The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-08

Winter, the dramatic editor of the
paper. The criticism was followed by
press dispatch from Boston speaking
favorably Of the play and contradicting
the criticism of Mr.. Winter as to the
manner in which the play was re-
eeived by the people of Boston. An ef-
fort was made ito have the criticism
read to the jury, but Judge Acheson
would not allow 1t or permit further
testimony along that line, as 1t was not
part of the case that the New York
Tribune was conspiring against the
plaintiff and the criticism of the play
was only the opinion of Mr. Winter,
whose initials were signed to the ar
ticle.
Nevertheless Miss Dickinson man
aged to let the Jurors know that the
play was presented for two weeks in
Boston and about the time It closed its
engagement there a longer and more
malignant article than Mr.. Winters
criticism appeared in the Tribune
which referred not only to the play,
but made some very caustic remarks
about her personally and about her
business relations with those who SUR
rounded her. She never used liquor to
excess and never told any one that sno
did. She was told that Miss Frances e.
Willard and others had said that she
was common sot for years.
SOME STRONG LANGUAGE.
She presumed that she told DR.. John
son that Miss Willard was a humbug,
for she knew that lady was insincere
and a liar, for she told untruths to wit
ness knowledge. One summer she was
at Ocean Grove and dropped in at the
annual meeting of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance union and made a
speech with reference to women who
drank which Mortified the sisters and
caused them to pray for her conversion
TO their creed.
The papers of the country contained
stories of the scene the speech caused,
| and Miss Willard wrote to witness ask
| ing her to deny in toto what she said
at that meeting as set forth in the
| newspapers. She replied politely to
| Miss Willard, but declined to make
such a sweeping correction, inasmuch
| as the reports were true in the alb
| stract. Miss Willard took this letter,
| changed it and sent IT forth as Miss
| Dickinson's letter of contradiction.
| This led witness to the conclusion that
| Miss Willard was both a humbug and
a liar.
She denied that she charged various
prominent persons with conspiracy, but
said she had spoken of them to her
friends according to the way they
treated her. Fanny Davenport had
been unfair to her and she said so. She
did not say that John G.. Whittier was
| a w p1 N - hi ha
that she thought he was "a cowardly
old man." and she believed he mer-
tied the statement because of the way
he treated his nephew's wife. She did
not tell Allen Eggleston that she did
not want him to think she was drunk
or bad woman and denied that she said
the wealthy men of Pittston were con-
spring against her. Never did she re-
fuse to take food or drink because she
feared she would be poisoned.
THAT EASTER LILY.
Her reference to the Easter lily as
being her brothers soul she said haG
been wrongly stated and interpreted
What she said was that it was EN-.
blematic of her brothers soul, as HI
was a person of very exalted character
| .
gers with a pair of scissors, and sht
also denied having taken Mrs. Marcf
by the throat in the Danville Insane
asylum. Her relations with Howe &
Hummel with reference to her sui
against the national Republican com
mite were gone into minutely.
She briefly outlined her relations with
DIR. John Heilman from October, 1890
until she was taken to the asylum. Ir
the latter part of the autumn of 1885,
she thought he was presuming on hel
forbearance and as he was not a par
ticularly we'll educated or we'll breC
young man, according to her way o
thinking, she made it a practice of no
going into the room in which he wa!
being entertained whenever he called
at their house. She did this becaus,
she did not wish to be discourteou
to a person in whom her sister wa
interested. That she ever said to
physician or any one else that she useC
whisky to excess, she described as
"blank, unmitigated falsehood." Thi
was for the purpose of contradictin.
what DIR. Heilman said to the effec
that she had told him that she wa
addicted to the excessive use of liquor.
The difficulty about a bill with DR.
Hail. the electrician. was described il
a seemingly plain and simple manner
She did not say to Mrs. Glynn that
pure woman would find it almost in;
possible to advance on the stage though
she might have said that very goot
woman would find it somewhat diff
cult to climb upwards in the theatrica
world for reasons which she said ar
patent to every one.
THE LETTER TO BUTLER.
Never did she say to her sister tha
she would write a letter that woul
bring General Butler to time even if h
considered it blackmail. She did tel
her sister that she would write to Gen
eral Butler. Her sister often Dor
rowed money for her without her know
ledge or consent and she would knoy
nothing about it until asked to repa
it, No physician ever advised her I
go to Carlsbad Springs in Germany
although she had half jokingly spoke
with her sister several times about go
ing there.