The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-19
rR. DUGAN's VISITS.
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rhsr We're Closely Observed by
Mrs. Steers Neighbors.
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rus LADY USED STRONG WORDS.
xsrs Esey Testimony In the Divorces
csss-Tsss Case Against the school
Board-rhe Log Salt s.


-. s.eel divorce case occupied another
-. /, the superior court yesterday before
1Ifrsd Battle. Judge pro tenn. and thelde-
s.-.< introduced some interesting tsstls
.-snv. Throughout the trial the Montana.
90 sat near his attorneyss nervous bat
s...rngped. Mrs. Steel showed no sign
= .~rvousness. but her face wore an
..-.iIv determined expression. Il 10
-..sor,t doubt one of the most stubbornty
.-n,s.ted divorce cases ever tried in this
tgsBty. 3. -
Tahn DawIand, sno old resident Of this
..nntv. testified that for atime he resided
: Mil street, next door To the binding
.reani<d by the Steel family. He had
..>n Dugan around the house frequently ;
I'D seen him 90 there between and 9
esoek in the evening and leave at
ss,aoek In the morning. On one occasion
: said: How do you do. Mr.. Steel - 70
shich Dugan replied: my name Is not
sksI. :" -
what made you call him Mr.. Steel"
BECAUSE / hadn't seen any one else
.,ound there, and thought lie must be
Nts steei's husband"
aDld you ever hear Mrs. Steel swear7"
Il have" %
what did she say7"
sshe used very bad Ianguage-such a.
soaid be used In grading camps or by
niors
This Is not sunday-school picnic or O
rtraxbsrry festival" said Attorney Gil
nan, "snd you may state exactly what
rhs said. People who come here must
rrspsre themselves 10 hear mos. any.
hing"
The remark created a good deal Of uer-
fiment, and all eyes were directed upon
shas portion Of the court room where the
xemen spectators were seated. The wit
rsss then uttered two words that would
rot look nice in print. With reference TO
one Of the words. Mr.. Gilman asked If
Sara substantive.
The Saxon substantive" replied the
sisuss. while the spectators all smiled.
Thsssfense here rested.
Ia rbuttal Charles Nelson Bennett
ssasiAat he was acquainted with Dugan
b lae and in August Of that year be IN
fysgeed Dngan to Mrs. Steel In 1898 be
na Mrs. Steel again, aud she told him
tat her husband was threatening TO de-
wise her of the communityoproperty and
De witness advised her to look out" and
Totect herself. o
What made you interfere in the family
sfairs of other peoplef" the witness was
nked.
81 would do that for any woman"
$50 you constitute yourselfa champion
fwomankind In general and look after
heir private affairs 7"59 @ %
"Yes. sir." answered the witness shortly
and smiling feebly. o
Capt. George Johnson, brother OF Mrs.
Steel, who now resides I'm this city, said he
smOut here in 1873 and remained until
iss5, when his sister married Steel. steel
had no money at ALI, . raid the witness,
and the marriage vas against the wishes
THE family. Father gave him an acre OF
and and afterward bought from Steel the
ns acre and fifty acres Of rotten swamp
sd for $3.50. and father had to mortgage
hhoms TO pay him"
hng eross-examined, Johnson admit
kAa. he knew nothing concerning the
Gsrs OF Steel. Mrs. Steel and his father.
Hssained bis knowledge from hearing the
Emily talk aboutft.
The defendant's motion TO strike out the
evidsnce on the ground that it was hear
say was granted.
The defense then, after good deal Of
srsnging. put on the stand Mrs. c. w.
Collins colorsd, wife Of the weli-knosn
eoloFed preacher. who swore that in 1858
she lived on Mil street. neat the steels'
hone, and one day in the spring she
called on Mrs. Steel. Hearing voices in
thsstiting room and7not knowing whether
abe bad better call. she tiptoed UP 10 the
Aaif-open door ando looked in. There she
ssE Mrs Steel sitting in Dugan S lap.
There manner was affeetionate, Mrs.
Collins said. o0 "a
The case was continued mill o'clock
this morning. d.