The Helena independent., 1893-12-08
fhe Sign That Marshal Furay Might
Have Put Up at the United
States Court
louise Baudet Continues Her
Story Of the Bandmann
Partnership Business.
A Cablegram At Honolulu and . Trial In
Foreign Court Cut Some Figure In
Yesterdays Narrative.


circuit court, attracted on increased at
tendance yesterday. Nearly all those in
Ittsndsncs Wednesday were present yester-
dsy. and in addition there wore number
Of new faces. including two ministers.
Judge Cnllsn continued his trip with the
plaintiff, starting from Calcutta In tho
morning, thence to China. to Honolulu, to
San Francisco, TO New York. to the conti-
mont q couple Of times. stopping little
while in gay Paris. to London. did several
circuits in America, including the southern
and the Mcguire. did the cheap play houses
in the east under the Jacobs management.
went through the Jekyl-Hyds experience.
helped Miss Baudst select a Montana ranch
and purchase Thoroughbred stock In France.
and finally loft her on the depot platform
in st. Paul. where she and Herr Band
mann parted for good and all. Miss Bau-
det was on the stand from 10 q. m. to i've
p. NJ, and gave additional proof of mar
vellous memory for dates and minor de-
tails. Toward the close Of the day she
plainly showed the effects Of the strain. in
that she could not recall dates with the
same facility she did earlier In the trial.
having to stop oftsner and consult her
plays between the witness and the lawyer.
Two points were brought out In the cross
examination yesterday that look to the
breaking down OF the credibility OF
the plaintiff. In the morning. re-
farrinQ to her visit to Honolulu
and the playing Of the company there for q
month. Miss Bsudst said on her ARRIVAL
there. or shortly after. she received q cable
gram from san Francisco saying her
mother, who had been i'll. was better. After
receiving this she said she was content to
remain in Honolulu. Asked if she had
that cabIeQram, she said she dld
not. As there never has been cable be.
tween Honolulu and the rest OF the world
the statement OF Miss Baudes created
slight sensation In the court room. The
otaer point made by the defendant was in
the introduction of the proceedings Of y
ease in which Bandmann was the defend
ant. and in which Miss Baudet testified
that she was articled by her mother to
Bandmann, who was to teach nor to be an
actress. In explanation of this the witness
said Bandmann had been arrested on tue
complaint of Mrs. Ferguson. member Of
the company. on the charge OF assault.
She said MIR. Bandmnnn aske! her to testify
In his behalf as she did. assuring her that 1t
was all right. Miss Baudes sald that on
the CROSS examination Mrs. FerRuson's
lawyer had drawn out that she Miss Bau-
det) was q partner with Bandmann. and
that he might have been cruel to MES. Fer
gusou, and she not have seen it.
Quite a number OF Letters were shown the
written by herself. Woman-like she would
read every word of each of them before she
would say positively that she had written
them. Judge Cullen would fret little
but the witness would have her way.
Twice during the day she lost hez temper-
Ah4 oil AnrR
Bandmaun kept her papers. and again when
she charged that he had intercepted and
kept lstte. she wrote to her sister while
the latter was on the Missouls ranch. At
another time she b. oke down whom she told
how her mother met her upon her return
after an absence of four years.
Referring to the engagement at Sydney
in 1888 Miss Baudes said they played "The
Woman OF the People," a new translation
from the French and German. the joint
work of hersslf and Herr Bandnann; she
said they played to "jsmmed crammed"
many people tainted. Some people. said
the witness, "eaid it was the heat while
others said it was tho result of my actinR;"
this last very naively.
rs II not fact. Miss Baudet." said
Judge Cullen. that Mr.. Banamann hired
men to faint in the shsa.rer !, A..
II rather think not, replied the witness.
''because if he did it cost great deal of
money, so many tainted"
She said that her benefit at s'y dnsy brought
In. she thought, about 600 net.
''Are you not mistakenr' said Judge Cul-
len referring to one of Mr.. bandmann's
diaries. Were no: the net receipts for
that benefit only G73?''
"Oh. no, judge; that is not true" she re-
piled.
She told also OF receiving a diamond
necklace in Shanghai, on her benefit night
where the receipts were $2.50O, and she said
Mr.. Bandmann did not help buy the neck
lace. Several times Judge Cnllen by a ulip
OF the tongue called the witness Miss
Bandmarn." Finally she said:
Judge, please try and remember my
name" The big lawyer promised, and he
kept his word.
Then she told OF the purchase Of shares
Int coal mine near Sydney for her by Herr
Bandmann. and also some land near Rock
hampton. Both OF these properties she
said the tragediau put in her name. just
before the neon adjournment Miss Baudet
told of the cablsRSatn incident at Homo
l1lu; and when court took a recess the 40
tress and the lawyer were in San Francisco
During the forenoon Herr Bandmanu's 8
diaries and papers had played a considera-
BILE part in the cross-examinatloD. Before
tho recess Judge Mcconnell received ger
mission to look over the diaries, and his
client spent al hour IN that work. The re-
suit was that whom court reoonvened at two
p. m. Miss Baudet had freshened her
memory on good many details.
What were the net profits from the Aus
tralian tripf" was tho first question Judge
Cullen asked the witness at the afternoon
session.
Il do not know; Mr.. Bandmann has that
In his diaries, but they must have been as
much es G10.000."
Then the witness won't on and detailed a
conversation Herr Bandmann had with a
Mrs. Strauss in Miss Baudet's presence i'm
nedistely on their arrival at San Francisco.
In it the witness alleged that Harr Band
mann said he had about 44.CO0 Of her
money. which he was going to invest for
har. Then came tho visit to New York d id
tho visit home. Then she went to Denver
with company and played tho Colorado
circuit afterwards coming to Montana,
taking In the Mcguire circuit. Judge
Cullen inquired IA to tho strength
of the Bsndmann Baudet company
st this point. and the witness
went over the ability of each player. and, in
summing up, the result to the initiated was
barn-sto: ming ggreRatlon with two stars
She explained that those who were poor
ACTORS then were good actors now. Finally
the witness and Judge Cullen, after travel
ing good many hundred miles gong to
benefits. and having all sorts OF good und
bad luck, got into MissouIn county. Here
Miss Baudet met Leopold Green, whom she
described as young German. You see,"
she said, "he saw me in the play, and he
was introduced to ME. lie had bssn drink
ing little and WAS enthusiastic. l told
him was looking for land. and hs said he
had some he would give me. told Mr.,
Bandman about it, and he said hs would
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