The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-30
IlOTHARIOS SAD TALE.
Thorndyke's story Of Indigni-
ties It John Cort's Hands.
n,s CLOTHING TORN TO sHREDs.
$500 out Of Doors In sesnty kaimens
Amer Personal Chastdssnens-
Court News

-. cov4 heheas corpus trial occupied tns
-. - l..t evening. with prospects OF contin-
uinr aurfnr several more night sessions. George
4 HsIi. Cort's coachmar, closed MS testimony De-
vun ON saturday night AItef hnisnns sno
story OF the night ThoFnayxe was iounu Al
NJ 60 .srs him 70 Thorndyke's house to get
ss.,ea.d belonging to her, which Ihorrdyke
"a L.. -esrinr Is shirt stud. While there
.scf,rs Of Mrs. Cort hanging on the
vail, oyer Thornoykes peu.
49, vstch on hts wife, and while carrying
-. 40 reouest he had seen Mrs. Cort meet
ssa.,dvks on the street near Corts house, and
= sbsrs together. They went In about 10
eciock, and Thorndyke came out at bali past
/. : Two nights later, In Corts company, he saw
Sho.rdvta 20 10 the house with Mrs. Cort and
M THOMPSON about midnight, and come out
eborfly before 2 On the next night, which was
Sunday. be had been one of the party who had
entered the house While on watch they had
zone TO the stable and while there had heard
: hot. but did not pay much attention
"a II a they were not sure where 1t came from.
when they found Thorndyke he was dressed
except his tie, which lay on the table He was
certain that II lay there at the time Cort struck
Thorndyke In the mouth with his revolver.
The witness identified torn tie brought into
dyke
Edward Magnus and George Baker, two 9TH
en- OF cort's party, told practically the same
story a. John Baker.
Mrs. Carrie West who works 90 domestic at
Cort's house, was very hard OF hearing, and the
audience was highly amused by the efforts of
the attorneys to make her understand their
questions. She said she had gone out
riding with Mrs Cort three times
- a..l~~
Sunday night trouble. Mrs. Cort had told her
shs had notion to put strychnine in the water
pitcher from which Cort drank. After the trou-
BE she had wanted the witness 70 swear that
ehs had not seen Charlie. Her relations with
m. Cort were unfriendly because Mrs. Cort had
constantly abused her.
AZ the conclusion of this testimony Cort's at
toTnsy rested his case.
The hrst witness called for the other side was
Jeaie Dunham, q variety actress whose stage
name Jessie Burnham. She swore that she
Ssssmember of Cort's company in October,
~ when It played in Minneapolis. During
tie two weeks they were there she had neither
men nor heard anything Of the marriage which
Coft claims to have taken place.
The next person 10 take the stand was Charles
Ihorndyke, who is charged with being the cause
Of the trouble between Mr.. and Mrs. Cort. He
testified that he was p years of age and book
keeper His home was at 2l2 Madison street,
and Cort's family had formerly lived in a house
In the same lot. The two families had been on
very friendly terms. He had been In the house
where Cort now lives some six or eight times
and always went on invitation. He had never
II any time been criminally intimate with Mrs.
Cort- On the night previous 70 the trouble he
had gone home from the theater with Mrs. Cort
md Mrs. Thompson, and on their invitation had
zone into the house and stayed for q time. 1t
could not have been after II 80 when he left, as
be caught Jackson street car coming TO town.
He had been asked to call again, and as he had
10 work On week nights had accepted an invita-
ion to call on Sunday night.
On Sunday night he went to Cort's house be-
tween And O'Clock. While sitting talking to
Mrs. Corr they had heard noises on the outside OF
he house, and Mrs. Cort thought IL must be
burglars. After time she had excused herself
md gone out, and moment later he had heard
shot Soon after Mrs. Cort came in with rifle,
which she had fred to scare them away. He
lad then decided TO leave, and Mrs. Cort had
rome for his hat and overcoat, when he looked
INTO the hall aud saw Cort there. Cort opened
he door and let in five men, and the party came
N and made him prisoner. Cort had asked
him what no was doing there, and he replied
hat he was there upon invitation of Mrs. Cort
and Mrs. Thompson. At the time Cort struck
him In the mouth with his revolver he was
wearing his necktie and the blood from his lips
had dripped ON 1t.
The tie, figured white one, badly torn. with
drops of blood on 1t, was identified by the wit
ness and introduced as evidence. The clothes
he wore on that night, which were cut to pieces
by cort, were also identified and placed in eyi.
dence.
The witness told how he had been stripped of
his clothes and treated to great indignities, be-
ing struck repeatedly by Cort with his revolver
or whip. Finally be had been kicked out, wear
Ing only his underclothes and Shoes with the
hrim OF his demolished hat stuck on his head in
mockery. At ii O'Clock the witness was stopped
In the middle of his testimony and court adj
iourned, the case being carried over until z
O'Clock this evaninp