The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-22
dixie AND CRAWFORD.
THE TFSTI OF THE DE-
PENDANT CONTINUED.
Sir Charles ShOwu to he Liber-
tine OF the Worst TJpe-His
Numerous AmOurs,

LONDON, July 2l.-Mrs. Crawford
resumed Der testimony today in the
Crawford divorce case. She said that
Sir Charles Dixie declared that Mrs
Rogers IN, at whose house he ed to
meet witness, was his mistress MIS-
Crawford asserted that she believed il
was Mrs. Rogerson WHO W ote the
anonymous letters accusing witness of
adultery with Capt. Foster, and that
her object YVES to screen Dixie.
Mrs. Ashton Dixie, sister of Mrs.
Crawford and sister-in-law of Sir
Charles, testified that Sir Charles
Duke, after Mrs Crawford had made
her confession, suggested quiet sep
alation between her and her husband,
and offered to contribute to Mrs.
Crawford's income.
A number of servants testified that
lacies secre ly visited Sir Charles
Dixie, and that he made regular ass g
nat oUs at the Warren street house.
While Mrs Craw ord was testitying
under crcs5 examination, Capt. Foster
entered the cour room and was seen
by her. She became less confident
in her manner and her r, plies were
often made in stammeripg way, and
after ! ng pauses she said, among
other things, that Sir CHARLES Dixie
told her he had four mistIessss, Mrs
Rogersou, Sarah, Fanny and another
woman whose name was unknown to
witness Continuing, Mrs. Crawford
reiters ted her belief that Mrs. r ger.
son wrote the anonymous letters in
order to screen Sir CHARLES Dixie at
the expense OF CAPT Fo,ter. Mrs.
Rogerson h I'D helped witness to Sc
cure some OF the interviews she had
at Mrs. Rogerson's house with Capt
Fo ter. 81 have no earthly object"
she declared, Gin making these state
ments except to tell the truth"
The july asked Mrs. Crawford to
descIibs the room in the Warren street
house in which she alleged Sir Charles
Dixie used 10 meet her. She took a
pencil and made a diagram of the
apartment.
Mts. Ashton Dixie, on cross exam
nation said that after Mrs. Crawford's
confess on, Sir Clarlbs Dixie came to
witnesses house and asked for "Vir-
ginia," Mrs. Crawfotd) and that he
urged her to quietly separate from her
husband and 80 sv i'd the publicity
and scandal of divorce proceeding.
Sir Charles assured the witness and
MIS-. Crawford that if following his
advice created anv financial difficulty
he would furn sh the money. Wit
ness became indignant and refused to
assist in influencing her sister to do as
Sir Charles wished.
Mrs. d Ike 10 tilted thst.she believed
her sisters story ss told in her comics.
sion was Ius until she wrote to Sir
Charles congratnlatipg him on his
sub equent marriage 10 Mrs. Mark
Psttison.
At this point counsel for Mr.. Craw-
ford read letter charging Sir Charles
with having hal a Rais0n with another
servant than any yet mentioned in the
csse. Ger Hillyer testified that in
1884 he resided a. IS Warren street
He identified Sir Charles as the person
he had seen coming 10 the house to
meet lsdy in Sarah Dsviss's rooms.
Mrs. Hillyer test fed that Sir Charles
met a lady in Daviss's rooms; he
locked the door after she had entered,
and tina after lapse of three-quarers
of an hour Sir Charles aud the lady
left separ t-ly.
Miss Billyer identified Dixie, but
said Mrs. Crawford was not the lady
who came 10 see him.
Mary Grey, a housemaid of Dixie,
deposed Inst she went to Dilke's bed
room and found a woman there, aud
that Sarah spgrily forbade her ever
entering the bedroom again unless
Sa al accompanied her. She failed to
recognize Mrs. Crawford.
Mrs. Rcgeison's brother deposed
that he prohibittd Dixie from visiting
Mrs. R1geron on learning that Sir
CHARLES and Lady Dixie were using
efforts TO Influence her evidence. Hs
was sorry to be constrained to say that
he believed the anonymous letters
were written by his sister.
Donald Crawford es'ified that Mrs.
Virginia Crawl I'd begged him not to
make Capt. Foster correspondent,
because, ss she said, she did not want
IN ruin more than one man. This evl.
deDce caused sens alton in the court
room.
When the court adjourned it was
that the evidence was
closed.