The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-01
THEIR MARRIED LIFE.
d. Dawson Tells the Story Of
His Wrongs.
rnE eEolNNINo AND THE END.
- hive Hours He Occupies the Wit
No. Box-strong Crose-Examina-
rion Of the Defense.
me BEGINNING AND THE END.

ton or the DEFENSE
rn4 SANE eager crowd. attentive 20 every
Aetsi, OF the great scandal waited IN TIE
eourt room yesterday az the trial o. fs1s
Dawson divorce case before Jucxs Hanss.
6uh,.c interest had been Snefted to
&k.ener edge BY the startling Developments
a tire preceding day and by the gossip or
ne thousands Of chatterlng tongues wnicn
q argued the merits o. the case during the
h egsrsng In saloons and Grub rooms. bsl-
Iiard halls ard hotels. on the Sidewalks
srA AZ me lakeside. In porch and parlor.
II re Incidents Of the case were gone over
rzch 6ispuisnt. each gcssi2er. had his
\ ewn opinion to express. and the Opinions
Il ~ers as varied az the csiioer, tsmpera-
er~ut ard circumstances or ths takers
eorae confined their conversation mainly
n the pagiIs.sfc encounter OF the morn
4 d. Some criticised Gen. Carr for his re-
1 marks about EspIin. and were sorry Es-
& zsIu hadn't knocked him comD.eteiy out
+ Diners condemned Esplln for taking too
vnnrh Many thought DIR. Coe had CON-
mtttsd Glstincf breach Of professional
& egnadence In repeating tho conversation
* had had with Mrs. Dawson. There were
these who blamed DR.. Dawson for drag
ring his wIfe's shame Into publicity, and
there were also those who blamed the wifs
for contesflng the case. There were scam
3 6al-npengerz who hung around the corners
WITH inzlnuations OF stin darker secrets
YET untold There were philosophers who
speeuIafed and moTailzed upon the vitiaiad
4 public appetite that crayed for news OF
such scandal and would not Be satisfied
without the fullest particulars There
were lawyers ard Judges who watched ths
nrnceedinxs and discussed them step by
step with the keen zest Of professional In
tsresf az physicians might watch loaih-
some patient or hang over dissectlns Ia
be. There were prophets. who asserted
that the mysteries OF the case we're not
yet all solved nor It's complications all
ended and hinted with vague predictions
Of quarrels and fights yet TO take place.
Ard there were people, amid al the gossip
and chatter Of the day ard night. who felt
deep thrill Of personal interest and who
watched and suffered in silence.
All these classes perhaps were repre-
sented In the crowd that watched DIR.
Dawson rs he took the witness stand at
the openinx OF court yesterday morning.
and who listened TO him during the Eve
iong hours IA which he heard and an
swered the questions OF the lawyers The
wifs from whom he seeks 20 be divorced
at throughout the day by the side OF her
attorneys. now prompting them with rapid
suggestions of particulars in their cross
examination Of the witness. and again COW
ertng her notebook with flying fingers
Her fair face looked neither 20 right nor
left. and she seemed Indifferent as TO
whether the spectators sdjudged her q
mere animal whose propensities had led
Der beyond the limits of shame or true
hearted woman nsrved TO desperation and
lighting with grim resolution for her repu-
tation as wife and mother.
Nor was the man who occupied the wit
ness stand all day easier to analyze, and
when the crowd came trooping down the
AxFa at Ia tn -
some pronounced him q monster incapa-
Bis Of all feeling, while others thought
him wronged highland who had shown
perfect control Of his feelings through a
most trying ordeal.
DIR. Dawson on the stand
The ordeal was one from which any man
might well have shrunk. After DIR. Pres
ton had secured from Judge Humes I'm
accordance with tho commission granted
on Monday. an order for taking the depo-
titicus or W. G. Boman. G. Laux, Charles
Gassen and win r. klnsey. sr.. all Of Los
Angeles. Mr.. Gilman began direct exam
nation Of Or. Dawson which lasted until
Has o'clock. and then Mr. Thompson be-
gan croas-examination which. not count
ing the hours Of adjournment. lasted for
three hours. During this long and search
ing examination the witness retained his
composure. There was comparatively lit
10 In hts story beyond what has already
appeared in his complaint and answer
His marriage In ISIS. his subsequent Jour
ney with his wife 20 New York; hts special
course OF medical study In one OF the
hospitals. and his return to Seattle with
hla wifs In December 1855. formed the pre-
face TO the sad and now familiar story Of
domestic woe which followed.
The first source OF domestic trouble. ao-
eording 20 DR. Dawson. was his wifc's I'M
ssasonable jealousy OF his attention TO
ether women. She carried this 20 such
On extreme that she looked with suspi-
eian. circumstances and even frenzy, upon
his professional visits TO female patients
rpen his return home from hts rounds she
weuid insist on knowing Just whom he
had visited At length this grew into her
urhraiding him with visiting women who
ed not need his Professional attention.
ans into charging him more or less def
nItsly With marital tnfdeifty. Once she
grew 50 violent a. 10 threaten with death
enc Of his patients. His only recourse
on such occasions. after he had vafnly
demonstrated with her. was TO threaten 10
leave the room or the house. She would
than nearly always call him back and
drop into penitent mood. In two OF
these tantrurna she went so far as 10 take
revolver az II for the purpose % killing
herself On both Of these occasions pr.
Dawson thought her In earnest. and
matched the revolver from her. A later
occurrence convinced him thai she was
cnly folgning. INDUCING In her usual pas
sionats refnonstranccs. she told him that
she had taken eight or ten tablets of
morphine, four which would have been a
dangerous desc. and eight Of which would
have been necessarily fatal. lie waited
Tor Developments. and was soon satisfied
That she had taken no such desc. Next
Morning she confessed 10 him that she bad
taken but one tablet.
Qncs ha Kim n letter. sxnfatntNr
her action hy stating therein that she
eoast express herself better 10 him IN that
way than BY talking with hiuf. In this let
Ter she expressed thu fear that her mind
VAS giving way. that whenever she saw
revolver she had an impulse - harm her
se'f ana that she could rot ean7rel herself.
The ssEne suicidal inpelse she said seizes
her whenever she saw a drug which sire
sAenwst would prove fatal she suEgeSsea
THAT Y be would give np bis practice snt
- away 20 California she believed that
her wiid impulses weuia cease This let
ssr he found on reaching horne ore night.
lie ct cacs went 20 his bedroom ard had
iens talk Win his wife about The matter.
sAt reiterated what she had said ia the lat
te Fer the first ttnse ne began - see a
eesssts@e hn3 satisfactory explanation %
sff Hnrsasoning accusations or Ain. srt
~ row sseriess her Jealous urhratstags
"a memoranda for which ne se~rne3 her
= 10 Ntse responsible lie went 70 AIRS
ALMONDS residence ant talked the matter
ever with his ssffe's two sisters, Mrs. All
NnAt ara Mrs, REYNOLDS. Thew we're tn
sEae1 20 think tAat hts wife could control
hsrseis Z she wished 20 CO -. lie cen
sAifsd 18th soaae % his medical frseuss
40 finally decided 10 Etve up ITS nrac-
We. which wRs 3as; then particularly
arg an lucrative. as hts former partrsr.
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