The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-22

wages una received $50 in different sums no
presents within six months Of leayin, mn" u"
never said ANYTHING tn prevent the plaintitT ob.
tanning situation with Lady Huntley / rerol-
icy III ,!iurron coming To- me in 1874 from
ever observed anything strange in the plaintiffs
I9nuurt wv We she WINS with mo. toll him what
lthought. Dr. Cameron said that the plaintiff Ind
/ frightened Lady lluntlry vcrv much; that she
/ iad refused To- MAX" "A linsccd poultice and had
extremely earncd NJ h"r condnnte From t WaS
/ Tine until received Mrs. Arthur Chnpnnn'a
,,s su. heard nothing about her, In that let,
7 truth about Jones, I'm whom She said she took "A
great Interest. and said she would like to know
mani recommended her to others. In reply
! wrote the letter in question, in confidence. be-
/ leYngthat u would not 90 beyond Mrs. Clap
! man. | fully expected the letter would be- kept
! private. rs IL should have been. | honestly bs-
Ss 9s s%q rs mr. @@ %ae1 Hs rnf
satisfied the plaintilr was out OF her mind when
/ she i"it me, and have never changed that
/ Mt onre. rs hoped Mrs. Badcock would be able
| 10 bring her round. thought i perfectly right
/ thought her out Of her mind. | thought she
Would recover shortly, or ! should not hnvo
! IN quiet place than in busy one and there
| fore did not wish her to 20 to any Of my rela-
tons. l ara not wish 70 put my relations to the
| same inconvcnience had suffered myself and
! would not give her charnctrr to any OF my
relations; Strangers would ind out for them
/ selves whether there was ANYTHING tho matter
with the plaintiff. | did not wish to spoil her
| last chance OF getting place.
Mr. Wrght-Then YOU were ready to let strnn-
! lations ~
The Duchess ~ westminster-I would be
| sorry LOT them but they wero not my own rcla-
| tons. lInughterl
Cross-exnminaton. continued-I altered my
/ tone toward the plaintiff because she WIS so
abusive to me. She said she had como TO Tan
| low to stand in the road and annoy me. | did
should meet her ut Tapow. / did not forbid
my servants from employing her as a dress
maker. II IL the custom OF the Duke very often
70 make gratuities 10 good servants on leaving
! No other ladies than those l have mentioned
have applied to me for Joncss character. |
purposely RETAINED from answering Joncs's
letter asking what were my reasons for stating
thnt she was out q her mind. It did not occur
to me that It would have been n kindly thing TO
have answered that aud her other letters
| thought We had done quite enough for her CON
sldering tho short time she had been in our
The Duchess Of Westminster. being recalled
shldi In reference To- the occurrence which
! said took place on the Friday. hnyo refreshed
! my memory on looking ut diary. and find
! now that sunday was the day upon which
scene which described as having taken M" place e,
! on the Friday took place on the sunday night
very low. / was not frishtened until SUNDAY daT
nI d ana on that night | stood In the passage
I years ago. and l had nothing to refresh my
memory except the diary.
In cross -examination. witness said: The
! reason why | altered my mind was that on
saturday afternoon last had a few words with
Mrs Bndcock. and Yesterday morning looked
~ my cousins diary and saw had been wrong.
therefore altered my mind.
Mr., Wildey wriEht-But Duchess on satur-
| day u did not occur to you that there was any
| doubt about Friday being the day 1t occurred
seven years ago and thought was right.
But you said on Saturday that you were posi-
| tive that twas n Friday and that you had never
! changed your mind from that day 10 this
| Yes but | was mistaken. ~ '-''
| Your memory Is not very good ? No but oc-
! caslOnally IL can be.
Sir. Henry JAMESON Saturday you were
| = Narf kn INN
Friday Yes | was.
Mrs. BadcocK a housekeeper. said she had
| been in tho service Of the Duchess Of Suther-
! land md Of the Duchess OF Westminster for
| twenty years On the Friday night the plaintiff
| m excited state. and refused food when offered
| 10 her She gave the plaintiff brandy and water
On the Sunday night she saw the plaintiff
bed The plaintin slept very little dur
ing the night and talked about religious sub
| lects. Sho reported to the Duchess on the Mon
| day morning the condition in which the plain
witness saw her and asked her to find lodgings
az Taploy. The plaintiff said 10 her that when
| she heard that the Duchess was coming to Give
| den she would be- on the road between Clivrden
AMI IaplOw TO annoy the Duchess. The plain
! tn said the same thing 10 her in Mrs. Wright's
| presence. and also that the Duchess mad been
very unknd and cruel to her. All those things
| she lwiincssl told the Duchess Tho plaintiff
came 20 ClNcden one night and walked about
| the private grounds.
In cross examination the witness snid that IL
| she WIS discharged from the Dukes service
| most likely She would be excited but She did
not think she would sit ut the Duches-'s table
| stare when spoken 10. not do things which she
was asked at the proper time. or ramhe about
| different things-sometimc religion and some
! times loye-ns fshe did not know what she was
about. That was the way the plaintiff acted.
| Dr. Francis GOulden. n member OF the Royal
| College ~ surgeons. practising nj Naidpnhend.
! SAID ne was chilled in by the Duchess OF Vest
| minister - see the PLAINTIFF He heard that she
| pad been very excited. sleepess and refusing
| food. and he found her in restless and de-
! Pressed condition and she had the appearance
| 81 a person Whose mind WIS upset. He told the
| Duchess that the plaintiff wa- suffering from
| temporary insanity, which IN ght be Of n dan
Gerous character. He advised the Duchess to
send for the relations Of the girl as they we're
| the proper persons 20 remove her.
Mrs. Ez beth Wright. the wife Of the steward
and gardener at Iaplow Court. stated that she
| remembersd the plaintiff coming To her house
| with Mrs Bndcock after the plnintff had been
| discharged from the Duchess's service The
| plaintiff said She wanted 10 get a room in Tap
| low and spoke very disres pectiully Of her EN-
| pl1yrr, and said she would stand in the road 10
Mr. Wildpy Wright suppose you thought
Il was q very naughty thing to speak dl.re-
Mitness-lrs. and it would be OF Yourself II
yonr servants spoke SO. | thought II was
Mr.. Wiley Wright-You never knew n wo-
man spiteful before Nlness-Yes. am sorry
10 say, many. lLaughtrrl
Ellen Bishop. the head housemnid nj eros
venor House. said that the plaintiff upon one
OCCASION said 81 the Duchess OF Westminster
thar She was cruel harl-hearted selfish and a
mouth, Witness thought It was very wrong Of
the plaintiff TO behave SO toward her Grace after
tho kindness she had received
Dr. Hugh Cameron, u member OF tho College
NJ Physicians depos'd that In the latter part Of
1873 he called upon tho Duchess Of his own ac-
cord. with the sanction 81 Lady liuutley in
whose service the plaintiff then was, 10 ask
about tho previous condition Of the plaintiff.
He told the Duchess that the plaintiff had omit
It'd TO carry out some Of his most important
directions for the treatment OF Lady Huntlry
for bronchial attack that the plantilI 5 mind
WAS preuc'upi"d, and she continually walked
about the room in an excited condition; that on
the previous night the plaintiff had attacked
Lady HunilrY most il'rccly; that Lady Huutley
had rrproachrd the plaintiff for her nattention
ami neglect; that tho plaintiff had replied that
she had no intention Of acting Otherwise; and
tnnf She desired to serve no one but 1.-THE Duchess
OF Westminster. He told the Duchess Of West
minister thut II was his opinion that the mind Of
the plaintiff was dlsordrrei. He arrived ut
that opinion without any influence from the
Duchess.
William Jones. the plaintiffs brother. was re-
called, and said there WAS nothing in his sister
ON the Tuesday when he took her up 10 London
o. show that her mind WIS disorurred. Sn"
regretted leaving the Duchess NJ Westminster.
THIS concluded the whole OF tho evidence.
Baron Pollock in summing up the case TO the
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