The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-06


l Berry at the park twice by accident
Once she bad gone sailing with hsm- Ths
ether time she bad talked with him q few
minutes at the park. ard had then gore
hsck home. On another cccsHson sfs had
ridden on the car. 81 company with some
other girls. down town ard hack horae
again. bat on that trip Berry was in the
/ front car and che vas In the trailer.
Run. sheep, nss-
A. the lawyer asked ths girl question
after quest1or. bearing on evening escsp-
adss and Questionable resorts the crowA
: la the room locked se though II might be
on the threshold OF q fresh sensation But
tho threshold was never crossed. The
frsmeu's BAH OF the night % December
/ q. about which she was asked Miss Nor
ford said she had never attended A. %
gotng 20 a party one night. missing the
party ard going back home Ia a cab. 10
/ sucn thing had ever occurred with her,
! nor had she ever given any such explana-
! tion TO Dir. and Mrs. Ford on arriving
( home late az night She had never been
1 20 the Juanita house nor 70 the Oxford.
Yes. she had taken an evening stroll with
/ young man after church. along Madison
street and down a side street, but a lady
accompanied them. and they merely
/ walked along the streets ard went back
home. nothing more. Tss. she had often
played the game called Run. sheep. run
/ which shs explained being maen on the
order Of hide-anc-ssek.
Where did you hids7"
"Oh, anywhere"
| Witness admitted that she once had
| crawlsG MP under the house across the
/ street from ar. Eord's TO hide but denied
that the hiding had led 70 any disreputabie
l consequences. She denied that Mr.. Ford
had had 20 call her in from outside the
| church a. night or that he had Iectured
| her on the possibility OF her going 70 the
bad. In regard TO the latter she said, II
/ told him I might 60 TO the bad. was
not much afraid Of doing 80. but was a
4 littie." She denied that she had ever told
| vulgar stories but said she had listened
| TO a few. some from Mr.. Ford's OVID son
| and daughter. She told Of her trouble
with AIRS. Ford. The latter. she said, was
/ always fndgng fault with the way In
which she did her work, and 50 she left.
| She stayed away about a week. DIR.
Ford urged her to 60 back. and she re-
| turned. Another falling out with Mrs.
| Ford was occasioned by the fact that
| witness had written q letter telling Just
how Mrs. Ford treated her. This letter
she aid not mail. and Il fell into Mrs.
Ford's hands. and was read by her. She
/ had since visited Mrs Ford more than
| oYpco She had first told the story Of her
| shame 10 her sister. Mrs. Storer, in Port
| Bsakeley IN July or August She had also
told IL 10 Mrs. Dunham. another sister.
! and TO Mr.. HuestIs. lawyer She did
| NOT know Of any I'll feeling which Mr..
Hus~tis had toward Mr.. Ford. Dir. Hues-
| sss had written down her statement. as
| he told her 60 that Mr. Ford could not
| afserwnrd induce her to swear 20 some
thing different
she denied with an emphatic shake OF
| the head and a vigorous negative the
| question as 20 whether she had confessed
| TO her sister q criminal intimacy with her
nrothsr-sn-law since she was II years old.
She also denied any undue familiarity with
| hovs or that she had solicited them She
knew nothing Of rumor 20 this effect
while she was last In school.
A Hurst of Tears.
One little burst OF tears was the only
/ noteworthy incident that marked the
cross-exsmination. When the witness
was asked az 20 her reasons for submit
ting 10 Mr. Fordss requests. she answered.
as she had done before that II was be-
cause abe loved him and believed in what
j hs .aid. Substantially the same question
wa. axksd her again. Her little head be-
GER an ominous shaking. her face CULVER
ed her prim mouth packesed No, and Tor
q little while her sobs kept back her ans
! wer There were no sympathetic tears
elsewhere. however. and after moments
conslderate waiting Judge Jacobs said.
Answer the question end the aaaver-
.nr answer was repeated. II loved him
soss
Dismissal Asked
The noon reosss found the witness st'ii
on the stand Her cross-exan'nauon was
concluded early IN the afternoon session
ara the defense frsd iss first big gun BY
,novinr Tor dismissal OF tire case. the
motion being earnestly and elcauently ar
rued hy John A. HUMPHREYS and T. J.
rfnmes
one ground OF the motion vas 20 the ef-
feet that no promise OF marriage had been
held out ny the defendant as an induce
ment, and that Il took such promise
IN the eye Of the law. ss construed oy
the supreme court, % constitute sednc-
tan. Judge Humphries quoted from the
washington Reporter vol. y. =. IS.
where. ~ the case of the state VS. Coch-
ran. similar IN many respecA % The Ford
case. The supreme court. with bat one
voice. Hoy&. dissenting. says:
"As 20 bare promises. although ire
/ statute Gays nothing upon the subject.
| none ether than a promise 20 marry
shonia be held sufficient"
on ms rosn, Judge Jacobs reserved his
ruHur. saving that this was not proper
stage % The trial az which % pass on this
point. ,assFnuch as the state had not yet
rested sts case
i -ha ether ground FOR the melton vas 70
the eject that the statute with reference
% seduction 80 far Il applies % per
sons under the age OF IS wears. was re-
pxaiss ~ the last legislature. which
changed TIE aEe of consent from y - -
years and tnasmuch a. The new act con~
+ salns no saving clause. proceedings Tor all
ofYen~eS under she old law fell With t.
/ TIE new statute was passed February "a
ard went Ifto effect an June 2. Counsel
eoutsnaes that under e 81 Hr- Fora were
guilty. - any oysnse & was rape and not
seduction.
! On shis paint Judge Jacobs ruled AGAINST
the defense. ard refused - grant the Or
der % dismissal Ysserving his rutcx on
re ether pcint as already stated Ter a
] later stage during ire trial
! TIE state then sngro}n-ed Mrs. = r.
Durham and after her Miss Laura Nor
/ ford sisters ~ Jessie Morlora. R7,h tes-
tieea 70 sessls's coed character. Tee sac
/ offered - evidence tue letters. Nuf 81 look
I srr thern ever Judge Jacobs sxcitstea ecta
+ OF thevs as irreIexanr ard traUsstsftaL
rara aHy Ne Called reasy.
Laura Norford wss en- sha witness sand
/ when cs.rs adjourned TIE ease wtN -
/ rsstsees th8s morning and sAs state ex~
/ meets 20 conclude SIS evi&~rce foasF. L is
/ rlr7eslt - forecast TIE ftSse whlch TIE at
/ reeasS far defense viii take NO gatef
| nr~9ax them IN ros.t ef rsialsc inf~reS, a.
! leass. wsu - Mr. rerd himself AZ iate
| .eur last rsxtt e hS1 nSt hHSa ssc3tet