Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-15
BLAINE's oUANO FRIEND.
nc Oross- Examines Widow and sh
Tells Tales on MIN


0Cate' and after he stepped out Of that
position Perry Belmont gave Shipherd
ana Blaine a pretty thorough turning
over before the House Committee on For
elgn Affairs. Shipherd, it seems, has turn
ed up again. He is now lawyer or some
thlng OF that sort in New York. he was
sued some time ago by Mrs. Dolphin, in
the New York courts, for certain papers
| which she alleged he obtained from her
improperly. The case came up for trial
last Thursday. Shipherd, who is feeble
| looking fellow, acted as his own LAWYER.
! For three hours Mrs. Dolphin talked
about her wrongs, needing but little guild
| ance from her counsel, Col George Bliss.
Her tone was tragic throughout, and
whenever she looked or talked at Ship
herd her eyes blazed. He sat and mopped
MS broad face or smilingly took note of
! her statements. Her story was an am
pliticatiOn of her complaint. Shlpherd.
she said, had tried to induce her to think
badly OF her lawyers and to give him her
| legal business. He had purred around
her and attempted to fondle her, but she
had repulsed him, once giving him re-
sounding box on the ear. He had pleaded
that she should look upon him as her
father and should repOse her trust i'm him.
/ dDDlieu
| 10 her when he was entreating her to con-
slider him her friend and to approve of his
/ proceedings respecting her property.
'Shut up! shut up! shut up!' was her
| repeated command to him, followed by
! the additional one: "Get ont of the house,
and don't come back until you bring that
| power of attorney and the other papers
| you stole from me-" She asserts that he
wrongfully got possession of some title
deeds to the property, some maps, etc.
did you not tell me,' asked ShiDherd,
/ beginning the crOss-eXaminatiOn, "to 20
on with my negotiations respecting the
| removal of liens on the property
ono. l told you l would have nothing
to do with you till you brought back my
papers,"
"What did l say?"
"YOu" contemptuously. "You snorted
and sniveled. You raised your voice and
cried, and l again ordered you to shut up
and get out"
''Where was this scene with ?" asked
| Mr.. Shipherd.
/ Gin my studio"
"What is your business?"
81 work with crayOns and embroidery.
and am a teacher of elocutiou. ! was an
actress under the name of Blanche Media
If you want to know my whole history
! will tell you, briefly, that | was born at
]
| 1875. ! was married in Boston,
Here is medical certificate which
| sets forth that your health is so bad that
| your mental power, particularly as to
| memory, has been impaired. is it true ?"
"You are enough to knock out any body's
memory"
''What did l say that made you so
anxious to have me leave you when you
first saw meY'
MIA
me your dear darling daughter and
asked me to let you save me from that
cheat, my lawyer. You said a former
lawyer of mine was an old devil. l said
| preferred old devils to new. l used to
recite a piece called the Devil and the
Lawyers and l am pretty well up in the
subject"
''Is that all?'
''By no MEANS" and Mrs Dolphin drew
herself up to her full height and glared
at her interlocutOr. 'You told me your
second wife was adear, good little woman
like me-that she would be mother and
you father to me. / said | was merely
| looking for a real estate agent"
"Why did you wish to employ me merely
as a broker or real estate agent and not
az a lawyerT
81 had lawyers enough"
"Did you not tell me every lawyer you
had employed had wrOnged yOu?'
mo. But you told me you would pay
me 500 a month and my hotel bills if l
would leave my husbandF"
"Why should do that?
CHATS what scared me-"
"Would you allow man to make such
proposition to yOuY
"NO decidedly, and / boxed your
ears. And l wished / had knocked your
head of. You insulted me. You tried TO
kiss me, you nasty snail. You put your
arms around me, and got pistol. That
was the day you invited me to 60
riding"
"Can you name any other occasion when
insulted youT'
"You had no opportunity"
"Did you not authorize me to settle the
liens on the prOpertyp
''NO. j told YOU to give me the money
that you had no other business"
"How did l get the papers you say l
stole?
''YOu got them from my husband with
out my knowledge. | call that stealing.
No, you never told me YOU stole them.
Men who steal rarely own up. You said
to me when l asked you for them: Now,
my dear daughter, let your papa hold the
reins. You are Roman Catholic. am
an EpiscOpalian. preach every Sunday
at Richmond Hill. Let me be your father
confessOr. Any one who rides with your
papa must ride inside the coach while |
hold the reins.' | answered: Il have
lived thus far without beng driven.
While have a team ! will drive"
"Did you ever ask me to loan you
moneyW
''Never. But l asked you for the money
you said you had got for me. did not
know but that you had got it and might
lskip. l could not have asked you for a
Oan, because when | first met you YOU
told me you had no bank account. You
said that the Peruvian matter bad rid
died you"
"Why did you sign those papers with
out knowing their cOntentsp'
81 took your word. did not know you
then"
A succession Of questions and retorts
such as these wearieG Mrs. Dolphin. The
yinaigrette, the brown bottle, and the fan
had lost their power to sustain her, and
the examination was adjourned.
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