Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-02
FOREIGN.
Progress of the Campbell
Case.
A CONTRADICTORY WITNESS.
The Paris Municipal Council Inter-
cedes on Behalf of the Chicago
Anarchists.

LONDON, December 1.-The hearing Of
the Campbell divorce suit was resumed
to-day. Rosa Baer, formerly lady's maid
to the plaintiff, testified for the defense.
She said the Duke of Marlborough fre-
quently visited Lady Campbell. h
usually came in the afternoon and was
shown to the dressing room. The wit
ness never saw any familiarity betwssn
Lord Colin Campbell and Mary watson-
Witness had posted letters daily to tbs
Duke of Marlborough. Lady Colin
used to leave the house at eight o'clock
in the evening and return as late asthres
o'clock on the following morning. Some
times in undressing Lady Colin, after
her return from these absences. the wit
ness had found her dress partially disar-
ranged. Once the witness heard some
body, after midnight, ascending the
stairs. Lady Colin coughed. The per-
son then entered the door Of room -
joining the plaintiffs. The door
of the room was shut and
the witness was dismissed. Next day
the witness found evidence that thu
room had been occupied by two persons.
Once the witness heard the Duke Of
Marlborough in Lady Collins room in
the afternoon. On one occasion while
witness was brushing Lady Collins hair
after midnight somebody on the outside
of the room tried the door and fading il
locked departed. Witness saw Chief
Shaw lurking outside the house with
carriage in waiting. The carrisgs went
away and Chief Shaw entered tbs house.
Witness often mailed letters to Chief
Shaw from Lady Colin. Being cross
examined Miss Baer denied having
threatened to expose Lady Colin-
At this point COUNSEL for plainti6
cross-examined Miss Basr very closely
and she admitted that weeks
ago she had signed statement that
Lady Colin Campbell had dismissed her
because she knew too much about her.
Being asked to explain how it came thai
she signed such q statement and now
admitted that it was untrue, witness
said she thought it true then; 'Ithink il
untrue now." This recantation caused .
sensation among the audience. Con-
tinuipg, under close cross-examinAtioe,
witness admitted that the Duke of MARI
borough always called upon Lady Colin
during usual visiting hours. He camo
twice, three and sometimes i've times
weekly. Witness posted letters every
day to the Duke OF Marlborough, and
sometimes twice day. Witness then
admitted that the statements she made
on her direct examination that Lady
Collins dress was disarranged on occa-
sions when plaintiff left home early in
the evening and returned in the early
morning were not true. Under further
pressure Miss Baer admitted she had
never suspected that anything wrong
had occurred between Lady Campbell
and any person but the Duke of Marl-
borough. The witness admitted that in
1884 and six weeks ago she signed state
ments alleging that she went 10 Leigh
Court during the Christmas holidays
with Lady Campbell, and discovering
the position of the room occupied BY
her mistress and by the Duke of MARI
borough as adjoining, and further al.
leging that the Duke paid . great deal
of attentieA to Lady Colin. The wit
ness now however adniitted that that
was mistake, and that 1t all occurred
at Easter. This testimony caused an
other sensation. Counsel for plaintiff
added more pressure andMiss Baer finally
admitted that the Duke of Marlborough
was not at Leigh Court Christmas. She
also admitted that the statements
which she made in redirect examina-
tien about hearing some one ascend the
stairs after midnight one night and en-
ter a room adjoining Lady Colius, and
other indications that two persons had
occupied the room were untrue. Wit
ness in her original statement contended
she did not say two persons had occu-
pied the room on the occasion referred
to. Nearly every one of Miss Baer's ad-
under cross-examination pro-
voked excitement and sensation in view
of their damaging effect upon that side
of the case, which was largely built
upon what she had previously stated in
writing.
The cross.examination of Miss Baer
continued at great length. Being asked
to confirm the statement tEut the Duke
of Marlborough and Lady Colin sat to-
gether like q pair of lovers on seat IN
the Paddington Railway station, the
witness simply said she was sure It was
a seat on the platform. Being referred
to her statement to the man Stewart
O'Neill, that the Lady passed every
night at Leigh Court with the Duke of
Marlborough, witness denied that she
ever told O'Neill any such thing. She
simply told him "she thought sc" Re.
plying to an interrogatory by the Judge.
the witness said she believed the Duke
of Marlborough and the plaintiff were
together nightly when their bedrooms
adjoined ut Leigh Court, during the Eas-
ter season of 1882, but witnes 9 had NO
reason to believe that they we're to-
-gether at other times. The Judge
asked why she had told the snan.servant,
O'Neill, that they were together at
night while at Leigh Count, during the
Christmas holidays of 1882. Witness
answered, "That can not be So" This
contradi tion caused a sensation.
After recess Miss Baer did not ct oncs
appear on the witness stand. The
Judge took his seat and waited five
minutes when he sent for the young
woman. Miss Baer came in, complaint
ing OF faintness, Resuming her seat
she said Lady Colin Campbell possessed
o peculiar door.key. 1t had tongue
on both ends. Witness imagined one
end was the lock on her own house door
and the other for that of the Duke of
Marlborough's residence. Witness said
Lady Colin used preventive medicine and
got sick every time she used
them, but witness did not
infer from this that her mistress was
habitually doing wrong. Once while
brushing Lady Collins hair in her room
at Leigh Court some one tried the door
Of the room and then wentaway. When
all were leaving Leigh Court the artist
Fitzhenry, witness said, spoke to her,
saying Lady Colin had not taken notice
Of him as she had Of 40 many other gem
tlemen, but be should be able to make
up for lost time Is he was going to Paris
with her. When he said this Fitxhen-