The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-08
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- A<1At tn@ s1n1e mans han1Erfi1z
might vary considerably with different
pens and under different esrcuussznc@x
Soryal n. Latfmsr. manager fer Dexter
Acrtoa e Co. testified that Mr Preston
and DR. Dawson had called on ktru one Cay
last week at the bank. They had rrst
spoken 20 him about the signature on frs
cnsck. hecoxnszfng ehuitr writing az
oHse. he had called Sehcifz 20 exp,ain how
h. came 10 sign Dr. Dswsor's name 20 u.
check Mr.. Preston and DR.. Dawson bad
tnea asked BIN 70 prepare q transcript Of
Dr. and Mrs. D4wson's bank accounts
Though they sic not tell him for what par
pose They tn not ask that the accounts
be faistast or thar Anything about them BE-
concszie1< Exznlrsng the two envelopes.
hs pronounced the ha-aurstsag on them
not DR.. Dawson'& Identities DR.. Dxw-
son's signature in . sassH memorandum
book. though be said he had never before
sean the Initials ssparate - they vsrs
thers-
Albsrf a. Dumsld, formerly postmaster
AT Pickering. near which Dr.. Dawson's
Mason county ra1ch lea. told 81 his frs.
meeting with Or. ard Mrs. Dawson. Tne
ranch was about thExs miles from tho
pcstoffes IN an air Tine. but the nearest
road Was foGr miles. About the third day
after DR.. Dawson came &c Seattle. leaving
Mira Dawson On the ranch. Dufie5d re-
caived . letter from the doctor, telling
him 70 carry certain fruit ard supplies
out % Mrs Dawson. requesting him 20
let Mrs.. Dawson have anything that she
needed. and promising 20 pay him for any
services he might render her. In this ies-
ter wzs enclosed oGe addressed TO Mrs.
Dawson, which Witness delivered TO her
on tbs following day. During the doc;or's
sbssncs IN British Columbia Mrs. Dawson
was az well supplied as any enc II that
part OF the country could be- Witness
had gone TO the house six or eight times.
twice with his team. DIR. Dawson asked
him 10 go every other day: bur instead of
this 1t each Wait he would ascertain
whsn Mrs. Dawson would want him to
come again lie cut wood and did other
things about the place. On bis return
from British Columbia DR.. Dawson paid
witness SO or SIS for services. exclusive OF
bills for goods. Witness told Of the cpl
soda OF the cow. and stated that the girl
Annie knew the road. having bean over IL
or foot
Alex Barber. Dr. Dawson's Office boy.
testified tina, when DR.. Dawson went
down TO California he left the posfofiee
key with witness. telling him 20 give all
letters addressed 10 the doctor 20 DIR.
Eagleson and to give Mrs. Dawson those
addressed 20 her. This witness had done.
lie ala not give tho key TO Col. Carr. nor
had the latter ever asked him for II. A
week before DIR. Dawson's return witness
gave the key 70 DR.. Eagleson. having
FRS. offered II TO Col Carr, who refused
e. In Offering Il 10 Col. Carr witness had
told him the key was a nuisance. reiating
a conversation with Mrs. Dawson In which
she had asked him for the key. and hs
had told her that Coz. Carr had X. The
latter statement witness said. was sntrpe
Witness also told OF Mrs. Dawson's send
ing him 10 Col. Cars Office. during DIR.
Dawson's absence IN California. 70 get
s.4Fs ar4SA I'm "a al
Col Carr that Dr. Dawson wanted tho
papers Cross-examined. witness stated
that while DIR. Dawson was away. Col
Carr had asked him TO let him know if
anything went wrong with reference 10
Mrs. Dawson.
Dr. Dawson. in rebuttai. denied that h.
had ever cursed his wffs, or called her Of
fcnsiye names. Explained that his say
Ing he was ashamed 10 go out with his
wife was due 10 her bleaching her hair
and peuciilng her eyebrows. Denied that
he had told her he wished she were dead
that he had told her as far back as 1859
that he had applied to Col Carr with ref
srenee 10 getting divorce; that he had
told her she was drunk: that abe had
fallen on the floor fn faint; that she had
crawiet on her hands and knees 20 the
kitchen at the ysndome. These various
deniaIs. together with others in similar
vein. took thu witness over nearly thu
whole ground Of his domestic troubles
again. and brought the forenoon session
to a close.
The Afternoon se~sion.
At the afternoon session Or. A. Il.
Kshbe. oculist and aurixt. testified that
he was called on last January 20 treat
Or Dawson for an scute Inflammation IN
his right eye: that II was a case OF alb
soluie sickness. and so severe that DIR.
Dawson went 70 the hospital and re-
mafnei there under his treatment.
Or. Dawson resumed the stand. Mr..
Preston examining. He told the story IL
his whipping his Oldest child Lewis. say
Ing that the whip used was one whieh
Mrs. Dawson sometimes whipped tbs
children with. and that he had found no
w~lss or scars on the boys limbs. lie de-
serfAes tire two bays. the youngest as spe-
eialiy robust. and the Oldest as Of averags
strength. Tctd ef bis recent visits 20 thu
house. saying that he had gone thsre al
most daily. but only TO see tho children.
Had carried them various things. snch az
fowATs ard sce cream. Had consulted
vita Mrs. Dawson about the children.
Has never lain DOWN on the bed. though
once when Mrs. Dawson was lying down
with the children he hai sat on the ep-
pcwite side os the bed. Had taken or his
coat ard vest once while dressing cut
on Lexis wrist and again while nursing
Ralph Had brought 40 cesi enc day
when there was no servant IN the house.
Denied that he had told HIS wife that the
Complaint actually aiea hsd hecn Intended
merely as a scarecrow. though he admit
ted hts wife nigAt have drawn shat tn
ference from his telling her that be had
hoped. wnen she saw the papers aud knew
the CHARGES she would have 20 face. she
would nos g. into TIRE trial.
As % tire two intercepted letters. he had
rrstssr given them % Col. Carr nor hs4
he told Mrs. Dawson that ne had Re had
sealed them un IN a large envelope. en-
aersAa with date sna bis name. ana haA
actually forwottea where they were I'll
recently Col. Carr asked bin where they
were.
Re thought bis wife r. her testimony
haa confused tire Ella Wheeler wilcox
poem with another newspaper clipping.
Admitted Sc hat teta his wt<e thAt ~.
former was y direct Invitation 20 Garrett.
shat she Rad tod him Mrs Re'9,snger
gave 4 70 her and asked hin 20 give q;
hack hus Ne refused. Later ne was ieek-
lnx through MS cesk whsn Re found ar
other fnaelloAte roetlo efusson. which hs
destroyed
nsnIea hsx wife. .tary ahous re uurss
ana Ms convenient lie statement &C.
uses that re perxuaeed her % 50 - Oak
aana. sAia he was surprised 81 her re-
surn s~o~, California only - that 81.
came little earlier than ne expected. AID
asn,s by train when &c VAS Ic0kfag for
her ~ o0aI
sye gave a airerent veFsloa az THE 60
.afue story frons his wsfr's. stating thAs
he fesas she was nneonssso1s1y an1sEiT4nS
ne r.rrnHsre EacE. ard there's ore tcsa
49, shS haa had kao mach - the trestc.ns-
T~ssen easss~ agaia TIE naaseafing desAtAz
% sha disease foiiowfrg as wafss return
fvorn caisfnrnsa, rwrdrfes Gay atsrss