The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-09


Doesn't SO Much Mind the Jail, But
Despses the Injustice OF the Thing
Crime and Catastrophe.
London, Jan. S.-Lady Selma Scott
the mother-in-law of Earl Russell, VINO
through counsel, pleaded guilty yester-
day in the Central criminal court OF
Criiniraliy libelling his lordship in con-
junction with John Cockerton, an en-
gineer. and William Aylcott, a valet
was sentenced this morning to eight
months Imprisonment without hard la
Dor. Cockerton and Alycott, who also
pleaded guilty yesterday, received SINH
Tar sentences today.
Lady Scott, accompanied by her
daughter, Countess Russell, entered the
court room at an early hour. They were
both stylishly dressed in black and,
pending the opening of court walked up
and down the corridor, the daughter
having an arm around her mothers
waist. Both ladies were painfully ner-
vous and Lady Scott was heard to re-
mark: Il do not dread going to prison,
but l feel the injustice of the way 1
have been treated
oUobNS I1dhhlIS entered the court
eoom shortly after IL o'clock Those
present were principally lawyers. There
was oEe woman spectator
Sir Frank Lockwood counsel for Earl
Russell, in brief speech, asked that all
grounds for doubts as TO his lordships
character be removed, and counsel for
Lady Scct:, addressing the court in
turn. said that her ladyship would un-
oe1take never to re-publish the libels
and he appealed 10 the judge not to de-
Drive the daughter of her mothers pro-
lection Counsel then asked permission
for his client TO make a statement and
Justice Hawkins nodded his consent.
Thereupon Lady Scott read an ad-
dress saying that she accepted any pun
ishElert the judge would give her, for
the sake of honest, suffering women, be-
Eeving that the men in the dock, and
the dead man Frederick Kast, the
groom who died of consumption in Hol-
loway jail, where he was confined as one
Of the three male defendants)' has told
The truth.
Continuing, her ladyship said that she
trusted that no one in the court room.
including the judge, would ever see his
daughter suffer as hers had suffered.
Her only fear was that her daughter
would be followed by detectives and
thai something would happen to her.
Lady Scott was very nervous. and
trembling, but she read her statement
Csear.y.
Justice Hawkins summed up in lucid
rlInrci. He reviewed the case at length
and, az he proceeded, Lady Scott, who
was visibly growing more nervous every
moHeLt, STEPPED back and forth in the
dock and when Justice Hawkins, con-
tirfuing. said: I'm 1859 arrived that i'll
day when Earl Russell made the ac-
quaintance of Lady Scott, the origin of
all this unhapoiness," her ladyship in
terrupted with: Thank you, my lord
justice Hawkins did not notice the
interruption, but Mr.. Hall, counsel for
the male defendants, who all along had
equabbled with the judge, made an OBJ
jection, threw down his brief, and said:
Il abandon the case"
This incident caused great sensation. |
All present in the court room stood up. |
Lady Scott became hysterical, threw |
back her head. pounded the railing of |
the dock, and shrieked: THAT is abom- |
inable' Counsel tried to pacify Lady |
Scott and when quiet was eventually re- |
storad, Justice Hawkins sentenced her |
to eight months imprisonment, without |
hard labor, and afterwards imposed the |
same sentence upon the two male de- |
fendantS.
When Countess Russell heard the SEN
tence pronounced she shrieked and her |
mother, Lady Scott, shouted: There |
Is no. one word of truth in it,"
Then. addressing her daughter, ap-
paren.Iy. she cried: You said it was
Impossible to get justice"
Thereupon Justice Hawkins exclaim-
ed: II will not allow you to thus ad
dress me-
The court officials promptly removed
Lady Scott.
Cockerton and Aylcott, who are two
common looking men, stood stolidly in
the prisoners dock throughout the pro-
ceadings.
Ear Russell, who occupied a seat
among counsel, beamed throughout. evil
decrly deriving considerable satisfaction
from the result of the trial.
Owing to ill-health Lady Scott will
be accorded in prison the privileges OF
1 f1rst-c class misdemeanant.
Contrary to irst announcements. Lady
Scott was taken to Holloway Jail instead
II TO Wormwood Scrubs prison, where
she will occupy the cell in which the
duchess of Sutherland was confined for
six weeks for contempt of court in burn
ag ar important document wanted as
Evidence in the contest which the pres
m duke made Of the will of his father
II 1852.
<AIi u the eullOIldiS III the Iiloi lliiS pa |
,ers approve the sentence imposed by
~ Justice Hawkins upon Lady Selma
scott and the two serving men, IN the
,aSe of her son-in-law. Ear, Russell. who
ued for criminal libel. The newspapers
express the opinion that the
ustice was too lenient
A MUCH-MARRIED DIVINE
Pomeroy, Wash. Jan. S.-Rev. P. ].
Lyons Young, pastor of the Christian
.hurch at his place, has disappeared 10
escape the clutches Of the law for per- =
'orming marriage ceremonies without
and TO avoid the disgrace of a
public dismissal from the pulpit Dap ,
,er, smooth-tongued and pleasant Young
arrived here last October with a letter
rom the Baptist church of Poaca, Neb,
representing himself as single man.
BE became active in social circles and
immensely popular. especially with wo-
neD. He was active in proselyting and
made vsluable acquisitions 10 the church
Secently Il developed that Young's wife. ,
sfs~y L Lyons, resided at Roxhury,
Mass. They also found that attorneys
4 Sioux Fails. s. D.. were resting a di-
sorce s.,it h~ouSht by Young in Moody .
'ounty, South Dakota HIS photograp ph
iad 1t'St been received. accompanied by
ssid7rir> tracing young. first. under the
sasna of Lyons as an Episcopal minister
4 Rayhury. Mass. where. il Is set forth
e deserted his wife and ran away to
-alaia with a Mrs. O'Br.en. Then ne
, sjnwT 10 have been in Canada as a
,athoiic priest. Then as a single man :
nd pastor of the Episcopal church at
sgan, s D.. where he is said to have
reated scandal
SLEEPY BURKE'S" STORY. s
Chicago. Jan. SIN the investiga ton b