The herald., 1898-01-14

KEY, for If they disappeared 1t might De
laid to me. The books remained there
until after the separation. and then Mr..
Creede took them back.
"In the Christmas week before the
separation Mr. Creede rented a room at
Sixth and Spring streets. don't think
he stopped there, but he said he was go
ing to sleep there, and asked me to wheel
his things to the place. and refused to
do 1t.
HOW THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED
Miss Katie Sheehan next testified. She
stated that she had known Mrs. Creede
since January 90 1896, and had worked
as second girl and housekeeper in the
family. Since last July she has been
maid and companion to Mrs. Creede.
Her recital of the circumstances sur
rounding the signing Of the contract
was decidedly interesting.
"On the morning in January. 1897,
when the contract was signed" began
witness, Mrs. Creede wasn't feeling
well. On Friday she had cried most Of
the afternoon. and on the Saturday
morning January q, between and 10
o'clock, 1 took light breakfast to her
bedroom, but she couldn't eat it. The
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nervous and had nauseated her. I ac-
companied her downtown about 1880
and II o'clock. She had had nothing to
eat at all. She had some shopping to do.
but when we got downtown she forgot
what she wanted and scolded me for not
remembering. We returned home about
l o'clock. and, as we had no cook at that
time, l had to cook dinner. just after l
had called them to dinner, between 2:3O
and o'clock, the door bell rang and
gentleman asked for Mrs. Creede, want
ing to see her. told him she was at din
ner, and he sharply said he wanted 10
see her. He gave his name as Mr.. Jones,
and said he must see her at once and
couldn't wait until after dinner. Mrs.
Creede arose from the dinner table
without having partaken of food.
AGAIN ADRIFT AT FIFTY-THREE
"After her conversation with Mr.
Jones she returned crying. l never saw
any one cry as she did; she was shaking
all over. She went upstairs, and car
ried some dinner up to her. She refused
to eat, saying she had not time; that she
had to go downtown to sign something
She said it was hard to leave her home
in her old age, and that she didn't know
where to go. had always been in the
habit of accompanying her wherever
she went, but we had no cook and had
to look after things, and l didn't know
what to do. 1t was about 10 minutes
between the time Mr.. Jones left the
house and Mrs Creede's following him
downtown. 1t was then after O'clock
At the time the ring came at the door
Mrs. Creede was preparing Dorothy S
dinner and the child had not finished
before Mrs. Creede returned from her
conversation with Mr.. Jones in the
morning ROOM
She returned from town about 8
o'clock or perhaps later. When she came
home she appeared better and went up
to see her parrot, 'Dodo,' and said: Pol
ly. YOU are the only one I've got left
now After my work was done, after 6
o'clock. 1 went upstairs and found Mrs.
Creede crying and she seemed irration-
al in her conversation. She began pick
ing up her trinkets and began to pack
her trunks. On Sunday assisted her
and also on Monday. Then, too, she
acted oddly and would hunt around for
things that she would be holding in her
hand She left the house on Monday
afternoon at about o'clock, in a brok-
en-hearted kind of way. She had cried
at intervals throughout the day. AT
times she would feel better, and then she
would relapse into a nervous, irritable
condition.
Mr. Creede said to me on one occa-
sion" continued the witness, :when his
wife broke down crying when talking
with Mr.. Jones, that he had a good mind
to tear up the paper (the deed of sep
aration). At the time Mrs. Creede dis
charged the nurse he was very angry
about it. When he returned and found
Maggie had gone, he asked me if she
had been discharged l told him she
had, and he then asked me for her ad-
dress, and 1 told him I didn't know it.
After the separation he told me 1 could
go and see Mrs. Creede If 1 wished and
assist her all 1 could. He also told me
to go and see Maggie and tell her he
wanted to see her. 1t was in July, 1896
he told me not to pay any attention to
Mrs. Creede, for the reason that she was
crazy.
A "DOPED" INTELLECT
con one OCCASION" said Miss Shee-
han, reverting to certain Conversations
matter, Il heard Mr.. and Mrs. Creede
conversing together. 1 was in the hall
fixing the ice water and l heard Mr.
! Creede talking unusually loud. Mrs
Creede was crying and I heard her say
that he shouldn't treat her like dog ir
her own house.
Witness went on to testify that she
had purchased morphine for Mrs. Creedt
at Sales, Trouts, Deans and Godfrey:
drug stores and gave a recapitulation o.
it's effect upon her mistress. She alsC
told in detail of the hallucinations tha
affected Mrs. Creede at Kansas City
Memphis and other places. She imagined
men were grasping at her through thu
bedroom windows and even upon tht
streets imagined people were laughing
at her.
Upon cross-examination no materia
allegation made by the witness wa!
changed save in one particular. Mis-
Sheehan admitted that family differ
ences had existed between Mr.. and Mrs
Creede for some months before the sep
aration. She was uncertain as to tn
length of time, however, for in respons
to repeated questioning she said two
four and six months. The interrogato
ries of Mr.. Gage were not framed, how
ever, with the intent to enable witnes
to lucidly express herself; rather the re
verse.
VALUE OF THE ESTATE
John T. Jones, executor under Creede'
will and appointed special administra