The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-02
THE DEFENSE BEGINS.
red 4. Strive and Charles Is
plin Good Witnesses.
ms. DAWSON FAINTs IN COURT.
- She Receivers Quickly and Again
Takes Her scat With Counsel
EspIin Makes Charges.


i srerce. Apart from the constant discus
s sson Of the case on every hand. the Incl
dents connected with 1t give II sufficient
Z Advertisements. Yesterday morning Mrs.
DAWSON had TO be carried from the court
nom and tainted In an adjoining apart
ssnt. while at the afternoon session the
3 uyeliest tilt OF the trial took place be-
tuesn witness and attorney. and q state
n<ns was made involving a most ser1as-
douzI charge.
When the case was called, the defense
vss granted the privilege of asking DIR.
Dawson some additional que&tiops which
brought out from him the statement that
ID Carr & Preston's Office Tuesday morn
ing be had met Douglas Almond. at All
uonds request, and the latter had de-
cared to him his lnnocsncs OF the charge
made against him. 10 which witness had
replied that he was glad TO hear him say
%. Asked whether he stu believed ALI
euoud guilty. witness said he was not con-
ylnced Of his innocence. Jlainttns eotin-
al then took the witness and started In
10 tIscredif the testimony OF Robert John
sor. the witness who had been summoned
81 the plaintiff with the expectation that
Is would testify 10 having seen Mira. Daw-
sou In a state OF intoxication. IL Will DO
remembered that johnson. VINO Is q hrc-
mar In tie engine house at Fourth and
Battery. was put on the stand Monday
Afternoon and To the establishment Of the
lawyers declared that he had never seen
Xrs. Dawson intoxicated. Mr.. Preston.
Gen Carr. Mr.. Gilman. Thomas f.. Jones
md DIR. Dawson all claim TO have been
present In Carr & Preston's Office when
Johnson was there. and to have heard
him say substantially that late one night
he saw Mrs. Dawson coming home alone
20 drunk that she Aept the sidewalk with
dif7cuity. IL was with view TO impeacn-
Ing his evidence on the stand that tho
Doctor as recalled yesterday morning.
Judge Humes, however, stated that such
q proceeding was entirely unnecessary.
inasmuch as the ecurt would take IL for
granted that Johnson had made such "a
statement In Carr & Prcston's Office as
that sscribed to him. and intimated pretty
plainly that Johnson's testimony would
cut no figure with the court anyway. AZ
ter giving notice Of another witness who
has been subpoenaed. but who has not
yet arrived In the city. and OF the fact
that wsber's deposition had been mailed
from Stockton Tuesday, counsel for plain
TIFF rested. and Judge Humes said.
"You may call your witnesses for the
lesenss'
Thereupon Mr.. Ronald offered motion
10 strike out certain parts OF the COM
paint. In support of which no evidence
whatever had been brought forward by
the plaintiff. These were the paragraphs
IN which IL is charged that Mrs. Dawson
was guilty Of adultery In the month of Sep
tembsr 1884: that she committed the same
ofense In the Dexter Horton building:
and again with some man whose name
was unknown Judge Humes said that
any paragraph In the complaint unsup-
ported by evidence would not be consid-
cred BY him. and that consequently Ii was
unnecessary TO cumber the record with
motions OF this kind.
Mrs. Dawson Faints.
Al this point. Mrs Dawson. who looked
far from well when she came into the
roam. and who had been noticed sitting
with her hands completely covering her
face. a most unusual posture for her. sud
denly left the court room. accompanied
ty her sisters. a moment later cry was
heard from the adjoining room into which
they had rotreated. Mira. Dawson had
tainted. Sho was carefully waited upon,
: number OF gentlemen about the court
house Offering their assistance. and In a
few minutes came back into the court
room and sat through the rest of the ses-
sion. saying that she Felt all right again.
Gen. Carr then asked the court 10 rule
that tho defendant must eject whether
she would stand upon the plea or denial
Or that OF conformation. lie spoke briefly
tn support OF his request saying that tho
two pleas were manifestiy Inconsistent
And that while some authorities favored
the allowance or inconsistent pleas. the
supreme court of this state had taken tina
opposite view. notably In the case OF tho
Seattle National Bank vs. Jones. In which
the speaker and Mr.. Thompson had been
upon opposite sides OF the case. he argu-
Ing against the maintenance OF inconsist-
eat pleas and Mr.. Thompson arguing In
hyor Of such maintenance. Judge Humes.
however denied the request. and the de-
fsnsa promptly called as Its first witness
Douglas Almond. concerning whom Mrs.
Jensen had told tho sensational story OF
last Monday
Mr.. Almond testified that he had known
the Plaintiff for ten years ana the defend
ant about thirteen or fourteen years. lie
remembered sleeping at the Dawson house
On the night in question. In answer 10
numerous questions. his story In brief
vas as follows:
Douglas Almonds story.
Il went that evening 10 Mrs Reynolds
rooms ~ the vendons. expecting 20 nnd
my sster-in-iaw. Mrs. Almond, there.
VITA THE intention % going out home With
Der. When I arrived she was not there.
Ms Reynolds suggested that | SIT down
swalle, and I eit -. Pretty soon Mrs.
Dawson came IN. After = while she sali
TIA, i was getting late. and she must be
fong home. | told her that ~ she would
wait awalle l would see her home. IL
vas then about 10 a'clock. | think. When
Ne reached her house we weas into Tire
raficr. She suggested that ! might as
vel spend the night there as 20 so back
eo*n town. saying that there was plenty
81 room In the house. ard 81 Was a dis
Skfseahls night A. firs3 ] declined. but
when she invited me again % spend the
MgAf. ! consented and she showed nae
y room upstairs. When she had shown
ns into the room. we talked FOR awhile.
ne then went eat into the hail and 20 an
Above where she showed me some pic
seFss which she had been painting. on
returning 20 the room. she went - get one
q The Doctors nlghtshirs.. bat nnaing
ssen al gone hreegh, me enc of her own
1lsat dresses. and threw & across che foot
q tae bed. She then left ghe room.
Pretty soon she brought Some fruit.
kaeeked at my door. and asked II she
Azht come IN, She came IN. ara ne ala
sore Fruit. after which she went hack "a
asr Foen across she hAn Next morning
wen get CD she was packing her trunk.
les, Mrs Almond rang me ~ there that
morning st ne phone.
really knew nothing % the fact that
was charged with this matter Es!l last
saafs3sy. whea | received letter from
M brother telling me * 81 a, once
sts's 10 pr. Dawson. and tnelasea the let
- e MY brother. that re might deliver
when came % town I tried 70 cali
-. Dawson BY 'phene that evening. Sas
eeasan't get him. ! tried aSain yesterday
nofainx before breakfast, snt without sue
esss After breakfast I got him a. tho
saeae. ant tod him ! wished 70 have a
az Nth atna. lie said his attorneys had
distracted htn net % talk with sny one
: - asAed Il he would sbfecs to talking in
see presence 81 witness. ard he su<-
49, NJ Preston, - I met Him in Mr..
s.essohs osrice. and there I tried e tell
as NAAt I have sN,f here On the stand