The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-01
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rant. He rode on down the main strses.
and pretty soon met Mrs. Dawson the
nurse ard ehiIdrez. ard with them Ia tho
hack Charles EsplIn- Esplsn offered 20 ex-
change places with him. taking TIE horse
ard giving him the seat in ths carriage.
brt witness declined Out at the encArnp-
raent &c had told his wife that he DID not
consiaer Esplin a Ct person fer her 20 as
sociafs with.
When the troops had been ortersc to
Spokane, ard with them. OF course, Dr.
Dawson aad his hospital corps, on tneir
return from the e0eznpnent. fne> usan
was stopped az Edison and be made ar
ranxemenrs for Mrs. Dawson. the nurse
and children 10 20 or into Tacoma os
motor train. Esplin volunteered his ser
vices to look after them. On witness re-
turn from Spokane Mrs. Dawson cid not
tell him Of Esplln's having slept AZ tas
house. Neither did Espltn. though a ina.
time under DR.. Dawson's medical care ahd
meeting him from TIME TO time witness
did NOT learn OF the fact until last Febru-
arg. when he first heard II from Mrs Jen-
ser. or saw il Ia Lottie Kinsey's afnaav,t
Witness then told OF the winters OF u
and 20. spent by his wife In California
lie told OF his visit TO Oakland In March
isss. where after considerable difficulty ne
found the house In which his Stfe was
staying. 1t was about midnight when ne
arrived az the house. IN the front room or
which there was a faint light He rang
the ben twice. and after waiting each time
he raped on the door. Then ne heard
Mrs. Dawson's voice, and soon afterward
he was admitted BY Ilostis- Mrs. Dawson
net him, and knowing the construction or
the house from a rough draft which she
had sent him. he proposed to go on
through into the kitchen and lay aside his
clothing. which was wet from the heavy
rain. Mrs. Dawson interposed an ob1ec-
sion. eaying that In the dining room
through which he would have 10 pass
there was a gentleman. Mr.. Clement.
whom she would introduce 70 him later.
After about Eve minutes In the parior. Dr.
and Mrs. Dawson came out only 10 ind
that Mr.. Clement had gone. and witness
said there was no other way for him 10
have gone bat by the back door. witness
also stated that his wife and her sister had
gone on an excursion TO the fiesta at Los
ApHS,es. after his return to Seattle. al
II IN he had told his wife that he
thought II would be improper for them TO
go. In the same letter which brought him
the news Of their having gone TO the fiesta
came q request from Mrs Dawson that
the doctor would not visit a certain lady
IN Seattle III after her return The doc
tor did visit her. however. On her return
almost the first question Mrs. Dawson
asked him was whether he had done so.
and on his saying that he had she grew
very angry. and. a. witness stated. they
had quite a little conversation" In the
course OF which Mrs. Dawson declared
that she did not love her husband. that
she hated him. and that she was willing
10 separate from him. she taking one child
and he the other. He said he was not will
ing 20 give up the child to her. From this
time their relations were somewhat
strained. Or. Dawson went out with q
camping party IN August, 1894 including
h. m mr.
and other friends. Mrs Dawson was
asked TO GO but did not. On returning
from the trip Mrs. Dawson and the chill
dren were at the Vendome. Witness
wished TO go back 20 housekeeping. but
his wife preferred TO board. While at tho
Fendome Mrs. Dawson would frequently
not be al her room when her husband re-
turned late at night. but on his calling for
her. the porter or some one else always
looked her up quickly and she seemed not
to have been far away.
Witness told Of his vife's frequent alb
sences from home. and stated that after
they had left the vendome and gone to
keeping house again his wife would some
times come IA so late that he was asleep
and did not wake up al all
He said that Mrs. Dawson. especially
within the last year, while soiicitous for
the physical welfare OF her children. had
not cared 10 be with them personally. She
about caring for them. but did not seem
90 be personally as affectionate toward
them as she once was At one time they
spoke of putting the children into a kin
dergarten school. and arrangements vera
made for them TO 60. but they did not. His
reason for wishing them 70 60 TO the kin
dsrgarten was that they were not receiv-
ing proper attention at home.
He stated again that he had always be-
Heved his wife's jealousy a mania for
which she was not responsible, until with
in the last four months since the bring
Ing Of the suit for divorce. He rehearsed
the sources OF his Information about Mrs.
nawsou's conduct, denying that Carr had
toiS him any OF the unweicome news. He
stated that the effect OF her conduct on
their married life had been 10 render II
very unhappy, and that 80 far as hts social
life was concerned it had been broken up
completely.
The Cross-Examfnatfon.
Cross-exsmined. witness admitted that
he had employed detectives TO watch his