The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-24


Mr. Dswso1 cot IN conversation with
tas rren r. her party. ard xfru7ss excused
himself ard walked away. Mrs Dawson
An1 Mrs. Reynolds rs1t acro0 the street
into ire Niensa Bs1fxet. beer garden,
wafre variety performances are given.
clSre7utabte place. X vas "harz-out
Tor 6tsrRp8tzbse wome2- The two s~ntse-
rnsr accompanied them into the x-Ac@-
Mrs Dzesoz had a black domino. and h>-
sister was dressed IL ike manner. He ci1
not knox now long they remained there
He las never seen Ms. Dawson since
until ne - u her Ia the courtroom
During Ire tire he called spon Els
Present ~ife during RS residence IN Oak
land. Mrs. Dawson wss rarely at hozne.
Che slia not cone home Up 20 the time ne
left at Z o'clock al night Her absences
were quite freqE-.f. tao or three times
a week. ard sometimes she would Dc sS-
sent for two o. three days al THE
Mr. Ronald cross-exznt1ed the witness
cor rsencing with his earliest history he
tried 20 show thai witneSs had left Blu
coda without paying hf3 debts He asked
whether he had been convicted or
crime. he denied thaf he had ever told
his wife'E cousin that lie and some ocaer
young fellows had been given twenty
four hours 70 Leave town.
he was asked whether he had not got
money from a woman named Ray Owens.
On the pretense that his wifs was sick,
ard had spent the money.
A RebuEe for Ronald.
Col Carr here interposed an objection
and the court promptly sustained il, al
Ininissering a Ittle quiet rebaks 70 MT.
Ronald The latter said the object OF Ghe
testimony was 10 show gp what scoiin
drsI The witness was; thai re was nan
R'ho would take money from anybody. and
testify 20 anything for money.
Judge Humes remarked that Ronald Eas
proceeding entirely TOO far and knew very
well that his action VAS improper.
Ronald then vent into the Eckstrom
transaction. asking whether he had not
agreed 70 fee from The process Of the
court for the SUM OF s59 which the ait
ness admitted. Ronald asked why the
witness had not stated all the facts In Us
affidavit which he had testified 10 on the
stand and witness reply was that be re-
memhered more OF the matter now than
be did al the time OF making the am
ssagit he admitted that he teiegraphed
Eckstrom that Il he would send So more
he would leave. II the money had come
he wosiid have skipped again 10 Chicago.
Detectives had been shadowing him.
Col Carr said that he was perfectly
willing 10 admit that the prosecution had
placed detectives on Kinsey's track
Ronald brought out from the witness
the admission thar Notwithstanding
the fact that h. had received $50 20 keep
our of the way. he was perfectly wiling
70 have Or. Dawson ind him and have
him testify. He said il was not IN the bar
gain that Re vas To rece5ye so much news
paper notoriety. However. II he had got
the SIS he would have given Col. Carr
another sneak. and would have gone TO
Chicago.
whether he got the So and skipped again
or whether the Doctors attorneys found
him
A. this polnt IN the examination Mr..
Roraia brought out the fact that the wit
ness had been employed by Hail. an at
torney in Los Angeles. 70 hunt M testl-
rnony against Mrs paNsou a. lat he
raj endeayored 70 do 50.
He admitted that n his previous affida-
VII he had alleged that = man named
West was wlth HIM when Mrs. Dawson
threw her arms around his neck. but that
as a matter % fact West was not pres
ent. bat Z vas a man named Barber. He
VAS mistaken ia his AFFIDAVIT He was
examined a. great length regarding the
incident when Mrs. Dawson at the fiesta
threw her arms around his neck. He said
there Vas crowd Of fifty or a hundred
r<opie around a. the time. hat he was
unable 20 give the uams Of any one OF
them. There were probably 80 ladies
on the street masked az the time.
while investigating for testimony against
Mrs Dawson he found that she and her
sister had occupied the same room a. the
hotel every night while IN Los Angeles. He
had never been psi1 for hiS work IN trying
20 hunt M testimony. He left too soon.
lie wrote to Hall and told him ne had Dor
rowea seine money ard vas going 70 leave.
re va. pushed very hard OF why. while
-. 49, ~.f.F~. ed rrssn p
Iorney. gathering testimony, Re took 80
from Ecksfrorn 20 kaep ont OF ths way Of
giving testimony IN the case. and his an
xwers we're not particularly lucid
Warm for Kfn=ey.
As matter u fact he was a great con-
tEaSt % MS wife as a witness. he per
splrea freely ard wflfed under the cross
examination. particularly those referring
20 bis financial troabies. and his borrow
lrE money. Also his conduct IN tski- z
money 70 keep out q the way and then
furnishing testimony for the other side.
Ms Klusey. who listened 20 his testi-
rrcny. Eas slso much more affected by her
husbands cross-sxarainatio1 than BY her
owr she got extremely pale. and was
visib1y worried ever his manner on ne
stand. an3 tha probing quesflons She was
ss vissblv relieved as was Kiussy himself
when ths examination closed
Or. rsaf rect examination ~ testified that
the chief consideration - his leaving Los
Angeles was rcs the $50 ne received. hsst
his a4fe's health The 80 as not any
more thar pay The expenses x himself
ans wife n MOVING
Mrs kinsey wax recalled tor the purpose
~ teiEr cToss-exsisfue~i IN REGARD - her
nrzt AZ 3Ayft. particularly 81 regard 20
tae statement made therein thar tsse fact
% Mrs Dawson coming car - Esuiin's
room created considerable scandal in thA
neigh borho06. an5 how she veconc1a8 u %
tas statement en he stand ina. she df4
nat az ne time }ay any particular stress
on the circumstance Her answe~ was
that 8ae fact q the scandal ever tire mat
ser cane 90 Aer knoS edge some time
sfseFwSarIE
See was ass asked az souss length sbsus
discrepancies between me aTsd3vtts arsa
Nrv testimony en- she stand al 81 walsh
sae sxrtataea hT saying tAst she was ms
takeu ~ tie ttn1s.
AZ tss csnctastaa - Mrs kiasev's testf-
.sa~v e cearssf }nsarune5 tha co54rr tnH.
it Aas Ssen agreed anonE theru tnas no
f1rtaer teetl E8cny shcat1 - saSeu u~fH
Mr WlH E. TscmpSoa Vas abe 10 pc
present The ceur1 thereapoa a8teg-rsa
tar ser-seT AesfsuE unt8 s.@ This Morn
'-x Vsth 80 u1s:ers md ~ thst - NJ
Tasee rsoa MAS thsn fee gnwe1 - 20
present a t1r.ser siioarnu,ent EozlE he
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