Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-12-30
CONDENSED NEWS.
The british scandal.

On Monday the goth in London, Sir
Charles Russell concluded his argument fol
Lady Colin Campbell, and the judge sum
moned up the case for the jury. He said
Lord Campbell denied his wiie's charges
OF infidelity, which depended chiefly on the
testimony OF Lady Miles Whatever might
be said against Lady Miles by the defense
1t must be admitted that she was until
lately Lord Collins friend; that she had
done all in her power to discourage the
bringing OF the action against him; and
that she only took Lady Collins part when
she became convinced that unjust charges
were to be brought against that lady. The
testimony given by the doctors that Mary
Watson was virgo intacta did not mega
tive the testimony given by Lady Miles
that she saw Lord Colin and the girl in
such position as to warrant the belief
that the pair were guilty. Suspicion, how
ever, was insufficient. II adultery were not
proved as a fact, the jury were bound to
find Lord Colin was innocent. At the last
trial in which Lady Colin secured n decree
OF separation it was shown that Lord Colin
had given plaintiff disease in such a
manner as to amount to the cruelty which
she alleged as the basis Of her petition
for separation. In the present case
the evidence against Lady Colin
depended on what the family serv.
ants said. This should be received with
suspicion. The judge believed Rose Baer
had invented the story about Lady Colin
and the duke sitting together like lovers
on n bench in the Paidington station.
Lord Collins conduct towards his wife
while she was in Paris, on the occasion
when he telegraphed the Paris police to ar
rest her and lodge her In prostitutes pris-
on, was outrageous. He never had known
OF anything more dishonorab bic than Lord
Collins allegation to the Paris officers that
his wife was living in open adultery with
one OF the correspondents, and should be
arrested and treated as woman OF the
town. Tie story told by the manservant,
O'Neill, that he once saw through the key
hole OF the door of the dining room at Ca
dagan Place Chief Shaw and Lady Colin in
criminal intercourse, the judge could not
regard with favor. The jury must eonsid-
er whether 0'Neilps letter to Lady Colin,
after his discharge by her, seeking to re-
enter her employ, was not blackmail,
and should further consider the ques-
tion whether Chief Shaws testi.
mony in denial, as the statement of a
distinguished puplic servant, was not
worth as much, ii not more, than the
statement OF such a person as O'Neill.
Gen. Butler should have come into court
and given testimony as to his innocence,
but so long as be chose to remain away,
there was no power in England to compel
him to come. 1t would, however, be i'm
possible 60 examine the matter as affected
by Gen. Butler il he insisted on in remain
ing away from court, because in so doing
he deserted Lady Colin; but the jury must
not take Gen. Buffers absen ce as evil
dence of guilt on either part.
The case vas then given to the jury, who
retired. After a short absence they re-
turned and reported that they could not
agree upon a verdict. The disagreement
was not final. They again retired to re-
consider the case and returned at 10
o'clock with a verdict. They found that
Lord Colin Campbell had not com
mitted adultery. and that Lady Colin had
not committed dultery with any of the CO
respondents. The jury added that the
conduct OF Gen. Butler was unworthy OF
a gentleman and had caused the only diff
Guilty which the jury experienced in reach
ing decision. The announcement OF the
verdict was received with applause. The
newspapers in their comments on the trial
express the opinion that, although the
verdict is unsatisfactory, the jury could
have come to no other conclusion, and
the case shows the necessity Of an altera.
ton OF the divorce proceedings in the di.
reetion of camera trials.