The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-02
THE LECHEROUS LORD.
The Peculiar Testimony OF
Miss Rosa Baer.
LADY COLIN AND THE DUKE.
A Cute Lady's Maid-LAdy Collins
Ktss-At Leigh Court-The
Adjoining Rooms.
The Campbell Divorce Suit

the Campbell divorce suit was re-
s,nad today. Rosa Baer, formerly
lsdy's maid to the plaintiff, testified Tor
the defense. She said the Duke OF
Marlborough frequently visited Lady
Campbell. He usually came in the al
ternosn. and was shown TO the drawing
room. The witness never saw any
familiarity between Lord Colin camp
hsII and Nary Watson. Lady Colin had
Instructed the witntss not TO leave
letters 10 her mistress in the hall, but
10 take them to her. Some OF the letters
the witness carried to the plalntin the
after burned. Others she placed IN
box under her bed. In June, 1882, Lady
Colin, who was at the time ~ company
with Lady Miles, called the witness.
LADY Miles told witness she had
blackened her mistress character.
and must leave, and that IL she did no;
90 at once the police would be
called 20 put her out. Lady
Colin gave her f10, 81 only
being due as wages, aud told the witness
to tell the servants in explanation OF
her departure that her father was III
and she was going home. Lady Colin
added. the witness said, that she con-
sidered the witness q sister and net
servant and kissed her goodbye, say
ing II was Lord Colin who had dismissed
her. The witness had posted letters
daily TO the Duke Of Marlborough. She
sometimes took them to his house.
Lady Colin used to leave her house at
o'clock in the evening snd return as
late as 8 O'Clock on the following morn
ing. On some Of these occasions
the witness would accompany
her mistress short distance
from the house, and then be told TO re-
turn. On these expeditions Lady Colin
usually carried long felt hat, con
ceaIed under her cloak. Sometimes in
undressing the lady after her return,
from those absences. witness found her
dress partially dissrrAnged. Once wit
ness found 3 gentleman's handkerchief
in Lady Collins room at Leigh Court.
| Plaintiff said she knew 70 whom IL be
] Ioneed. and took IL. Once witness
heard somebody after midnight as
eending the stairs. Lady Colin
coughed; the person then entered the
door Of room adjoining plaintiffs.
The door Of the room was shut, AMI
witness was dismissed. Next day wit
ness found evidence that the room had
been occupied by two persons. Once
witness heard the Duke Of Marlborough
in Lady Collins room in the afternoon.
On one occasion. while the witness was
brushing Lady Collins hair after mid
night, somebody on the outside OF the
room tried the door, and finding it
Locked. departed. Witness saw
Chief Shaw lurking outside the house
with q carriage in waiting. The car
riage went away and Chief Shaw entered
the house. Witness often mailed letters
to Chief Shaw from Lady Colin. Being
cross-examined Miss Baer admitted
that abe cried when she was dismissed
from Lady Collins service and that she
said she was sorry she had talked to
the servants. She denied. however.
that she admitted that she had been q
wicked gossip" She admitted that
che had written to Lady Colin both
from abroad and after her return to
England, and that plaintiff never
answered her letters. She denied
having threatened to expose Lady
Colin when the latter allowed witness
letters, asking for money, to remain I'M
answered.
At this point counsel for the plain
tit cross-examined Miss Bael
very closely; she admitted that
two weeks ago she had signed |
statement that Lady Colin Campbell
: dismissed her because she knew toe
much about her, and that, TOO, she hat
thou ght il necessary to tell L1dy Coli
, that she would expose her. Being aske'
10 explain how il came that she signe'
: such q statement, and now admitted
that IL was untrue, witness said sh
thought Ii true then. ] think il untru
now. This recantation caused sensa
ton among the audience. ContinuIn
under close cross-eIaminatlon, witnes
admitted that the Duke Of Mar
borough always called upon Lad
, Colin during the usual visiting hours
/ He came twice, thrice, and sometime
| five times week. Witness posted lei
tiers to the Duke Of Marlborough ever
day, and sometimes twice . day. o
occasions when she took letters 10 th
Dukes residence she put them into Il
- letter box, rang the bell and ran fC
home. She had been instructed to
this on these occasions. Witness the
admitted that the statements she hs
!. made on her direct examination, tbs
at the time she had found, In undressir
her that Lady Collins dress was ope
at the back, her skirt disarranged ~
her petticoat out Of order o
occasions when plaintiff left hon
early in the evening and r
turned in early morning were n
true. witness nao not tOund Lax
Collins dress unlaced. She had four
her petticoat unlocked once. Bel
further pressed. witness admitted tn
il was not the petticoat bat that q
= skirt was simply unlocked. so that 81
- could see the petticoat beneath &
y skirt; that was all. Under furth
pressure, Miss Bser admitted that s.
had never suspected that anythi
wrong had occurred between La
|, Campbell and any person but the Du
,. Of Marlborough. Witness admitted th
in 1854, and six weeks ago she sign
statements alleging that she went
Leigh Court during the Christmas hc
day with Lady Campbell. and discov
ed the position OF the rooms occupied
her mistress and by the Duke of Ma
Is borough as adjoining. and furtt
st alleged that the Duke paid great atte
III. ton to Lady Colin. Witness, howey
now admitted that that was a mistal
and that il all occurred at Easter. II
testimony caused another sensstio
q Counsel for plaintiff added more pr
sure, and Miss Baer finally admit
that the Duke OF Marlborough v