The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-09

against his wife thereby rendered himself
tnfamcus- He pronounced the Carroll
letter forgery, and urged that n shocld
not b considered ~ eyi1ence. He read 3
number Of decisions declining to grant
divorces on grounds similar TO those IA
the present case. and ds1ed the counsei
for plaintiff to point TO . single act Of
adultery actually proved IF you can
convtot Nrn. Dawson Of oduitery with
Esszbrook on the evidence In this ease"
he said. "thers II not woman Ia Seattle
who may not be similarly convicted"
He su3ogfxed Mrs Dawson for her carr
OF tho children. and claimed that she
should be awarded tho custody OF them
both His peroration was . beautiful
passage from Marie coreIli. delivered
vito All che force Of which sha speaker
was capable.
Mr. Thomp~ou's Argument.
Mr. TbomUeon. following for rhe d.
Tense, spoke of woran's life ~ AZ beee .
hard ore Man Rad learned 70 sy7npathi1e
with her. and to protect her. and had
brsafhei the same spirit into tho laws
rhey had enacted By these laws the
court would be governed ia reaching .
decision With the further premise that
every case might be decided largely by
ne gave . thorough ana searching enaiys-
Is Of tho home life OF DIR. and Mrs Daw-
son. ~ shown By the evidence. portrayinG
the husband as cold. selfish and caicuiat-
Ing and the wife a. romantic. emotional
And anectiouate. He laid down as an axi-
ON. that no woman win commit adultery
a. long a. her love for her husband lasts
He traced the daily life OF DR.. and Mrs.
Dawson. emphasizing her love and his
neglect. her pteadings for affection and
his harsh and unfeei.ng withdrawal He
scored the doctor for stating that he had
never once apoicgized TO his wife. and as
serted that IL DIR. Dawson had been pres
ent when the Savior said. "Le. him that
Is without sin among you cast the first
stone" he would have cast a stone at
once.
Step by step he traced the doncetic HIS
tory that has eliminated In this suit. Of
fering now q pungent criticism on some
weak piece or evidence. anon a sarcastic
comment on some discreditable position
or unworthy act. and at times Gr0wing
eloquent In his praises OF womaniy virtues.
He blamed DR.. Dawson for slowing away
the doggerel and then continuing 20 1.-Two
with his wife. and spend her money. He
had had detectives on her track for four
months without discovering q scintilla OF
evidence against her. and this after the
date OF many OF the offenses charged
against her. She had written to him daily.
her letters teeming with expressions OF
love; he had written TO her every two or
three weeks He had told Col. Carr OF his
degrading suspicious. and had told his
wife that he had told Carr. and yet saw
nothing amiss In asking her to so camp
ing with tho party OF which Col Carr was
q member.
Mr.. Thompson called attention 10 sever
al charges In the complaint In support OF
which no evidence whatever had been adj
duced. and argued that the bringing for
ward OF these unsupported accusations
was Infamous. He commented on the va
rioB episodes alleged In the complaint.
and spoke OF the wide circulation given
these charges no matter what the issue
OF the trial might be. as helping 10 put
upon the defendant the stamp OF shame.
Mrs. Dawsons willingness to undergo the
terrible publicity OF tho trial. he thought
conclusive proof Of her love for her chill
dren.
He closed with an eloquent tribute to
American womanhood- and the reverence
accorded to IL and predicted that when
men were viie enough TO come before the
public trying 10 stamp the neur-de-lis OF
Shame upon woman's fair name. and to
lash her defeneeless character with q
whip OF scorpions. they were simply mis-
taken In the temper OF the American peo-
Mr. Gilman spoke first OF the universal
sympathy for q young. beautiful and we'll
dressed woman. He himself disliked to at
tack q woman, and would not DO so IL he
did not believe her guilty. He praised Dr.
Dawson for his exemplary life. and said
he had never had any occasion to apollo
gizs not only TO his wife. but 20 anybody
else He ridiculed tho defenss's theory OF
q conspiracy between Carr and lawson.
and made vigorous thrust at Mr. Thonp-
son for having said In argument that the
lower social classes were less moral than
the higher. The poor woman who wears
q calico dress and does honest work." said
Mr.. Gilman. lis as worthy OF belief as the
woman who lives in luxury. bleaches her
hair ard pencils her eyebrows"
While he was going over one by one the
incidents alleged IN the complaint
o'clock came and ths court took recess
tin 7:s.
The evening session convened at TO, at
which time Mr.. Gilman resumed his argu-
ment. which lasted TIL s o'clock He rap
idly reviewed the few points OF the testi-
mony not touched upon In the previous
argument. and made an earnest appeal
that the court award tho custody of The
children TO the husband. which. he ad-
United, was the enc particular object OF
the whole case.
II was said last night that the attorneys
had reached an agreement whereby DR..
Dawson win pay on the mortgages on the
property and $50 a month TO Mrs. Dawson
for herself and children