Evening journal., 1898-02-26
BOTHSAY NOT GUILTY"
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70 tOilt edCu lueSudy night 10 bcJ IL |
as Tuesday was my husbands pay day. |
If he did not call Tuesday night he
came on Wednesday morning. l work |
ed for Mr. williamson and his mother |
to be able to live decent and right |
did sweeping, cleaning, baking and |
cooking, bedmaking and attending to |
his helpless mother. l was paid for it |
In money and cast-off clothing
She gave me an overcoat for Mr.. |
Prettyman as part pay for my work. /
The two families became thoroughly |
acquainted"
Mr.. Cooper asked her if, when they |
were living in Lewes, her husband !
accused her Of undue intimacy with |
other men.
Mr.. Hayes objected and was sus-
tained
Williamson came to my house four
times to my knowledge, while | was
living in his house, when he did not |
come to collect the rent" continued the |
witness. AT that time / had charge Of |
his mother. My husband never OBJ
jected to Mr.. Williamson coming t. |
our house, or me going to his house,
except to say that / had enough work !
to do at home. l told him l had to do
1t to get along. My husband never. !
while we were living together, accused !
me OF intimacy with Mr.. Williamson. !
Last May three years ago / put him
cut. He had done no work for ten
months. l asked him for So of 81 he
had earned, then for 81 to pay the
grocer, but he refused. | got very an
CRY and went and consulted Judge Ball
and Magistrate Daley. Then / put his
things out in the yard took down his
bed and locked up the house to prevent
him from coming In He came and
1 told him if he did not helpsupport the
family he could not come in. He came
around for a while with the children,
and then left and 1 did not see him
again for year. Mr.. Williamson had
nothing to do with my putting him out,
nor had anyone else. There was never
anything between Mr.. Williamson and
myself but ordinary friendship. He
never used more endearing terms than
What good cook you are' or How
charming you look' Just ordinary
terms OF fattery. (Laughter) My
husband ate at Williamson's house and
they were the best of friends at all
times.
Mr.. Williamson nor any other gen
tleman ever bought me jewelry. l had
two rings, but l bought one of them
myself, and one of them turned brassy
and ! broke it up. 1 had my husband
| arrested before Magistrate Bertolette.
Mr. Williamson and l went over
Washington street bridge to see
my two boys play football. They in
vited me and Mr.. Williamson to go out
and see them play. My daughter ask
ed me to take a basket and get her
some persimmons. / did so, and we
went to the persimmon tree, got some
persimmons and then took them home
| gave them to my daughter That was
all there was Of that incident. There
were no violets, ferns or hickory nuts
in the basket. During all the ac-
quaintance between me and Mr. Will
hanson there were no improper Tela-
tiOns between u.s."
After detailing her visits to Dover,
Mr.. Cooper handed her over to Mr..
Hayes for cross-examination.
She said that at No. S26 Orange
street Williamson would visit her
house from eight to twelve times a
day, he being his mothers errand
boy" He has continued to call on her,
but not so often, as it is not neces-
sary.
Il used to wake up and find my hus-
band standing over me" said Mrs.
Prettyman. He told the children that
he intended to hang himself and cut
his throat. The physicians told me it
. was not safe for me to occupy the
same room with him, and that is why
| did not do so.
AT No. S26 l sold pies and cakes,
and Mr.. Williamson came to buy them.
My husband got breakfast and packed
5 his lunch because the lunches l packed
never suited him, although they suited
my boarders. He emptied one OF them
on the floor. / threw it out the win
dow and told him / would never pack
, another for him, and / don't think
: ever did"
, Williamson then took the stand. He
said he went to the house on Tuesday
}. nights for rent. Mr.. and Mrs. Pretty
r man nearly always had a fuss about it.
q as he would frequently refuse to pay
: it. Il called at the house at other
n times, but always on business. She
: moved out of my house across the
2 street to No S26 and l moved mother
n In our house. We employed Mrs
n Prettyman as help. That continued
S from 1891 to 1894, when my mother
j died. Mrs. Prettyman was always paiC
/. for everything she did. Prettyman anC
IF | were good social friends even aftel
AZ the separation, when he repaired a sta
n BILE for me and / gave him some Woo
"a for fuel l went to his house just as
Ia would to a cigar store. l went ther'
l- when he was there and when he wasn't
and he took meals with me. When W
D. met in his house he always treated m
L. socially. l never made love to Mrs
h Prettyman, but l cOmplimented her a
rs would any other nice-looking lady
(Laughter) / try to be pleasant wit
g. everybody. There were never any i'm
G. proper relations between us. / gav
40 the wheel to the daughter to trade i
~ for q new wheel, and said nOthin
Ell about her mother using the new whee
tn The boy was not present at the time {
at the conversation about the wheel.
jumped the back fence at Mrs. Killings
at worth's because, by so doing, / coul
He get home easier, my home being d
lat rectly opposite Prettyman's. / went
lu- Mrs. Killingsworth's to see some pap'
and range she had. She was an ol
ia | f-icrd If ours After I had seen the