The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-28
GORT AND HIS WIFE.
sensational Story Brought Out
in the Case.
poRsewHIppINe At MIDNIGHT
v~~ax Thorndyke Turned Out IN very
Thin Garments After Personal
Chsstisement-Court News.

s-.,srv before Judge Lichtenberg ana oesei-
- sorae very rxey testimony.
raa srst witness was James B. Msscan, the
...a-,sr Who tssti6ed that Cort and the woman
= eissms a. . wits both swore on tiaSl II Aso'
-. they were man and wife.
-. Mover. who was for time employed a.
1.s-~..se IN tie cors household. was next called.
- ,s.,ss.s thst Mrs. Cort had instructed her
I...a 80, c0-f when she was away from the
49,. 81. hsd ted her that she would never
.s.sss.6 70 live with Corf, but could live
- earle Thorndyke. At one time
~. cnt hsd held up the baby and
srv~rssx the lower part OF its fsee with
-. Mad had asked how the upper
- scoksc When she had replied that IL must
,esrrb be Mr. Cort, Ma Cort had said II looked
~. charlie Thorndyke. She had seen Mrs.
GO vrise letters TO Thorndyke and had read
,.-ss II fbsr. Mrs. Cort had asked her how 10
nell certain words.
m Corts attorneys here objected 20 the
ssvass tzst.fying as 10 the contents Of the
frsr--s a not being the best evidence,
ara Charles Thorndyke himself was put
- the stand He acknowledged receiving
letters from Mrs. Cort, but on being questioned
- 10 their whereabouts answered that they
must Be In ashes.
Tho Meyers girl further testified that one Of
th< letters had opened with "Dear Charlie and
sud ended with Dear Wife" They had told Of
Ms Cort.s troubles with Cort She had also
rea letters from Thorndyke 20 Mrs. Cort The
frss one had addressed her as mrs. cort," and
ne next one a. aDear May" Mrs Cort had told
~ that she hated cort, and not to be surprised
d snythIng that turned up. The girl was sub
kctsd 20 . very rigid cross-examinstion, and was
compelled 70 read and write in the presence OF
he court in order to prove her ability 70 DO 90.
Shs had seen 1horndyke at the house several
nights, and one time from upstairs hsd heard
him and Mrs. Corr whispering in the parlor
t<low. Mrs. Cort had posted her In case there
Vas trouble with her husband TO yell for q
policeman. She left the house because abe
dids't care 70 stay where there was trouble.
John Cort was recalled and told the story IN
detail Of how he had surprised Charles Thorn
tyks a. his house one night about two months
arc. He had heard stories OF his wise's reia-
tors with Thorndyke, and he and others had
vzfcAes her On saturday night, April .,
about o'clock, he had stationed himself oppo-
Ets The house to watch. At midnight Thorn
cyfe, Mrs. cort and her friend. Mrz Thompson.
had put In an appearance. The two women
wens In and left the door a.ar. After standing
% TIE corner for about FIVE minutes Thorndyke
went in and remained until about O'Clock
On Sunday he told Mrs. cort that he was goins
% Portland by the night train. Instead he left
his valiss at the thester, and about $50, accom-
panied By George Magnus and Phil Daw, started
% watch the house. Sometime afterwards they
saw Thorndyke going towards the house
About II o'clock Cort. with John Baker, George
Baker. George Msgnus, Phil Daw and George
Hall. all his employees, went 90 the house. Cor
hsd undone the fastening of a window openins
on the front porch during the day. He climbet
IN through this, and admitted the Others int
the hall by the front door. They found Thorn
dyke in the sitting-room. The lights were ou
and the curtains pulled down. Cort strucl
Thorndyke across the mouth with his revolver
They then handcnffed him. Cort and Bake
took lamp and started in search OF Mrs. cort
After looking in the rooms upstairs
they came down again and found
her standing In the parior behind the door with
Thorndyks of everything except his under
clothes. They then took his outer garments and
cut them 10 pieces with q knife. Cort struck
Thorndyke q number of times with q horse.
whip. Mrs Cort went down on her knees and
swore that nothing criminal had occurred be
tween them. Thorndyke said the same thing
Finally, about . O'Clock, Cost took Thorndyke
clad only in his underclothing, to the front dool
and kicked him out In order TO avoid pub
hcity, he had overlooked the affair and taker
his wife back as before, until he discovered tha
abe was communicating with Thorndyke. Sh,
bad done this after, on the night of the trouble
she had sworn never 10 see or have anything
more 10 do with him. He had watched then
snd one evening saw Thorndyks and Mrs Cor
meet st the sawmil on the boulevard near LAX;
Union
Jennie louise, girl OF IL years. testified thu
abe had worked as q nurse for Mrs Cort Sh,
had seen her write letters TO Thorndyke begin
ring Dear Charlie" She had taken the letters
% mail She had also gone 20 the house Of
Mrs French TO get answers from Thorndyke.
1eorye Hall swore that he had worked for Cor
ssscosehman for two years. Up 10 the Sunda,
hight vhea cort had surprised his wife ans
1horncyke he had never known of anything
sgainsr Mrs Cort he had seen Thorndyke q
TIE house several times and always when Cor
vas away. On the Saturday before the Sunda,
that Thorndyke was discovered at the house
Cort had told him TO be on the lookout as some
hing was going to happen. On Sunday nigh
Cort had come 70 the stable where he slept an
walked him. He went to the house with Ia
others His story of what happened there coin
clded with Cort's testimony.
At II o'clock court adjourned, carrying "a,
hearing Of the case over 20 tomorrow evening 8
O'clock