Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-30
SOME MORE kYRLE BELLEW.
One ofthe Carter Relatives Testifies
in the Suit.

CHICAGO, April % Special Telegram to
The BEE THE interest in the Carter case
continues unabated, and the usual crowd
was present in Judge Jamison's court this
morning when the trial was resumed. The
venerable Judge Drummond was on the
stand again, and was cross-examined by
Lawyer Smith. The witness age and judi
cial standing was check on the barrister's
usual bulldozng method of cross-cXamina-
tion.
Judge Drummond's testimony was corrob.
orative of Leslie Carter's, particularly as to
the point that Mrs. Carter was reluctant to
tell concerning her relations with Kyrle
Bellew. "Sne INSISTED" said the witness,
''that Mr.. Belew had acted as respectable
man, and she had not been secretive or
underhanded in her conduct with him.
They were through with Judge Drum
mond before 0:45 a. m, and Miss Margaret
Carter, aunt of Leslie Carter, was put upon
the stand. She told how she came to take
charge of the Carter household after tho
death of Leslie's mother in 1862. She said
there was not the least bit of trouble between
her and Mrs Leslie Carter, when she came
home on the bridal trip. Her testimony was
principally to show that Mrs. Carter had not
been treated like stranger, and that
at the time she had expressed herself
as appreciating the kindness of the family
toward the young bride. Miss Carter denies
that she had ever discussed the price Of
strawberries just prior to the birth of the
boy; and as for the strawberry incident she
never heard of it until the trial came up.
She testified that the appearance of Mrs.
Carter after her second return from Europe
was stout. She had never seen Leslie's wife
looking SO well.
Miss Helen Carter sister of Leslie Carter,
was the next witness. She told OF the
friendly relations the family sustained toward
Mrs. Carter and rather upset the romantic
stories Mrs. Carter and Mrs Dudley have
told, with martyr-like resignation, of their
SutferingS.
Mr. Ernest Carters testimony was to the
purpose of proving that the relations of Mrs
Caroline Carter to the family were friendly
and loving. He told of the arguments he had
with her, in the Murray Hill hotel, when she
had determined to go to Europe. Ernest
Carter told her that talk about her conduct
was already rife, and that it was her duty to
come back to Chicago and live with her hus
band, and be seen on the street with him,
sss serous the and ruIors 9nat you'd She %sn
to Europe 1t would create scandal
She insisted that there was no more objec-
ton to her going abroad than for any other
mari led woman going abroad without her
husband. Then Carter went on TO tell of his
seeing Mrs. Carter in Delmonico's alone with
a man. This was Wednesday, September
%, 1886, three days after Mr. Ernest Carter
himself returned from Europe
"Who was that manf
"Kyrle Bellew."
After that he told OF meeting Mrs, Carter
in candy shop on Broadway. This was in
November, 1856, after she had seen Leslie
Carter In Chicago. Ernest reproached her
for her conduct in Europe ana spoke OF the
false letters. He told her she ought to go
back TO Chicago and make a confession to
her husband. AT this point recess was
taken until afternoon.
Nothing of Importance was elicted in young
Carter's cross-examinatlon. Several dep osi-
tions of witnesses in New York and else
where as 10 Mrs. Carter's extravagant mode
| of living while in the east and abroad were
presented, hut after some discussion the
reading was deferred and court adjourned
until Wedn esday,