Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-31
MAUD DRAKE.
The Former Rock island Wo.
mans Kansas City Suit.
TAXING EvIDEIoE AT QUINCY.

seasstbssal Esissde In the Litigation Len
Whsch tie Need sstrisaalistic Medium
Bsas Ber00e 1avsavesi - a uDamag- suit
ssa The Censeeseeees
The taking Of dispositions at Quin-
cy n to the character Of Mrs. Maud
Lord Drake. wife Of J. $. Drake. for
merly II Rock Island. and now Of
Kansas City. is bringing GU, some
sensational evidence. Recently Mrs.
Drake took ofrcnse ut an article pub
l.shcd in a Kansas City paper which
rid;culed her and her phenomena.
She assaulted the reporter who wrote
il and he caused her arrest. Henry
Stewart. n constable. arrested her
and locked her up over night. She
then brought suit against the con-
stable and his bondsmen for $50. 900
damages for dcpriving her of her
liberty.
Now the attorneys are in Quincy
taking dispositions rs TO her character
during her residence in 1873.
The Quincy Herald has this ac-
count Of the proceedings:
Sensational lmputatlon..
lyon miserable puppy! How dared
You go into court to swear away the
character Of n woman who had spent
years in sustaining it, and test:fying
to what man now dead told vou?
II is such beings rs you that make
me ashamed Of my sex-the sex that
gave birth To such as you!- 1t was
Mrs. Maud Lord Drake who spoke.
The place. near Judge Aliens court
; room. The person addressed was
Louis I.ambur. the constable.
As has been stated. Mrs. Drake and
her husband are here establishing
/! her character as it was years aback
when she was a resident OF Quincy.
She is in trouble. in Kansas City.
having sued for damages for false
imprisonment. A reporter called on
for some information and she
slapped him and elected him from,
the house. He had her arrested she
was locked up. although she offered
To give hail in any reasonable
amount. When she was finally re-
leased she instituted proceeding.
against the constable. placing he,
damages ut 100000.
The defense are trying to prov,
that the woman's personal characte,
i. not good. Ono Of the witncssc,
was l.ambur, and he swcre on tn,
strength Of n statement made TO hin
by the late Captain Mc(;raw. one,
kept a sporting house here n on
imc.
II was this that Mrs. Drake tool
emphatic exception to, and il was hc
cause Of il that she gave him tn
roasting in front cf quite n compan,
of men on the street. l.ambur re
NAMED cool. and rctortcd that h
neither told al he knew nor all tn
defense wanted him to tell. Their
were other in;crchan.cs of courte
sizes and the two separated. while tn
audience dispersed.
isrcsme Excttesi.
They had quite time taking tn
dispositions before Notary Publi
Schlagcnhauf. Anton Mocuning wa
one of tine witnesses. and he >wor
that 1T the time specified people Il
Quincy did no: speak well of Mrs
Drake: he had even heard that sh
KEEP; fancy house. In an ins;an
| all the fire in the woman'> aatur
was ablazc. aud springing toward
the witness. she shook her clcnche,
hand i'm his face and denounced tn
Statement: a. false. IL never did
Nobody ever said did, she erie
eNcitcdly. and would doubtless hav
made an assault: upon Mr.. Mocnnin
had not Mr.. Schiagenhauf interfere
and commanded her husband an
herself To- sit down. Drake WI
scarcely less excited than his wifi
and threatened To shoot the wi,ncs.
but Attorney Goldsbv compelled hin
to keep his seat and bc quiet.
Later Constable i.ambur was u
the stand and swore to what has bee
stated above. In order tn threw iii,
credit on his testimony. AttOrne
Goldsby tried to prove that the wi
ness had been drinking and was ne
responsible for the statements |!
made. Attorney Schlagenhal
thought differently and Lambr
went ahead with hi, testimony.
Il Judge Allen swore that he I'm
heard years ago that Mrs. Drake
character was not good. hut iDr.
+. Wilson sworc 10 AZ acquaintanC
with the woman and her folks. m
that their reputation was good So IL
rs his knowledge went.