Evening star., 1897-05-27
DR.. MARY WALKERS TRIALS
She Defends Herself in Lawsuit With Her
Hired Man.
The Fearless Doctor shows How she
Let the Man Wear Her
Own Shirts.

Dr Mary Walker long a resident of
washington. and recently a visitor here
Tor several months, returned TO her home
near oswego, n. Y, a few weeks ago ON
tne way securing a man and his wife to
act as farmer and housekeeper for her
Inc Two became dissatisfied and a lawsuit
resulted The man, named Dugdale wanted
money enough to take him and his wife
back 10 Springfield.
When the case came up Monday Dr.
Walker acted as her own attorney
Il have my amended, versifed answer all
ready, said she in Justice Harman's court
when the case Of Charles Dugdale against
Dr. Mary Walker was called. She reached
In her hip pocket and pulled out a heavy
roll OF blanket ballots, the reverse sides OF
bling.
Well, let's have it," said Justice Har-
man, as he settled back in a chair
The doctor hitched up her left trouser,
PuIieo down her vest, and began: The al
legations of the alligator are false in
nearly every particular" Then she told
ABOUT the circumstances OF hiring Mr.. and
MIS- Dugdale 10 do her farm work Said
she:
Mrs. Dugdale was told by me that ~
she chose TO 10 my work in the house with
her own work, 1 would not then be both
cred with housekeeper in the kitchen,
ana that lot OF canned fruit, dried fruit
and the green apples could he used freely
as they would last untIl fruit came again
10 this Mrs Dugdale assented. 1 also
promised TO supply the house with tea
ana conee for a year, and informed
them that they could have the reading of
the New York Tri-Weekly World Both
parties were satisfied, aUd paid a dollar to
the employment agency AT Springfield,
where the bargain was made. Mrs. Dug
dale stayed with me without expense 10
taata l,s.th IL.
for Oswego. L even paid her street car
rare and the carriage fare from Oswego to
Bunker Hill farm, where We arrived Sat
urday evening, May /.
Il provided bountiful lunches ON the trim
to Oswego. Mrs. Dugdale assumed the
housekeeping at once. She was shown
where the Hour, cornmcal, buckwheat
SODA, spices, chocolate. tea, coffee, sugar,
ralsins, cufrants, rice, goldfish. beans, wal
nuts. pop corn. soap. vinegcr. molasses,
canned salmon, salt, pepper. prunes, nut
megs and dried herring were kept and was
told TO put all she had cooked on the table
at every meal, so that there would be
nothing left to spoil. She was directed to
have some canned fruit or preserves on the
table at every meal, even when she had
baked apples and apple sauce. L brought
large packages of different kinds of cake
and crackers from Springfield, Mass. where
We selected all that We could pack in a
large satchel.
The first time / went to the city bought
L. .SSa AhSdt anu HIuet, diSp tlfitOtnk ana
clever seed TO SOW with oats that we had
on hand and several pounds of cheese al
though there WAS - me cheese home. We
picked cowslips on the place and dug
horseradish ON Monday following our ar
rival, Mr.. Dugdale and dog arrived after
dark so sick that ne had TO go TO bed He
mad taken a severe cold, which resulted In
ooccie pneumonia. With my energetic
treatment and his wife for a nurse and an
extra fire for him. the long and lingering
eHects that so frequently follow were ab-
sent In his case. In ten days he felt well
aEo IL came to pass that eleven days after
MS arrival We went to Oswego to make a
written contract. His wife did not accom-
pany US. for she mad large wash of
clothes that had come in a box that Mr.
Dugdale sent, and which L. without such
expectation, paid to have brought from the
statcn. AS II was necessary that both
ms shlrts be changed, L furnished two of
mine for him TO wear, doing everything In
my power Tor his speedy recovery.
'On the Tuesday previous TO our going
to the city Mrs. Dugdale broke her con-
tract by refusing to black a stove We
started for the civ with the express pur-
pose OF having written contract. When
we reached the hill west of the city Mr.
Dugdale handed me the lines and said
that be would walk up the hill. The staga
passed directly after and he boarded in
w when reached the city constable hand
ed me summons from Justice Harmans
ccrrt- L had in my hand a package of
seeds, pound OF tea and a pound of
coHee oatmeal and cheese. Fearing worse
tricks at my house 1 FASTENED home Dug
oaie returned that night and stayed all
the rext day, but he did not speak to nee.
L wrote paper for hira to sign that he
would Withdraw the suit and go on with
his work
also wrote an order for some fertilizer
with instructions to deliver il the day
befcTe- Mr. Dugdale sent word by his wife
that he would not sign any paper When
L asked him what there was in the agree
L hon lf.-...l
to. he answered that / would find out
when we went to court. I now ask
that the court grant me judgment of 500
with costs for damages in breaking con-
tract, his doctors bill and deception of
various kinds Misrepresentation false
hood, etc, etc. They have made me ex-
penses and injured me in the minds OF
other laboring people, who are not aware
that am being prosecuted for the purpose
of swindling me ont of money"
When she had finished the case was ad-