Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-11
FOREIGN.
Smutty Divorce Testi-
mony from London.
LADY CAMPBELL TEsTfFIEs.
Two Lifeboats Capsize and Twen-
ty-seven Lives Reported
Lost.
Ispeciat tOMeHerald BY the Associated rrsssl

lSpectdt 10 the Herald by the Associated Pvess.l I
LONDON, December l0--On resump-
tion of the Campbell divorce case tc-iay
Murphy, counsel for General Butler, de-
Tended his client against the allegations
that he had been criminally intimate
with the witness who had testified for
the defense, and declared that perjury
was rife and stalking abroad. The
counsel for DR.. Bird then spoke in his
defense. He said the charges which
had been brought against his client m
cluded adultery and procuring and con-
doling miscarriage, Ifthey were proved
DR.. Birds credit. reputation and posi-
ton would be destroyed. He declared
that it was monstrous that such charges
should be made on such fimsy evider cs
as the defenses had affirmed
To-day Lady Colin-Campbell was
called. She entered the witness box
amid profound silence. She was very
pale, and testified in slow, distinct
voice. She testified that the nature OF
Lord Campbell's illness was unknown to
her until May, 1888. She never pressed
Lord Colin to marry her, but her mother
disliked long engagements. Continuing.
Lady Colin said she was educated IN
Italy and spoke Italian and French boz
fore she learned the Engish language.
She sang, painted and wrote books. She
was also journalist. She sang In forty
charity concerts, not one of which Lord
Colin attended. She taught night
classes Of factory girls, visited the poor
in the day time, and served soup
for two hours and worked daily
aiding the poor of Saffron Hill, She
went into society alone, her husbands
express wish, in ord r that the fact Of
his illness should be unknown. She
felt i'll the first five days after the CON-
summation Of marriage. In November,
1881, she was very i'll, and was never
free from symptoms until 1885; her sick-
ness was of varied intensity, sometimes
she suffered great pain. She spoke to
her husband about her condition, and hs
said: ut is no consequence, all women
have that sort OF thing" One evening
Lord Colin said it was better to be On
the safe side and he told her what pre-
cautions to take. She followed his di-
rections and il gave her great pain. She
consulted DR.. Bird in November, 1882,
and he examined her. In April, 1883,
she was seriously i'll, and was
attended by DIR. Bird. Dr.. Hicks was
twice summoned and an operation was
performed in October, 1888. and she
afterward improved. She did not know
the nature of her own or her husbands
illness. She gave an absolute denial to
the evidence of Rose Baer, Mrs. Du1y,
/ lO'Neill and other witnesses and declared
she never committed adultery with the
Duke of Marlborough or any other man.
The Queen has forbidden admission
into the household of Windsor Castle or
within the Castle precincts of the news
papers containing the reports of the
Campbell divorce case. Lady Campbell
gave her evidence with perfect COM
posure and the fullest self.possession.
She gave ready responses to the ques.
tions asked. She wore q plain blue
serge dress and black bonnet. Her
whole style was that of simple elegance.
She is tall, 1.-THE and shapely ard has
full black eyes, with clear, palhd com-
plexiOn.