Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-22
STAND OFF WITH CAMPBELL.

Verdict Of the Jury-MeQuade Get
Seven Years in Sing
Sfng-Specials. Etc.
THE CAMPBELL CASE.
The Judge Charges the Jury In Favor oi
LADY Campbell.
| LONDON, December 2O.-Sir Charles Rus
sell concluded the argument for Lady Colin
Campbell in her divorce suit against her
husband to-day. The Judge proceeded ut
once to submit the case to the jury. He
said Lord Colin denied his wife's charge oi
infidelity which depended chiefly on the
testimony sof Lady Miles. Whatever
might be said against Lady Miles by the
defense it must be admitted she was until
lai ely Lord Collins friend; that she had
done all in her power to discourage the
bringing of the action against him and that
became convinced that unjust charges were
to be brought against that lady. The tes-
timony
GIVEN BY THE DOCTORS
that Mary Wilson was virgo intacta did
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, the judge said was INSULT.
cient il adultery was not proved
as q fact. The jury were bound
to find that Lord Colin was innocent at
the last trial, in which Lady Campbell So
cured q decree OF separation. Itwas sahown
that Lord Colin had given plaintiff dis
ease in such q manner as to
AMOUNT TO CRUELTY,
which she alleges as the basis of her petit
tion for separation in the present ease.
The evidence against Lady Colin depended
on what the family servants said. This
should be received with suspicion. In re-
gard to the PurAeet incident the judge
said there were 80 many important exam
pies of mistaken identity that the jury
would be compelled to carefully consider
whether sufficient evidence had been ad.
duced to establish the statement that the
lady who was there with the Duke OF Marl-
borough was Lady Colin. II Neptune
Blood's testimony was true that he saw
Lady Colin that day at home, then the
Purfleet story was demolished.
Referring to allegations referring to Lady
Collins conduct at Leigh's Court the Judge
said they depended again on stories OF .
servant and principally that of Rose Baer,
her own fellows described her as q chatterer
and she had contradicted herself and other
witnesses contradicted her ON important
points and she at first swore the Duke OF
MARLBOROUGH and Lady Colin occupied the
same apartment for an entire week st
Leigh Court and afterwards che testified
that the Duke Of Marlborough
was at Leigh Court only two
nights. The judge declared he
believed Rose Baer had invented the story
about Lady Colin and the Duke of Marl.
borough sitting together like lovers on q
bench in PaddiDgton station. Lord Collins
conduct toward his wife while she was in
Paris. on the occasion when he telegrapbed
the Paris police to arrest her and lodge her
IN PROSTITUTES PRISON,
judge Butts ch rscterizes as outrageous.
remarking that lie never had known OF
ANYTHING MORE DISHONEST
than Lori Collins allegation to the Paris
officials that his wife was living in open
adultery with one OF the correspondents
aid should be arrested and treated as a
common woman OF the town. The story
told by the man.servant Oneill was that ne
once saw through the key hole OF the door
of the dining room at Cadegan Place, ChiAi.
Shaw and Lady Colin IN crimlnal inter
course, the Judge said he could not regard
with favor.
Thejury must consider whether O'Neill's
letter to Lady Coliu after his discharge by
her, seeking employment. was not an at
tempt at blackmail, and the jury should
further consider the question. whether
toll "a
statement of
DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVANT,
was not worth as much, if not more, than
the statement of such person as O'Nei1.
Gen. Butler, the court thought, should
have come into court and given testimony
as to his innocence. but so long as he chose
to remain away there was no
power in England to compel
him to come. 1t would, however.
the Judge said, be impossible to exaggerate
the mesnness exhibited by General Butler if
hs was innocent in remaining away from
court, because in so doing he deserted Lady
Colin. But the Judge told the jury they
must not take General Buffers absence as
evidence of guilt on either his or Lady CO.
Inns part. Referring to q question to the
iurvmen the Judge said General Butler was
beyoud Jurisdiction of the court, and that
q subpoena could not compel him to at
tend and testify, because being made q cor
respondent he was protected by the clause
of the law which makes it impossible to ask
lncriminatine questions unless witness was
q voluntary one. The
CASE WAS THEN GIVEN TO THE JURY.
Tbey retired at 10 o'clock. They return
ed with verdict. They found that Lord
Colin Campbell had not committed
adultery, and that Lady Colin had not
committed adultery with any Of correspond
ents.
The jury added rider that the conduct
of General Butler was Unworthy OF gen.
tleman and officer, and had caused the only
dificulty which the jury experienced in
res ching their decision. The announce
ment of the verdict was received with ap-
plause.