The herald., 1897-06-12
ASTRANGE ACT
Mrs. Green Writes an Order
for Dora
TO OBTAIN A POISON
THE SISTER SAYS HER MOTHER
WAS DECEIVED
Police Court Clerk Everett's Fitting
Again Recalled-Boys Charged
With Burglary

The sensational allegations of tn
young girl, Dora Green, against Craw
ford Maxim, the well-to-do and pros
porous night watchman, is proving +;
drawing card for Judge Smiths depart
ment Throughout the day yesterday
a miscellaneously assorted crowd re
mained and followed with close atten
ton the evidence going to show the her
culean efforts made by the Green fam
lily to have the defendant in the case
marry the girl Dora.
There is no room for surprise thai
parents should desire to punish to thd
extreme limit of the law man whc
would work the ruin of their daughter
under any circumstances, but particu-
larly when effected under the contempt
ible conditions alleged by the prosecu-
trix in this case. There is room for sur
prise, however, as pointed out by Mr.
Davis yesterday, that Mr.. and Mrs.
Green, realizing the enormity of the
defendants offense, and the reflections
he had cast upon Dora's character, and
his almost openly avowed dislike for heI
in certain regards, should insist upon
his marrying their daughter
But the case is full of strange incon-
gruities The girl Dora. as pointed ou;
yesterday, contradicted her previous
testimony upon points of such vital i'm
portance as, it would be imagined, could
by no means slip the memory. Upon
resuming her seat upon the witness
stand yesterday, for further cross-ex-
animation, she made other statements
which were in conflict with the testi-
mony given by later witnesses. In syn
opsized form she continued her recital
practically as follows:
IT told my mother about the outrage
on the goth of January. Maxim met me
on the next day, and when told him the
state I was in he gave me two-bits and
told me to go to the drug store and get
some ergot, and if that didn't fix me
he would give me some stronger medi~
cine. went to my mother and told her
what Maxim said, and she said l
couldn't get the ergot without a note.
She didn't want me to take it, and said
1t was poison, but she wrote the note for
me to get it. 1 got 10 cents worth from
Whites drug store, and took little of it
I just took one dose, but I don't remem-
ber when took it. When told Maxim
that the medicine had not been effectua
he asked me to go with him to the cleo
trical DOCTOR He said that while stand
ing at the gate, and when I asked him
he f,1cr 10 n Il. Id
he couldn't marry me for was too
black for him. When told my mother
that he said it was a put up job, and
that / was too black for him, she said
that was funny, but that we'd give
him another chance or two to marry
me-"
"And this man who had outraged you.
after drugging you, and said that yoIl
had put up a job against him, and that
you were too black for him, you would
still have married?" inquired Mr.. Davis
Eyes, sir; guess I'd have married him
II he had wanted to marry me-"
"And after your mother and your sis
ter and yourself had tried every means
told your father?"
"Yes. SIR"
"What day was it?"
"I think it was February 4th."
''Before telling your papa didn't your
mother and you have a consultation
and didn't your mother say that it was
useless to try anything further to get
Maxim to marry you, as you and sht
had tried every way you knew how, and
then you told your father?"
81 don't remember just what was
'aid."
Upon reading from the transcript it
that the witness had testi-
fed to the consultation as outlined in
counseFs question, and that the father
was told that he might try and bring
final pressure.
And when you told your father did
he display any ill-wiH toward this man
who had drugged and raped you, and
said you were too black for him?" re-
sumed counsel.
mo, sir"
For three days, according to witness
the father did not see the defendant,
and then he met him on New High
street Maxim acknowledged the wrong
he had done, and said he would marry
the girl. He promised to call around
that night. but he failed to call.
Your father never said anything
about having Maxim arrested, did he,
until after Maxim said he wouldn'.
marry you?" queried Mr.. Davis.
Yes, sir.'
tion between Maxim and your father?"
Afo1 Hi inn ,,i,rl i y
didn't want me, and if it had to go II
court it might as we'll be there"
"Then Maxim was the first one tha,
said he would carry the matter into
court?'
''No, sir; it was my father said that"
''Didn't you state to the contrary al
the preliminary eXamination?" (Read-
ing from the transcript.)
"Well, may have said so, but don't
think it was just like that"
Now, when was it you asked Maxim
for money!
'It was at his gate, and when I asked
him for some money to get ready to be
married he said, L don't know about
that; it's put up job on me, and I'm
not going to get married. or something
like that. That was before / told my
mother
Witness was next examined regarding
the visit of Attorney Hughes, who called
at the Green house on behalf of Maxim
The next day Maxim was arrested
Dora said that her father was excited
out not in any degree by Maxim send
ing his attorney down to see him, but
by Malkim's going back on his word
Upon representations being made to tn :