The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-12-02
FOREIGN NEWS
CON rINUATION OF LORD
AND LADY CAMPBELL'S
DIVORCE TRIAL.
DAMAGING STATEMENTS CON
CORNING THE FAIR
PLAINTIFF.

PLAINTIFF.
LONDON, November 27.-In the action for di-
vorce brought by Lady Campbell against LORD
Colin Campbell, plaintiffs counsel closed her side
of the case to-day.
Lady Miles was cross-eXamined. She was not
aware that the cabman bearing a letter from the
Duke of Marlborough once entered Lady Campballs
bed room. At this point certain lett RS written by
witness TO defendant we're produced She was
| asked if they were hers. She said they were; and
added that when she wrote them che thought she
| WAS writing TO a man of honor not TO such per-
son as Lord Colin Campbell had turned out to be.
(Sensation.) That she still thought woman s
| letter should be considered sacred. Applause
| "Mrs Duffy Lord Campbells nurse, Lady Miles
continued, "invented the story that Lady Campbell
had miscarried. The invention was made to con
ceal the real nature of Lady Campbells affection
Lord Campbell had It'd witness he was endeavor
ing to obtain all information he possibly could
against his wife in order to sue her for divorce
| He had subsequently told witness that he had
| failed to obtain any"
Sir Charles Russell, plaintiffs counsel, closed
the opening statement by adding to it that Lady
Campbell, when she married the defendant,
brought him fortune of $4,000 Russell then
gave notice that the plaintiff case was closed
| Mr.. Robert Bann, attorney, opened the case for
the defense. He said: ut affords indispensable
relief to Lord Colin Campbell to have an Opportu-
| nifty tn defend himself Ill OPP an court from the
gross and cruel inspirations put upon him, and
from the charge of adultery which had been
|
ant suffered was not yenereal, although the result
| of youthful indiscreton. Lady Campbel's
| mother had been told the nature of defendants
ailment before the marriage, but she nevertheless
| urged on the union and said her daughter was
willing to merely act as a nurse to her husband,
| and eveA wrote to the Duke of Argyle to press
| upon him the fulfllment of the engagement. The
| marriage was authorized by the physician who
ssid it was desirable the defendant should have
marriage relationship with the plaintiff. During
Easter season, 1882, the Duke of Marlborough, who
had haa pnrrnapnn1inU
| Lady Campbells company.
| The Duke of Marlborough and Lady Campbell
visited Leigh court at the same time and their bed
| rooms Their eadjoined doubtless.
MIR. Finley contended the Duke of Marlborough
and Lady Campbell at this time were criminally
intimate, if they had not been before. After this
Lady Campbell went to Paris. On this journey
she was chaperoned br Lady NJ les They remain
ed in Paris one month"; the Duke of Marlborough
being there also. When Lady Campbell returned
from Paris she sent her maid to Switzerland, evil
IDENTIFY the lawyer said, because the maid knew too
much. That maid would be called by the defense
and would testify that on August IL Lady Campbell
went to the Bnrple hotel and remained there with
| the Duke of Marlborough until the following Mon
day. General Butler visited Lady Campbell during
her husbands Absence and used to remain with
her as long us three hours at time. Once dur,
to see Lbdy Campbell. She came out
of the room with her hair disar-
ranged, shouted mot at home" and returned
Colen Campbell came home unexpectedly, and
while he still in of the rooms down stairs,
Gen. Butler slipped out on tip-tOe without meeting
the husband. That same evening Lady Campbell
was taken ill, Lord Colen Campbell remained in
Leigh court from August, 1882, to February, 1883.
During this time Lady Campbell went TO and from
London, and committed adultery with Dr. ird
Lord Colen Campbell then knew nothing about his
wifes bad conduct, but she had guilty conscience
and she got solicitor Lewis to write, charging Lord
Campbell with giving her loathsome diseases, and
refusing to live with him as his wife Lord COlen
GamDbpI heard chaTon before
and of course, refused to agree they should not
live as man and wife.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTIES.
ST. LOUIS, November a. THE following descrip- |
ton of the principals in the Colin Campbell di- |
yorce suit now going on in London, is taken from |
special dispatch:
The hand of the clock had reached ten minutes
past ten when Lady Campbell entered, attended by |
her cousin, Lady Miles, her father, mother and
sister, and some of her counsel. She looked slight
and pretty, dressed in short wrap of wine olored
plush, trimmed with black fur, cloth dress of the
same shade, and stylish black bonnet and black
veil She has very black hair, which had evidently
been arranged with artistic care, and naturally |
pale face, made more so by the painful fate that
awaited her. She entered into conversation with |
her solicitor, Mr. George Lewis, and began look |
ing over some papers in an altogether business |
like manner.
Lady Miles, tall, digniied, determined looking
woman, dressed in a suit of brown plush, sat next
to her, while next adjoining were Lady Colin
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Blood both quite plain and
farmer-like, her mother being a peculiarly small
woman. Dr. Bird, one of the correspondents, and
for some time Lady Collins physician, was
Colin took seat with her husband
further back Neither of the ladies were allowed
TO remain Two who came into the correspond
ent's gallery were asked to leave the court and
were compelled to do so.
While Lady Colin was absorbed with Mr.. Lewis
in looking over her papers Lord Colin Campbell
came in accompanied by his secretary Husband
and wife came in from different doors, but now
| found themselves side by side with only lawyer
between them, for they both occupied the same
bench. He drew off his coat and scarf, merely
glancing at her while she took no notice Of his
| presence
He looks very much like his brother, the Mar
quis of Lorne, but he walked with the feebleness
of an Invalid, and on his face were the marks of
| disappointment. He was attired in a close-ftting
black coat, with two plain rings on the fingers of
the left hand, and patent-leather shoes He was
dressed with as great care his wife, and the two
made a very striking couple. 1t was hard to
realize that these two cultured, refined members
of London society were at the edge of the most re-
voting pitfalls of revelations of domestic misery
ever made in open court.
Referring to the opening statement of the case
of the plaintiff by Sir Charles Russell, the dis
patch says:
| There were passages in this awful recital that
seemed to cut into the flesh like knife. Lord
Colin WINGED and writhed like one on the rack
His venerable father, the Duke of Argyle, came in
and sat down by his side in the midst of it, but he
could not endure his sons humiliation, and at the
point of Russells most terrific indictments he rose
without ceremony and left the court his face
flushed. Lord Campbell seemed to have reached
the verge of desperation, he turned to the speaker
with face li,id with rage, vehementy denying
some assertion that was made, whereupon the
Judge said if there was interruption the offender
would be elected from the court The Lady Colin
sat with bowed head during the whole speech, and
raising her fan to her face where the recital was
most embarrassing When Sir Charles Russell
had finished she turned around and thanked him
with very sweet smile. The talk of all Landon is
the trial, not only because of the actual details
given, but for the light which it is supposed to
throw upon the manners and customs of aristo-
cratic life. Nothing so shocking as much that was
said in court yesterday is remembered in any Eng
lish divorce trial.
IRELAND.