Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1895-01-10
BRIDGETON, N ], THURSDAY. JANUARY TO- 1895.


they had gone to he same school;
they attended the same church, and
as they grew into young manhood and
womanhood, they began keeping
company, and this ptInued until her
downfall was accomplished.
| Upon cross examine tion which was
most skillfully conducted by Mr.. Pan
coast, the young woman denied posi-
tive that she had ever kept COM
! pany with any other young man. She
admitted under some pressure that In
1892 her father sold cider and beer and
many people came to the house after
1t, but she never had any thing to do
with them.
When Mr.. Pancoast was asking
about Hampton's selling beer, the old
man sat In the audience, shaking his
head violen tly at her to get her to say
no. The latter part of the cross-ex.
animation was very tedious from ..the
fact that the girl did not desire to an
swer the questions of the Camden
lawyer.
A little case in ejectment brought
by Frank b. Gibson against John Hill
dredth, was slipped in at this point.
The matter was simply one In which
Gibson purchased of James 8. Ware,
Exr, the Marshal property on North
Pearl street. John Hildreth resides
there and refuses to give possession,
The suit was not defended and the
Court directed the jury to return a
verdict for the plaintiff, damages 6
cents, which will carry casts.
| When the Hampton-C Chambers case
was resumed, ex-Judge Pancoast ask.
ed Miss Hampton If her fs ther did not
communicate to her by signs, indicat
ing what testimony she should give.
She answered that he did not.
Then MIR. Mitchell called the plaintiff.
He related the story of the wrongs OF
his daughter at the hands of the de-
fendant. He said that from the time
Chambers was first charged with the
offense, he had denied that he was Ithe
author of her ruin.
Upon cross-examina ton Mr.. Hamp.
ton declared that during the cross-ex-
animation of his daughter by ex-Judge
Pancoast, he did not In any manner
indicate to her what she should
answer, all the questioning of Mr..
PancoasJ could not get him to admit
that he had motioned to his daughter.
Upon further cross-examins tion the
mind of the old man became quite
dense, and he was given up in despair
by counsel and left the stand.
Nicholas Hampton, cousin of the
girl, did not help the case any from
the fact that he contradicted Miss
Hampton's testimony. He said that
he saw the girl at the Seaville Camp
Meeting with a young fellow, while
Sallie said she was not there with any
young man whatever.
Samuel Foster testified to seeing
Anthony Chambers about the Hamp
ton home on several occasions.
Mrs. Mary Foster, the wife of the
previous witness, corroborated the
testimony of Mr.. Foster.
The plaintiffs case was then rested,
and the defense was introduced, Mr..
Bacon making the opening. Before
the tes tlmony In the case was begun,
Lewis Carson, a juror on the general
panel was called, who said that he
noticed the old gentleman Hampton
give his daughter signs during the
cross-examinstion, This testimony was
corroborated by PIONEER reporter
and Clearance M. Dubois.
DIR. Wilson was called, and said that
at the time of 'ahe alleged intercourse
with Sallie, Chambers was suffering
from very painful ailment in the
knee, and any movement he might
make would cause him much pain.
Paul O. Davis, who taught school In
school In Maurice River Township In
1898 testified that ne had seen Sallie In
company with other young men. Mr..
Davis fur ther said that the reputation
of Sallie Hampton for chastity was
not good.
Isaac w. Dawson, Postmaster at El
dora, said that before this affair the
reputation of Sallie Hampton was
good.
Samuel Trout, a young man, said he
was with Sallie one night In August
1898 at Leesburg Camp. He had never
met the girl before. He was intro
duced to her and sat in wagon with
her awhile.
John Downey, a young man Of six
teen or thereabouts, said he had seer
young men with Sallie and had gone
with her himself.
Other witnesses were called to show