The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-22
MRS. DALE ON THE STAND
SHE TELLS WHY SHE LOST FAITH
INFER HUSBAND.

she Believed in Him Until Photo
graphs Disappeared When the
Charges Against Him We're First
Made-Dale Willing TO Grant Ter
Divorce But Not on the Ground She
Names.
ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 81 The divorce
ease of the notorious Parson Dale, or Nut
all. whichever is the mans true name. was
continued To-day and much interesting tes-
timony was brought out. Dales Atlanta
wife was the principal witness. She had
married him in Dallas and bad known him
three years before the wedding. Iaere
was nothing, she said, wrong In
the man except the one great
deception which was at last brought to
light. She mad resisted every evidence oil
his duplicity when at first accused until two
pictures of Dale, taken when younger. we're
removed from their accustomed place IN the
bookcase, Immediately upon the arrest of
Dale on the charge of bigamy. II be-
iieved in him up to that ume,' size
said, "but the missing pictures. convinced me
chat he was afraid that they might reveal
something of bis past.
DALK's sEANCEs.
A very peculiar development of the evil
dence was Mrs. Dale's testimony IN refer
euce to seances. which the reverend doctor
conducted during the period OF their court
ship and married life. Mrs Dale
said that during the winter nights
Dale would hold table-rapplng.
Dale would always call up one Miss Addie
Poole, whom he said to be former sweet
heart. ain truth, said the plaintiff, this
Miss Poole was his other wife, reckon
Photographs of Miss Poole and another
LADY. Miss Kate Rollins, had also dI7ap-
peared mysteriously at the same time with
these of the youthful psrsOn. Aside from
the fact that Dale is q Baptist minister OF
good standing and in charge OF -four
ishIDg= church when arrested Tor
higamy, the case is remarkable one.
Pending a new trial on the charge OF
bigamy, the issue of which is whether there
ia man in the world named Nutal who
IL not the same man as Dale, Mrs. Dale or
Mrs Nutal, whoever the unfortunate wife
Is. institutes divorce proceedings against
her husband and the courts OF the state
have not as yet determined whether the
lady is suing for divorce against Mr.. Dale
or Mr.. Nutal.
DALE'S POSITION.
The couple have been separated for two
years, and Dale Nutell himself Is willing to
shown no desire TO have anything further
10 do with him, but he is resisting the di-
vorce on the issue that be ia not Nutall, but
Dale. If be admitted hat he was Nutall
and allowed a divorce on that issue, he
would fatally commit himself, in view OF
his approaching new trial on the charge OF
bigamy. The wife says she has
left the reverend doctor because
she believes him to be Nntall, aud on that
issue alone is suing for q divorce, while Tale
himself is willing to grant divorce on any
other issue. But the only issue upon which
the wife sues is the allegation Of Dale's dual
personality. The husband is forced TO resist
divorce on the ground that he is
Bigamist Nutall, and the result
is that there will be two
trials with the same issue, whether Dale is
Dale or Dale is Nutall. Ii Mrs. Dale gains
the divorce case on the ground of Dale's
being Nutall, then Dates fate is settled adj
versely before he goes to trial on the charge
of bigamy. Another vexiug question is the
child, the offspring of the marriage. The
little boy is now years old. The case will
be concluded en- Monday.