Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-02
CAMPBELL vs.. CAMPBELL
A WItness fer Defense Per.
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LoNDoN. Dea. 1.--The hearin0 Of tia
Lord Gampbeii divorce emit Vas rssasael
today. Rosa BaeF. formerly lmdy's maid
10 plaintiff, testified for the defense
She said tbe Daka 0f MArib0rourh fre.
quantiy visited Lady Campbell. Hg
asuaiiY came In the afternaon. and was
shown 10 the dElnkinR roam. Witness
never sa9 any familiarity between Lord
Colin Campbell and Mary WATSON. Lord
Colin bad not instEnseed witness 90 IeaVI
letiefs 70 her mistFess Ia The hail, bnt &
take them 10 the plaintiff. soma Of the
letters witness carried 70 plaintiff. The
latter burned then. Others she placed
IN box aadaF the bed. In June, 1889
Lady Oalin, Who vas at the time in com,
pany with Lady Miles. called witness
Lady Niles told witness she blaokanef
her mistrsssas ohaFsofsr and must leave
and thaf II shs did not 60 at once ths
police would be called TO put h.r out
Lady Colin gave her $40. four 0nly b.
ing due as wages, and told witness "a
tell the servants In expian alton OF heF
departure that her father vas ID and sue
uas goin9 hame. Lady Colin, added
Witness said that she considered wiz
ness as sister. not as q servant, and
kissed her g00d bye, saying it was Lard
Colin who had dismissed her. Wilnes.
had posted letteFs daily 10 the Duke oi
Marlborough. She sometimes tool
then TO bis house. Lady Colin used q
leave the house az 5 o'clock 10 the even.
ING, and return a. late as 3 O'Clock the
fOisoging morning. o. some Of thess
oocasloas witness vould aooompany her
mistress = short distancs from the house
and b told 20 return on some Of taese
Oeoasi0na. Lady Colin Wesld usually
carry along 3 fslt hat conoeaIed under
Der cloak. some times 10 UNDRESSING
Lady Colin After her return from these
absences. gitHess feand her dress par
tally disarranRed Once witness found
q Rentie0an's handkerchief in L ldy Col
ms room at Leigh Court The plain.
til, she said, kneV 70 whom il be-
l0need and took Il AZ once. Witness
heard somebody after midnight ascend
ING the stairs. Lady Colin couQhed.
The person then entered she door of che
room adjoining plaintiff q. The door
OF the room vas sAat, aud witness was
dismissed. Next day Witness found
svidence that the foom had been 0ocu-
pied BY I've persona. Onoe the witness
heard the Duke af Marlbor0aQh 10 La
dy O0ltn's r0om. In the evening, on
one 900 asioa, while witness was brush
ing Lady Coins hair after midnight,
somebody on the outside OF the room
tried the door. and fading Il locked de,
parted. Witness saw Chef shaw was
lurking outside the house with q car.
riags IN waitiBR. The carriage went
away and Chief Shaw entered the house.
Witness often mailed letteFs 10 Chief
shaw from Lady Colin.
Being cross-examined. Miss Basr ad.
mitted that she lied Whea she was dis
missed from Lady Collins service, and
that she was sorry she had talked 20 tbe
servants. She denied, however, that she
admitted she had been a wicked gossip
She admitted that she had written "a
Lady O0lin both from abroad and after
her return TO England. and that plain
tlh never had answered her letters. She
denied having threatened to expose La
dy Colin when the latter allowed Wit
ness letters, asking for money, TO re-
main unansaeFed.
Atthis. counsel for plaintiff oross-ex.
amined Miss Baer very closely, and she
admitted that two weeks AGO she bad
signed q statement that Lady Colin dis
missed her because she knew too much
about her, and that she had thought il
necessary TO tell Lldy Colin that she
would expose Der. Being asked ta ex-
plain how il vas tkat she came TO sign
suoh a statement. and nov admitted ID
Uos uatrue, witness said she thought Il
true then. think il untrue nov.
This recantation caused a sensation
among The audience. Continuing in
close Foas-examination, witness admit
ted that The Duke OF Marlborough al
ways called upon Lady Oolin during the
usual visiting hours. He came twice
thrice and Sometimes ofteneE weekly.
| Witness pestsd letters 20 the Duke ol
| Marlborough, and sometimea twice q
day. On occasions when she took let
tiers 10 the Dake's residences, she put
them into the letter box, rang she bel
and ran for home. She had been in
stKucted 70 do this on thsse OCCASIONS.
Witness then admitted the statements
| that she ha1 made on her direct ex.
aninatiop; that she had found In IN
dressing Der that Lady Collins dress wa
open at the back, her skin disaFrangei
and her petticoats cot Of order, on Oo
sasions when plaintiff left home early
IN the morning, we're not true. Witness
had not f0and Lady Collins dress un,
laced She had found the pettiooat IN
hooked once. Beiug further pressed
witness admitted that Il was not a pet.
ti00af, bat that the skirt was simply an.
hooked, % that she ooald see the setti.
coat beaeafh the skirt: that was all.
Under farther pressure Miss bAer ed
mitted she had never suspected any
thing wrong had ooonrred besw sween Lady
Cola and any person bus the Duke Of
Marlborough. Witness admitted thai
in 1854 aud gix weeks aRO she signed
statements alleging that she went q
Leigh Court dafina she Christmas holi
days With Lady Campbell, and disoov
eFinR the position Of the rooms occupied
by her mistress aad b. The Dnke ol
Marlborough as adjoining, and fuFthsl
alleging that the Dake paid great atten.
tion 10 Lady Colin. Witness, however
nov admitted that that vas q mistake
and that Il eli occurred az Easter. Thil
testimony caused another sensation
Counsel fer plaintiff added more press
ura, and Miss BaaR hnaily admitted
that the Dake Of Marlborough uaa nsl
aa LsiRh Court at Christmas. Sha also
admitted thst statements nne had nadg
IN her direct examination about hearine
some0ne ascend the stairs after MID
night. and enter tbs room adioinins
Lady Collins, and anding . Eantisman'l
handkerehief IN Lady Coiin's room nsxi
morning, and other indiosti0ns that twc
persons hsd occupied she room, wer.
untrue. Witness ID her original state
msnt oontsndsd thai she did not "a,
tuo persons bad oooupied the room on
the 0ocaai0n FefsFred 90. Witness onl,
Remembered that incident last week
Neariy svsry ous Of Miss Basr's admis
stems unaef erosa-axsminatio1 pF0Eokel
Q sensation 10 visu of their damaQinr
efsoi upon that eide of the eass, whlat
Was largely buiit up on What she hst
previously stated 10 writing.
LoxDoS, Dee. l.-Cfoss-examinatioE
Miss Baer continued at great length
Being Aaked 20 oa1arm her statemeDl
shat the Dake Of Mafib0rsnRh and LAD
Colin s2t tngsshex like q pair 0f lover,
on . ssat 10 PAc dsngt0n railway station
witness simply saaa aha was surs sht
seat vas on the platform. BsinR 70
ferrad 70 her statement 20 TIE man ar
want 0Naili, shat Lady Coin passse
every night at LssiRh Conrt wiih thI
Dnke 81 Marlborough. witness denied
that she ex9r told O'Nein anv euet
thing. she simplY told hIm @shs
tAoagbG7 Replying 10 IN interFoRa
toFy b re gndRe, uitrsss said ahs D..
lisgsd Ne Daks q MaribuFough and
pikinsIA BeEs taE1thsE nightly uksr
! taelf oedFooDs adilinad a. Leiad