Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-25
CARTER TAKES THE STAND,
His Story Doesn't Chord With the
Pretty Plaintiffs Tale.
LIKE coolNe TURTLE DOVES.
without Any Chickering's, and With
Love To Light the Way They
Passed Their Honey
moon.
Judge Smiths "yyba,,"

CHICAGO, April 24- Special Telegram to
THE BEE. There was renewed interest in
the Carter divorce case, to-day, when the de-
fendant, Leslie Carter, was placed on the
stand, and in n manly, straightforward way,
told the whole history of his married life,
and denied all the charges brought against
him. One feature of the proceedings was
the way in which the witness silenced Mrs.
Carter's chief counsel, Judge Smith, who has
great fondness for bullying witnesses on
the stand. Carter has a singularly rapid way
OF speaking, and runs his words together in
way which is confusing to an old person
like Judge Smith. When Mr. Carter SAID he
believed Mrs. Carter did write letters home
to her mother, Judge Smith stopped him and
bawled out:
"What.u
II believe she did," shouted Mr. Carter,
with a plainness of articulation and rapidity
OF utterance and loudness of voice, COM
bined with certain pointedness of gaze
which made Judge Smith lower his head
as turtle does when one throws stick at
MS she'll This experience was repeated once
or twice, and Judge Smiths discontinue
was so apparent that gentle laugh went
round the room. AS the News puts it,
Judge Smlths expression was that of q
man who had inadventuredly been the target
OF the garden hose in full operation and he
paid strict attention thereafter" The wit
ness said that the only disagreement between
Ine Two during the wedding trip was n
difterence of opinion about going to Newport
instead of to Washington. This had not
even the complexion of discussion. Mr..
Carter distinctly said that no unpleasant or
offensive conduct occurred.
"Everything was perfectly happyln asked
Judge Smith
certainly, sir, perfectly happy" replied
Mr.. Carter.
He then gave a detailed narrative of their
stay IN Boston, mentioning the picture gal
ierles they visited, the churches they at
tended and the visit to Cambridge and the
colleges. The two were together almost all
the time. This contradictcd Mrs. Carter's
story that she was virtually solitary pris-
9her. 1n ne spoke OF meeting Mr.. John S.
Perry at the depot in Albany, to which city
they had gone mt the instance of Mrs. Car
ter, who wished to attend the commence
mcnt exercises at school there, Mrs.
McMahon's daughters being among the
graduates. They next went to the Prospect
house at Kaatskill, where they were the
only guests and the most of
their time was put in in driving; thence to
New 4ork, and so on, with the route. They
dlned out once at the house of Mr.. Carter's
sister, once at the house of Henry w. Mer-
riam. They went to the theater several
times, and still all was serene. They went
to purchase a carriage and then household
glassware, and finally turquoise and dia-
monu u rhR, Whlcn cost little over 500.
This he gave his wife for birthday present.
The drift of'all this was to show that it was
veritably honeymoon. Explaining the
relationship of Miss Margaret Carter, Mr.
Carter said that his mother died when he
was boy eleven years old, and his father
died in 1878. Miss Carter had come from
Scotland to take charge of the household
after his mother died. When Leslie and
Mrs. Carter came to the house on the bridal
tour he was positive nothing unpleasant oc-
fla1n
to entertain her while he was away at his
Office.