The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-05

betn Hlfeduy consumed Dy lne lllal,
and there is every probability that it
will be at least Wednesday before the
case is given to the jury. When court
adjourned at 4 o'clock Saturday after
noon Miss Susan r.. Dickinson was un-
dergoing rigid cross-examination at
the hands Of Attorney Hodge, of coun-
sci for the plaintiff.
Miss Susan Dickinson was on the
stand under direct. examination when
court adjourned Friday afternoon, but
when court met Saturday she was not
recalled to the stand until after Thos.
u. Barlow, assistant district attorney
of Philadelphia. ami the legal member
of the committee on lunacy of the State
Board of Charities had been heard. Mr.
Barlow swore that he visited the Dan
willie Insane asylum in response to a
letter which Miss Dickinson wrote to
the state beard. He thought she was
insane. Mr.. Hodge in cross -eXamining
Mr.. Barlow drew forth some very caus-
tic replies. After Mr.. Barlow left the
stand Miss Susan dickinson was re-
called.
She said that an electrician named
Mr.. Hall called to treat Annals face "a
number of times in January, 1891. one
day the plaintiff sent her maid, Martha,
to Halls six times for his bill, and
when Mr.. Hall brought the receipt
about > o'clock in the evening, Anna
said she knew the receipt was worth
less. Witness looked at it, saw that it
was all right, and told Anna so. Anna
was displeased with this and told her
to go to her room. She did SO, and
soon afterwards heard GO out Of my
house. you devil!" and saw Anna push
Mr. Hall out of the house.
a WICKED OLD MAN.
Anna asked her on one occasion if
she remembered when they went to see
the poet Whittier at his home i'm New
England. Susan said she did, and then
Anna remarked that Whittier was a
wicked old man. At another time An
ma asked Martha to bring her q lamp,
but witness refused to allow the maid
to comply with the order. Anna i'm
agined that there were persons in the
attic and she wanted the lamp to go up
there. Witness refused to let her have
it. because she was afraid she would
set fire to the house. When the maid
refused to bring Anna the lamp, she
chased her out of the house and down
the street.
Witness then explained how Anna
choked her on one occasion when she
went to her room to get some trays on
which food had been carried to Anna.
She told Martha to go and get some
one and the maid soon returned with
Young Eggleston. When Anna saw
him she relinquished her grasp on Wit
ness throat. The remoN al of Anna to
I Ia, .,
tail and her subsequent removal to
Goshen, n. Y.
Mrs. Elizabeth Haverton, of Mont
clair, n. j., wrote to witness stating a
case which had been cured by DR.. John
Seward, of oshen, and witness OBJ
tained Anna removal from the asy-
lum to Goshen. The money for the re-
moval and treatment at Goshen was
| furnished by General Christianson, of
| Brooklyn, n. Y She found a number
| of Annals Valuables i'm a trunk in the
garret and sent them all to the Miners
Savings bank in Pittston, with the ex-
| ception of one article which was valued
at $500 This she used to raise money
| on with which to pay the rent.
Afterwards she secured money and
redeemed the Jewel, which was placed
elry was delivered to Mrs. Ackerly, o"
| New York, who came to her with a
note from Howe & Hummell. Her sis
ter's trunks were all conveyed to New
| York through the same means. The
letter which Mrs. Ackerly brought as
an order for these goods was offered in
| evidence.
ON CROSS S-EXAMINATION.
| The cross-examination of the witness
! by Attorney Hodge was very searching
! She said that some of the money to
pay the rent while they lived in West
| Pittston was furnished by General Ben
| Butler, who was one of AnnR's warm
| friends and frequently visited them at
| their home.
| Were you ever jealous of your sis
| ter?" asked Attorney Hodge.
mo; | was very proud of he., and
did all l could to help her. ! did all
could for her until she had TO go out
of public life"
"Who caused her to 80 out, you or
| she?"
she "a. she went out of her mind"
Part of the services you rendered to
your sister in Philadelphia was enter
tanning persons in your home, friends
| of her's?"
Yes; many public men professed
| both friendship and admiration for
| Anna"
Witness said her sister was intimate
ly acquainted with Whitelaw Reid.
Mr. Hodge tried To get from the wit
ness the admission that MIR. Reid pro-
posed marriage to Anna and was Tilted,
but court ruled that such testimony
was not admissible.
1T was true that there was hardly a
man of note in the country whom your
sister did not know"
THAT is pretty sweeping. She knew
a great many"
1T was she who single handed and
alone defended General Butler when
the entire northern press attacked him
| because OF his conduct at New Orleans,
aud II was she who cleared him of that
| imputation?p
1T has never been cleared I'm some
peoples minds, but 1t was because of
what she said In his behalf that he be-
came 80 friendly to her"
THE friendship suddenly ceased for
some reason?'
| Yes"
HER SISTERS DELUSIONS.
can you state any deluslons your
sister had2"
i thought II was One when she said
Charles Dudley Warner had stolen ar
ticles which he was publishing over his
name In Harpers, from letters of hers
written from Colorado years before"
They We're largely embodied in a