The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-21
GLORIED In HER SHANE.
MRS. CRAWFORD'S TESTIMONY
in THE TRIAL OF
Her Divorce Case-Her Shameless
Behavior In tine COurtrOOm-The
Story OF Her Degradation.

LONDON, July 20.-Evidence given
today 10 the trial OF the Crawford d.
vorce case, showed clearly that Mrs.
Crawford bad been guilty OF adultery
with Capt. Foster. Mrs. Crawford tJok
the stand and declared that her con.
fession to her husband was true. She
swore that she often visited Sir
Charles bikes house, and that Sir
Charles bad opened the door and cen.
Quoted her to bedroom. ssMrs. Crsw-
ford explained her conduct by saying
that she never loved her husband,
who, she declared, was all the time
suspeciiDg her. She had not, she con-
tinued, spoken to her mother in three
years. She married Mr.. Crawford be-
cause st home she was miserable. She
retold the story Of her degradation by
Fanny" in pretty much the same
terms rs those used by her in her con-
f,ssion. She confessed that she dis
liked her husband because he
was too old; she loved Fos-
ter because be was hand.
some aid pleasing, that che hated
Dixie and that she committed dulte y
with Dixie for the purpose of obtaining
divorce from her hated husband.
She spared Foster as far as possible,
because she knew ne was about 10
marry. Under strict cross examina-
ton she confessed that she had com
milted adultery only with Dixie and
Foster, exculpsting two other socisty
men. A remarkable feature was that
when Mrs. Crawford was asked some
questions, for instance, with regard to
French vice, adultery, etc, she au-
swered with the utmost calmness,
eyes, yesW and even smiled, showing
that she was all utterly abandoned
woman, who rather gloried in her
shame. Mrs. Crawford spoke in soft,
pleasing tones, damaging Dixie with.
out excul pat ng herself
Mrs. Rogerson's maid testifi I'd to the
intimacy of Foster and Mrs. Crawford
at the Rogsrson residence; also that
Dilke's solicitor asked her to give evi.
dence and paid her expenses, and that
she received letters from Dixie, but de.
s'royed them
Mrs. Crawford described in detail
two visits to Warden street. She said
Dixie told her that an old servant kept
the house and that he used it when he
required it. She paid numerous visits
to bikes residence in the forenoon.
Dixie watched from the conserva DRY
for her arrival, and some times opened
the door for her. He always had on
gloves and hat. He took her from
the drawing room to the bed
room, which she accurately described.
The visitsw were OF fifteen minutes dura.
ton, Dixie leaving fist, and Sarah
letting her out when the coast was
clear. No other servants saw her. On
two occasions she spent the night in
the house. The first time Dixie met
her in an adjacent street and entered
the house with a latch key. The
second time Sarah admitted her. GA
both occasion she left early in the
morning. She conf med the details
OF Fanny's stltemeut. Dixie told her
that Sarah had been his mistress !;
as, that Fanny was admitted
nightly BY Saral and left early in he
mcrning. She admitted thai she
had sfrsCtioa for Dixie. She denied that
she wrote anonymous letters Dixie,
in an ints5v ew, asked her to say thaS
her Coafe GA was obtained under
the Influence of hysteria, which she
could easily GIT doctors to certify.
When shs refused to do 90 Dixie
threatened to expose her relations
with other men and ruin her family.
Mrs. Ashton Dixie refused to allow
her to sign the statement Dixie
wanted.