The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-21

uut AS1- DaWGou insisted On going her.
SELF The fsrst thing she did on returning
vas to pick up the baby 20 nurse. ana
told her I thought she ought 20 rest. bat
she insisted that she vas not too tired
10 nurse the baby Dandy. our horse, was
very swift and she was only gone q couple
OF ho1rs- presume she saddlei the
morse. but how she was dressed do not
remennber"
A to the manner In which DR.. Davson
treated his wife, during the time she was
with them. Mira Parsons says IL rAs al
ways IN the most kind and inHfaigens man.
ner. At all times and under ali cirrum-
stances He never treated her cruelty or
was In anywise unksnd or cruel to her
She had good opportunities 10 Judge, she
says. a. she was 10 Mrs. Dawson's COM
pAny most Of the time and had chances OF
becoming well acquainted with her char
actef.
In answer 10 whether she had ever
heard Mrs. Dawson use obscene and vul-
gar language. Mrs. Parsons says she used
- come into the nursery IN Seattle and
repeat some improper siory az her Own
suggestion entirely. and repeatedly She
would always say IL would not do for the
doctor TO know thai she knew such stories.
The language used. Mrs. Parsons says.
Is too obscene 10 repeat She often re-
monsfra;ed with Mrs. Dawson for using
such lang uage. but says she was not In a
position TO dismiss the conversation or
even refuse TO listen. however much she
dis,fked ".
To the question. did the defendant ever
talk TO you about famiilarities between
herself and men other than the plaint!ffy' 70
MIS- Parsons says: Il remember one In
stance; II ~as while We we're in Seattle. at
zsl5 Seventh avenue. some time between
November. 1880. and March, 1881. She new
er gave me any names only remember
one circumstance when she referred to
some man before her marriage who had
tried TO take improper privileges with her.
and she remarked that " was easy enough
to stop man from taking improper priv
heges az any point II she wanted to- /
think these were the words she said"
Mrs Parsons says that since leaving
AIRS. Dawson's employ and up to the time
she went TO California year ago she met
Mrs Dawson frequently and was always
greeted In n friendly manner and asked to
come and see the children.
When asked II she thought Mrs. Dawson
a moral woman and a proper person to
have The care. custody and control Of the
children. Mrs. Parsons says: No: In my
opinion she IS not. don't think she Is a
proper person. I don't consider her a
moral woman. and for that reason she
would not be fitted to bring UP children.
/ don't consider her a temperate woman.
because it was her habit to take beer
whenever she wanted II, which was very
frequent She used TO say TO me that she
would like to give me a glass IL she
thought she could trust me in her absence
In not taking any. She would Joke me in
this way, as she knew I was a total alb
stalner from all kinds Of liquor. Nor do I
consider her mentally a proper person to
take care OF the children. Two occasions
that know of were when the doctor was
about to 60 out upon his regular evening
professional calls and she had within that
he Was not to go. I overheard her say
that she would take poison IL he did not
stay at home. On one occasion. IL being
absolutely necessary for him to go. he
stepped to the nursery door and told me
his wife had threatened to take poison
and wanted me to watch her. She was in
sane on the subject of jealousy. and never
had any occasion TO be so. but would SIM
ply take II into her head that the doctor
was visiting In certain families other than
professionally. and would be Jealous OF
him going there-Insisted that he should
not go. and / know on several occasions
the doctor gave up several of his best pa
tents In Seattle simple 10 try to please
her. She was always imagining that he
was unfaithfgl 10 her. when he was kind
ness itself. On all such subjects ! always
considered her mentally unbalanced"
In answer as to whether she thinks the
Doctor is q proper and suitable person to
have control OF the children. the nurse
says: Yes In my opinion he IL In every
respect qualified and suitable 20 take care
OF and bring up the children. In my whole
Acquaintance with him before went into
his family. having known him in different
families In which ! had acted as nurse and
In which he was the attending physician.
l never saw the doctor DO any act or say
any word unbecoming 10 a gentleman: nor
have ! known patients to speak Of him In
any way but the highest praise. In his
family life he was kind. conslderate and
devotion itself to the wife and children;
trusting Mrs. Dawson 20 an extreme and
allowing her TO so anywhere she pleased
and do anything she wanted TO: was pa
tlent and considerate OF Mrs. DawSo4s
whlms: never cross or irritable: always
provided for the comfort Of his family and
servants. everything TO the smalies; detail
which would make them happy and com
Portable. Never In a slckroom have seen
n physician OF more quiet refinement and
true gentleness. would say without
qualification that I have never seen or
known OF his doing a single act unbecon-
ing 10 gentleman: nor Known him to
Ind Ilge In intoxicating liquors OF any kind
For these and other reasons which Nigh;
enumerate ] arm SURE that the doctor Is In
every way capable OF taking care OF the
little ones and will make for them true
and loving father"
Mrs. Parsons says she never took part
IN vulgar conversation. never mentioned
any names IN conversation about men
taking liberties with her; never had any
trouble with Mrs. Dawson; never knew
iha; she had exceptional tao. to take care
Of children. for " has always been her Gus
tom to have n nurse to take care Of them
from the time Lewis was born 20 October
1891. when she left. when n competent
nurse took her place; that Mrs. Dawson
was fond OF PLAYING with her children.
that she slvays had help. and that she
has convers~d with Mr.. Han. a lawyer OF
san Bernsrdinc.