Evening journal., 1891-12-03
EARL RUSSELL MOBBED
The Titled Divorce Defendant
Rescued by Police.
HOoTED AND ALMOST ASSAULTED.

The Countess Finishes Her ssory OF III
Treatment and Indignity at the Hands
OF Her Eccentric Husband-TestImony
of Her Maid and Her Physician.
LONDON, Dec. 3. Interest in the suit OF
Countess Russell against her husband, Earl
Russell, for Judicial separation attracts
hundreds to the courtroom TO listen to this
expose Of the manner Of life q one Of Eng
lands peers. A mob surrounded the law
courts at the close Of the days proceedings,
and as the earl Bft he was hooted at and
attempts were made tostrike him. The po-
lice endeavored to protect him, but the
crowd overpowered them, and the earl was
obliged TO seek refuge in the temple
Jeered and Kissed by Mob.
Being still followed, however, he jumped
into a cab and succeeded in getting away
amid the jeers and hisses Of the mob.
or course il is not known generally what
evidence the earl win submit TO offset the
charges Of cruelty made against him, but
his friends declare that he has a complete
defense They add that when the public
hears tho defendants side OF the case the
whole matter win assume new aspect, and
that the earl win be found to be moro
sinned against than SHINING, and that he
viii deny most strenuously the innuendoes
that he has been guilty Of immoral conduct.
MSr seiferings Purely Imaginary.
The line OF cross examination followed by
Sir Charles Russell, who appears for the
earl, foreshadows that the defense vii! aar
tempt TO prove that the countess is Of a
highly hysterical nature, and that most OF
the cruelty which she alleges she suffered at
the hands Of her husband was purely inn
aginary.
Upon the opening Of the court the coun-
feaS resumed her phase in the witness box,
and Sir Charles Russell took up his cross ex-
animation.
The countess admitted that she had re
ceived letter from the earl's solicitor ad-
vising her TO borrow 81 800 from an insur-
ance company for the purpose of settling her
debts
When asked whether the state Of her
health had anything to do with the separa-
tion from her husband the countess replied
! that her doctor told her that she was suffer-
ing much from worry and she would be bet
ter If she separated from the earl for some
little time
1t was then agreed that she and the earl
should part for at least three months and
then she would see how her husband would
4 treat her.
Her Physician Testifes.
Z During this separation 1t was shown that
{ number Of letters Of the countess to the
! earl commenced Dear Frank, and those OF
a the earl 70 the countess began Dear Ma
) baln Countess Russell testified that hei
n husband had been paid all the money he had
q advanced to pay her debts She had beer
constantly reminded Of her debts by the
5 earl This ended her examination.
. The next witness called on behalf Of the
/. petitioner was DR. Godson, the family ply
sician, who testified that he had never seer
/ any Indication OF hysteria on the part Of tn,
/. countess.
( At the time Of her marriage she was at
4 tackled by influenza. She then complained
a OF the manner in which her husband hat
a treated her. She was very weak and hel
y nervous system was completely upset. The
q witness told Earl Russell that his wife was
/. very i'll and that she ought to be kept quiet
< The countess was, however, strong
!. minded woman, and the trouble was no'
likely to cause hysteria in her case,
story Of a Maid.
Eliza Vale, the maid who found the coun
i tess on the floor in her room, was called
I She testified that ON this occasion she hears
a the countess pleading with the earl After
J. ward witness found her mistress lying
e naked on the floor
J. The EarI's Case Opened.
Y This closed the countess case and sii
{ Charles Russell arose to present the case fol
: Earl Russell Sir Charles said that so far a,
the separation Of Countess and Earl Russell
was concerned all that he would say wa,
that lady was at liberty to leave her hus
> band when she liked The sole object of the
Q present suit was TO force the payment Of ali
Q mony by the earl. Sir Charles asked the
: jury not TO be carried away by a clever and
q engaging woman telling them a story thai
was untrue in all its essential details-s
e woman so perverted as 10 put forward
+ frightful and unfounded imputations