The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-26
ENGLISH NOBILITY!.
The Proceedings in the Libel Suit
Against Lady Scott.
EARL RUSSELL ON THE STAND,
The Awfai no. and privsi lie wrsts To
Ill, Mother-in.Law, with yhora He
,vassaid TO be In Love-A brilliant sres.
tneio Of the Ari.tocraey OF England.
Tho Esrps Letters Read In court-trs
Complains that He Cannot 500 to Write,
For His Tears will Gu,h Forth.

LONDON, Nov. 25.-The trial OF Lady
Selma Scott, mother of Countess Rus
sell, John cockerton, an engineer; Fred
crick Kast, groom, and William
A,yiott, valet. charged with criminal
llpei by Earl Russell, son-in.law OF
Lady Scott. was continued Before Jus.
tice Hawkins at the central criminal
court, otherwise the Old Bailey, to-day.
Earl Russell was again on The stand.
end continuing his testimony, he said
that at Christmas, 1892. he received q
card saying: God grant thnt next
Christmas all will be forgotten and that
you.". - - = =
Witness later Identified letter, writ
ten by Lady Scott and addressed to q
private detective named Diclfman, COM
tanning the following WORDS:
Any one who proves anything will
not only get my thanks but enough to
start in life. for, although ne have
enough evidence to hang any ordinary
man, II IS not quite sufficient for our
purpose" y = :. -.
The earl, on cross-examination. ad-
mitted his former affection for Lady
scott and said that on the Sunday prior
to his marriage he wrote her as foliows:
Parting from you seems harder to
bear as 1t gets nearer. don't see why
you are not coming to the station.
want to give you last hug, my darling,
my angel. Bother!. am beginning to
cry" -
The earl said this was simply an ex-
preston at the time of his feeling for
the mother OF the lady he was about to
marry.
Replying to further questions witness
said that he presented Lady Scott In
1883 with Thomas A. Kempis' "Imita-
ton OF Christ" because he thought Il
would be useful to her. and as she often
told him that she would like II. It was
inscribed on the fly fleaf a.
TO my dear Bo, the truest woman and
most faithful friend have known. from
her loving .FRANK.n
This language. the earl added. was
sincere then, but was somewhat exag-
gerated.
Continuing. Earl Russell testified that
when his wife first left him in 1880 he
loved her and wished her to return, and
in a letter to Lady Scott at that time he
alluded to the countess as follows: =
"She has not been actually disagreea-s {
BILE, but Of course, the stony-hearted self
righteous saint has not shown an atom
of kindness or softness, and 1t will be
relief to get rid of my curse for q few
days" 2
In subsequent letter to Lady Scott
the. earl described his wife as a .hnrd-5
hearted field and while the countess
was gone on three months visit to Earl
Russell's grandmother, the witness
wrote to Lady Scott and asked her to
come and stay with him during his.
wife's absence. He said: II you fail to,
accept this concession, shall know you
love me no more than that false woman
does" a & Z
This Characterization applied to the !,
countess. This letter also read: God
bless you. my dear one. God keep you
safe always. Oh, dearest, I cannot
write any more. I cannot see the paper.
Good night. my darling"
'In another letter two days prior to
his marriage, the earl wrote to Lady
Scott: :,"Oh, darling, will you forgive me?
I was very naughty to you. you true
hearted angel. I got to bed at and
have q splitting headache. Come soon,
my lovely one. Ever your loving
4! 49, "a :. FRANK"
Earl Russell is about thirty years Of
age. and is the son OF the famous Lord
John Russell. who was first lord OF the
treasury Of Great Britain from 1S46 to
1852. and from 1865 to 1856, and who for
fifty years represented the Wing policy
In and out of parliament
After the reading OF. these letters, o
discussion ensued relative to. the ad-4
mission OF further, similar evidence and
Justice Hawkins said:
II have nothing to do with the re.a-
tluns between Lady Scott and Lord Rus
SELL" {s q & -
After reference to the incidents of.
Earl Russclls past life had brought out
the original separation case including
the fact that he was expelled from Ok
ford, the hearing Of the case was again
adjourned.