Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-07
THE dixie DEFENSE.
The Revelations of His Late Pam
phlet Do Not Bear Scrutiny.
SOME HISTORY OF FANNY STOCKS.
Sir Charles Sure of Election in q Strong
Liberal District.
EDITOR STEAD ISSUES A PAMPHLET

COPYRIGHTED BY NEW YORK ASSOCIATED
PREss.i
LONDON, March 6.-When Fanny" OF
the Dixie divorce fame, vanished between
the first and second trials of the Crawford
case, Sir Charles was credited with knowing
something of her whereabouts. Before her
disappearance she signed statement for the
Queens proctor, blankly denying every
thing Mrs. Crawford swore to. vet when the
time came to put her evidence to the test in
court she became invisible to friend and foe.
Mr.. Crawford's detectives vainly tried to
trace her. The public press daily adver-
tised for her. The popular call, "Where's S
Fanny" became so strong, prolonged and
general that it might have echoed down the
ages. The pretended revelations in the
pamphlet published yesterday in regard to
the old puzzle do not bear scrutiny.
Fanny Defended by Her Husband.
Mr.. Stocks, "Fanny's" husband, is said
to assert the integrity of his wife. Mr..
Stocks is not heard personally in the
pamphlet, but cnly by hearsay evidence. In
the trial it was disclosed that Fanny" was
a servant in house of doubtful character.
1t has been since ascertained, according to
the pamphlet, that she lodged in strict pri-
vacy with her landlady, who states that
Fanny" never went out nights or received
company.
Next, it is stated, she got a place in the
country, where she first had a groom as
sweetheart, and then an artist, to whom she
says she was engaged. She is reticent about
the rupture of this engagement, and so is
Stocks, who succeeded the artist in Fanny's
affections.
Obviously, if Sir Charles Dixie aims to
prove himself a long-suffering victim of the
conspiracy of a vindictive woman and the
incompetence OF his advisers in e1 parte
settlements, the pamphlet will not suffice
This line OF rebuttal of sworn evidence is not
new.
Sir Charles Certain of Election.
Three years ago, when he accepted the
Presidency of the Forest of Dean Liberal
Association, fv sheet giving similar de-
tails was privately circulated and in
fuenced the Liberals in their selection.
Now that Sir Charles is seeking re-
election 10 Parliament, his friends venture
to make semi-public statement. The
Radical majority in the Forest of Dean is
so strong that Sir Charles is certain to be
elected, even if the social purity people get
the district against him and run a candidate
of their own. Editor Stead will issue to-mor-
row a pamphlet vehemently denouncing Sir
Charles Dixie, recalling his promise not to
return to public life till his character was
cleared, analyzng the Dixie pamphlet as
an addition to his offense by piling up false
hood, and invoking combination of the
Liberals to prevent the reelection of Sir
Charles. lest disgrace fall upon the cause of
Liberalism.
Tho frisuds of Sir Charles uroa fbot fbair
position be- kept doubtful, because they can
not reopen the case by Il. direct appeal to
law. His Liberal opponents now challenge
him to take the only course open Tor legal
vindication-to prosecute the persons
charged in the pamphlet with conspiracy
and perjury. On Monday Sir Charles will
speak in Forest of Dean, when his oppo-
nents will ask him to step down or prose-
cute.