Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-19
NO FLIES ON MRS. CARTER.
judicial Rcd Tape Has No Terrors
For Her Quick Wit.
DROPS AN AFFECTING TEAR.
She Tells OF Rcvisiting Her Homo
and How Rudeiy Her Husbands
Sister Acted-Her Boy
Dudley.
"Don't Tickle the Bnpy,s Feet"

"Don't Tickle the Bnby's Feet"
CutcAeo, April lS.-[Special Telegram to
The BRE. AS early as s o'clock this morn
ing, there was a crowd around tho doors Of
Judge Jamieson's court whore tho Carter
divorce case is being tried, aud when 10
o'clock came, there was mob large enough
to have filed the room twice over. When
the doors were opened the crowd rushed
frantically m and in II few seconds all the
chairs were occupied, and those who could
not find places were forced to leave. Mrs.
Carter, dressed in black, as on yesterday,
and with her mother and maid, was promptly
on hand and when the court opened she at
once resumed the stand. She told her story
with the most remarkable self.possession
and entered INTO all sorts of details without
the slightest hesitation. She was also most
skllful in evadng the lawyers objections
and in getting what she wanted before the
jury. At one time there was n row between
the lawyers about the admission of purt of
a conversation. Mrs. Carter soon caught on
to the purpose of an objection by the other
side and how to evado 1t, and she
generally managed TO get her whole story to
the jury by adding the requisite condition in
an'amended answer. AS one of the listeners
said; "rheres no flies on Mrs. Carter" A
little later she told how she went To Europe,
home by telegram that her boy, Dudley,
was Ill.
"Why did you come home so soonl"
ITO save my boy," said the witness, with
an expression Of maternal love and sweet
ness that was quite taking. Mr.. Walker
shot in an 81 object" and the court SAID,
''Ihe objection is sustained. This wont do,h
but they were all too late. In detailing her
story, Mrs Carter was frequently inter-
rupted by Mr.. Walker who had an objection
to make. Mrs. Carter was equal to the oc-
casion, and declared: al am simply repeat
ing the conversation between MIR. Carter and
myself" Then turning 10 Judge Jameson,
she asked: IAN | rightp The Judge had
to admit that she was right, and replied:
"Yes. go ahead.' "Shall tellln or "may
say!" were frequent ntquestions asked by Mrs.
Carter of her lawyer, and her attorney, Mr..
Hynes. could have reversed his position and
taken seat in the witness chair himself
without any diminution of the interrogatories
propounded to him by Mrs. Carter When
the days work began, Mrs Carter's atten-
tion was directed by Attorney Hynes to
June, 1881, when she and her husband went
to Cooperstown. AT Cooperstown, Mrs.
Carter said Carter repeatedly assaulted
her. She detailed an occasion when she was
playing with her baby's feet. Carter OBJ
jected to her tickling Dudleys soles, and
when she did not desist at his word of CON-
mand he struck her violent blow in the
face.
"Did Mr.. Carter say anything, when you
objected to his treatment, about having
bought you and paid for you" asked Mr..
HYes, he said that he had right to do
with me as he pleased, because he had
| bought me, and had to submit to his treat
ment."
Mrs. Carter showed some willfulness in
persisting in giving her thoughts and inten-
tions when warned by the Judge TO state
only facts. Mrs. Carter consumed a great
deal OF time telling the facts about visit
she paid to her husbands house in 1886,
after Jne SanaratiDu. She ln0kinp for
her boy, Dudley, and found Miss Helen
| Carter. the defendants sister, the only per-
son at home. Mrs. Carter dropped tear in
narrating the harsh treatment she received
| from her sister-in-law. She said that Miss
| Helen told her that if she wanted to see Car
| ter she must go to his office. She did 20 to
| his Office, but did not find him there, and she
returned to his house and met Judge Drum
| mond. who told her he came from Mr.. Car
| ter. The upshot of the interview was that
| Judge Drummond brought Mr.. Carter to her
| at his house. Mr.. Carter said that he wanted
| confession from her "I objected" said
| she, ''to the word confession, but said
| would make an explanation to him alone. I
| did not want to talk in the presence Of b
third party, especially Judge Drummond,
who is and has always been an enemy OF
| mine. He did not like me. and none of the
| Carriers liked me. ! said that 1 had SAID
| nothing that was ashamed to say. l could
| not bring myself to talk about my private
| affairs to lawyers, because | knew they
would distort my language and put in my
| mouth words never said. went to Oak
| woods a private retreat at Lake Geneva.
| There was out of my head. was nervous
| and couldn't sleep. l am not to say the
| cause, am II AmI9 ~.
| "lf you kuow.n HF z
| II do know" <l
81 object" said Mr.. Walker
| 81 know from what think and what was
| told by the doctors.n
| "Thc doctors will tell themselves" said
| Judge Jameson.
"Well at any rate, weighed 100 pounds
when l went into the asylum aud weighed
| 143 pounds when came out"
| "What is your present Weightp'
'I now weigh l57 pounds"
| Mr.. Hyncs finished his direct examination
! at II o'clock and Mr.. Walker started in on
the cross examination Mrs. Carter braced
| herself firmly in her seat and took q sip of
| water as she turned to answer Mr.. Waiker'a
! questions, MIR. Walkers first question was;
| Mrs. Carter, you have repeated tho
story of your wrongs before YOU came on tho
| witness stand, have you notl"
yes, have told the story before"
| 'Did you tell your mother when YOU camo
| home from Europe about his bad conductl,
| 81 think told her."
| Did you not say in an affidavit filed In
| this case that You never told your mother
| until October, lSS7fn ..
II think it was in October, 1886. | am not
| positive and will not make an absolute state
| ment about it, but think l disclosed IL to
! my mother about the timc L went to New
| YORK. don't think she understood its exact
nature. don't think any woman could toll
her mother"
But you told your lawyer.n
~ told him when was forced to tell hiia.n
did you read the bill before you sworo
| to itl"
"The bill was read TO me, part of itn
MRS. Carter, do you say that you have
| sworn to the truth of this bill, without its
| being read to youih
Parts OF 1t were red TO me, and hayo
read IL since, but as TO how much was first
| read to me l can not swear.n
| The other points sought To be made by the
| lawyer were that she accepted Carter as her
| husband after only brief acquaintance
| with han; that she saw nothing in his APP
| pearance that indicated brutality of nature,
| and that she had been out in society for some
| time before meeting him.
She had been engaged before meeting Car.
| ter, but the match had been broken OFT.
| Wrecked IA Passenger Train.
| lRANn r. Mich nil