The herald., 1897-06-11
didn't know just how much he was

! worth"
Your father, mother and yourself
discussed this matter didn't you?"
MY mother said he had lots OF prop
erty, that's all"
Will you swear that your father arI
mother didn'; discuss il with regard .
getting him for a husband for your sis
ter Bertha ?'
L wouldn't swear. but my mother said
he was nice man and would make i
good husband for any girl
Did rot your mother say: Now,
Doty. be good girl, and perhaps Mr.
/ Maxim will marry you?"
No, sir she told me to please myself,
/ and she said. Well, Dora, be a good girl
and if you like MI Maxim marry him. /"
| Counsel read from the previous tes-
timony. wherein Dora had testified that
her mother had spoken 10 her about
marrying Maxim two years ago. Wiz
ness said in response that she didn't
think it was that long since Maxim had
first asked her to marry. and was no:
more than year and half ago.
And you were then about 13 or 13i,
years OF age?" inquired counsel.
Il don't know how old I was al III.
time he first spoke TO me; don't think
it was so long ago.
When was ii he said anything to you
about marrying him before the time Of
the assault?'
Once in his house and once in my
sisters. 1t was about six months pre-
vious to the assault. He said: If you
don't marry that young man, will you
marry me?'"
Didn't you afterwards say to him
about the young man: Mr.. Lomax has
gone away, and, if you like, will marry
you?'"
Yes. sir; told him something like
that"
And up to the time Of the assault did
he take any liberties with you; attempi
to kiss you or act otherwise than a gen
tleman?"
NO. sir"
JUST HINTING AT MARRIAGE
when your father told you that Nal
kim wanted to marry you, what did he
say?'
He said to my mother and me that
Maxim had ridden upon the wagon with
him and told him that he wanted young
wife; that he was lonely and wanted
just nice girl like me-
Were you in love with Maxim then ?"
mo. sir; didn't love him."
Then what did you want to marry
an old man for? Wasn't it because
your mother wanted you tor
NO, sir; my mother didn't want me-
to marry him much but she said
could marry him if l wanted to-
raad he
mony previously given by witness where
in she testified to her mother having ad .
vised her to treat Malllim nicely, and
that he might marry herr
Didn't your father keep telling you
that Maxim wanted to marry you?"
NO, sir; he told me, l think, twice,
and said Maxim kept 'hinting.'"
And so Maxim could have married
you any day he wanted?"
II don't know about that"
At this point witness became some
what confused as to who first broached
the marriage question to her, whethe"
her father or not. At the preliminary
examination she testified that befor
her father spoke TO her Maxim on sew
eral occasions hinted about the matter
10 her. Finally the witness said if she
had testified regarding her father hav~
ing broached the subject to her she had
been wrong.
I'm the days when Maxim was talk.
ing marriage he never attempted to kiss
you
mo, sir; he always treated me as a
lady"
And you were going to marry him
not because you loved him, but for no
especial reason?"
well, l liked him
Did your father or mother ever tell
you why they desired you to marry 2"
mo. SIR
did they ever point out the disparity
in your ages?"
well, they just said it was funny.
"4ou said he was a married man
don't you know that is not SOP"
II knew that he was married"
You first charged Maxim in the