Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-05

this case. l, therefore, think that the
grounds advanced by General Gown insult
defendant which did not consider relevant
IN this case. l will submit all of these letters
II the defense so desiresn
General Cowin-If Mr.. Adams Is on tn
stand he will show that these letters wero
turned over to him, and, If he will produce
the letters Of the deceased to which these
letters are answers, will offer no objection
to these letters going in. 1t is utterly i'm
possible TO
GET FAIR STATEMENT
unless the letters OF both parties are forth
cominT,I am willing to take these letters and
examine them ana If thereis nothing in them
connecting them with Miss Biechler's letters
will not introduce them.
Mr.. Montgomery thought that the defense
ought not be allowed to garble the letters
"I'll not garble thcm SIR" retorted Gen
eneral Gown. "You only want that to go
in that is calculated to go against the de-
fendant.n
The letter of February Is was submitted
to Judge Croft for perusal. After reading it
he decided to let only such portions of it go
in as no objections were raised against,
asking the state in the mean
time to place other letters written by de-
fendant, as well as those written by de-
ceased, into the hands Of her attorneys.
That portion of this particular letter is the
threat that ''if he attempted to go back on
her again she would kill him."
Gown put johnson under cross examination
The witness has resided in Chicago twenty
nine years Gown asked whether he was not
aprofessional witness, but Mahoney objected
the court sustained him, but johnson said
this was the first time in his life he ever tes-
titled in any court. He saw Harry King
day or so before going to Quincy. "He knew
L was going there and what my object in
going there was, but knew nothing about
the paper 1 took there with me, which she
signed. Previous to that time he had never
seen the woman, but knew that King and
she were living there as husband and wife
under the name of lie Garde, and that he in
troduced her everywhere they went as
his WIFE" johnson said he did not go to
Quincy as On employe of King TO break up
these family relations, but went at
the instance of G. McGregor Adams,
to have her sign the document and
pay her the money she had agreed to accept.
|-'The signing of that paper" said witness,
twas legal separation" but in answer to
GOWNS question as to whether the OBJ
jeet Of Off,; this 0,a.per paper was to break eak
wife, he said he didn't think about that
at the time, in the eyes of the law, that they
| were legally married. AS lawyer, how
ever, he had given it as his opinion that the
to separate them. before showing her
the paper. however," said johnson
"She told me of her life in Quincy with him,
how she had done everything for
i,
help him along; had given him her diamond
ring, on which he was to borrow
money with which to pay his debts,
but did not DO it, and she
was about to be thrown out of her home"
"Yes, the Harry King who went with me
| told her that Harry had gone back on her.
had given her up and would not live with her
again"
General Gown, in very emphatic language,
asked johnson whether he didn't 60 to
| Quincy to break up the relations existing be.
| tween Harry King and the defendant.
mo sir, did not" replied Johnson.
"What did you go for, then?" asked GOWN.
"To get her to accept this money and leave
| King"
"For what-to leave him as what2"
'Well, l can't answer, but L know it was
| to induce her to leave him."
| SNOW Mr.. Johnson" continued the general,
| as he arose and sdvanced upon the witness,
| shaking his index finger in his face, "you
knew you were there to break up the rela-
| tions of this couple as man and wife -
! Here the spectators in the rear broke out
| in a buzz of appreciation, and Judge Croft.
angrly hitching his chair up nearer the
bench, wrapped upon it vigorously, eX-
| claiming:
"Stop This will not be permitted, and if
occurs again / will have the room empted
Sheriff, put some bailffs in the back
part of the room with orders
to bring the first man or woman who makes
any demonstration of approval or disapprova
of anything that takes place in this
| court. high or low, young or old rich or poor,
before me, and will attend to them in "A way
that will etfectually prevent recurrence of
| the offense.'
| Mr. johnson found himself badly tangled
as to incidents. He reached Quincy in the
| morning and went at once to her house
where, said he, she signed the paper. Later
however, he admitted that she then refused
to sign it then, and he went back in the af
ternoon."
'Didn't she say" asked Mr.. Gown, b"
don't believe this and will go first to Chicago
| and see HIM about ltP'
| 81 think she did"
Didn't you say to her No, you'll not, TO
| If you do the moment you land in Chicago
| I'll have you nabbeds"
The witness denied making such a state
| ment, but proceeded to show that she hrs
wanted 81, 900, and on beng told that such
sum could not be given her she threatened t.
go to Chicago and give the matter to th'
newspapers l told her that If she did Mr.
King would have her arrested. 81 told he
that if she attempted to expose his sons in
tirmitles the old man would have her
ARRESTED FOR BLAcKMAIL."
The contest between Gown and johnson
grew quite warm. The general drew from
the witness acknowledgements that wer
strongly tinged with features favorable t
the prisoner. He was very unwilling to tel
| some things, but could not find way t
| evade the cross examination except tbroug
such replies as, II can't say" He admiue
| having arranged after his trip to Quincy, TO
a meeting between Harry and Libbie at hi
Office in Chicago, for the purpose Of gettin!
back her diamond ring which he had pawned
While there they had talk together. .
went out and left them. On my return the
We're gonen
While Gown was pressing the witnes
with questions that referred to the part h
had taken in breaking up her home i
Quincy, Miss Biechler had another
ATTACK OF HYSTERIA,
, | as severe, though not so long, as the on
, that siezed her Tuesday morning. Sh
buried her face in her handkerchief a me
| ment and suddenly burst into a loud wal
then jumped TO her feet and commenced Cry
, | ing "Oh, Oh" followed by pert
, ing shrieks and exclamations @
| "Oh DON'T Let me alone" Sheriff
Coburn, carried her into the judges room
| where she soon recovered and returned =
| her seat. While in the throes of these hys
/ | tercal spells the little woman seems en-
dowed with superhuman strength. She stif
, fcns her arms, throws her head back, he
| eyes roll, and only by lifting her from tn
floor is il possible for one or even two mel
TO control her.
On resumng after the excitement passed
| Witness Johnson said that the meeting in hi
, | Office was about the 10th or 18th of Febru
ary, 1888. Didn't know at that time tina
King contemplated living with another VIC
man. The old gentleman came to my offic
| last October and informed me he understoo
, | that Harry and Miss Bechler were living tc
| pether apain I WAS amDlOVed bV him u