns3"
Yes; ma;ny i;,, sitne took him into tho back
| D4A lNAf III A&DfCWDE!& 4GtH RlQloO A!lA AuI
bis kiud and atTtctioIlato treatment OF h!s
wife1"
n may llavc done 1t tu letter or something
Of the kind, to try to gct hin to be goud."
ANOTHER WnANaLE,
"Dla you ever refer iu letter 10 any In.
tltscrciious on Ills partl"
mo, str.''
"Dld you In letter addressed to 'Dear eon
| pcto jill
II object" interrupts Weber.
"That is not right" Observes the Court.
"1havo the right" urges ssosrs, "for tie
purpose OF contratlicttng the wttaess.'
"Wcll, go OIL" holds Ills Honnr,
"Dld you, OIL tho 5th OF NoYctnbcr, 1916,
write to yourson.u-lam saying, Dear reto 'n--
~ object" intersnses a. %coes, and he md
"The object Is to show tliat all tllosc troubles
Bprnng from Engagements Us to Ills Wifo's sup
,|osctl bad couluct, nttl that in this letter slo
spoke OF the deteinlsnt US having treated bis
Wits kindly, mud AZ being good h!,sbanl--a
statement grossly Inconsistent With the one she
made upHn thu stand"
"The Ietter." saws t!lc wltness, "was wrttton
Ia 1871. kil6w ali about tk.h
Another dispute Occurs ns to whether Mrs.
Young llaa Identified this particular letter, aud
II turns ont Tint sho has, but s|'c says, III
| t1Itl,l't Ftali ft.h
Thu ictter referred to Ia thc ono published In
THE TRIBUNE tho day after Airs. Young was OH
tia 8tnMll.
"Thc witness also says: "Ihu letter was
WrIttcn ~ cuax him to ba good 10 Aer.''
"Tlle letter will sneak for itself,n rctosta
StorTs.
Tl0 Court inclines to this belief tint the
matter is Legitimate ln rross-exannatloi,.
"Tun We had bytsr rc.sr7e u It untii ins us,cter
| something else,n
Weber Is not prepared to 60 ahead with the