The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-15
Mrbrs LIFE AT THE SPRINGS
,TTENTIONs TO MRS. CROSBY
~ VERY NOTICEABLE.

,,.crctiOn-The Judge Explained
=" Crosby's Presence in His
IN to the Hotel Proprietor.
....n.t Asked to Leave the Hotel.
,.dre Reese Denies All the
.,orces of Drunkenness.
,,.rta Ga. Jan. 4.-,The investigation
charges against Judge Sweat of the
.su,iolz circuit was resumed this after
Am BY the legislative committee and
Of the most important testimony of
.osa was developed. The Sweat investi-
..,,on was practically completed, and will
:. tormally closed tomorrow.
r,o witnesses examined to-day were
e,.o who failed to appear at the COM
-.o,ement of the trial in response to the
',mmons of the committee. Bryan Col
4 =, manager of the Wigwam hotel at In
=. snrpgs at the time the alleged i'm
,,oDer conduct between Judge Sweat and
~, D. NJ. Crosby, and on the part of
I,1ga Sweat toward Miss Faulkner oc-
.o,rad was put upon the stand. He said
nat his housekeeper had called his atten-
/ a,n 70 Judge Sweat and Mrs. Crosby. He
nsw no facts of his own knowledge, eX-
,spt that after the time the judge and Mrs.
/ Crosby were seen together in the formers
nom on the third floor of the hotel, Judge
Sweat came to him and explained the cir
Bmsances, saying that he knew it might
he Misunderstood or misconstrued, and for
that reason he thought it best to tell the
witness how it came about that the lady
vas seen there. The judges explanation
was that he was showing her the hotel,
and took her that way to let her have the
benefit of the splendid view from the win
dow of his room. The housekeeper had
told Manager Collier of seeing the two to-
gether in the judges room and put the
case in such a way as to leave the i'm
preston that their conduct was not
proper Manager Collier had not, how
ever. asked Judge Sweat to leave the ho-
lei. The witness described how the hotel
was arranged, and said that Judge Sweat
had brought Mrs. Crosby into the house
by back entrance, and took her up
back stair case not generally used by the
guests. He also escorted her out of the
hotel by the same route.
COL T. r. Mills of Griffin, another of
the witnesses, who seemed to prefer to
keep out of the way, testified that he was
present at the Wigwam hotel when Judge
Sweat arrived there. They were old
friends, and he asked the judge to go out
on the veranda and smoke a cigar with
him. The judge replied that he had some
friends over at the Elder house, this be-
ing where Mrs. Crosby was stopping,
whom he wanted to look up, and so would
uot stop to take a smoke. Col. Mills saw
the judge and Mrs. Crosby appear in front
Of the hotel a little later on. The day
that they were seen in the Wigwam ho-
tel al Judge SWeat's room, he saw them
when they entered by the back staircase.
He had also seen the two taking walks
together, and he. described one of these
walks IN a highly significant manner as
being toward what was called the Great
Poplar tree. This was toward the dens-
esi part Of the woods. The judge and the
ialy went clean out of sight that time.
Ihe significant manner in which the
witness referred to the great poplar
caused Senator Carter to think that it was
Indicative of something improper to be
leard by ladies', and he asked that Mrs
Crosby who was an interested spectator
curing the session this afternoon, and the
Misses Faulkner be asked to
leufe from the chamber. This
caused the audience to think that
ueIe was something sensational
coming and Chairman Fielder had to give
stern admonition in order to preserve
uuer Senator Carter then asked Col.
MINIS Il the great poplar tree was not a
Place Of bad reputation. a place for as
asiauohs' The reply of the witness was
S4ch as to indicate that it was, and Mr..
Dldhuey then cross-examined him and
asAel Il II was not a fact that the tree
vas SIMPLY one of the sights of the place
aa alu mat going there would not necessa-
IL! compromise the reputation of any
"uS' lie replied that it would not
A.. was Col. Mills who gave some of the
!. 'O.nlauon to the Looking Glass report
y, VINO wrote the original article that
caused the Investigation.
49,, ouuse / A. Parker of Baxley, who was
os osI' ior by telegraph yesterday, to bring
,an uri., letters which Judge Sweat had
a.%Un s,.l TO him about the Crosby affair,
ssNel ,sel to-day and was called on for
se ,ns documents. Judge Parker offered
NV. wv letters They did not, however,
,',g rs 70 De compromising to Judge Sweat
a. was expected by Senator Carter. Just
,s' INV, '4e reported improper conduct be-
1nS,lu Judge Sweat and Mrs. Crosby at
1rsaN springs, some one had written
rs sweat an anonymous letter from
tro,Ig' warning him that there was
oo,.o oe IN store for him when he should
onsn W mat place the following week to
tooL "a nlppllhg superior court. The Judge
IA IT, I'S anonymous note and enclosed IL
sla,oruse ,se Parker, along with lengthy
noo,o5 uI OF all the circumstances con-
Crosl,. win his intercourse with Mrs.
ennb'u'al az indian Springs. He denied with
sv supaas's that there was any truth what
Fa,,a lhe reports, and in substance
bn1I as the real facts what was con-
ni,,. IN his sworn statement to the com
ogss.s Ihis document, Judge Sweet re-
hmn,, Judse Parker to show to the
M fro y, MRS. Crosby and to others of
ha e,t..Is' so that they might understand
he an '@.lon' Judge Parker testified that
nept o' requested, and that the state
Judo, "I9 satisfactory to the Crosbys.
tDoT.5 '"eat then came to Baxley and
hopb Nourt as usual, and there was no
eair5 Judge Parker, who was assoc
crr'. WIN Solicitor Brantley IN prose-
kDero losby' testified that he ala not
charg, W. U''re was anything unfair in the
For Ul lhe court In that case.
trol,b, 'Ne defense Attorney Brantlev
Garter a out the fact that when Senator
these '.,a, wrote to Judge Parker about
Such n,o, the reply he received was
sbanGo' u ought to have caused him to
before rD Jus eitorts to bring the witness
tsok we committee. Chairman Eeider
Rlso occasion to criticise Senator Cartor
% r.,II Ir ms, and the senator crew warn,
ts!yI,p..' ing. He declared that since 70
Efhse we letter from Judge Parker AZ
Ji"s the nature of tbo tctto,s -