The Anaconda standard., 1895-05-10

Blums was accompanied by one or two
lady friends
Mrs. Van pusen was recalled and
examined the writing OF the Hanson
letter and she said she should say II
was not in Mrs. Blume's handwriting.
On cross-examination she could give no
particular reason for so declaring ex-
cept that the letter "J' In Jennie was
more curved than the same letter In
the note she had in court In the morn
Ing. She based her evidence entirely
Hanson letter writing and the writing
in the letter she produced in court her
self Mrs. Van Dusen then also re-
membered that the "S' and 'Y" were
not similar in the bodies of the letters.
Mrs. Van Dusen was so anxious to tes-
tffy that the court had to stop her
several times and request her not TO
tell more than she was asked to tell.
She said her husband. Van Dusen. was
living, in Butte In 1884, at the date OF
the famous ivan" letters to Mrs.
Bhme. ~
Mr.. Van pusen was recalled as an
writing. He said Mrs. Biume was stop
ping at his house and he several times
saw her write by looking over her
shoulder. since the commencement OF
the divorce suit He saw SUFFICIENT OF
her writing so that he could Ten a
capital letter from small one. On
this knowledge he was willing to swear
that he. shouldn't CALI the Hanson
letter her writing. He thought there
was more ink in the Hanson letter than
what she commonly used. He also rec
ognized the same dissimiIari,y pe
did. On cross-examination Dusen said
that the only words he ever saw Mrs
Blume write were my Dear Mother
and from that he would say that the
| Hanson letter was not genuine.
Mrs. .Dingley was also recalled ana
said she had seen Mrs. Blume write
every summer for some summers ana
also received a number of letters from
her. Mrs. Dingley said she would not
| like to say that the Hanson letter was
written by Mrs. Blume. She would not
say that 1t was not, but Thought there
| was resemblance. What the defense
expected to show by Mrs. Dingley did
| net appear from her testimony. There
was no cross-examinatfon.
| Attorney John w. Cotter testified
that he was an intimate friend or DR..
Hall and was frequently IN MS once, zee
/ There was an objection made TO the
| testimony ana the court said II under
stood that the witness was not CO.
! RESPONDENT with DIR. Hall but would
| permit him to testify, and the witness
| said there was no bed In the Doctors
room, but that folding bed had been
there but moved out early In July.
4 Miss A. r. Dingley testified that she
had some acquaintance with Mrs.
Blume's handwriting and was satisfied
that the Hanson letter was not writ
ten by her. On cross-examination
Miss Dingley said that all she saw
Mrs Blume write were the words
Dear Mother" and Dear Sister" That
was three years ago. She also had her
autograph in an album. Miss Dingiey
finally said that she would not swear
that the Hanson letter was not writ
ten by Mrs. Blume.
Fred Bowen. correspondent NO. ..
was the next witness. and said he was
rooming at the Vadnais house on West
Quartz street. He remembered MRS.
Berry. the witness who yesterday told
about seeing Mrs. Blume come from
his room and seeing her In pea VIII
him. Bowen denied that Mrs. Blume
had ever been in his room and de-
clared that he had never known hei
or seen her until he was introduced
TO her in George Haldron's ONCE 9
week ago. 1t is false, he said, that q
woman was seen coming out or MS
room asftestified to by Mrs. Berry, ant
the only person that ever slept will
him was Tom Barlow, a pumpman a.
the Gagnon. On cross-examinatiof
Bowen was asked II 1t was not a fac
that he was playing cards in his room
one evening with Whl la S, o.1 ,i..
l.while so engaged MRS. biume Waihe'
in. He denied 1T.
"Afrs- Biume never was in my room
while / was in it," he said.
The witness denied that he met Mrs
. Berry recently in Newbro's drug stor'
and requested her not to TESTIFY IN Tn
. case and say that IL she would m
! would go on the witness stand ant
swear that he did not know Mrs. Blum
at all. He also denied that he wrote |
letter to Mrs. Berry asking her for Mrs
Blume's sake not to testify or tell wha
Will Clark was the next witnes
: called and proved rather a surprise Z
the plaintiff, for he denied that he eve
: saw Mrs. Blume in Bowen's room. bu
said that he had often 'joshed Bow
en-. He admitted that he had toi
! fair, but what ii was he was not per
Mr.. yadnais was called and sain h
! had never seen Mrs. Blume In his hous
before he had been asked anythin
about her He also said there was
bed lounge In the hal or ms mouse
which was in use every night. and tina
: the back door could not be opened wid
! when the bed was down. =
Homer Vadnais, a 1-year-old boy
: said he occupied the bed lounge an
I that the back door was always locke
. on the inside. He had never seen Mr'
2 Blume In the house. He said. how
ever. that his bed did not obstruct tn
! kitchen door, which led to the alley.
I Mrs. vadnais' testimony was ider
; tical with that of her husband an
| son.
E The defense will probably conclud
4 its testimony tomorrow. AS far
r the evidence to-day was concerned,
e tended to weaken the case of tf
: plaintiff in several material points. an
especially so far as IL concerned Do
| tor Hall His own testimony and thu
: of Doctor. Sandberg, and their ofi'
: hooks. showed that during the perio
d on which II was alleged that Mr.
!. BIume visited Doctor Hall so frequen
: ly. she was being treated almost e,
n clusively by Doctor Sanberg. m
3 plaintiff will have lot OF testimony
: rebuttal