Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-28
HIGH LIES BIG .SCANnlI
LORD CAMPBELL RFcrSs
REPLY TO HIS WEE hIs

britafn's Blue BIoods Msr.,,
smeared With Divorce Con- be~
ne Defendan Details the pI.,-h-
heeed Escapades With the nnrs
mar borough aud Gen, Rn,,a OF
promising Situations Piorpr.a U ION,
Crimson CoioriDgs. with
LONDON, Nov. 27.-In the so,,o
vorce brought by Lady Campbell sa ,Ot ol
Lord Colin Campbell, the plaintiff - ,a,us'
sci closed her side of the casa - uu'
Lady Miles was cross examined v
SAID she was not aware that que
man bearing a letter from the ~ 0aO'
Marlborough once entered Iadv Gag"
BELLS bedroom, The cabmau miobt y
witness thought, have handed Lsdv Gu, snS
DELL the letter indoors instead of thro
servant and might have receivad t..
her reply direct, because under tbo "Un
cumstances In which she was rr.o",
Lady Campbell might have susnectos ~
servants, especially her husbands my. ~
anu feared 10 lntrust them with anv coc
respondence. At this point certa gu! cor
tiers written by the witness IN Thu s|
iendant were produced and she waso sc ue,
II they were hers. "'Asd
CAMPBELL sPURNFD,
sne said they were, and SAID that vho,
she wrote them she thought She "nen
writing to a man of honor ana was
such person as Lord Colin Cam nOt 20
mad turned out to be Sensation p ses
mat she still thought woman's is,, aua
should be considered sacred, lAnnIanSa,
Mrs: Duffy, Lord CampbelI's nnrs"
Lady Miles continued, invent ed tho s,ns,
that Lady Campbell had miscarried IT.; Th!s
invention was made to conceal ths r +n1
nature OF Lady CampbelPs af1iction
Lord Colin Campbell had told the witnos.
ne was endeayorirg to obtain all tho IN
formation he possibly could against nj.
wife IN order to sue her for divorce anS
he had subsequently told the witness tbst
ne had tailed to obtain any. ''
Mr.. Russell, the plaintiffs counse, ~.
rected his opening statement bv sGN Tur
10 it that Lady Campbell wbas
she married the defendant broush.
him a fortune of 100000. MIR. Pns
sell then gave notice that the plaptISs.
case was closed.
CAMPBELL's DEFENSE.
Robert Bannatyn ne Finlay. O. G. ororos
the case tor the defense. He ssid !,
afforded inexpressible relief to Lord Colin
Campbell to have an opportunity to do.
fend himself in open court from Inc gross
and cruel imputations which had bean
| put upon him and from the charge NJ
| adultery which had been trimmed nm.
Ibe malady from which the defendant
suffered was not venereal, although The
result of youthful indiscretiOn. LADY
| CampbelPs mother bad been to the ma.
! ture OF the defendants ailment before the
marriage, but she nevertheless urged ON
the union, saying her daughter was will.
ing to merely act as nurse to her bus.
| band, and even wrote to the Duke oi
Argyll to press upon him the fulfllment
of the engagement. The marriage was
authorized by a physician, VINO said il
was desirable that the defendant should
have marriage relationship with the
plaintiff.
THE DUKE OF MARLBORoUGH's PART.
During the Easter season of 1882 the
| Duke OF Marlborough, who had been cor.
responding with her, was often seen in
| Lady Campbell's company. They visited
Leigh Court at the same time and their
bedrooms therein adjoined. Doubtless,
Dir. Einlay commended, the Duke OF Mari.
borough and Lady Campbell at this time
were crimInally intimate, If they had not
been before After this Lady Campbell
went to Paris, and on this journey she
was chaperoned by Lady Miles. They
manned in Paris one month, the Duke Of
Marlborough being there also. When
| Lady Campbell returned from Paris she
sent her maid to Switzerland, evidently,
| the lawyer said, because the maid knew
TOO much. That maid would be called BY
the defense and would testify.
AT HOTEL TOGETHER.
On Aug. IL Lady Campbell went to the
! Purfieet Hotel and remained there with
The Duke OF Marlborough until the fol.
lowing Monday. Gen. Butler visited
Ladv Campbell during her husbands ab'
sence and used to remain with her as
long as three hours at time. Once dur
| ing one of these interviews some one
called to see Lady Campbell. She came
out of the room, her hair disarranged,
shouted mot at home." and returned to
| Gen. Butler. In the meantime LORD Colin
| Cam pbell came home Unexpectedly, and
while he was still in one CT the rooms
down stairs Gen. Butler slipped outon
upJoe without meeting the husband
TAKEN ILL.
That same evening Lady Campbell was
| taken i'll. Lord Colin Campbell remained
in Leigh Court from August, 1881 to req
ruary, 1888, and during this time Lazy
Cam pbell went to and from London an9
com mtted adultery with DR.. Bird. Lore
Colin Campbell then knew nothing ao9us
mis- wiie's bad conduct, but she nsd
guilty conscieu ce, and she got SOLICITOR
Lewis to write q letter charging LUlu
| Campbell with giving her loathsome as
ease and refusing TO 1--we with bin as DIS
wife. Lord Colin Campbell had never
heard OF such a charge before, ana u
course refused to agree that they shouiu
not live as man and wife.