The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-03-20

eHeion In my heart He has gone about 70
pnyer meetings and gospel meetings, singing
10 pfayng; but be has been false 70 his God,
mony He has not denied tdis. and there 8 no
man but believes thsf she told the truth.
me nest index to the testimony OF that
.onah - mis- might have made up the story
- snst woman - ~ IL would read like fairy
sese' ous remember her words and actions-she
sunsnine and shad0w-she used the same ma
sussi sonee - We Ill do. That ought to be more
c0Hsinc1n8 % you She told us how she wss
made mck, and, while It was noe clear, it could
ssleiy inferred that she was made sick In
consequences Of her relation with Crane This
july must believe that criminal reist.ons have
sAIssed between this woman and Crane for the
49, tnree years. Theu you know that he was
.lse % all the relations which are sacred before
sue People The very money which was taken
up . collections in the Plymouth church was
pus n the general banking account, and which
49, constantly 0vefdrawn. This man was pro-
1san9 ~ the money put In his hands by the poor
people OF the church, and leaning II to them at
interest, ~. He was oil along proftirg by his re-
,s profsstations II he was intimate with
MIS-. Dearborn II Is clear that he went up to her
house and signed the check"
M Blaine then related Cranes description of
nis throwing open the lapel of his coat 70 re-
ceise Dearborns bullet, ana said: .There is
Oily one scene which recalls that and that is
hicnard III. throwing open hls coat, bearing his
uleass ana onering his sword to Queen Anna to
s'ao MIN. These declarations are not consistent
Win MS aeficus q moment afterwards, for he
vas entreating Dearborn to wait little while
ana zee II we can't FIX the matter up' The
next morning he calls Dearborn across the
street and says. oh, Mr. Dearborn cant we
nxu up. The next evening he goes TO the wo-
man ana repeats hts appeal Dearborn does nos
outline these interviews a. Crane did and he
seems an honest, straightforward man.
History tells that wherever q man does q
wrong In anothers family, the chances are
Thousand 70 one that that man VIII find punish
ment Mrs. Dearborn tells that she found an
other woman who claimed Cranes affections,
AnQ tnen her feelings changed. Then Crane
said 20 Dearborn, Your wife and l have quar-
feied, but we are friends STILL He has to go over
ana make friends with the other side OF the fam
lay. linen Dearborn protests against his wifes
quarreiing with Crane, but she says he is not the
friend he pretended 70 be. Then the next morn
ing she tells him the whole meaning OF this re-
marx lie gets up aud goes below, sobbii,g, to
kindle the fire. Just think of man sobbng,
woman can cry at little troubles. but q man
can not; when you stir man to tears, you have
stlrred volcano. A man cries because his
nenrt 10 broken. Do not be surprised because
Dearborn did not shoot Crane"
MI Blaine then told OF family who once
moved from indianapolis to a Southern town,
powers, who overcame the Northern mau's wife.
The husband stayed little while, and then
Travelled around the country alone for several
years. In . hotel he saw some children playing
al mesmerism, and he up and said: Children.
this 10 dangerous and stopped them. Then.
years after, he goes back to the Southern town,
borrows shotgun and shoots the seducer
Dearborn went TO Cranes Office and cried instead
oil shooting him. Cranes attorneys will argue
why the devastation has not been more wide
spread. They are not content with making
every act between husband and wife pure lust
and scattering the family to the four winds.
They asked Dearborn ii the family relation still
continues Is that not q cruel question TO put
10 him? Let him approach her and all of sud-
Gen the remembrance Of her intidelity to him
strikes him and he recoils. What must be the
feelings Of the daughter towards her mother?
How would you feel? Think of the uncertainty
which fills the fathers breast in regard TO his
boy and girl. What blight is on them. Just
think what this act effected in the family OF the
Dearborns. Crane knew the family relation and
ought to have kept away. She had reason to
believe be was an honest Christian and was
what he pretended TO be.
"You must consider these acts Of his In arriy-
ing at . verdict. You must determine the
truthfulness Of the woman and Crane in your
verdict You may think Crane had more at
stake, but the woman had thousand times more
at stake, and say the probabilities are more In
her favor. Why should he not give this check?
Why say he went to her house On April y, in-
stead OF April II: Let me call your attention to
one thing What did Wallace mean when he
said Crane asked him three months ago to re-
fresh his memory as to where he was on April
20? He knew nothing Of this case; he knew not
what the woman would testify The only thing
they had to so by WAS where Crane was on the
10th. This was self-evident proof that Crane
knew he was in that house on that day. He had
here drafted an instrument which would seem
to be . release of every claim Imaginable, and
when Preston, Carr d. Preston got through he
said to himself: She won't dare to present that
check. I'll see IL she did not think that check
was included in the instrument He said to
himself that the bank would read the body OF
the check and see that it was payable six
months after date and would ask him about it
before paying IL, and he would say: 'Oh, that
ID no good: Ii was settled long ago.
"When Crane went to the bank about ii he
was treated with the utmost fairness, as he had
been dealing there for years. But he came with
his attorney. and then Latimer said he must iu-
vestigate the matter. He thought the bank
would credit him with the money, and would
go TO Mrs. Dearborn and make her put up the
amount. But the bank was no respectcr OF per-
sons. and went after Mrs. Daarborns expla-
nation The second time he went to the bank
Latmer asked II that was his check, and Crane
waited for Carr 10 answer Yet any man would
not have waited for third party to answer; he
would have answered promptly himself. He
would not have gone with his attorney If it
was square transaction. But when the claim
for rent was presented Crane grew suspicious
and when the check came back he may have
made up his mind to a bold stand and TO cut
short the dispute
s'They are going to argue that the reason they
did not make Crane testify that he was not init
mate with Mrs. Dearborn was the great discrep-
ancy In age. There was not so great discrep-
ancy. johnson at - married widow OF over
50. II is said that he was long, lean, lanky
fellow, and don't know that that is not fair
description OF Crane" Mr. Blaine then recalled
the fact that Mrs Langtry, woman of %, was
followed through two continents by Freddy
Gebhart, that Shakespeare married woman
much his senior and recalled the fact that
Franklin advised men 20 marry women older
than themselves. He continued cit is not
queer that Crane became enamorcd of this
woman, being with her day in and day out.
eWben you come to consider that he had TO
stop somewhere and his wild fright, because he
came after Dearborn two or three times, il
appears that il was Crane who desired settle
meut do not believe Dearborn wanted one
cent OF Cranes money. and ii Dearborn was
only after his money, why did be do it in such
an open manner?
.sAfter he talked with Dearborn on Second
street he immediately went up and talked to
Preston He knew nc was guilty. When man
is innocent and people try TO b.ackmail him he
never gives money. III they should parade these
things up aud down the street for ever will IL be
blackmailF He stands confessed III the case
lie has had the opportunity TO deny il and did
not use it,
IL was expected that Colonel Carr would
make the closing argument for the plain