The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-07-24

which she confessed that Adamson had
violated her chastity ?"
"She gave the notes to John Pinkston.S
"How much did they amount to?"
"Five hundred dollars"
"Wasnt the amount $550?"
sYes.r
"Did not Pinkston convert the notes
into money, hand the $3.50 to your wife,
and did not your wife subsequently, place
every dollar in your handsS"
"Yes."
You took this money, knowing Il
was the price Of her dishonor, didn't
you?"
"Well, l divided the odd $50 between
Adamson and Pinkston. Say, what's
all this for?7
The doctor was not enjoying the In
terview, and when il came to the point
where he was asked to account for the
whereabouts of the girl with whom he
had disappeared week before, he wilted
and promised to tell the whole truth.
He proceeded with . version in which
fact and falsehood were about evenly
blended. His description Of bis vigils
around his own residence the night the
Elder and Mrs. Blackburn were left
alone together fitly illustrated his des-
picable nature. The climax Of dishonor
which be had invited he witnessed and
when asked to describe his sensations,
replied: II hardly know how l did
feel" He pretends that he tainted,
whereupon the man who was with him
carried him across to his Office and re-
yived him with brandy. At IL 30 p. m.
Elder Adamson went to the guest cham
ber up stairs. sleeping with Pinkston.
The doctor says he then entered and up.
braided his wife, but his wife makes this
statement: "When the doctor came In
and taunted me with what had occurred
and confessed II, be said be was glad
of it'
The next morning ct the breakfast
table DR. Blackburn met Ziba Adamson.
No allusion was made on either side to
the occurrence Of the night before.
Asked If be did not feel indignant that
his home should have been dishonored,
the doctor replied: "Yes, and treated
the Squire pretty cool"
BLACKBURN sKIPPED IN TIME.
Blackburn vacated Silverville barely
In time to save his life. He will never
return. But for his Vaccinations Ziba
Adamson would not now be fugitive
and Aline would be at home. The
mother Of this girl does not know the
whereabouts of her daughter the doctor
does, and unless she Is brought back or
her mother informed other hiding-place,
liz will scarcely he safe for Blackburn to
remain in Mitchell, which il twenty-five
miles from Silverville.
The doctor admitted to-day, when put
under pressure, that he had collected
$240 Of Mrs. Adamson since her hus-
bands flight for professional services
rendered Aline.n With the $500 receiv-
ed from Adamson he paid of : $3.50
mortgage on bis house, and, after deed
ing the property to his wife, retained
SS5O. He Is believed to have over g.
900 in his possession, and is waiting at
this point only long enough to convert
some horses now pastured at Bloomfield
| into cash. At Silverville they talk Of
going to Bloomfield for the animals, and
giving them to Mrs. Blackburn. The
lcommunity extend to this woman un.
divided sympathy. On single occasion
| on which she submitted to the embraces
| Of the Elder, the weak. intimidated wo-
| man obeyed the brutal commands of her
husband; but this one lapse paved the
way for the humiliating scene at Loo
gootee, when, In obeyance to her hus-
bands direction, she confessed her error
and accepted the guilty price, every dol
lar Of which she mcekly surrendered to
her husband prosecutor, DR.. Joel >.
Blackburn.