The morning call., 1894-11-16

''Yes, sir; am" was the confident re-
joinder.
Well. say so on OATH" said the Judge.
when were you drunk lastP' asked
Knight.
About the 4th of this month, think"
Then he said that he was gasfitter by
trade, but had worked for the ice COM
pany. He got a little mixed up in cross
eXaminati and had to admit that he did
not see Mrs. Russell in 1884, but had
known her since she was $50 high.
pointing about three feet from the ground.
did you ever tell nybody you had met
these people, or that you had drunk with
Mrs. RusSell?'
ION no, SIR"
Finally the witness departed, still smil-
Ing. He corkscrewad out of the room, and
then George Knight: 81 call upon
Please notice the condition he's In"
II have observed it, Mr.. Knight" re-
turned his Honor, senten!ously.
Allen had scarcely left the room, when
gentleman whispered to George Knight.
Call Allen back" shouted the attorney.
Allen was brought back and put on the
stand.
ibid you not say, on leaving the court
room, in the hearing of that gentleman
there" pointing to the spectator who had
whispered. that you had ripped her Up
the back?'
"No, sir" was the bewildered yet smil-
ing rejoinder.
"You did not?" Numbered knight.
"YOur Honor, this is Mrs. Ferral. mother
of Judge Farral. who heard this man say
the Words"
Allen pro ted his innocence, and still
smiling pulled open his vest, showing that
in the heat of his desire TO do jus tice to
the wronged he had burst his suspenders.
II ripped these OF my back, said. sir,
he explained meekly. George Knight
laughed, so did every body else, and Allen
was allowed to depart in peace.
w. Riechers. groceryman, said he had
known Mrs. Russell niue or ten years.
He had served her with whisky and had
charged Tito her account under the head
of groceries,.
The defendant Russell was then called
10 the stand to testify in his own behalf.
He said he was married TO the plaintiff in
March, 1885, He first met his wife in COM
pany OF her mother, Mrs. Phillips, about a
year before. his marriage. They visited
The plaintiff asked him to take her out
driving. q.
Il told her was very much attach ed to
my boys and they must accompany me. In.
their company / said I'd call for Miss
Phillips and: take her out riding" ex.
planned Mr.Russell. Miss Phillips said
she had seen me On the street and in The
park with my little boys: She said she
admired the boys very much. She didn't
say anything about admirlng me-" said the
witness. - -
Then he described how he first con-
ceived the idea of marrying this young
lady. SO he began to take her ont alone In
order TO discover the state OF her mind
toward him. On one occasion he took her
out to the Presidio, and while walking
around attempted TO kiss her She resisted
at first. but afterward put her lips up to
his. and from that hour he thought she
loved him.
She once told him that she was a married
woman-a Mrs. Lord. She was anxious to
get a divorce FROM this man on the ground
OF desertion. Witness said he offered to
assist her to get her divorce, and furnished
Der the money for this purpose. George
w. Lewis Of oakland was engaged as
attorney, but the negotiations did not
please the witness, so, much against her
will. the plaintiffs father, who was an
attorney. was taken into consultation.
The end of the whole business was that
the witness received a report from Miss
Phillips ana her father to the effect that
the divorce had been denied.
This witness proved to be dreary and
lODg-winded. He wanted to digress, re-
citing bedroom scenes, tears. lamentations
and so forth in the most lugubrous tones,
Finally he got to where she asked him 20
marry heT, divorce or no divorce.
81 said Ia marry her if she bad never
been guilty Of murder. Then she told me
she had not got her divorce, and afterward
the truth came out. She had never been
married. asked her why she had de-
ceived me. She said. Because | loved
you. and thought that if / told Won the
truth you wouldn't have me- So asked
her If that was all, and if / would be per-
fectly safe in marrying her. She swore by
heaven that this was so, and so we were
married"
The defendant spent the rest of the
afternoon in denying the second charges
made in the complaint. He might have
called her "baby face. with biting
tongue" but that was true. He might
have also called her Seeding hag," but
that also was true. He also called her
''hoodlum" once, but that was because
she dropped a rotten pear on bis new plug
hal from an upper window. She laughed
and he got mad, telling her that was the
act of hoodlum. 1t happened Oh a Sun
day. too.
Most of the other charges, however,
Russell denied, merely saying that his life
with his wife and her mother was one long
succession of misery and auarrels George
a. knight will take Russell in hand when
tho q te cd